Encore Capital Group Debt Collection Complaint

Encore Capital Group Debt collection department,

I do not know Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed Debt is not mine Maryland

This complaint concerns both harassment and misrepresentation. The Midland Credit Management collection agency has called me repeatedly about a debt that is not mine, although they did not identify themselves as a debt agency. Each time they called, they said that they wanted to speak with the person who the debt belongs to about a 'private business matter. ' The individual in question is an independent contractor, so it is possible that a - party would try to reach her about a legitimate business matter. However, after the first time they said that, I suspected that it was not, in fact, a business matter. It sounded too scripted. Further, I realized that they had not identified themselves. At that point I suspected that they might be a collections agency. To better understand why I was receiving these calls, I asked the person who had called if they represented a collections agency. Not only did they not identify themselves, but they also lied to me about this and stated that they were not. I refused to give them any information and researched the number they called me on online, which is when my suspicions were confirmed. If I had engaged with them in a conversation believing that they have a business relationship with the debtor, they could have extracted far more information than they are legally allowed to collect. When I called them back and asked to speak to a supervisor, they initially refused to let me. I told them it was a private matter, but still they would n't, so finally I resorted to saying, at this point rather emotionally, that I had concerns about the professionalism of an employee. They then transferred me, but all I got was a voicemail box.