Allied Interstate calls me all time. I do not download music to my phone or anywhere, nor am I musician, so why do they? The Federal Trade Commission should get a handle on SPOOFING. Lazy people with criminal minds spoof people. If you don't know what SPOOFING is - LOOK IT UP!

Tried of the everyday,all hours phone calls from these people.I am on SSI, I recieve $698.00 a month-n-my bills each month total $556.00. I get $ 63.00 a month for food. I don't live in housing,or do I have anybody to help me with expenses. How-ever I DO have 2 young sons..22-n-25,plus 2 grand~babies 1-n-5yrs old. And these 4 people also rely on me for help always. Now I'm aware of certain bills that I have and I have told them that as soon as I get these first set of 4 bills paid,then I will start on another set-n-so on; BUT, apparently that isn't good enough for them-so before I stopped answering my phone all together,I had informed them to take me to court if they weren't happy with my plans. And still almost 2 yrs later they still keep calling.And I would like to add,some of the bills they are hounding me for are not mine-n- I've provided them with proof that they couldn't be mine. I'm doing the best I can,but I CAN'T handle this anymore.

They call constantly, yet when I answer no one is on the line, and when I call the # back it ALWAYS go straight to a recording stating that I have called after hours and to please call back later, no matter the time or day! Gettin very frustrated with this cuz 1. I've never even heard of BMG Music and 2. I work 16 hour days so I don't need some stupid loser collection agency calling me and playing around!

NOTE:  Below my comments there's info re: formal actions taken by the
Dept. of Justice against Allied Interstate, Inc.

For a couple of months, I've been receiving calls from 866-720-1469,
which is ALLIED INTERSTATE, INC.  They call several times a week,
sometimes several times a day.  Yes, I'm on all the DoNotCall
Registry.  And, no, I don't have (nor have I had) debts to any
company, so there's no reason for them to call me.

However, the best I can tell, from researching this, is that these
companies have purchased old debts and they are calling any phone
number ever remotely associated with folks who might have had a debt,
ever.  (According to the Clark Howard site, if you answer their call
and provide any payment info, they will actually take YOUR $$ even
though you don't owe them anything.)  As others have said, PLEASE do
not give any caller any of your personal info.

This from the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org):

Government Actions

The following describes a government action that has been resolved by
either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency.
If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

As of September, 26, 2011, Consent Order #CA18607KRJ, the State of
Minnesota, Department of Commerce, Commissioner of Commerce Mr. Mike
Rothman, commence formal action pursuant to Minn.State. 45.027 (2010),
and other applicable law, against Respondent Allied Interstate's
collection agency license. The Commissioner acknowledges that on
February 1, 2011, the Respondent had 1,286 registered debt collectors
and had 14 collection agency locations licensed to collect in
Minnesota. The Commissioner is prepared to commence formal action
based on the allegations that Respondent:
A) Failed to establish adequate procedures to follow when screening
individual collector applicants prior to submitting registration
applications to the Commissioner which violates Minn.State 332.33,
subd. 8 (2010).
B) Failed to properly screen numerous individual debt collector
registration prior to submitting their initial and/or renewal
registrations to the Commissioner. By submitting an unqualified
applicant for a registration violates Minn.State 332.33 Subd.
5(a)(2010).
C) Employed individuals as debt collectors who were known or should
have been known to, have criminal backgrounds that included felonies.
Said criminal backgrounds prohibited the applicants from being
registered, in violation of Minn. State. 45.027 subd. 7 (2010).
D) Failed to notify the Department when its registered debt collectors
were fired for reasons that were in whole or in part violations of
Minn.State. 332.385 (2010). The reasons for termination included
failing background checks, 3rd party disclosure, inappropriate
language and behavior, calling and swearing at debtors, theft of
financial information of debtors and falsifying debtor records.
E) Employed individuals as debt collectors who were known to or should
have been known to have criminal backgrounds that included felonies
which is violation of Minn.Stat. 45.027 Subd. 7 (2010).
Respondent has completed the following as required in the Consent
Order dated January 27, 2011:
A. Established practices, procedures and/or guidelines which include,
but not limited to, a Screening Process to ensure that Respondent does
not submit debt collector registration applications to the
Commissioner for individuals prohibited by Minn. State 332.33 and/or
otherwise known to be unqualified or unfit.
B. Submitted its Screening Process to the Commissioner for review and
made such changes to the Screening Process the Commissioner deemed
necessary.
C. Subjected all currently employed registered debt collectors to the
Screening Process to ensure compliance with Minn.State 332.33 and
reported to the Commissioner any registered collectors whose
employment is terminated for not being eligible for registration.
D. Audited employee records of terminated employees for the last five
years to determine if there were terminated for reasons in whole or in
part for violations of Minn.Stat.332.385 (2010) and/or the FDCPA.
E. Established auditing procedures and agency policies to ensure that
criminal convictions of its debt collectors are promptly reviewed and
acted upon.
It is hereby ordered, pursuant to Minn.State 45.027,subd.5(2010) that
Respondent shall cease and desist from any further violations of
Minn.State 332 and 45.024(2010), and comply with all other laws of
State of Minnesota,. Respondent shall report to the Commissioner any
and all rejected debt collector registrations and the reasons for the
rejections on a quarterly basis during the two year period following
the effective date of this order. Respondent shall report to the
Commissioner any debt collector terminations that occur as a result of
their Screening Process for the renewal period June 30, 2011 through
June 30, 2013.
Pursuant to Minn.State. 45.027, subd. 6(2010) that the Respondent
shall pay to the State of Minnesota a civil penalty of $300,000.

