800-870-7316

Has called several times, does not leave a message.

Nelson Watson and Associates does collection job for many companies. Here is their address.

Nelson, Watson & Associates, LLC
80 Merrimack Street, Lower Level
Haverhill, MA 01830

Phone: 800.388.1190
Fax:     978.469.9046

Someone keeps calling my cell phone from this collection agency and does not leave a message

Called this # twice this evening the line is answered and then music starts to play no identifying information is provided for agency calling and leaving this # .. they are calling my X son in law

calling multiple times for weeks!!
I have preivously told them "Laura" no longer has this phone, yet they have been calling for weeks!  I usually don't answer so I don't waste minutes, but today I answered again and asked them not to call me anymore, Laura doesn't have this #.  The guy got an attitude and continued to ask for Laura, I told him I would report them to federal authorities, and he said "you are threatening me, I will report you for threatening me!"  
This company is ABUSING people.

Yea, well to HECK WITH THEM....I'm located in TEXAS and THEY are in that Liberal state called MAss.    They cannot garnish my wages in the state of TEXAS so they are WASTING THEIR TIME calling me on the cell phone....also NEVER answer your cell phone unless you know who is calling you...nor do you HAVE TO ANSWER your cell phone EVER!!!!!...sorry MAGGOTS You made enuff interest off me already....BYE BYE.
Oh yea..READ THIS...this maggots use "SKIP-TRACING" to find out all the information about you that you have put on the internet.  just google it and you can do the same thing for a small fee...another thing is you can keep changing your cell phone number...NO COST TO YOU !!.. AT&T charges you..so NEVER put your home at&t phone number out on anything ...always use your cell phone number and when you are hasseled by these MAGGOTs then just change it but make sure you have changed it BY TELEPHONE with all the people and companies you are working with.  Try not to put it on the internet  that is how these MAGGOT BILL COLLECTORS get it.

Thanks so much. The information is quite helpful. They will be receiving a fax today.

I keep getting a call from this number and when I don't answer they don't leave a message.  I got curious and tried calling back and music started and then someone answered but wouldn't tell me who they were or anything!

This number called me for the first time today, but since I changed cell phone providers, I have decided NOT to set up my voice mail box.  This way they don't know who it is they are calling.
My personal feeling is if you want to effectively reach people, don't call them.  Send them a letter.  If the letter comes back Undeliverable As Addressed, then you have to go another route.
Just know, people in this day and age of technology just choose to not return phone calls.  It is a waste of time and money to call anyone especially if you are asking them for money.

First thing to do, call the company back at 1-800-870-7316.  Speak with a supervisor and explain that the person they are trying to reach no longer has this phone number and ask to be removed from their database AND their autodialer. Ask them what they need from you to remove you from their database.  They might need a written cease of communications notice.  If they push back, tell them you will report them to the FTC if they continue to call you.

Standard respons should be they will put in the request, and it may take up to 48 hours to process.   If after 48 hours you continue to get calls, then go to the Federal Trade Commission website below:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

Once there, just follow the instructions to report the company for abusive business practices.  

Don't do this though until after you have contacted the company directly and requested them to remove your number and speak with a manager or supervisor. The people who are calling you are just following instructions from their auto-dialers and cannot really do anything.  Asking them to stop calling you will not solve anything.  Also just ignoring the calls will not solve anything.

"imperative that you return this call by dialing xxx-xxxx (different number than the one called from)."

Every time they call I call back 10 times and whoever answers the phone I just say "You're an [***]" and hang up.
It gives me great satisfaction.

did you now, put them in your phone book and select no ring.

It works

everyday i am getting calls from this number asking FOR A PERSON THAT DOES NOT LIVE HERE. i keep telling them this and they get the same answer from me that the person they are asking for does not exsist here.  their response is do you know him? like they never heard what i said. i do not want them calling here anymore. iwill have to call their number and file a complaint.

yes he can report you for threatining him, never threaten a bill collector.

let them threaten you, then they can be liable for monies ot be paid directly to you. if they threaten you they are in violation of the fdcpa and you can file charges against them and sue them. i reccommend you do that.

all bill collectors are low lifes, who wakes up in the morning and says to themselves lets go find people down and out and make thier day worse.

just dont answer the phone.

any bill collector that calls from out of state or that can not id themselves are scammers and garbage and cowards. try to ignore it, but try not to answer the phone as well.

these people buy bad debt, meaning debt that can not be collected legally.

these low lifes dont care about the law and break it everyday.

this specific number is registerd to a company very well know for illegally maipulating people. they break every law set in place to protect us.

file all the complaints you can.

attorney general
FTC
look up the fdcpa
state bar for attorneys
etc etc etc

Same experience as Mary Ellen above. No such person, which I've told them, yet they will not stop calling.

Ask to speak to a supervisor. Tell the supervisor to never call the number they have been calling again.  But you have to tell them not to.  Be cool, talk to a Supervisor, and tell em, "Don't ever call this number again". Then tell them that "all future communication must be done through the United States Postal System". This drives them bananas but it's the law and they must obey.

Received a call while at work, but didn't answer.  I called back and asked who I was calling, and what I could do for them.  The addressed me by name, and told me they were calling to collect a debt that I am a guarantor on.

When I told them I wasn't refusing to pay and would gladly set up payment arrangements, they said they needed to verify my information.  They claimed to not have ANY information about me (including phone number, even though, as stated, when I called back, they addressed me by my name!)

When they tried to verify my address, they gave me an address that was 6 years old, and claimed that they didn't have an address for me.  When I told him that I was skeptical about answering questions including giving my social security number over the phone without knowing anything about the company, he accused me of not taking my debt seriously, and told me the only way we could clear this up is for me to trust him.  

I asked him to mail me information on how I could make payment arrangements, and he told me that they "only do this over the computer".  When I asked for the website to read the information, he told me that they don't do it on the computer, only over the phone.  

What bill collector will allow you to make payments only over the phone, claims to not have a phone number to reach you (when you've received calls already), and claims they don't have any of your personal information, and doesn't deal through the mail, but expects you to take someone's word for it?!

These people call all the time for my daughter. she has not lived at home for quite some time and does not owe any money. these are sleazy scammers.  don't answer and don't give any information to them. i'd like to know who sold them this # or where they got it.