800-773-5322 – Does anyone have any information on this number?

I can't say anything about DIRECT contact with them, but I will be more than happy to share my sarcastic "wisdom":

a) nice website (www.allenlewis.com) I think it was designed by a 10 year old child

b) their contact info on the website is an AOL account. Oh yeah - that SCREAMS quality

c) If you WHOIS their website, you get a completely different address than what is on their high-tech website.

d) plus, the admin contact for the website is a music collector it appears, by the simple fact he also uses a personal email address (Juno this time).

e) and lastly, Bud Hibbs says some none to kind things about them: budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/allen_lewis_associates.htm

Hmmm....that doesn't make them sound too good. I called them back and they are telling me that I have an outstanding account, which I do, but that I can only make a payment with a checking account, which I don't have because that's what got me into this mess!! I tried to send them money, wire them money, even credit card, but they are telling me the checking account is the only way. Plus now I only have until the end of the day to figure something out or my file gets forwarded? Does any of this sound right?

What is the outstanding acct., a payday loan, or what? Don't fall for the checking acct. line...they all want that, or tell you to give them a family member's bank details, etc. DON'T!!

So where are they supposedly "forwarding" your file?

Exactly...either an account for me or someone else!! I don't want them to have my let alone anyone elses. Is that just a scam! It's a payday loan, how else do I pay it!

It sounds totally like a scam. Read that Bud Hibbs link about them.

Do you know the original creditor? Contact them directly and work out a deal. I think the ALA company is trying to pull one over on you. Remember - they just want your money, and will lie all they can to get it. Until you have received WRITTEN proof via USPS (not email) of the debt, they cannot touch you in a legal sense.

He told me he has been trying contact me forever, but that's the first that I had heard. And they gave me the whole speal about forwarding my case to the credit bureaus, my employer, etc. The original debt is through Aero Advance, but I can't find any contact info on them?

"Contact forever". Like we all haven't heard that one. If he has your file, I should have your address. It's amazing how many just can't send a single letter. Well - how many of the shady companies.

Aero Advance? You mean them: (www.aeroadvance.com/)

I know it...crazy.
That is the company's website, though I can't find a phone number anywhere!
He just got me really scared.

per their contact page:

Mail:
Customer Service
6910 Santa Teresa Blvd
San Jose, CA 95119

Due to the high number of phone calls to please submit all requests and questions via email.

Customer Service Email:
customerservice(at)aeroadvance.com

So I should blow this Mr. McVicar off until I get something from the original loan company?

From a WHOIS search at Network Solutions I find this number for Aero:

888-280-3322

If it was me - I would contact Aero and if ALA calls, let them know I am dealing directly with the original creditor.

Thank you so much, I will give that # a call when I leave work!

SPAM ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

ANOTHER SPAM ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, look! Amother spam-bot. How quaint.

The best thing to do is to just post the URL under the spam sticky in the pub. It's best not to post in the topic pushing it further to the top. Just post under the sticky and let the mods delete it.

You should DV the company. They are lieing to you. 'forward' it...sheesh..they stop at nothing. If they try that BS line on you again, you should tell them that they are breaking the law and that you will file suit against them.

Removed !! Edited by: Shazzers

ok, Vicki, this forum does not allow you to come here and solicit business like that. It doesnt speak highly of you or your firm that you can come into a forum such as this one, ignore the terms of service here, and post away anyways. Please do not try to use this forum as a place to drum up some business--the debt collection world is filled with dishonest debt collectors, so you should have no trouble at all getting clients through means that display more integrity.

thanks

shill posts gone.thanks for the heads up skydiver.captain vick has been posting before.it is always deleted.

She must not be a very good lawyer if she can't even understand the TOS.

that's exactly what i was thinking....if they cannot follow simple TOS on a web forum, I certainly wouldnt want them handling my financial matters....

"Stop calls from Allen Lewis and Associates, an aggressive money oriented bill collector. Do not pay anything to Allen Lewis and Associates without talking to a lawyer first. Allen Lewis and Associates is being investigated by consumer attorneys who care about people like you. For more information about Allen Lewis and Associates, you may contact Attorney Vicki Piontek, 877-737-8617 for a free consultation with no obligation.

Vicki Piontek, Esquire
Consumer Attorney
951 Allentown Road
Lansdale, PA 19446
877-737-8617
Fax: 866-408-6735
[email]palaw@justice.com[/email]"

"Stop calls from Allen Lewis and Associates, an aggressive money oriented bill collector. Do not pay anything to Allen Lewis and Associates without talking to a lawyer first. Allen Lewis and Associates is being investigated by consumer attorneys who care about people like you. For more information about Allen Lewis and Associates, you may contact Attorney Vicki Piontek, 877-737-8617 for a free consultation with no obligation.

Vicki Piontek, Esquire
Consumer Attorney
951 Allentown Road
Lansdale, PA 19446
877-737-8617
Fax: 866-408-6735
[email]palaw@justice.com[/email]"

I am thinking that someone needs to contact this attorney and inform her that her solicitations are not welcome here....