I'm receiving phone calls from a collector. Can I stop the collection agency from contacting me by phone?

You can cease a collector from calling you by writing a letter to the agency telling it not to contact you by phone, not to call at certain times or locations, or not to make any further contact at all. This last request does entitle the collector to contact you one more time to inform you of what, if any, action it intends to take to collect the debt, but not to threaten you.