wrong number - collections calls

For the past four years these insane credit collectors have been trying to reach certain particular person(s) and every time i either speak to or call these companies back to explain, "hey they dont have this number, this has been my number for yrs please take this number off your list" they say they will and apolgize and never do!

I am listed in the phone book as L Thompson. so i get calls for; larry, lenore, lawrence, oh my number #1 debtor lakesha Thompson....they go to the local directory and see L Thompson and assume they are reaching the person listed above.....i cant get them to stop. it is dam annoying at 8:15 am on a sat.

[SWTXBelle]

My first cell phone number was exactly the same as the Harris County Tax Office - only with a different area code (Houston has 3 different area codes). I'd have tons of messages from little old ladies wanting to get tax relief - I felt obliged to call them and tell them to call the number with 713 instead of 281. Verizon was happy to change my number after about a week.

My daughter has gotten so many calls for "Tom" that her message states "This is Gypsyboots - not Tom. If you are calling for Tom, he will not call you back, because this is Gypsyboots, not Tom."

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

My daughter has gotten so many calls for "Tom" that her message states "This is Gypsyboots - not Tom. If you are calling for Tom, he will not call you back, because this is Gypsyboots, not Tom."

I used to do that too!! lol

When I first got my "new" cell phone number (almost 6 yrs ago), a WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE kept calling for someone named 'Christine'. I'm guessing my # used to be Christine's and after awhile the calls eventually stopped after putting a message on there like that for a couple of weeks. I still got a few sporadically, but not as often as I did the first year of me having that number.

I got a call for Christine about 3 months ago.. lol Yea... I got that number in 2002!

[Tippiechick]

Someone with my same 1st and last name has been taking out title loans/payday advancements. They got ahold of our number and started being rude to me! They told me if it was my name, then I should know why they are calling. And that was all I needed to know.

After threatening harassment and letting them know I had their number on cid...
1)I asked who they were collecting for.
2) I told them to verify the last 4 of the social, birth year, address... Of course, it was not me they were looking for!
3) I demanded to know if this was simply a skip trace (meaning they call anyone whose name resembles anything close to what they are looking for...) or if they had my info through their client's account information (making sure this wasn't identity fraud)
The company tried to snowblow me several times. But, then I told them I was getting the police involved since this was possible identity fraud and since they refused to cooperate.
That was all it took. They told me they would pull the number from the system.

We took no chances. We pulled our home line. We weren't actually using it. So, it's a lot cheaper just having a cell bill. AND, it solves so many probs.