Post: Harrassing phone calls - what can be done?

Posted by ChrisC on 7/24/06

About a week ago, my husband and I started receiving calls
from 713-271-3899 on our cell phone. We originally had the
number that is used for our cell phone as a land line a
year ago and switched over to just a cell phone this
spring since it's more cost efficient and more useful for
us.

Anyway, the calls started about a week ago. The phone
rang, I picked it up and the caller ID showed Texas and
the number, 713-271-3899. I answered the phone like I
usually do with "hello" but all that was on the other end
was silence.

I've been getting calls from that same number over a week
now, sometimes three or four of them in a day. They try
and call at all different hours. Sometimes in the morning
as early as 8, sometimes in the evening as late as 10.
They called three times on Sunday afternoon.

The thing is, they never say anything, they just hang up.
It doesn't matter if I say "hello", my husband says hello,
or we don't say anything at all but just pick it up and
listen.

Is there any way to stop this kind of call? I've tried
calling the number back and just get a busy signal no
matter when I try to call it.

You would figure if these were debt collectors (I found
the number listed on a forum on the web as belonging to a
debt collection agency), they would say something in order
to collect a debt. Although I find it interesting that
debt collectors would be harrassing us considering we
don't have any debts whatsoever. We don't even own credit
cards. The only thing we have that we're paying off is our
car loan, and we have been making the payments on time
every month to Wells Fargo with no problems.

Does anyone have any insight or suggestions about what can
be done about this harrassment?

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Harrassing phone calls - what can be done?, 7/24/06, by ChrisC.

Re: Harrassing phone calls - what can be done?, 7/27/06, by Person.

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