same thing happened to me when I heard Allied Interstate

Glad that you were cautious when you realized the company to be allied interstate. Mini Miranda is one of the federal laws that asks Allied Interstate0 is making the calls.

They asked you for your number so they could pull up the account to see if they had the correct person. It does suprise me though that they didn't have called id. All you did was earn yourself more calls.

FYI, I have a question. Why do they assume that they have the right person just because the number they have listed says it is so? Because people change numbers and then the phone company recycles them after a period of time. I guess I don't understand why they think they have the right person when they are told that the party they are trying to contact no longer has that number? I know you don't have all the answers, this just seems so unfair to people who are not the subject of the debt but yet are being accused of being the debtor.

Unfortunatly, and I experience this on a daily basis, people lie. It can make a sceptic out of a saint if they were a debt collector.

You can reverse telephone numbers in this day and age by going to any phone book website. 6 times out of 10 I can caught someone lying.

Another reason could be that someone gave a wrong# out but swearas upon the bible that it is a correct#.

I remove wrong numbers period from the dialing system. Then I investigate it but I still keep it off until I confirm it, usualy from a relative or a phone book web site. Then I will put it back. It's a longer process and I lose a lot out of the extra work I have to do but I do make sure it is confirmed before I call it again.


The best think I know how to do to avoid being called many times is to find out what's on your credit report. Your place of employment will likely report your phone number or the last place you applied for credit will do that. If you get a collection agency calling you for the wrong person. Calmly, and I do mean calmly ask for their name and company write this down. Explain to them that this is your number and you don't know the person they are looking for and tell them that they need to remove the number, and be sure to say this exactly, Do Not Call again.

If they call again ask to speak to a supervisor, get the physical address of the company and tell them that if they call again you will seek legal action. You will also need to write a physical letter to the company, make sure you keep a copy, and mail it to the company explaining in detail that this is an incorrect # and you have spoken to two of their representatives one being a supervisor and advised them that this is an incorrect # and legal action will be a next course of action should they not heed the information you have given them.



As for my earlier comment, I apologize. I was snappish. But it still remains true no matter how much we don't like it.

I will wish that if I fall into debt problems and end up being called by a collection agency, if I know you are doing the collections, I will be fortunate enough. FYI, I hate collection agencies because of their behavior but it's because of you, I will like to change my thoughts for a while.