My Single Mom Life

Get the name of the collections agency-google em and call a Manager. That's what I did...

When I got my first cell phone, I was getting a TON of calls for some deadbeat named Frank Santoro. This was just some loser who had the number before I did...never heard of the guy before. I actually did what Pete suggested above, and found contact info for the collection agency, and called them. I wanted the calls to stop already.

When I called, they wanted MY name and address. DO NOT GIVE THEM THIS INFO, otherwise they might transfer the debt over to you. I am not kidding you, Kat. This happened to Mike once, when he was getting hospital bills for some other Michael Murphy. He made the mistake of calling the hospital (one in which he's never been incarcerated in), and they simply transferred the debt to his name.

So this is what you do...this is how I got the collection agency to stop calling me for Frank Santoro's bills (they had accused me of being this deadbeat's wife/girlfriend). I learned it from Mike, who used it to get Malden Hospital to stop harassing him over that other Mike Murphy's bills.

Do it over the phone, or, as Mike did, write a cease & desist letter. Tell them that you are NOT Heidi, that you have no idea as to where she is, and that the calls MUST stop. Tell them that if they don't understand any of this, that perhaps your attorney can explain it to them better.

You are not threatening them with a lawsuit here...that's not a good idea. All you are doing is offering to help them...LOL! But it works like a charm...it stopped the dunning notices for the other Mike Murphy's hospital bills, and it stopped the collection agency from calling me, looking for Frank Santoro. We've used it many times since, it has worked every time.

Give it a try, and good luck!

Also, if you still have their number on caller ID, you could google it that way. That's how I got the name of the agency that kept calling me. Good luck! Could you report them to the don't call registry?

I'd say get a freakin' whistle and blast it into the phone, especially since they "must" keep calling. Heh!

Wow, it has been that long already? I can't believe they refused to remove your number from her contact information. That would piss me off to no end, at both them AND her.

Christine advice is right on the money Kat. You have the right to inform them to cease and desist. You also have the right to file a harrassment issue with the FTC. A reputable collection agency knows the laws and will abide by them. Once you have done the necessary research on this company you will know who you are dealing with and by all means ask to speak with a supervisor if the idiot on the other end of the line doesn't have a clue.

I had a "friend" who did that to me for years, too. She was a rabid fan of a rock star (now dead) and used to use permutations of his name, then use ME as her reference for telephones, electric, etc.

One day, however, a year or so after I'd cleared her out of my life, the phone company called and asked if I could vouch for a Roberta Palmer. I was truly mystified at that point, and the phone guy kept asking me how she could have used me as a contact, etc.

It was only after I hung up -- about half an hour later, in fact -- that I connected Roberta Palmer with the rocker, Robert Palmer, and my friend who had such a crush on him.

Then I laughed and laughed.

Hello Kat!

I haven't commented in forever. But we've got a snow day up here in Michigan, so I can play online for awhile.

Your problem is way easier to solve than googling numbers and calling to sit on hold for a manager.

All you do, is tell them that first of all, that person hasn't lived with you in over 3 years, but also, that number is used for business purposes and they are not allowed to call it for personal matters of any sort. Bam. They can't legally call back.

Take care!