I called the number back and it was a health care company. They asked if I wanted a Health Insurance quote. They said someone named Joe gave them this number to call.

je besoin de travailler avec mon appareil

Yes, they are from Alliance a debt collector.  Always calling for people that do not live here.

That's call skip-tracing. It's not against the law; however, they cannot legally divulge specifics on why they're calling - only that they are trying to locate your or information about you (such as where you work). If a family member, neighbor or co-worker supplies them with information, they've hit a jackpot. They cannot call you at work if your employer objects to them doing so, but you must inform them of your employer's objection - preferrably in writing.

Check out the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for more details.

Boy, it's good to know they don't silicate. I just hope they don't solicit either. People, this is why so many people get into trouble. They aren't smart enough to have credit, much less manage it. If you can't spell the English language (yes I said it - the ENGLISH language), you shouldn't try to do business. The international language of business is ENGLISH. Learn to speak, read and write it before you enter the business world - at any level!

There IS a Do Not Call registry; however, it isn't applicable in all situations. Collectors, companies you do or have done business with, politicians and charities are exempt from it. You can stop collectors from calling you; however, they don't HAVE to unless you notify them in writing. Check out the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for more details and to learn more about your rights. If you don't owe money, tell them and they'll likely stop calling you. Another tip: just because a debt doesn't appear on any of your credit reports doesn't mean you don't owe it, so don't really on that as the be-all, end-all. Hope this helps!

What in the world is "silicate"??  You MIGHT have a bit more credibility if you would learn to spell!

Well aren't you just the most brilliant Know ur Laws! You think people haven't already thought of your moronic solution?. Some people CAN'T pay what they owe (for whatever reasons) and others are being called in spite of the fact that they DON'T owe money.

But, until you pay their phone bills, you need to keep your advice to yourself.

Called my cell...Didn't leave msg... called back, they were looking for Tom S. Have no clue who that is. Rep was actually very polite and said she would remove my number.

FMA Alliance doesnt silicate so therefore there IS NO such thing as DO NOT CALL LIST...if u simply didnt want to pay ur bill then admit it!!! but if u wanted the # removed...simply PICK up the call and SAY to remove the number please! SIMPLE PEOPLE!

IF U TOOK THE TIME TO  LOOK UP FMA ALLIANCE...U WOULD SEE THEY ARE A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY THAT HELP PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO PAY "THEIR" BILLS!!!!!!!! don't be crazy and get a huge cc bill and NOT pay it???

I didnt say it was illegal for me to tell the name of the company,.,.i only said i cannot tell you the NATURE of he call ...THANKS!!!

Hi All,


The phone number you are all talking about (1-514-787-1710) belongs to a company named F.M.A. Congresses (aka FMA Congresses and FMA International). ?FMA? stands for ?Future Management Alliance? for whatever reason. I am a former employee (and I got a lot of problems with them!) and the boss was always insisting for us not to specify the meaning of these 3 letters as obviously, they meant nothing logical! Actually, I have even been told to mention that ?FMA? rather means ?Facility Management Alliance? once again for whatever reason. On their Website at http://www.fmaintl.com/, ?FMA? apparently stands for ?Facility Management Conference?. Bottom line is nobody even in the company seems to agree on what FMA stands for!

FMA Congresses is a small company based in Montreal, Quebec, doing aggressive telemarketing (i.e. ?cold calls?). Their address is the following: 1751 rue Richardson ? Suite 8100, Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3K 1G6.

FMA Congresses President and owner is named Joseph John Piazza (work phone extension #2307). His work cellphone number is 514-396-9471 (http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release ... gress-86504.php).

His personal cellphone number is 514-808-5408 (http://www.facebook.com/events/227451737265811/). His personal fix phone number is  450-505-1006 (http://www.canada411.ca/search/?stype=re&what=%28450%29+505-1006&x=27&y=11). His other fix work phone number (still valid) is (450) 687-6545 (http://canada411.yellowpages.ca/search/re/1/4506876545/-).

