route 66 funding payday - read all about this

Ha! OMG they really do work there, how in the world have you managed to stay in business, can you answer that in a complete sentence "guest"

They go by other names than Route 66, they have given me GSS & BIG as there other names & refuse to give me the owners info or mailing adrs. but we know the NY adrs is a front anyways. if you owe them money stop paying now & change your bank accounts b/c they will withdraw it without your consent. I have tried on several occassions to get them to stop calling even asking for the "manager" to which they say the will stop - NOPE! we should start scamming them back. ask for a loan & promptly close all accounts & change your # before they can take it themselves & never pay them back. maybe then we can get them to shut down!

WARNING: DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR INFORMATION. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR IDENTITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

These people are not legit at all. They broke into my server and set up an account for themselves. Criminal!

I recieved a call from a nasty woman from route 66 saying that a 200.00 loan I took out in 2006 and that now I have to pay them 3200.00

Has anyone gotten anywhere with these losers? I took a loan with Interim Cash in January 2006. I tried month after month, payday after payday to pay the $200 loan off. They collected a total of $1027 from me before I closed my bank account. I've been called at work, my boss has been called, they even called my co-workers (my voice mail says press 0 for an operator if I'm unavailable, which they did). They told everyone they could reach about how I'm a theif, etc. I've turned them into the BBB, The Nebraska Attorney General, the Nebraska department of Banking and Finance, the Federal Trade Commission and am still looking for somewhere in the UK to turn them into. They operated under the name of Interim Cash when I took the loan from them in 2006 which I understand is the same ownership as the other companies discussed previously. On Feb. 25 I received 17 calls from these people at work. I called back that night on speaker phone and recorded the whole conversation then transcribed it and included it with my complaints to the above mentioned companies. I received another call today, they asked for my supervisor's fax number so that they could send them a wage assignment form to garnish my wages. I laughed and refused to give the fax. I'm not scared of these dorks. I know that what they are doing is illegal. I actually feel a little sorry for the employees who have been brainwashed to believe that they are not subject to any US laws and are "governed by the laws and legislations of the United Kingdom". They break even the UK laws. The sad thing is (that these employees don't realize) is that they personally become responsible for following the illegal practices of their company. They are doing what they are told and are putting themselves personally in jeopardy of excessive fines and/or jail time. Oh well! Sucks to be them.
So, what's the next step? Did I miss anything? Anyone have any other suggestions beyond what I've done? Anyone have any luck suing this company? I'm on board if anyone wants to help me. I'm only one person, but would love to take this company down and in doing so setting an example for other predatory payday lenders I've got more than enough money to pay these people back, but I never will. I figure $1027 worth (they admit to $732) of unauthorized charges pays the $200 debt. I want to protect any future consumers from these companies. Anyone with me?

Folks - DON'T let this company talk you into paying what you don't owe.

From the posts recently and what I'm hearing through the grapevine, this company is trying a new dirty tactic - falling silent for a while (sometimes years!) and then calling clients who thought they were paid in full and claiming they owe THOUSANDS for the measly $200 loan they took out (and most likely paid off).

It is not unusual for this ILLEGAL COMPANY to try and call you at work, threaten to talk to your supervisor, and even try to talk to the president of the company you work for. Their intent is to embarrass you to the point where you will pay them just to get them off your back.

Keep these things in mind:

THEY WANT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION. Don't give it to them. Giving them access to your bank account will give them free rein to take your money - and they will do so - repeatedly.

THEY WILL THREATEN TO SEND THEIR "LEGAL TEAM" AFTER YOU. Tell them to go for it - and give them directions to your workplace! Call their bluff. They don't have a legal team. They aren't even located in this country. And since they are operating illegally, tell them you'll go them one better and meet their legal team at the courthouse with a team of your own, including attorneys and state police.

THEY WILL CALL YOUR WORKPLACE REPEATEDLY. The only way to stop this is to come clean with your supervisor, payroll manager or HR manager, and ask them to help you stop the harrassment. And call it that - harrassment - because that's what it is. This company will not hesitate to tell anyone in your company that they talk to that you owe them money, and how much they think you owe, and that you're a bad person for not paying your debts. (Just an FYI - that's against the fdcpa - discussing a debt with anyone but the debtor, unless they have permission to do so.) Your only recourse in this situation is to explain to your supervisor/HR manager/Payroll manager that you DID at one time take out a loan with this company, but that you didn't know they were an illegal company - and that your loan with them was paid off long ago - and that this company has no legal right to be calling you for anything.

STAND FIRM!! Do not give in to the strong arm tactics that Rt. 66 is using. They are tricky - they will try to trick you into saying your supervisor's name or giving information about your bank account - anything to try and get you to pay what they want. Don't give in - no matter what. If you paid your loan off after you took it out, or you paid enough rollover fees to pay it off plus the interest allowed by your state law, don't pay them another penny - and definitely don't let them convince you that you owe thousands on a $200 loan.

