
Quoting
zazlow
My wife of 25 years has started getting collections calls and letter for a 2001 debt incurred apparently by a woman with a similar name. We have informed the callers and the agency in writing that she has never lived in Houston (where ther debt apparently orginated) and that her name while similar is not the same. None of the other particulars correspond, like date of birth and social security number. We continue to get mail to pay this debt, though thankfully the calls have stopped. How can we get this time consuming and annoyning collection behavior to stop and is there any chance it will affct our credit?