His email addresses are jpiazza@fmaintl.com and joep@fmaintl.com (http://www.jobs-montreal.ca/job/1682/phone-sa ... uman-resources/ and http://www.fmaintl.com/em/FMA_newsletter_Q4_2010.html). His linkedin account is available at http://www.linkedin.com/in/fmacongresses

You can see some photos of him online before and after he registered to a special training program at http://issuu.com/josephjpiazza/docs/detox_joe_poster_12x18__2_ He studied at Concordia University in Montreal; he graduated from High school in 1996.

The address he gave for the registration of FMA Congresses is the following : 104-1445 boul. Le Corbusier Laval (Québec), Canada, H7N 6L1. However, his personal address is rather 4345 ch. du Souvenir Laval (Quebec), Canada, H7W1B8, to which he also registered another company: Ultra Micro Inc. (http://www.ultra-micro.com/who_we_are.html and http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.d ... d=1461&app=sold).

This information is public and can be found on the Web on the site of the Registraire des Entreprises du Québec (REQ) : http://www.registreentreprises.gouv.qc.ca/en/ Once on the REQ Website, simply click on ?find an enterprise? on the right side and a window will open; then type ?FMA Congresses? and bingo!

The Numéro d?Entreprise du Québec (Company Registration Number) of F.M.A. Congresses is 1164288012 although they seemed to have tried to create a second company named FMA Congresses (without the dots between the letter) with NEQ # 1165933657. I let you all guess their purpose?

The Numéro d?Entreprise du Québec (Company Registration Number) of Ultra Micro inc is 1145759727.

In a nutshell, FMA Congresses tries to sell at high prices (5000$ ? 25 000$) to vendors (part/machinery suppliers) the possibility to participate in a so-called congress to which a lot of big companies would participate and eventually [perhaps] sign big supply contracts (1 single P.O. could apparently cover these high participation fees).

The working conditions are quite bad to stay polite; most of the employees work no more than a month and then leave because they have not been fully paid what they are owed or simply because they are fed-up of their job duties. For the most part, the company is not even paying the minimum salary required by law. Some of the employees have even been fired because their ?results? were insufficient. Indeed, the President of FMA Congresses pays commissions based on the number of president and vice-president cellphone numbers employees can collect, which explains why some of them insist beyond what is considered acceptable. Employees are not to be blamed; the company policies are.

If you are a former employee of FMA Congresses who has been deceived or if you are a potential client who has been harassed over the last 2-3 years, you are not helpless. As a matter of fact, the Quebec law are quite efficient to fight bad employers; all you have to do is to write down the facts and submit official complaints to the appropriate legal bodies.

I have heard from the Commission des Normes du Travail (CNT ? Labour Standards Commission) that complaints had already been submitted against FMA Congresses in the last months/years, so please do so if you feel you have been mistreated in any way such as :

-    Hourly salary below minimum required by law (see http://www.cnt.gouv.qc.ca/en/wages-pay-and-work/wages/index.html As of May 1st 2012, the minimum salary per hour should be 9,90$ even if you receive commissions)
-    Fired without cause (for instance, because you stood for your rights. See : http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/loi/travailleurs/326/)
-    Laid off or fired without any notice (their work contract stipulates that after the 1 month probation period, both the employer and the employee must give to each other a 1 week notice. If it wasn?t the case, the employer must pay you those 5 working days)
-    Non-payment of your vacation pay (4% of all your earnings must be paid by the employer in Quebec regardless of the cause for your layoff)
-    Non-payment of any Holiday (Easter, Christmas, etc.)
-    Non-payment of coffee-breaks (in Quebec, coffee breaks ?imposed? by the employer must be paid. See http://www.aubasdelechelle.ca/vos-droits-au-t ... vail.html#repas)
-    Worked hours not paid
-    Over-penalised for being late at work (in Quebec, if you are 15 minutes late, the employee can only subtract 15 minutes from your pay, not 30 minutes nor 1 hour)
-    Spam and employment of any unfair trade practices


In case the employer did breach the law (minimum salary, etc.), the best is to make an official complaint to the Commission des norms du travail. There is a form online and submitting a complaint is entirely free. However, it must be done pretty quick (45 days usually) upon commission of the infraction. More details at http://www.cnt.gouv.qc.ca/en/on-line-services ... html?no_cache=1