BE SMART. Stop and think about what Rt. 66 is saying to you on the phone - you owe $4000 for a $200 loan?? What law in our country would allow for that kind of interest - even over the course of a couple of years?? It's robbery and they know it. Don't let them convince you that the amount they are asking for is for "fees" or "interest" or "legal fees". It's all bull - and they know it.

Finally, don't beat yourself up over having taken a loan out with this company. Don't feel badly over having been taken in by this illegal entity. When they finally realize they can't get you to pay, they will leave you alone and move on to the next person on their list. It may take some time to get them to go away, but eventually, they will.

Can you believe they just called me again. It has been over a year. This time it was a woman who told me that I was a good customer and apparently there was a mistake and I forgot to pay them. I put her on hold, then I came back and told her she had to call another number. I gave her a law office! 5 minutes later my cell phone rang! They just don't quit!

I got a called yesterday from 442-084-922780 and said I still owed them from 2006 and a got a letter that I sent them in 2006 reference them debitin my checking account for $358 and I was told by one of the salesman back then that if I agreed to pay $200 my loan will be paid in full, and I said ok...when payday rolled around the company had debited $358. When i reviewed all the $79 i had sent them it totaled up to $1106 on a $200 loan...now you that's not right and now they are calling saying I still owe them! they are truly a rip-off!!! I pray that they be stopped!

mbvictory - please read my post above about Rt. 66 and how to stop them. You CAN win with this company, you just have to stand firm with them and stick to your guns. Don't give in to them and definitely don't let them have your bank account info.

This company is also called B.I.G. limited out of the UK. They are all crooks and they no it.They say that its under british law, big deal what is the brits going to do come over here and take me to court to make me pay, no I dont think so. How stupid is that.The patriot act of the UNITED STATES regulates all national and foriegn money transactions coming and going in this country so that they can catch people trying to fund teroised.Could this company possibly doing this I dont know and im very courios to know and if Im curios I am sure that the Department of Homeland Security is very interested and finding out what is going on with this company and all of this money being transacted fast and illegally.Everyone out there that has a loan with any of these companies stop paying now, and contact Homeland security.

Sorry I spelled terrorist wrong in previous post.Who is to say they are not laundering this money and providing it to a terrorist group?You never know these days I suggest everyone contact the Department of Homeland Security and report them and the suspicious money activities that are clearly illeagal.

I highly doubt that contacting Homeland Security is going to do anything for this situation. However, reporting this company to your state governmental agency that handles financial institutions and lenders would go a long way towards eventually shutting them down.

I took out a loan back in 2006 for $200 and for 6 months I paid the $79 every two weeks. Once they had debited my account twice in the same day I had enough and closed my bank account. I did not hear back from them until the beginning of April 2008. I received a call from one of those english speaking impaired collectors saying that I now owed $1500.00 but they would cut me a deal if I just paid $300.00. I told him to send me paperwork stating I owed that amount. We hung up and he called me back minutes later saying they could not send me anything. I told him that if they couldn't send me anything in writing, I don't have to pay anything. Well a few days ago, I got a call from another collector and when I answered and realized that it was someone from Route 66 I hung up. That person called back 15 times and harassed my receptionist here at work. I told her to tell him to just leave me a voicemail (so I can have a record of everything they say) but he would never leave one. Well I got a voicemail from him on Saturday saying that if I don't contact him by 12:30 they would seek legal action (they already know I only work Monday through Friday). He said they would send a legal team with legal papers. He said that he would go down my contact list and let everyone know how I owe this debt. He then said that I owed $3500.00. He gave me the option to either: A. Give him my bank account information in order to make a settlement of $1500.00 OR B. Not do anything, and wind up paying $5000.00 for my full loan plus ALL legal fees. When I had originally made the loan, everything was taken care of on the phone. Does this company have any ACTUAL legal recourse against me? On his voicemail he was talking about wage assignment but don't they have to file a summons and complaint THEN give me 30 days to file an Answer? The only time a garnishment can happen is if the judge signs the order on it.

no ROUTE 66 has no legal recourse,but they can try to push through a wage assignment.that is something that can be revoked.let your HR person know thisgive them a letter to be safe.once you have revoked any wage assignments don't talk to them period!you have paid 474.00 on a 200.00 loan.you are done with them.don't be swayed by anything they say,that's all it is talk.

I have had a terrible time with this company. They continued to call my job. They have even called my secretary trying to get information. I told them that I am contacting the Attorney General's office in my area and they said that they did not care. I am going to start harrassing them the way they harrass us. Let's all do it. We will shut them down!!!!