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- From: bkottmann@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil (Brett Kottmann)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How do I handle Phone harassment?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct7.132834.1716@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil>
- Date: 7 Oct 92 18:28:34 GMT
- References: <1agj04INN5ef@aludra.usc.edu>
- Organization: Logicon Technical Services, Inc.
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- In article <1agj04INN5ef@aludra.usc.edu>, rmakarem@usc.edu (Total Stranger) writes:
- > Hi,
- > About two months ago, I started getting phone calls asking for a
- > person with the same last name as mine, but I have no idea who
- > that person is.
- > Apparently the calls are from collection agencies and different
- > creditors. Every time I received a call, I would explain to them
- > that they have the wrong number, and would they please not call
- > again. Most of the calls stopped, but there are a couple of
- > agencies that still call frequently, and every time we tell them
- > that they have the wrong number they accuse us of lying. It is
- > getting to be unbearable. What can I do to make the phone calls
- > stop?
-
- Sue them.
-
- > I know the names of the people who are calling, as well as their
- > company names and phone numbers (All left conveniently on the
- > answering machine), can I bring harassment charges against them?
-
- Yes.
-
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- "Why the courts don't tell a husband who has been living off his wife
- to go out and get a job is beyond my comprehension."--Joan Lunden
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