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I have to. I've even reported them to my local police department. Its all a scam. They get your number from collection accounts such as a payday loan/cash advance places.

I too have been getting harassing phone calls from these people. It is so annoying! They even call family relatives and friends. This is ridiculous! What can we do to stop this?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

•is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
•refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
•asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
•exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

•Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

•Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

•Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

•Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

•Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

I have received a call from this number repeatedly over the past 2 weeks. I have called them 3 or more times back to tell them that no John Thomas is here. Each time I was tiold our number would be removed and they apologize, but yet I continue to get calls. Very Irritated.

fraud attached to my name and soc sec and they are going to suppeona me unless i pay money

my wife has been getting calls from this number for a couple of weeks both on our house phone and her cell. they are using her maiden name. I tried to call these sob's back today 3 different times spoke to 3 different people and they all refused to give me their company name and hung up on me. they claimed to be a locating service. If anyone knows their name and location please post it so I can find these crooks.  

This caller calls my cell phone over 5 times a day, asking for someone who does not live at my residence. I have called it back several times and have either gotten hung up on or they say they will remover my number. That only last for about a week and they start calling again.

they say they are filing legal action and a warrant will be issued at my place of business or home. The reference number they give me is 406730, they are calling for a Brandi Chavez

I called them back today and told them that I talked to my Attorney General and that they were a scam and they were never to call me again.  He said they will continue to call me and I can tell the attorney general to come to court with me.