Unsolicited phone call

missile

I would suggest sign up for call barring, (free trial from BT) and ban their number.

Caroline73_2

I would telll them to prove you threatened to blow up the offices. I'm sure the police would be very interested in them wasting police time.

RobertoMoir

esuhl wrote: »

I'm not 100% sure if this is correct... but I think you are officially allowed to tell the debt collection company to record a disassociation between yourself and the debtor. Assuming they are not related to you and you don't have any financial association (joint accounts, business partners, etc.) then you may have a claim against the debt collection company for harassment if they don't leave you alone.

I wish I could remember where I heard that... Hang on... this sounds like the sort of thing:

http://www.talkaboutdebt.co.uk/question-answer/credit-rating/what-notice-disassociation

I think you'll find that is for when some sort of relationship exists, not for something like this where (if I'm reading this right) a random scammer has simply just put down the OP's address at random. I'd be reluctant to do anything that might suggest you know or care anything more about the situation than you actually do.

cheesedoffwithdebt

totally agree- tell them when they call " oh can you hang on one second please?" then leave the phone off the hook so that they pay shedloads for the call.:D

geri1965 wrote: »

Get a whistle and blow it down the phone the next time they call you.

Or don't hang up, ask them to hold and put the phone behind the sofa for the rest of the night.

__TJ___2

i had this exact same thing, they kept calling and calling because we had changed our number to some guys old number - oh their delight at getting an answer again :mad: they called me int he middle of the 11.11 silence and i went ballistic at them, after weeks of calls and threateneing despite my denials of even knowing the person they were after i am ashamed to say i screamed at them, i can be quite loud when the need arises :rolleyes:
they then called back, i didnt answer but they left a threateneing, physically explicit sexually horrific message on my answerphone.

i called cops who came and recorded it, i changed my number and 25 mins later i had a new number to tell everyone about. not ideal because i had only just told them all about the last numbver change, but it was a horrible experience. cops never got back to me about the caller, as they were offshore, im not sure the phone laws still apply.

call police, and yes, you might have to change your number, but make sure you never ever give it out to anyone other than family, if i enter a comptetition or buy something they accept a mobile or i dont give a number at all. you only have to give it out once and it will get in the system and sold round to all and sundry. :eek:

tbw

Pink_fluff wrote: »

Do you think in this current climate,that is appropriate for you to threaten to blow up a companies offices?

Is it any wonder they wanted to call the police. You are lucky your number was not traced and the police turned up at your door.

I don't really see that the 'current climate' has any bearing on the situation!;) Anyway, the OP CLEARLY stated (using capitals!) that he had not threatened to blow anything up. So I don't understand what point you are trying to make?

david39

I used to get calls from a debt management company - went on for months. 1471 gave the number as 00000000, so it was not trapped as a withheld number. Call always starts "Can I speak to Mr. xxxx" - "Hello, Mr xxxxx, how are you today?"

Tried all the usual methods of stopping them to no avail, so finally ended up treating it as a humorous interlude in the day by talking to them about everything other than money and not letting them get a word in. Last conversation, several weeks ago now, went along the lines of "Thank you for calling - I was getting so worried that you hadn't called me since last week. I've told my daughter that you've stopped ringing every day to see if I'm OK, and that she should get on to you to find out why - She doesn't tell me, but she's a busy girl and I know she pays you to call me regularly to check that I'm OK - and you're not playing fair by leaving it so long between calls. Now, you make sure you ring me EVERY day from now on, or I'll tell her and she'll get on to your boss......." Caller finally gives up and puts the phone down muttering expletives.

Haven't heard from them since, but I don't expect it was just that call that finally stopped them. You do finally drop off their radar, but you probably have to wait for them to get a new batch of prospects before they ditch the old ones.