to wonder how the hell this phone company got my phone number?

[babyjane67]

Dp owes this company60quid which i knew about but had forgotten
The last3days ive had a tx from some what i presume is a debt agency asking me to contact them in a certain no quoting a certain ref no
now i didnt have a clue wht this was about so i mentioned it to dp yest&he later showed me some paperwork with this comoany name on saying its about the mobey he owes
I said well howvyhe hell did they have my phone no?
Ive never had any dealibgs with them so why would they be txing me?
Do claims ti not know!
So im asking is therr any way they could have got my phone no other than dp giving ut to them?
Im really pissed iff about it!

Sirry for typos am on phone

How old is the debt and what's the name of the company?

The company will go to a lot of effort to make contact.

I once had a company phone on my landline when listed in the phone book, they had gone through until they found someone living in the same street at the person who owed them money. they asked me to go and knock on the door of this neighbour, who I didn't know and give them a message to call the number( of the debt company) I didn't , but it gave me an insight to the way they go about trying to make contact, I imagine now they would use Facebook etc in the same way.

Not sure how old.maybe a yr?
Dont wanna out myself so would rather not say the name

Have you applied for any credit in your current address? If you both have a phone contract, the address will be on there. Not difficult to find your number from that.

search his name on FB - find he's in a relationship with you - visit your FB page - get the linked mobile for your page - text you?

Mines alwats been on contract but his has alwats been pay as you go
So it doesnt necessarily mean he told them then?

Maybe it's not genuine? I get texts sometime from random companies trying it on. Like the 'claim for the accident you had' sort of thing when I haven't had an accident! It's possibly a coincidence. They should be contacting dh not you if it's real.
I would assume it was something dodgy, don't ring them! Could be one of those £100/minute if you call them numbers..

Sorry my fault he did have that one contract on that one phone but benn pay as you go ever since!

If it's a certain company, they go all out to chase old debts...things which have expired. Don't have any truck with them. Post on money saving expert or put the name into their search engine and you will see.

Ok thanks maureen will try that
So it definately doesnt mean he would have told them my no then?
I admit i am tempted just to pay the bloody thing&get it off our backs!

If he owes them 60 quid (per your op) make him pay the bloody debt.

Baby the company I am thinking of does searches for old debts. Then tries their luck at getting them back....they could have linked you to him through various records.

Presume you're not married? His debt has nothing to do with you. Ignore them or if you speak to them tell them to stop harassing you.

I think instead of worrying about where they got your phone number from you need to get your dp to pay the debt NOW! If he had already had letters about this, he has buried his bloody head in the sand. The fact they they are now texting you suggests that the debt, which may have been £60 to start with, is probably several hundred now. Please make him pay it, particularly as you now somehow seem to be linked to it as well.