• 19
  • July
    2011

Something like this has happened to almost everyone.  The phone rings and you answer it.  The call is a from a debt collector who is looking for someone who does not live with you.  You tell the debt collector they have the wrong number, they say thank you and hang up the phone.  The next day the same thing happens.  The day after that, it happens again.  No matter how many times you tell the debt collector that the person they are looking for does not live with you, they continue to call.  Why do they do that? 

Well there could be many reasons why debt collectors will continue to call a number they know is not the debtors phone number.  The most common reason is that most debt collectors use an autodialer that is programmed to call certain numbers at certain times.  Unless they actually remove your number from the autodialer cue, the autodialer will continue to make that phone call. 

By continuing to call a number that they have been told is not the debtor's phone number, a debt collector violates both the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Florida law.  Florida recognizes a person's right to privacy.  Your right of privacy is violated if the Debt Collector intrudes, either physically or electronically, into your private quarters (your home).  The Courts have held that when a debt collector repeatedly calls someone who has told them not to call they have violated that persons right to privacy.

If this has happened to your or somoene you know, you can make the phone calls stop.  You should consult with one of our attorneys who can file a lawsuit against the debt collector.  When a debt collector gets sued for this sort of conduct, they always remove the phone number from the autodialer.  You may also be entitled to damages from the debt collector.  And best of all, we handle cases like this on a contingency which means you will not owe us a fee unless we recover money from the debt collector.  In short, you really have nothing to lose so if this is happening to you, call us today!