[ZTAngel]

We got calls like that all the time a few months ago. It was from an automated service that left us a message every single time they called our house which was about 6 to 7 times per day. We went away on our honeymoon for over 2 weeks and came back to almost 100 voicemails. Omg...I was so angry. The calls would start very early on the weekends - usually around 8am. The automated message would say each time, "We are calling in regards to a very important matter. Please call back immediately." Since it was an automated call and the "important matter" was never said, my husband and I knew that it was probably a debt collector calling for someone else. We figured that if we didn't answer the calls or didn't call them back that eventually they'd give up. No such luck. We tried to get Vonage involved (they're our phone provider) but they were no help. My husband finally answered the call one day and the automated message said, "Please hold while we connect you to an agent." Yay! A live person! My husband chewed them out. They were supposedly looking for a Dave. He told them they were calling a government work line (which is technically correct since my husband is a PhD student at GATech and does a lot of his research from home). That seemed to do the trick and they never called again.

It started again last month with a different debt collector. It was a live person calling each time while we were at work and they'd leave a message saying that they needed to speak with Buford about a very important matter. No Buford's here! They called last Friday while I was taking the day off. I answered and I'll admit that I was not so friendly to them. The calls have stopped though.