When I answered all the women kept doing was saying hello- and I would reply hello- how can I help you- she kept playing the hello game- so I hung up- she called back and I let it go into answering machine- she did not leave a message- So I assume that it is a Damn Telemarketer, and I do not want these people calling my home......

Calls many times, never says anything, never leaves a messages.  Are they checking to see when I am at home?

I keep getting calls asking for Brenda..Every day. There is no Brenda at my house.

YES!

They can be sued for intentionally harassing a non-debtor and regardless of the circumstances:

Under the TCPA, a consumer has a right to file a lawsuit and recover $500 for each call that violates the TCPA. The TCPA can also be used in conjunction with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in some situations.  

Generally, the TCPA does not apply to debt collectors making collection calls to debtors. However, if you are subjected to calls from a debt collector and you are not the debtor, you may file a lawsuit against the debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the TCPA.

This right was recently recognized by Judge Legrome D. Davis in a case called Watson v. NCO Group, Inc.  NCO Group is a debt collector that uses automated prerecorded collection calls.  In this case, Mr. Watson alleged he was getting hundreds of calls from NCO Group after he got a new phone number. Mr. Watson claimed he owed no debt to NCO Group, Inc.  Mr. Watson filed suit under both the FDCPA and TCPA.

David Israel, defense lawyer for NCO, argued that the TCPA should not apply to debt collectors.  Judge Davis rejected the argument made by David Israel. The judge ruled that Mr. Watson had a right to sue NCO Group Inc under the TCPA for $500 for each call.  Judge Davis wrote;

[The] Court is convinced that a non-debtor's rights are in fact violated when he is subjected to repeated annoying and abusive debt collection calls that he remains powerless to stop.

Judge Davis' ruling was based upon his interpretation that collection calls to non-debtors violate the privacy rights provided by the TCPA.  

So what can you do if you receive "wrong number" calls from debt collectors?

1. Sign up for the Do-Not-Call registry.
2. Save the calls captured by your voice mail or answering machine.
3. Contact a consumer lawyer.

http://consumerlawyer.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/the-do-not-call.html

Collections
TCPA: What Is It & How Does It Affect You?

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) does many things - including prohibiting debt collectors from calling your cell phone without your permission. Each unauthorized call could result in the debt collector paying you up to $1,500. Here's some helpful information on the Act and how it might affect you.
What is the TCPA?

The TCPA, which was signed into law in 1991 under the first Bush Administration and codified under 47 U.S.C. 227, prohibits calls using any automatic telephone dialing system or artificial or prerecorded voices to:

?Emergency telephone lines
?Telephone lines of any guest room or patient room at a hospital, health care facility, elderly home or similar establishment
?Telephone numbers assigned to paging services, cellular telephone services, specialized mobile radio services, other radio common carrier services or any service for which the called party is charged for the call
?Any telephone call to a residential telephone line
?Send unauthorized faxes
The only way that a caller won't violate the statute is if express consent has been given - and violations of the TCPA are steep. An unintentional call carries a damage amount of $500; an intentional call carries a damage amount of $1,500. That's per call and regardless of the purpose of the call. In other words, if they call you using an automated dialing system without your consent, they've violated the Act and you are entitled to damages.

How does it affect you?

Most debt collectors use automatic telephone dialing systems to contact debtors. You'll recognize this when you go to pick up the phone and there is a slight hesitation on the other end. In fact, most debt collectors are calling nearly 100 people at a time just waiting for someone to answer. Although many have stopped calling landlines, cell phones are another story. Since more and more people are using cell phones either instead of, or in addition to, traditional landlines, debt collectors are finding their cell phone numbers using skip tracers, calling them and hoping that they don't realize that the TCPA has been violated.

http://bankruptcy-law.freeadvice.com/collections/tcpa_how_it_works.html

They keep calling for my ex-husband's current wife, and this is 6 years later. Each time they call, I try to make it abundantly clear that I do not have contact with them, remove me from the contact list, etc., and still, they call about once every 6 months. The things that irks me even MORE, is that they got MY PARENT'S phone number and have started calling them!

Is there any legal recourse? Someone please say yes.

These idiots keep calling, looking for my ex-wife, who has not resided here in around 15-20 YEARS. They refuse to believe that this is true, but luckily my current wife is an attorney - a federal prosecutor for scummy scamsters like this one. Place your bets!

Got a call from them, collection agency.  The lady that I spoke to was nice enough given the nature of the call, several lies were told by them, also as expected given the nature of the call.  They didn't give the collection Agency name, when asked they wouldn't really answer that.  They kept saying the credit card company owned the debt, but I have my credit report in front of me and see where it has been sold a few times.  They stuck with that story even after I informed them I knew better.  They default to saying they have to run any settlement through the originating credit company, they were not willing to come clean and say they own the debt and they an make the settlement.  Company will not take a money order sent to them, they will only accept getting your checking account information from you.  In the past giving my checking account information to a collection agency resulted in my account being cleaned out, so I would not do that.  Other than that the lady was nice enough as I said earlier, just not real flexible when coming to an agreement or I would have made an agreement with them on the matter today.

Also they using number 760-735-8531 for cross reference.

who is the company?

i asked her not to call so early in the mornings (they call every day) and espically on a saturday and she told me "that i better not talk to her like that" i am sick of it. i am not sure what they want...

Did not leave a message

picked up, didn't speak