Except you have the right to tell debt collectors to stop contacting you (sue or get off the pot, essentially) over any given debt, and they face statutory dama

Except you have the right to tell debt collectors to stop contacting you (sue or get off the pot, essentially) over any given debt, and they face statutory damages if they ignore that. See paragraph c of https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1692c https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1692c or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Debt_Collection_Practices_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Debt_Collection_Practic... IANAL.