How can I stop Debt Collectors call my parents

The collector is trying to get information out of your parents as to your new address and phone number. Even if they know darn well that you no longer live there, they play dumb in order to wheedle information out of your parents.

Collectors can call your references to inquire your address. But they cannot disclose your financial obligations to some one else except your spouse. Send them a letter mentioning not to call at your parents number. Also tell them all communication should be through mails only. Send your request via CMRRR.

Also request for validation. If the debt is valid, you can think of paying it too. BTW, which collection agency is calling you?

This is true, Stella. They can ask your parents of your whereabouts and contact info, but they can't so much as make a peep about the account. To do so is an fdcpa privacy violation.

The only person they can legally communicate your alleged debt to is your spouse. Your parents should sue this firm. BTW what is the name of this collection agency?

The agency is Diversified Consultants. He calls about 14 times a day I swear and the answers are always the same. Yet he keeps calling.

If the collection agency calls and gets a person on the phone, they are not supposed to call again that day.

They are only supposed to call your relatives/neighbors once to leave a message or get info about your whereabouts. After that, if they continue to call them even after they said they have no info for them, it can be considered harrassment.

They are also supposed to send you something in writing, not just continue collection efforts by phone. Once you get their info, including their address, send them a letter saying not to call you or any third party anymore.

Keep a record of how many times they call, especially after they have already spoke to someone on the phone, because calling back the same day they talk to someone is definitely a violation, and you can get an attorney.

Maybe it would also be helpful to give them your phone number, then just screen your calls or send them the letter saying do not call, that would take some stress off your family members.

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14 times a day? This collector, as well as the agency for whom he works, should have harassment charges brought against them as well as being reported to the phone company, your state's Attorney General, and the FTC.

i need help a bill collector keeps calling and i told him that we lost our home and he thinks the house we live in is ours.but it is not. i also told him we have no money and he thinks we still have a 401k account but i told him we used that money when we were trying too save our home from forecloser. i asked him to stop calling but he said he did not have to. i need help sometimes he call 2 or 3 times a day. they went as far as to call all over town to find someone that was related to my husband. i even told them that he his not mentally stable and he can not handle the harrassing phone calls

i need help a bill collector keeps calling and i told him that we lost our home and he thinks the house we live in is ours.but it is not. i also told him we have no money and he thinks we still have a 401k account but i told him we used that money when we were trying too save our home from forecloser. i asked him to stop calling but he said he did not have to. i need help sometimes he call 2 or 3 times a day. they went as far as to call all over town to find someone that was related to my husband. i even told them that he his not mentally stable and he can not handle the harrassing phone calls

Give us a little more info. We can help. How old is the debt? Who is the collection agency? We can help you deal with them.

I have been having this company called me and my cousins and my sisters and my father they even went as far as calling them at there home and even visited onece my cousin at there house ...
looking for me thats a brand new house .. theve told some of my family members that they could get introuble if theydont tell them were i am ...and they call them at there jobs ..im a single mother two kids no job and can find one im about to break down i have so much more problems to deal with like how am i gonna survive ... i realy need help these people dnt know what they do to people...can they do that harrase family at there jobs .

My brother and his four children lived in our home for about a year after he lost everything. He left and now bill collectors are coming after me, and wanting payment from me because he used our address. He did not pay rent, and has no ownership in this house. Can they come after me for payment because we took them in?

Of course not! Send them cease and desist letters telling them never to contact you again.

Thank you Soap Lady,
The bill collector came to my house this morning! Asked me if I was SURE this house was not owned by my brother, because a lien could be placed on the house? I said, I could prove the house was mine. It was unnerving to say the least. When I said, "we did not part on good terms" and therefore could not give a new address, he asked what other names I could provide to track him down. I asked him to take our address off of my brother's bill. At what point should we get a lawyer?

They cant do anything more. Make a request IN WRITING send certified mail return receipt requested that they never come back or contact you again. If they violate that, then would be the time to contact an attorney.