855-270-7195

Franklin Collections - do not answer. This is a bogus debt submitted to them by ATT on a phone I bought 10 years ago...they just bought the debt in January when I got a different internet provider. That is some kind of terrible business practice. I will be pursuing it legally against both for posting this on my credit when it is not even valid and calling to harass me.

You not only have an FDCPA claim but an FCRA claim as well.  Putting that debt back onto your credit report after 7 years is against the law.  Here is some information for your attorney:

FRANKLIN COLLECTION SERVICE, INC.
Posted in:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-844-717-5708
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-270-7195#p1043748938150542464
Web site lists them in Mississippi:  http://franklinservice.com/contact/
BBB gives them an accredited A with 118 complaints and 1 negative review:  http://www.bbb.org/mississippi/business-revie ... elo-ms-4000926/
Strange that the BBB doesn’t list this consent order from Massachusetts to correct violations of the law by these criminals:  http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/banking-and-finance ... e-04142015.html
Facebook page doesn’t have any fans:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Franklin-Colle ... 161443380544464
Bloomberg gives the names of the head criminals at this organization:  http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/priv ... ivcapid=6461892
Mississippi Dept. of State info:
Name History
________________________________________
Name        Name Type
FRANKLIN COLLECTION SERVICE, INC.        Legal
Business Information
________________________________________
Business Type:    Profit Corporation
Business ID:    554216
Status:    Good Standing
Effective Date:    06/09/1988
State of Incorporation:    Mississippi
Principal Office Address:

Registered Agent
________________________________________
Name
DAN FRANKLIN
2978 W JACKSON ST, PO BOX 3910
TUPELO,  MS 38803-3910

Officers & Directors
________________________________________
Name        Title
Dan Franklin
2978 W Jackson St, Po Box 3910
Tupelo,  MS 38803-3910

Other complaints:
They sent this guy a postcard, wow talk about and FDCPA violation right there:  http://www.creditinfocenter.com/community/top ... cpa-violations/
http://franklin-collection-service.pissedconsumer.com/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Franklin-Collection-Service/Tupelo-Mississippi-38803/Franklin-Collection-Service-They-Are-Breaking-Laws-Tupelo-Mississippi-318162
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/franklin-collection-service-c148793.html
http://badfinance.org/review/1308058/franklin ... debt-collection

Looks like they have been sued a lot:
http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201312276.pdf
http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FCO%20201 ... 0SERVICE,%20INC.
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate ... 2014-01-02.html
http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20Adv%20FDC ... 0SERVICE,%20INC.
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/jvk8iqk8/pen ... on-service-inc/
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/1013 ... on_Service,_Inc
https://casetext.com/case/clark-v-franklin-collection-serv-inc
https://www.isba.org/cases/7thcircuit/2012/09 ... ctionserviceinc
http://www.calautofinance.com/wp-content/uplo ... ion-service.pdf
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

I have been receiving calls from this number every night after 9:30 pm. They are relentless in calling, however whenever I callback it just keeps ringing. At one point I waited for a minute and it was still ringing. If this sort of harassment does not stop some sort of legal action will need to be taken.

Any call after 9pm is a direct violation of the FDCPA.  They are only allowed to call between the hours of 8am-9pm.