Yep...but not for us!
One is for a woman who lived in this house prior to us. The debt seems to be in her maiden name. The company only leaves messages. If I do answer the phone, then I hear the same recorded message.
The second collection call is for my brother in law!! He lives in another state. I denied knowing him...which my husband said was okay. I don't know his situation exactly. But collectors are relentless and I don't want to get involved. That time it was a live person and she said she would remove our phone number. Good!
My BIL actually has always worked for his older brother (another BIL). He doesn't have his GED and does handyman type work for rental properties. I just found out the older BIL had to file bankruptcy. As a result not as much income/work for the brother in law we are getting collection calls for. Ugh! I'm so sorry things are not going well for either of them. It is just very sad.
As a precaution, I'm going to pull our credit reports today. I don't expect to find anything. If I find something...I'm sure you'll be one of the first to know. 
Getting Collection Calls
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Oh, joy -- the collection calls. Especially frustrating when they aren't your accounts, right? I got a call from a "law firm" stating that there was a matter that was going to court in the county that my FIL/MIL live in.
I called the number back making sure DH wasn't involved somehow. Boy those people are nasty. The guy wanted my social security number - I wasn't going to give it to him. Then he started in on how I don't want to make this situation go away and it is only going to get worse. I called him on his bully tactic, had him agree it would be stupid of me to give him my SSN unless I had his name and direct number. He gave the info (I am assuming it was correct) I gave him my SSN which wasn't in the system, and he was SO apologetic. They took my phone number off of their list and haven't called back.
I then googled the number they called from and found out they were ruthless debt collectors who use bad tactics and a slimy lawyer in NY rents out use of his name to make it look legit. The guy said he was a 'paralegal' and would direct my number to the 'managing partner'.
Worth a good laugh. Too bad though about BIL's situation.
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