I received a call from DCS Inc. at 5:25 PM on June 21, 2007, from a woman named Lisa Bloom from Oregon. She claimed she got my name from directory assistance since she had been "trying for 3 months to reach her relatives, The ______ family." Directory assistance apparently provided my phone number since my street address was closeby. I mentioned to Lisa that they were my next door neighbors. Lisa claimed that when she dialed their number, she was always connected to a fax machine. I offered to look the number up in my local phone book and confirmed that the home phone number for the _____ family was correct. Lisa then proceeded to tell me a lot about the family such as the names of the kids and the one who liked to play soccer. So I figured that she must know them. I asked Lisa why she didn't simply fax them or write if she had failed to reach them by phone the past 3 months! She didn't respond to my question, but asked if I would pass them a note to have them call her. I asked if she wanted to provide a cell phone number or a home phone number, and Lisa responded by saying "no, they can just call me at work." I walked next door with the Lisa's name and phone number and mentioned that she had been having problems connecting with them. (1) Mrs. ______ had no idea who Lisa was, (2) she was definitely not a relative, and (3) they didn't know anyone from Oregon. Whether they called her back, I have no idea. But, if this is a collection agency, I am not too happy that they used me to contact a neighbor...