Date Received: 2018-02-21
Product: Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: I have been repeatedly harassed by Western Merchantile Agency in XXXX XXXX Oregon for a debt that is not mine. They have contacted me multiple times via mail, which I have called each time and informed them they have the wrong person. They call me insistently and every time I inform them they have the wrong person. Finally, after months of harassment, I asked for them to send me documentation of this debt showing why this was mine. The information they sent me showed a different last name, different middle initial, different address, birthday, and everything. Only thing the same was the phone number, which is fairly new to me in the last couple years, which I let them know and they still refuse to stop calling and contacting me.
Company: Western Mercantile Agency, Inc
State/Zip: OR 974XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2821480
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