<prompt> Human: I havent seen or spoken to my brother in almost 10 years. The same person keeps calling from a private number asking for him by name, mentioned a lawsuitdebt. I said I do not have any contact with this person and please dont call me again. He simply hangs up and calls back again in a while. This has happened several times this morning, and its the same guy every time. Is there anything I can do to stop these calls? I didnt think they were legally allowed to call like this.  <response>: What he is doing is against the law and if you could find him to sue you could win thousands and thousands of dollars.Here is what you do, you tell him the next time he calls that he is violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and are taping the call whether you are or not. Then tell him you want his contact information to send him a certified letter that you are not the person who owes the debt and after notifying him in writing if he contacts you again you will sue him. I dont think the call will go that far. Once he hears the words Fair Debt Collection Practices Act he knows he is in big trouble. BTW, if you CAN get his contact information and contact him and he contacts you just ONE more time you can and will win thousands of dollars. It is THAT simple. Once a collector is notified there are SEVERE penalties if they continue to contact.Now what it sounds like is he is calling from a number that says private so you dont know the number and wont give you contact info. That is ALSO against the law. Contact a lawyer here are a couple I found quickly:Of course find one you are comfortable with by doing your own search BUT a collector calling someone who does not owe the debt, and told that, but continues to harass but wont give you their contact information a good attorney will find out who they are a sue their tails off. BTW, these types of cases you give the atttorney NO money!! The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act allows a lawyer to collect money on your behalf AND the violating collection service must ALSO pay the attorney!! So the attorneys fees dont even come out of your damages received!!But I suspect once you say you are in discussions with an attorney for their violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act they will stop calling. They know not to screw around with someone with an attorney. Their clear violation could cost them THOUSANDS of dollars. 