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I have had several friends and colleagues get new numbers and immediately be hounded by collection agencies looking for the old owner of the number. Some of the

• su3aseuo9 9y ago
  There's an easy way to stop this. After it happens call the police and say you're getting harassing calls. They'll file a police report. You then call the phone company and tell them you've been getting harassing calls, have a police report, and would like to put a trace on your line. They'll give you a phone number to call. Whenever you get a debt collector calling you, you dial the number. After 3 or 4 calls, the police will contact the debt collector and tell them to stop calling you. They will.
• lcarlson 9y ago
  It's against the law for collection agencies to call you if you tell them not to.
  • areyousure 9y ago
    Oh! If it's against the law, surely that will stop annoying phone calls! How did we not think of that easy solution to the problem!?
    • lcarlson 9y ago
      You can actually sue them if they do call you after you tell them not to for $1200 per violation. Is also illegal for them to call mobile phones. This technology actually cropped up because collection agencies are getting backlash from using robo dialers. I'd argue collection agencies are much more regulated than telemarketers. Google the FDCPA law.