Alright, I know that if a debt collector calls your answering machine, and leaves a message like "If you are not John Q. Customer, please hang up now...", that theya re breaking the law.....
But what if they do not identify the person they are calling for? What if they just say "This is ABC, we are a collection agency and this call is an attempt to collect a debt. Please return our call to !-800-blah blah blah"....is that also a violation? I would think so, because they have identified that they are calling your house about a debt to anyone that could hear the message.