I received a call at my work for my daughter.  I have no idea how they accessed my private work phone line.  I called the number above back and I don't have a good feeling about calling that number. I doubt my number is removed from their list.  I hate this kind of thing and their business doesn't even pertain to me.  I am assuming this is a debt collection, but I am not sure.  The company doesn't really say what it is they want.

I AM ON A DO NOT CAL L LIST AND THESE PEOPLE KEEP CALLING THREE TIMES A DAY. PLEASE STOP WITH THE HARRASSMENT

The people calling me from this number must be complete idiots.  They do not identify themselves or the purpose of their call on their recorded message.  This is a violation of federal law.  When I call the number they leave (312-423-7484), they identify themselves only as "the business office."  They ask me to leave my name and telephone number.  They are never there to answer my return calls.

I just left them a strongly worded message indicating that I do not give out my name and telephone number to unidentified callers who are violating federal law.  I told them that if they wish to speak with  me, they need to answer my return calls.

Actually this is a legal gray area in the FDCPA. A collector must make "meaningful disclosure" of its identity yet respect the privacy of whoever is named on a debt account. Some collectors fear that giving a business name, or even simply leaving a message, may expose account discussion to the wrong person, a punishable offense. Many others have turned to the clumsy practice of trying to get a person to self-authenticate in a canned message. Hence those absurd commands to stop listening if you're not the intended target.

Collectors are sued about the same no matter which rule they favor. However, there is case law which scolds them for breaking one law to satisfy another. The same dilemma often sees a live collector and call recipient dancing in circles trying to get each other to reveal an identity and call purpose. The more devious collectors use this forced ambiguity to their advantage, making incomprehensibly hurried messages with coded phrases like "important business matter", calculated to both mask themselves and worry you enough to return the call.

More solid violations would be a collector refusing to give a business name on demand, or breaking a written cease-comm, or pulling the rude and obnoxious stunts the industry at large has become infamous for.

They keep leaving messages on my phone for an Alex hirsh or hersh. I am not him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!