Fair Debt Collection Practices Act have any infos about this ?
As I understand it, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prevents
collection agencies from calling me at work and leaving messages
with someone else about an overdue bill.
Does it also prevent *SOMEONE ELSE* (not a debt collector) from
calling me at work and leaving messages with someone else about a
completely imaginary "overdue" bill, mentioned only to get you to
take and/or return the call? (If you return the call, they launch
into a sales pitch and make absolutely no mention of any bill,
overdue or otherwise, and deny having mentioned one on the original
call).
Might it also apply to email "Subject: Re: delinquent payment" which
contains as its body your standard body-part-enlargement ad? Of
course, here, there's the problem of proving who sent it.
On the phone call, tell the jerk that if they call again, you'll send over
your team of bears who will shit on their desks for a week.
Although it's a stupid tactic to talk to you, it's not illegal.
You could possibly file a complaint with the phone company or check with
them and see if the state has any laws about this kind of calling.
Next time, tell whomever takes the calls to get all the information, such as
the company name.
If the company name isn't known to you, forget them.
Neither is the spam violating any laws.
When I see those in email, I just trash it.
If they want me that bad, they'll use the snail mail.