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This number started calling my phone maybe a week or two ago... Have called me 6 times in last 2 days. No message is left. I don't have an account with Sallie Mae! WHY DO THEY KEEP CALLING MY NUMBER!!!

Two weeks in a row I have gotten calls from them on Friday nights at 8:30pm.  I also received one on Saturday morning at 8:56am and another one minute later at 8:57am.  Payments are current and this is not even my loan, it is my daughter's loan. It is a marketing call and they are saying they want her to consolidate her loans or something.  She is old enough to handle this on her own.  Total b.s.  I hate you Sallie Mae!

Many calls from this number a day.

This is the collections department from Sallie Mae.  I had looked at this site and all comments posted here prior to calling them back.  Our problem was that my son, while making larger payments than his 3 loans required.. Sallie Mae erroneously allocated the payment to only two loans, so his third loan, although in our mind was current, was showing as past due.

I explained some of the comments that were made on here, and she was kind enough to explain... which is why I thought I would share:

1) For those of you receiving calls who NEVER had a Sallie Mae Acct - they said this happens sometimes because people change their number to avoid calls... and then when the phone company reissues the number, to you possibly, they still call the same number, and are getting you instead of the proper person.  Also, this applies to folks that maybe moved into a house or apartment where someone that owed a debt to them lived.  After a period of time trying to collect the same debt, they grasp at straws so to speak, and try the address, and even though your phone number was never associated with the person owing the debt, it's just that you live there. I can vouch for this, because even though we've been in our house for 14 years, the family before us had lots of debt... we still sometimes receive a phone call or mail for the previous owners regarding debt collection... It's very frustrating for sure.

2) For those of you receiving multiple calls, as a collections department, they are unfortunately allowed to call phone numbers up to 8 times a day without it being considered harassment.  Bull crap I know, but at least it explains it a bit.

The young lady I spoke with was very nice... she said you only have to call, and once they verify you are not who they are looking for, they can remove your information.  The hardest part to remember is, she and others like her are only doing their jobs... I know it's frustrating for us as consumers and the people being bothered by these calls, but imagine how frustrating it is for her/them.

Hope this helps some of you...

Life is short... smile a little... we're all in this boat together... :)

I know it's very frustrating, but please see my comment below... you may understand a little better... :)

They call me literally 20 times a day and sometimes 5 calls in a row. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE

My payment is only 24 days past due. She kept insisting I had missed a payment, so I asked her which month I had missed.They put me on hold and 20 minutes later she came back on the line and said I missed a payment in September. I said, "Okay, fair enough...but have I kept my loan out of default for the past 5 years? Have you received a payment every month with the exception of September?...which I don't even believed I missed? How late is my payment? 24 days? Does that REALLY warrant a phone call almost every hour? Don't you have bigger fish to fry?"

So, you know what I do? I keep hitting redial and do the exact thing back to them. Someone answers, and I just sit there. They hang up, I call back and do the exact same thing again. Over and over and over again.

SallieMae is desperate because they're realizing very few people can afford to payback the ridiculous cost of their education due to the economy. Something is going to give. We'll either be able to discharge student loans in a bankruptcy (I'll be first in line), or they'll forgive some, if not all student debt - just like the mortgage sector. Hang in there, [***] is about to hit the fan.

I hate Sallie Mae too

This number calls several times a day and does not leave message.

they call and call and call 5x per day no messages hang ups- they won't tell you a thing if you ask- worse this is my work cell- I have asked them to call on my home phone if they need something- they just keep calling

Trying to figure out who is calling my residence continuesly

Where to even begin... Been trying to get rid of this gold digger since I started talking to her

It must be Sallie Mae.  Through pure deduction... I don't owe anything to any other "company". Super annoying that they never leave a message, just call for no reason.  I am not behind on payments, just makes no sense.  This is harassment.
What a waste of time.