I was left a text message on my cell phone, my only phone, with this phone number.  Nothing else.  of course I Google the number and see what it is and I panic.  I call them and they act like it's my mistake when my name doesn't show up in their system.  So sorry to waste your time.

They are a collection agency... not sure about the name of the company as I never stay on the line long enough to find out.

Left a message on my home phone for someone I never heard of.  Said I had so many seconds to hang up.  If I didn't, that indicated I was that person.  If I wasn't that person, I had better not listen to the message as it was private information.   Said to call 800-782-0388 if I'm not that person or they'll keep calling me.

These people keep calling me at work looking for my father, I've told them to stop calling me but the same woman calls back about every two weeks.

If you do not have a valid debt, do not, under any circumstance, contact this company.  They practice predatory collection techniques and purchase debts that are beyond their statutory life.  Contacting them will "reset the clock" on the statute of your debt, and if the debt was truly paid off previously, your contact with them can initiate a new negative mark on your credit.

Called me looking for a neighbor.
Used their name and address. (I hardly know them.)
Never mentioned why.
See the other persons post about who they might be.
(Bill collectors?)

Houston Funding Corporation (TX Corp.)
2620 Fountainview, #305
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: 800-782-0388
or 713-783-0388
Fax: 713-978-5037

Web address: http://www.houstonfunding.com/

Bud Says:

Here is an organization to be proud of. Our first encounter with a Houston Funding debt collector was on an account they admitted to being more than eight years old, yet two different collectors stated a lawsuit would be filed if not paid immediately.

We are not saying these debts are as old as Bob and Harry; however we (mistakenly) assumed when we learned that they belonged to the American Collectors Association (ACA) that their collectors had some training in the FDCPA.  Apparently not! Bob and Harry must be paying wages in accordance with the prices paid for the worthless portfolios they are collecting on?next to nothing! Perhaps that means they can?t afford the ACA training courses either.

To make a bad situation even worse, they have enlisted notorious Chicago debt collector; Merchants Credit Guide to collect on these old accounts. Anyone in this industry knows that under BAD REPUTATIONS, SLEAZY, LIARS AND CON MEN in the dictionary is a description of Merchants Credit Guide.

So now we realize that Bob and Harry have what appears to be the following problems:
A)  They are buying debts out of statutes.
B)  Their collectors are untrained.
C)  They apparently can?t afford to train them.
D)  They, as a sleazy bottom feeder, are using a slimy (sleazy) group of debt collectors with a horrid reputation.

http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/houston_funding.htm