[cstreit]

I'm in the same situation except the previous owners of my home-office number apparently screwed a LOT of creditors. For the first six months I was getting 2-3 phonecalls a day. I told Discover services that this was MY number and I had no idea who these people were. (If you're John or Barbara XYZ you better STAY OUT OF MY WAY).

So it took 3 months of telling Discover to quit calling me looking for them, then the weasle debt collectors started calling with a bunch of pretenses like "You won a free something" or "This is the pharmacy, we have your medecine" and other such BS... It was unreal.

Fortunately After the 2nd time they called I could freely harrass them without feeling guilty. I used that "Full metal Jacket" voiceover webpage, the old "No, This is Lenny, I just whacked them because they owed US money too", etc.. etc... Now I don't get many calls but I sure look forward to the ones I DO get...