For further assistance contact the State of Minnesota,
Department of Commerce,
Commissioner Mike Rothman
651-296-6025
651-297-1959 FAX
commerce.commissioner@state.mn.us


The following describes a government action that has been resolved by
either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency.
If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

As of July 19, 2010, a Settlement Agreement and Consent order (the
Agreement), Case DFRFY2010025, was entered by and between the Maryland
State Collection Agency Licensing Board in the Office of the
Commissioner of Financial Regulation (the Agency) and Allied
Interstate, Inc. (the Respondent). The Agency and the Respondent (the
Parties) consent to the entry of this Agreement as a final resolution
of this matter.
On February 25, 2010, after finding reasonable grounds to believe that
Respondent likely violated
various provisions of the MCDCA while collecting or attempting to
collect alleged consumers debts (collectively the "Alleged
Violations"), and upon determining that action under BR 7-205, 7-308,
FI 2-115(b).
The Respondent does not admit to the Alleged Violations set forth
herein but, nonetheless, wishes to resolve the Alleged Violations
without the need for an administrative hearing, thereby avoiding the
costs associated with such hearing and any potential appeals, and
therefore agrees to resolve this mater fully, finally, and completely
without an administrative hearing as set forth in this Agreement, and
further accepts without condition, and fully agrees to abide by, each
and every term set forth in the Agreement.
Respondent has agreed to each and every one of the following actions
in the exchange for a final resolution of this matter:
a. Respondent will pay a voluntary penalty of $20,000 by check made
payable to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation within thirty (30)
days of this agreement being fully executed and delivered.
b. Respondent will provide the Agency with an acceleration contact for
resolution of Maryland consumer complaints filed with the Agency
against Respondent, to include a non-public phone number and email
address for this contact.
c. Respondent has implemented, or will implement, a program to address
agent behavior problems, to include, among other things, a "red card"
program, call monitoring of agents, and agent bonuses for compliance
with applicable laws and regulations.
d. Respondent will complete implementation of a new compliance-focused
collections software system, which was developed by a consulting firm
specially for Respondent's in-house use, on or about December 31,
2010.

For further assistance contact the Maryland State Collection Agency
Licensing Board in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial
Regulation at 410-230-6100.

The following describes a pending government action that has been
formally brought by a government agency but has not yet been resolved.
We are providing a summary of the government's allegations, which have
not yet been proven.

Attorney General John Kroger today announced an agreement that
requires a Minnesota debt collector that has prompted hundreds of
consumer complaints to pay $90,000 and put a stop to its abusive
practices.
"The Department of Justice will not tolerate any attempt to threaten,
harass or mislead Oregon consumers as a means of doing business." said
Attorney General Kroger. "When companies violate the law, we will hold
them accountable."

Roughly 200 consumer complaints have been filed with the Department of
Justice against Allied Interstate in the past five years, accusing the
company of systematically violating numerous prohibitions under the
Oregon and federal Debt Collection Practices Acts.
Among other things, the complaints allege that Allied Interstate
repeatedly called Oregon consumers even after being told they were not
the intended debtor; repeatedly calling and hanging up when someone
answered the phone; revealing alleged debts to third parties without
permission to do so; threatening legal action the company was not
authorized to take; and using obscene or profane language and
harassing third parties with repeated phone calls.
Under the agreement filed April 7 in Marion County Circuit Court,
Allied Interstate is permanently barred from:

Making any misrepresentation in collecting or attempting to collect a debt;

Making any representation that a consumer owes a debt or the amount of
a debt, unless there is a reasonable basis for making such
representation;

Communicating with or continuing to call an Oregon resident once
informed that they have called the wrong number, or once a resident
has stated a desire not to be contacted;

Using an automated dialer to call Oregon consumers unless the company
has verified the phone numbers belong to actual debtors;

Communicating with third parties about a consumer's debt without the
consumer's consent or court permission;

Using obscene or profane language or harassing consumers or third
parties with repeated phone calls; and

Making any other false or misleading statement in collecting a debt,
including threatening action it does not intend to take.

