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They keep calling me about 3 times a day and they want Some one Named Annalaura I keep telling them they have the wrong number but they still call over and over
PRA has been calling us for more than 5 years attempting to collect a debt from 15 years ago. I use the following method to stop them, although it takes quite a few attempts but eventually they stop. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE THEM IN ANY WAY. ANY CONVERSATION LEADS TO MORE CALLS.
1) Keep a list of the various numbers and states they are calling from.
2) Buy a coaches sports whistle. They cost about $5.00. Keep it handy by the phone.
3) When you recognize the number on caller id, grab your whistle and BLOW LIKE HELL into the mouthpiece. My husband thinks an air horn would be more effective since I have asthma.
This method effectively shocks the caller intro yanking off their head set and running to their supervisor with a blown out ear drum. After they receive enough complaints by their associates, the number is removed from the roster.
The trick is, be consistent and blow every call every time. This method has worked for me, they stopped calling for over a year. The calls just started again after the new year so I've got my whistle handy again.
Good luck!

OMG Cindee, that's a great idea. That's much better than my "pick up the phone and immediately hang up" approach!
As far as I'm concerned they're lowere than Pond Scum. They sued me in 2008, but it was dismissed as past the Statute of Limitations date. I am STILL getting calls & mail from them in 2010. The last girl I talked to there, said they know they "can't do anything legal to me", but I still owe the money. I told her I do not owe & will not pay anything on this acct., especially since they now say I owe $10,000. My lawyer told me to turn them in to our State Attorney General's Office as harrassment.
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