Owe Money? Hear Actual Debt Collectors Harass People on the Phone

ByABC News
January 18, 2007, 10:15 AM

— -- Consumer A: Um, my only deal is right now y'all are getting me into some really big trouble with my job.

Collector: Ma'am, you got yourself into trouble.

Consumer A: No, no, no, no. Y'all have been calling here, harassing me.

Collector: I'll tell you what: there's not harassment when you owe someone money. I'm not even going to argue with you. What I suggest...

Consumer A: I'm not arguing with you.

Listen to an audio recording of this conversation.

Collector: What I suggest you do is do what I asked you to do, or get you an attorney.

Consumer A: Well, I need you to stop calling my job.

Collector: No, I'm not. No, I'm not. I'm not going to do that.

Consumer A: I need you to stop calling my job because you're gonna get me in trouble.

Collector: You've involved your job. You gave your job number with this company. Now how do you want to deal with it?

Collector: You know what? If I ever knew someone that would just sit on the phone and lie repeatedly...I mean, that's what you're doing repeatedly, not just once. Lie to a judge.