Friday, February 12, 2010

How do debt collectors find your number even if you its under a false name?

My sister has so many debt collectors for sill things calling her darn house,She doesn't have a land line,its through her cable company but the accounts under a false name.she just changed cable company's and i don't even know her number off the top of my head yet,but collector's call 24/7.how is that possible?How do debt collectors find your number even if you its under a false name?
Debt collectors can be very resourceful.....They can contact friends/relatives/neighbors pretending to be someone else to get the phone number. They also have access to databases listing cell numbers.





The main way to stop the calls is to pay the bills in collections. Otherwise, she should get an unregistered prepaid cell phone account with Net10 or TracPhone.How do debt collectors find your number even if you its under a false name?
sure hope your cable company doesn't find out she is using a false name as


that a federal crime and the FBI could come knocking at her door...


and collectors cant call 24/7 they can only call from 9am to 8 or 9pm
Collectors do a skip trace. They use a variety of resources to track down debtors, including friends, relatives, employers, other creditors (one of the best). In this day of internet, it's even easier to track someone down.





Your sister could easily avoid all those collection calls. Just pay her bills. Maybe she should cancle that cable and use the money to pay off her creditors.
Maybe she should get caller ID so she doesn't have to answer the phone.


Or maybe find a friend who speaks Albanian or Vietnamese or some relatively obscure language, and have the friend answer the phone.


I occasionally get calls from fundraisers or politicians. When they start calling three times a day, I answer the phone but start talking to them in Russian.
they have access to many data bases. she should never acknowledge they have the right person. over time they will quit calling.
I used to work for a debt collection agency, and they had this thing called Skip-Trace. What it does is search for any name or address or phone number that is similar to the person that they are looking for, near where that person lives (yes, they can even get a neighbor's number and ask the neighbor do they know where you are)! I believe it is like a subscription or a service that the collection company has to pay for.

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