I've had a number calling me repeatedly for the past couple of weeks. My phone blocked it initially and I put it on my personal block list. They never leave a message and they show up as a VOIP on SpyDialer. I'm 95% sure that this is yet another debt collector barking up the wrong tree at my number, which I've had for nearly a quarter of a century.

I don't know if someone is falsely using my phone number to apply for credit, or if the debt is really, really old. The point is that I have no debt and no reason for debt collectors to be calling me.

I used a tool to determine who the VOIP carrier is (Bandwidth.com) and put in a complaint. They've opened a ticket and will be investigating.

Don't fuck around with me. I am grumpy, hate scammers, debt collectors, and all other abusers of the phone system, and will do whatever I can to find and put a stop to whoever is bugging me.

Honestly, if it is a debt collector I'm hoping they get their VOIP numbers shut down through this company and have to go through the hassle of setting up elsewhere. At least their victims will have some respite while that happens.

#Telephones #Scams #DebtCollectors

Yet we still can't get decent data protection laws.

A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors

https://www.404media.co/a-startup-is-selling-data-hacked-from-peoples-computers-to-debt-collectors/

#Startup #Hacks #DebtCollectors #DataBrokers #Privacy #Security #InfoSec #Tech

Debt collectors are scum. I fucking hate them.

My credit is clean but I've lately started getting calls for someone who must have had my number a LONG time ago (I've had it for over 20 years). and I'm getting sick of it.

I had a spate of them about 15 years ago for the same guy, now they've started up again. Is it too much to ask that they verify a phone number's owner before calling them and wasting their time?

And if this guy isn't just using my phone number on credit applications, his debt is so old it isn't collectible anymore which makes these people zombie debt collectors, and they all need to die in a fire, ASAP.

#Capitalism #DebtCollectors

#StudentLoan #DebtCollectors Are Coming for Your #Paycheck

https://www.thecut.com/article/student-loan-default-delinquent-forced-collection.html

I mean, if we got rid of all debt, maybe this wouldn't have happened.

Just wipe the servers clean.

Data breach leaks SSNs of over 230,000 Comcast customers

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/7/24264283/comcast-fcbs-data-breach-ssn-names

#DataBreach #SSN #Comcast #DebtCollectors #Security #Ransomware #InfoSec #Privacy #Tech