iQor, formerly known as Allied Interstate LLC, calls from a Minnesota area code. Lots of background, boiler room, people sounds.
This company is total scum. See this article:
"ALLIED INTERSTATE LLC, MINNESOTA, FACES THE SECOND LARGEST CIVIL PENALTY THE FTC HAS OBTAINED FROM A COLLECTION AGENCY IN A DEBT COLLECTION CASE"
The Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with enforcement of the FDCPA and other consumer protection laws, filed a lawsuit yesterday against Allied Interstate Inc., one of Minnesota’s largest collection agencies. The lawsuit alleged a number of FDCPA violations, including:
contacting people after being told by these people that they did not owe the debt;
making illegal collection calls to parties other than account debtors;
placing multiple collection calls over a short period of time;
using abusive language during collection calls;
revealing the existence of a consumer’s debt to third parties;
threatening to sue consumers without any intention of actually doing so.
If true, these allegations show that Allied repeatedly violated virtually every important consumer right under the FDCPA.
Also yesterday, the FTC announced that Allied had already agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle the lawsuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, it’s the second largest civil penalty the FTC has obtained from a collection agency in a debt collection case. In a press release, an FTC spokesperson focused on Allied’s alleged attempts to collect debts from people that didn’t owe them. “Debt collectors had better make sure their information is accurate, or they could end up paying a big penalty,” said David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “There is no excuse for trying to collect debt from someone if you can’t confirm that they actually owe it.”
October 21, 2010
FTC Press Release here. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-release ... tle-ftc-charges
PDF version of the FTC’s lawsuit here. http://www.friedmaniverson.com/consumer/blog/ ... le-ftc-lawsuit/
*************************
ALERT!!! An agent from this scum debt collector clearly used their old name, Allied Interstate LLC, even though they are really operating under a new name, iQor.
See this:
iQor, formally known as Allied Interstate, Inc., is a call center and business process outsourcing company based in Columbus, Ohio. Most consumers still know this company as Allied Interstate, Inc., a third-party debt collection company. Allied Interstate, Inc., has more than 14,000 employees based in 21 call centers in the U.S., Canada, India, the Philippines, and the UK. Allied Interstate, Inc., has 12 locations in the U.S. that employ nearly half its 11,000 employees, including in such cities as Columbus, Buffalo, and Greensboro, N.C. It also has operations in Canada, India, the Philippines, and Britain. Allied Interstate, Inc., has big-time clients in finance, media, and telecom, including Capital One, the BBC, DirecTV, and MetroPCS Communications.
Allied Interstate LLC, calls from a Minnesota area code. Lots of background, boiler room, people sounds.
This company is total scum. See this article:
"ALLIED INTERSTATE LLC, MINNESOTA, FACES THE SECOND LARGEST CIVIL PENALTY THE FTC HAS OBTAINED FROM A COLLECTION AGENCY IN A DEBT COLLECTION CASE"
The Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with enforcement of the FDCPA and other consumer protection laws, filed a lawsuit yesterday against Allied Interstate Inc., one of Minnesota’s largest collection agencies. The lawsuit alleged a number of FDCPA violations, including:
contacting people after being told by these people that they did not owe the debt;
making illegal collection calls to parties other than account debtors;
placing multiple collection calls over a short period of time;
using abusive language during collection calls;
revealing the existence of a consumer’s debt to third parties;
threatening to sue consumers without any intention of actually doing so.
If true, these allegations show that Allied repeatedly violated virtually every important consumer right under the FDCPA.
Also yesterday, the FTC announced that Allied had already agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle the lawsuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, it’s the second largest civil penalty the FTC has obtained from a collection agency in a debt collection case. In a press release, an FTC spokesperson focused on Allied’s alleged attempts to collect debts from people that didn’t owe them. “Debt collectors had better make sure their information is accurate, or they could end up paying a big penalty,” said David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “There is no excuse for trying to collect debt from someone if you can’t confirm that they actually owe it.”
October 21, 2010
FTC Press Release here. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-release ... tle-ftc-charges
PDF version of the FTC’s lawsuit here. http://www.friedmaniverson.com/consumer/blog/ ... le-ftc-lawsuit/
*************************
ALERT!!! An agent from this scum debt collector clearly used their old name, Allied Interstate LLC, even though they are really operating under a new name, iQor.
See this:
iQor, formally known as Allied Interstate, Inc., is a call center and business process outsourcing company based in Columbus, Ohio. Most consumers still know this company as Allied Interstate, Inc., a third-party debt collection company. Allied Interstate, Inc., has more than 14,000 employees based in 21 call centers in the U.S., Canada, India, the Philippines, and the UK. Allied Interstate, Inc., has 12 locations in the U.S. that employ nearly half its 11,000 employees, including in such cities as Columbus, Buffalo, and Greensboro, N.C. It also has operations in Canada, India, the Philippines, and Britain. Allied Interstate, Inc., has big-time clients in finance, media, and telecom, including Capital One, the BBC, DirecTV, and MetroPCS Communications.
I get several calls a week from this one. Usually when I'm at work. No msgs left. Probably someone looking for the person who last had this number about 15 years ago.