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[stevech]

My new Droid Incredible - several calls a day from robo-dialers. They're collection agencies. When I call, the agent swears that the bad-guy's dept is linked to my brand new phone number. I think the retailer sold my number to them, and these collection agencies robo-call all new numbers, esp. cellular, because bad guys change their cell service/number frequently. Robo dialers (3) say "If you are xxxx, press 9", where xxx varies.

Otherwise, I cannot conceive of why collection agencies would random-dial - way too low probability that anyone would respond that would prove fruitful to them. I've heard that they prey on mentally deficient people who will just pay $200 to stop the calls, even though it's not their debt.