Harassing Phone Calls: What To Do

Obscene or harassing phone calls can be one of the most stressful and frightening invasions of privacy a person experiences. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to help put an end to these unwelcome intrusions.
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    CALLIE
    I keep getting phone calls from 905-577-9770.These calls are
    all times of the day and into the night.Sometimes its a man who
    asks for someone who used to live in my house.The weird thing is
    my phone number was never her phone number! When I say she no longer
    lives at this address a few hrs later a woman calls and asks for her.
    Creepy or what. I have called the number back and I either get a busy
    signal or the line is dead.Anyone have any ideas or know this number??
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    kate
    | 2 replies
    what to do if someone who i know calls me and threatens to "put a bullet in my head"? i called the sheriff's office, they told me that they can't do anything because it's over the phone and actually there's no victim.
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    tnlady
    What in the world is the 000-000-0000 I keep seeing on my caller i.d.? They never leave a message.
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    Barb
    | 1 reply
    I get a phone call from a collection place called Reliiant. It comes on my caller ID as unavailable 452-6097. The lady on the phone tells me of my bill and tells me that I need to get a job, this is even after I tell her i am disabled due to a complicated surgery I had a year ago. She tells me again that I need to get a job or why don't I get a real job. I told he many times before that when I can get the money it will be paid, she then tells me that I need to start going to look for a job. Are collectors allowed to call and hownd people like that. If not can I report them on her phone manor, it is the same lady all the time.
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    Mentok Mindtaker
    | 1 reply
    1-800-910-5863

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


    These winners started calling my house about two-weeks ago. First they called twice a day and left no voice message. I did a Google on the Call ID number and was surprised to find out that it belonged to a debt collector, because I have zero debt. Took the advice of my wife and returned the call to get this nonsense straighten out in a hurry. After enduring the on and off “hold music” and the puzzling extended times of silent disconnection, she would then jump in and tell me to wait some more. When she returned to actually conduct business, she was rude and tried her best to dominate the conversation. She didn’t ask my name or any information. She said that someone named Bunny must get back to making payments as agreed. I told her nobody name Bunny lived here, before I was even done with the sentence she said that Bunny had called from this number, 3-weeks before and had agreed to make payments. I told her that this was impossible because my number was ID blocked and only my wife and I lived in the house and we have had this number for 10-years. No Bunny has used my phone to call and she does not live here and if they would please not call again, and then she hung up. Immediately she called back asking about Bunny, screaming at me, that Bunny should just pay her debts, then hung up. So the wife calls back and asked them not to call again. This was ineffective! Next day I get another message telling Bunny that she must call with the reference #, and return to paying her debt. At that moment I decided to use all my ammo in one last battle by using my Verizon Iobi with both barrels. Put them on the Block List, and checked marked the unavailable number and numbers that appear as private option. But I didn’t want to go down in silence, so I called them back and mashed their eardrums. I lit into a diatribe of filth, and down right personal attacks against the debt collector, she hit me with the music, I knew she was still listening while pretending to be on mute. I touched on every aspect of her miserable life; she utterly collapsed at about four straight minutes. Then she put me on speaker phone and the whole Boiler Room got to hear me tell her the exact smell and consistency of the pus that streams from her nether region. Then Patrick”The Man” tried to baffle me with his impression of a mentally challenged 3-year-old. Not to be out done, I sprung to my feet, selected the speakerphone,  tore off my shirt and broke into the complete version of” Sympathy for the Devil”, every word, every Owwwo,and Jagger-like dance moves. He hung up after I told him how I followed him from work and would soon be pushing him in front of the T train. They shouldn’t put pictures of themselves on their website. Lapsed Time 25 minutes. Tell me baby…Oowww, what’s my name?!
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    Leila
    | 2 replies
    I have a question i can't seem to find an answer to.  I have collectors calling me constantly and hanging up before i can even answer the phone.  They only let it ring once and hang up.  I have sent them letters asking then to contact me only in writing but I keep getting these hang ups from them.  When i call back and ask about why they are hanging up they don't give me an answer and just say that they don't know about that, quickly changing the subject and trying to get my personal info.  I told them to update their records b/c i sent requests asking them not to call me anymore but they even tell me that they will continue to call until the debt is paid off.  Is this considered harassment?  It feels like harassment when they constantly hang up on me.
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    The Son-In-Law
    My mother-in-law has received several phone calls from 866-464-0277, threatening to sue her and garnish wages for a debt incurred with Sears a few years ago. I didn't think this was legal, and since she is disabled there isn't much money to throw around at lawsuits and such. They never have sent a letter, so what is the legality of this?

    And who in the world are these people who are harassing her?
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    lightshadow replies to Leila
    | 1 reply
    Send a registered letter to them telling them to only contact you by mail. If they continue to phone you, it will be considered harrassment after the receipt of the letter. You can then sue them.
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    Joe
    I keep receiving calls from 866-390-6375.

    It is an automated voice that says to hld the phone while they connect me. I'm never connected to anyone and the calls continue.
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    yc
    OK heres is the deal!!

    If you are on the DO NOT CALL LIST and you registered more that 30 days ago you can file a COMPLAINT go here https://www.donotcall.gov/ if enough people do this then maybe something will be done about these idiots!
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    CR man replies to lilibit
    I am getting calls from 1-000-000-0000 as well.  Any ideas on who this is?
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    Me
    | 1 reply
    The the "genius" who told the phone call victims to "pay your bill": What an idiot.

    I don't owe anyone anything, am not behind on any bills and am registered with Do Not Call and I am still getting 10 or more phone calls a day from 712-429-0250 and several other numbers with the last 4 digits changed.  They are from Iowa, I believe.  And no one speaks when I answer the phone.  I am almost in tears.  I want it to STOP!
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    muumi
    | 1 reply
    You have a great phorum here, however i would like to see a possibility to leave different country codes also. I'm getting harrashing calls from ireland, number +353862530382
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    Almica replies to kate
    You call the police.
    If someone is threatening you life, you have a reason to call the authorities
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    I wonder....
    I wonder how it cost a business when we contact them thru their 800 number?  If 2,000,000 people call the same 800 number, what would be the effect?

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