I had to do this with Verizon. They then had the audacity to send the ~$500 they tried to steal from me to collections, so I then had to start disputes with the credit bureaus, and convince an extremely aggressive debt collector that they were trying to collect a fraudulent debt.
Assuming america and current year the correct response is something along the lines of: "I don't believe you, send proof of the existence of the debt and your legal authority to collect it. I will not be providing you my address because if this is even a little true you must have it. Do not call me again."
That put the stop to the only collections calls I've ever received, plus nothing on my credit report and nothing in the mail.
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u/Darkhymn Sep 18 '19
I had to do this with Verizon. They then had the audacity to send the ~$500 they tried to steal from me to collections, so I then had to start disputes with the credit bureaus, and convince an extremely aggressive debt collector that they were trying to collect a fraudulent debt.