Nov 11, 2010
My husband owes a business debt to one of his vendors. According to Burt & Associates, I am responsible for the debt because TX is a community property state and my husband signed a personal guarantee with the vendor. I have nothing to do with my husband's company and I knew nothing about any of this until I started receiving a barrage of phone calls at my home and on my cell phone. One morning we had very loud messages left on our answering machine at 6:39 a.m, 6:40 a.m., 6:42 a.m., and 6:46 a.m. One of the calls was just a guy who never gave a name or reason for the call, yelling "pick up the phone." saying I had an hour to call him back. The man never identified himselfOn one call he made a reference to the family of my ex-husband. He only identified himself as Rick in Dallas and gave a call back number of 469-368-6405. My son was terrified. I personally have received over 20 calls in two days. They tracked me down when I was out of town, called my next door neighbor and told her they had a delivery for us, told my mom they were friends of mine, called my elderly father and said they had parts for me, said they were suing me, had investigators at my house taking pictures and were looking at a picture of me online. They kept saying that they needed to pick up a check (for more than my husband owes) from me in 30 minutes and when I said I didn't have the money and had no idea what they were talking about, they brought up the Chairman of the Board of a foundation I serve on would be willing to write the check for me. I have been absolutely distraught. My husband had his lawyer contact them so the calls have stopped. My husband is going to settle and doesn't seem interested in pursuing the matter any further but I am outraged. I just don't understand how these people can get away with this. What steps can I take to stop these people?