This company keeps calling me and harassing me for a payment to a loan that was supposedly defaulted on by myself. They would not identify the original account holder in the first of several calls. ALLIED INTERSTATE began calling me at work continually. After about 100 attempts on their part they began leaving messages for me to contact their offices concerning a "pending legal case" against me. Ultimately the messages started to become more and more, also they became more AGGRESSIVE. I finally spoke to someone that gave me an answer of WHOM the debt was allegedly to. The company was someone I still do business with. I asked the collector to fax or SEND me something telling me WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW MUCH. I was told to "pay your debt deadbeat." After laughing that one off I proceeded to ask him to try another illegal tactic that I was recording our conversation. He of course laughed at me and I hung up.
The next day the same collector called me AGAIN. BEFORE I would speak to him, I let him know that this conversation was being recorded for purposes of potential harassment at work and that my job was now in jeopardy due to their continual calling.
I was told by the collector that I had NO alternatives that this needed to be dealt with right then and there. He offered me some sort of "50%" settlement if I would pay now. I told him that I don't know what bad debt he is speaking of and to stop calling me at work. He told me that this was what he would continue to do until and arrangement would be made. I explained once again that "I am unfamiliar with the bad debt that he keeps referring to. I am hanging up and ending this conversation and NO MORE calls were to come to my place of employment after this call." He went on to tell me that he "was going to continue calling me and I had no alternatives." I HUNG UP THE PHONE.
Today is 10/18, I have received 4 phone calls per day from this company since 8/15/08. If anyone has any legal advise please contact me. Do not pay anyone that will not allow you the courtesy of disclosing the originator of the debt.
lou
coraopolis, pennsylvania
U.S.A.
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