18 questions that will stop debt collectors abusive phone calls

Are you being hounded on the phone by debt collectors? If so then the following 18 questions are for you.

They will put an end to their abuse very quickly. When you use them you should always be certain that you demand that they validate the debt and inform them that you dispute the debt and each and every part of it. You should print them out and put them in a plastic sheet protector and keep them near your phone so you can get to them quickly.

You should also keep a written log and tape all of your phone calls with debt collectors -- voice recorders these days are inexpensive, readily available and when attached directly to your telephone line do an excellent job of recording both sides of the conversation -- and you can save the call in a digital file on your computer for possible future use. Visit your local Radio Shack or Fry's or Office Depot or OfficeMax or Staples or ... (you get the picture.)

"Excuse me, I have been advised to know who it is that I am talking with - so to that end I must ask you some questions:"

1. What is the name of the company you are calling for and the purpose of this call?
2. What is their address.
3. What state are they in?
4. What is the zip code?
5. What is the phone number?
6. What is the name of the alleged creditor?
7. What is their address?
8. What state are they in?
9. What is the zip code?
10. What is their phone number?
11. What is the Account number?
12. What is the amount you claim I owe?
13. What is your name? What is your last name?
14. What is your address?
15. What state are you in?
16. What is your zip code?
17. What is your telephone number?
18. What is your Social Security number?

Naturally when you get down to the personal information they are going to want to refuse to give you that information and will claim that they don't have to give you that information. That is when you tell them that they must give it by law because the law says that they have to give full and complete information about the call they are making and since they have already broken the law by calling you in the first place and you want to know where to send their summons to court and you want to be sure that you have the right person on the summons. That will normally get rid of them real quick. If it doesn't then you simply tell them that if they have anything to say to you they need to put it in a letter and send it to you by mail and then hang up on them. If they start screaming at you then you simply scream back at them and don't shut up until they do. Naturally you will not want to take the time to go through all of that at your workplace but if they do get stupid and call you at work and on your cell phone then you simply get their name and the company name and tell them that you are at work and they need to put it in writing and send it to them. But you want to put your home and cell phone numbers on your letters and make it easy for them to break the law. You have to have several violations of the law in order to win the case and you have to build a paper trail of the violations so we want to tempt them to break the law as many times as possible.

Yes, you can have fun with this.

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