HOW Do I STOP These Calls??? HELP!!!

[christa]

We have lived in this new city for going on 2 years. Since we've had this phone number, we've been getting phone calls for "James Ward" from CREDITORS!!!

The problem is, ALL of the calls are AUTOMATED!!! So it's not like I can pick up the phone and tell them that he's not at this number anymore.

HOW DO I STOP THESE CALLS?

Do I have to actually call these people??? I don't think that should be my place? Should it???

This is so frigging frustrating!

Funny thing, when we first got married in 03, we moved to a different city for just a little over a year and had the SAME PROBLEM! Different phone number of course and different people being called by different creditors, but the same problem! LOL . . . we fixed that one though because they were REAL PEOPLE calling! Hubby just answered & said . . . this isn't thier number anymore!

Anyone else have this problem ever???

Making me MAD!!!

They cal 100 times a day . . . even on the weekends & Sundays! They start at 8 in the morning and go until 9 at night!!!



Help!

[Cat's Meowm]

My best advice is get a new number. It's an inconvenience to inform all your acquaintances, but in the long run, one week-end of calls to your significant others will stop the hassles of those annoying calls to a stranger! Good Luck.

[Jessika]

Register your number in the do not call list

https://www.donotcall.gov/

There is more information on the site

[gemini9961]

Call them back and tell them to stop calling. That's probably going to be the only way to stop them.

[christa]

Call them back and tell them to stop calling. That's probably going to be the only way to stop them.

I was afraid you'd say that.

I keep telling hubby . . . If they REALLY want this "James Ward" . . . Why don't they have a REAL PERSON call???

Geez, even if I were him, I probably wouldn't even call! LOL

[christa]

Register your number in the do not call list

https://www.donotcall.gov/

There is more information on the site

We've done it . . . 2 or 3 times. We're not being hasseled by telemarketers. It's creditors. The Do Not Call List does not keep Creditors from calling people that are not paying their bills. If that were the case . . .

[christa]

My best advice is get a new number. It's an inconvenience to inform all your acquaintances, but in the long run, one week-end of calls to your significant others will stop the hassles of those annoying calls to a stranger! Good Luck.

I don't see how this will work . . . we'll just get another number that someone else has changed because they've fled creditors. Know what I mean? This is our SECOND new number that we've had in THREE years!

[caseysmom]

The do not call won't help because they are allowed to call people that owe them money and thats the number they have.

You can either get a new number or call them all back.

The phone company may also be able to help you out.

[Cinder & Smoke]

They call a 100 times a day . . . even on the weekends & Sundays!

They start at 8 in the morning and go until 9 at night!!!

Now THAT's illegal!
I'm pretty sure a Collector is only permitted to call you ONE time in 24 hours.

Call your Telephone Company and ask for the Security or Annonymous Call Dept.

[christa]

Now THAT's illegal!
I'm pretty sure a Collector is only permitted to call you ONE time in 24 hours.

Call your Telephone Company and ask for the Security or Annonymous Call Dept.

I'm not saying it's the same collector, LOL. Evidently, this guy changed numbers for a reason.

[Karen]

You do need to call them and let them know that this is no longer his number. Otherwise they'll just keep calling, and have the legal right to do so.

[Almita]

Ya that is with me at my house they call and call anc call like 50 times a day from like 5 in the morning and my mom gets mad soo much they call and have different numbers all the time. If its like a real person I just have fun and talk in spanish becuase they don't speak it it's fun and they stop calling well...that number and there is like 50 of them.

[Lady's Human]

Christa, I've had a similar problem with a phone in my barracks room. I finally called each company that was calling, informed them the person no longer had that phone number, and told them that continued calls would result in a complaint to the state AG. They ended quickly.

[Samantha Puppy]

We changed our number this past summer and have had the same problem. What I do is answer all the calls. If they're automated and leave a call back number, I call it back, tell them they cannot reach "Andrea" at that number and they take our number off the list. If it is automated but you can press "0" or something to speak to someone, I do that. We got about 20 calls a day for awhile and now it's down to MAYBE one a month. It sucks and it's a pain in the butt, but it does cut down the calls and you don't have to go through the pain of changing your number and risking having the same thing happen with that one.

[furrykidsmother]

I can relate to this too. For over a year, probably close to 2 I have been getting calls for a "Raymond Best". Never heard of him, have no idea who he is. I have received several messages on my answering machine asking that he return the call. I have called (the same agency) numerous times and politely asked that they remove my number from their files as it is not his number, has never been his number (I've had the number over 25 years) and that I have no idea who he is. Well, I got another call for him the other day. I was so mad. I called them and threatened them that I would report them to the Better Business Bureau if they ever called again. Probably didn't do any good, but I felt better venting at them.