The Law itself is available online. It is not that long/complicated to read. See at http://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/legis/lois/lrq-c-n-1.1/derniere/

For a better understanding of the law, see http://www.cnt.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/pdf/publications/c_0149.pdf

In case the employer did not respect your work contract, the best is to sue him at the Small Claims Court. There is a form online and you can sue the employer for up to 7000$. More details at http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/creance-a.htm

The cost of a claim at the Small Claims varies from 71$ to 163$. See http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/francais/public ... Anchor-Creances

To learn more about the process, read here : http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/cotecour/cour_quebe ... ces/procedures/


You should fight for your rights regardless of your status in Canada: citizen, permanent resident or temporary worker/student.


Good luck and do not forget: IF YOU DO NOT STAND FOR YOUR RIGHTS, NOBODY WILL!

Same situation as all of the above complaints, that obviously are NOT getting any satisfaction to shut this harrassment situation down.- I'm getting calls constantly from this number from 8:00am to 9:00pm; latest person's name came out Shamika Kinsley. Never leaves a msg, just hangs up as soon as my answering machine goes on. Worst of all, my number is a lifeline for an elderly parent, so every time it rings, I get very upset and nervous.  I'm sick of it.

The best thing to do is call them constantly and email them. Here is their contact info listed in the Texas Public Utilities Commission

A bunch of apes in a garage full of phones hoping to get lucky. Do not be afraid of them, tell them to drop dead. Give them no info, just waste their time by calling their number a dozen times a day. It costs them every time you call..... ;)




FMA ALLIANCE LTD
LORAINE E LYONS
12339 CUTTEN ROAD
HOUSTON,TX 77066
Web:  www.fmaalliance.com
Email:  llyons@fmaalliance.com
Phone: 281-931-5050
Toll Free: 800-955-5598
Fax: 281-670-1532

I called back because their computer hangs up on me when I answer. I spoke with miss "shae daniels" who was with fma alliance claiming to be for Bank of America.... then they wanted more info from me such as date of birth, social.... I'm not playing that game. I'm not paying FMA for anything, they are simply garbage collectors hoping to get lucky. NEVER PAY A COLLECTION COMPANY.. ONLY DEAL WITH THE COMPANY YOU HAVE BUSINESS WITH.

FMA ALLIANCE and Ms.Daniels can kiss my A$$

This number called my cell number yesterday asking for my husband by his first name. I told him that he had the wrong number. Now that I know, I am going to the top of this page and block the number. I have done business with Bank of America for many years but in the past few years, they have become total a***oles. Become extremely rude, without compassion, and just down right mean. Since they've been bought out.by the government, they try and play hardball with customers and non - customers.

They call and have me waiting for ever then they hang up... It happens all the time.

One should be aware of Bank of America. They added someone else debt to my account and I did not know how they did it and I also had no proof therefore I ended up to pay for someone else debt. Since then I never open any account with Bank of America.

i got a phone call from sam johnson at 877)839-9070 X7322. She was looking for my dad and I said she could speak to me but she refused because i dont have the authority. she left me a number and company name. i asked if it was a financial company and she said it is ILLEGAL to tell me what kind of company she was working for. WHAT a nonsense?!

Call from them using different phone numbers constantly! Sick of it!

called back, lady named karen looked up our number and asked for a chad...no one works here by that name...surprisingly she was very pleasant and said she was removing our number....we'll see

called our business..no message left...

called business...no message left...

Who are you people?

Needed personal business contact for person not at my address.

Got a call from Mary Stillers, 877-839-9070 ext 3193 at my place of work. I was not there and they left this message with a co-worker

I think this is a collection agency, but not sure.  They call me all the time, asking for someone who does not live there.  They will not give me their address.

this person keeps calling asking for my husband. my husband called the number to find out why they keep calling. she asked him for his last four social security numbers and birth certificate number; he did not give them the information.   also, this person did not give any information why they were calling.

That's so strange.

The next time they call me, I will answer my telephone by saying, "a***ole unlimited what size a***ole are you interested in today."