Allied Interstate must also pay $90,000 dollars to the Oregon
Department of Justice and an additional $50,000 if it fails to abide
by any terms set forth in the agreement.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Janelle Factora Wipper and
Investigator Dale Geiger handled the case for the Oregon Department of
Justice.

For further assistance, please contact the Minnesota Attorney General
at Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson
Tel: (651) 296-3353 or 1-800-657-3787
TTY: (651) 297-7206 or 1-800-366-4812

http://www.bbb.org/south-east-florida/busines ... m-beach-fl-9638#

Received call from this number?  Do not know who it is disconnected when I answered.

I DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE ANY MORE CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER

Been getting a lot of calls from 866-720-1469 at 630 am.  Then again at 930.  I keep answering, and get dead air, and no response.  Then when I try to call them right back it says I have called them after hours.

I get calls from 866-720-1469 up to 7 times per day.  Wish they would stop calling me.

I reported them to https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx, and they still won't stop calling me.

I have been called about 6times a day. They left no message. When I call back at 2:30 pm (eastern time), they said it is out of their business hour. But I got another call at 7:00pm! I didn't anwer it. I found from the web, they are some kind of collection agency. I do not have any reason what so ever to be harassed by any kind of collection agency.

866-720-1469 calls me 2 or 3 times almost every day, and nobody answers. Drives me crazy.

I just reported them at https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

I keep getting phone calls from this number. They leave no message and call at all hours of the day/night. This should be considered harrassment! Please report this number.

Bought a new cell phone 3 days ago, since day one this number has been calling me. Although. everytime i answer the call no one says anything. Its really irritating!!

Caller never identifies himself and calls on Sunday mornings.

estoy recibiendo llamada de ese numero, no me interesa contestar, asi que deseo que investigen el cual estan haciendo estas llaamada.

Continue calling late at night and early on Sundays.  This is total hurassment.  I do not want hang up calls or any call from anyone at this number.  This is against the law.

received several calls from this number all hang ups when the answering machine picks up

these people have been calling for two years looking for Jennifer.  I keep telling them, this is my phone now

Same here. We just got this number a few months ago, and now we are getting hammered with phone calls for someone named Glenda Fuller!!! Starting to really pi** me off...

You're one to talk about not speaking English properly.

Received a call from Allied. I asked who was calling and the foreign guy (India) kept avoiding my questions. I asked what is Allied and he said its a business. I said no s**t. He said he must have the wrong number. I yelled at him. These calls are getting really annoying.

NOTE ;
"If you are getting calls from this number, complain to the FTC. They have an easy online complaint form. Reporting to the Do Not Call List will not work, and having the phone company block third party calls does not work. I have tried both. I owe nothing, and still these calls are harassing us--I have no idea why. This appears a violation of law because they leave no number and leave no way to contact them. Emphasize this in your complaint. The more people who complain, the faster the FTC will act. Also, it makes the complaint accessible to international law enforcement."

ANSWER;
This is happening on a daily basis. More than one call a day. No message. No response when called back. So, I wonder what the nature of the phone call is. Are they the phone company's spending our money for us? Is it other scams? Are they automated to set up a diversion to conceal a larger problem? Security breach?
To me and all the other recipients, this is harassment, & an invasion of privacy. Why are these phone numbers located out of the country. Sounds like illegal activity.

Getting phone calls daily. Want them to stop.

These people call me constantly! During school, in the morning, at night! Ive told them countless times to stop! They always ask for someone named Efrin! And they are absolutely disrepsectful! Its like ummm you called me!!!!
Im glad to know Im not the only on their bothering!

They just started calling me today, and have called 4 times and left no messages, so I looked up the phone number online and came up with this site. But I don't know why they would be calling me. I have nothing to do with BMG Music or anything else they need to collect for.

Who's calling me at all hours!  Isn't this phone harrassment?  Make them stop!

Thanks so much!

Very weird, now they are calling for a totally different person first they were looking for a guy now some girl.  I told them to stop calling here and that I am going to report them then he kept saying over and over "This call is being recorded for quality" blah blah then he kept wanting me to stay on the phone very weird. So I finally said stop calling here and hung up.

This number calls 2-3 times DAILY with no comment and leaves no message.  VERY annoying!!!

wont stop calling

If you are getting calls from this number, complain to the FTC. They have an easy online complaint form. Reporting to the Do Not Call List will not work, and having the phone company block third party calls does not work. I have tried both. I owe nothing, and still these calls are harassing us--I have no idea why. This appears a violation of law because they leave no number and leave no way to contact them. Emphasize this in your complaint. The more people who complain, the faster the FTC will act. Also, it makes the complaint accessible to international law enforcement.