Don't follow the bad legal advice from the below comment on this number, he means well but is not legally accurate and can cause issues.

When a debt is purchased by a collector, it is not expunged for the original borrower and there is no "end" to the matter. The legal right of being owed is transferred from the original lender to the collector, making them the new legal creditor. Believing that it is not legal unless you sign a new contract is awful misinformation and can lead to further legal issues.
- There is a 6 year statute of limitations on debt, resetting the timer every time you make a payment or or acknowledge the debt.
- The only legally enforceable methods of "acknowledgement" are paying any amount money, acknowledgment in email, letter, or verbal (Call recordings exist), entering a payment agreement, or even advising over the phone that you will pay one day.

Debt Collectors can only make contact 3 times a week, but this includes non-answer contacts, you do not need to pick up the call at all.
- They should only happen between 7:30am-9:00pm on weekdays and 9:00am-9:00pm on weekends.
- This includes businesses being contacted about finding someone else

Never avoid them like the plague if you know for a fact your debt is worth more than just a grand or something, especially if you have acknowledged the debt previously, debt collectors will take legal action and send their lawyers after you, causing potentially very lengthy legal battles that last a good year or two.

Debt collection agency attempting to recover money by blowing out the phones of third parties that may or may not know the subject of the alledged debt.

They attempt to call parents, siblings, cousins, neighbours, work colleagues, anyone even remotely associated with the subject or their lives in the hope they can get to them. What they do is illegal, and they can safely be ignored.

When a bad debt is passed onto a debt collector, the agency purchases the debt for 10 to 20 cents in the dollar and then attempt to collect the FULL amount from the original borrower (plus interest).

However, what most people are unaware of is that once the debt has been purchased by a third party , the debt has been expunged for the original borrower, and that is the end of the matter. The only signature from the borrower is on a contract between the bank/credit provider and the borrower. There is no signed contract between a debt collector and the original borrower.

Therefore, do not admit or agree to anything a debt collector says on the phone, as they will attempt to trick you into entering into a contract with them (if you're the original borrower they are after) and try to get you on a 'payment plan'.

The statute of limitations means they can only chase you for a maximum of five years, but if you admit to anything or enter into agreement with them (even verbally), then that resets and you can be harangued another five years or until you've satisfied the needs of these vultures.

Your best bet is to avoid them like the plague, legally they have no clout. All they have is intimidation tactics on the phone. Weak!
They are legally only allowed to call 3 times a week or 12 in a month, but that is IF YOU ANSWER. so answer the call & just hang up & they won't be able to call again.

Caller: Collection agency

Any phone number from perth starting with 6477 1800 - 647- 1899 belongs to the same collection agency

Caller: Lee

Debt collection company

Caller: David

Somebody asking me to pass on information and his number to my daughter.
All they said they were a company in Perth but wouldn't say what type of company.
So I hung up.

Caller: A person named ‘Lee’

This ‘Lee’ person from Perth managed to get the phone number of a colleague from almost 5 years ago. Myself and this old colleague are friends on Facebook and I think he found her number through her business page . ‘Lee’ called her asking for my details and thank goodness she didn’t because I don’t know a Lee or anyone that lives in Perth….

On another reverse phone website (https://www.reverseau.com), this is what a user reported about this same number:

“The guy who called left a message to call him back and ask for Lee, regarding someone named Jamie.

I do not know anyone by these names, nor have I had any business dealings with anyone with these names.”

Massive SCAM!!