866-667-3341

This number came up on call display which said united states... so it is truly a solicitation and fraud...dont answer it

I have been getting these annoying calls for months and months. It says "United States" on the caller ID. I hear a recording with a physical address in Markham, ON. Then it says "press 1 to speak to an agent." I do that and the line goes dead. Waited many minutes. Nothing. Dead line. I have done this many many times. It's been driving my crazy. So annoying and a pure simple nuisance. They never talk to me. Just leave me hanging on a dead line so I can't even tell them to stop. Finally I looked up the Aro site from the info on google and was able to call the Markham office. I gave them a piece of my mind about their nuisance system. He said the number was connected to a person who does not live here. He said he would put a note for them to remove my number from the system. If this doesn't work I'm ready to go to the police to lodge a nuisance complaint.

We just finally resolved the call issues with this crazy company.  BBB has a warning on their site under ACRM stating their is an "government warning" against them.

"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.
On July 15, 2013, the Government of Alberta (Service Alberta) issued an Undertaking to Action Collections and Receivables Management under Section 152 of the Fair Trading Act.
According to the Undertaking, Action Collections and Receivables Management acknowledges that they have breached sections of the Collection and Debt Repayment Practices Regulation, and the Fair Trading Act. Some examples are as follows:
- Initiating phone calls that exceed the frequency permitted in the regulations
- Continuing collection activity after being informed that the individual contacted was not the debtor
- Providing false or misleading information to a reporting agency by posting a derogatory listing in error on a resident's credit file
- Allowing employees who did not possess a collector's license in Alberta to contact residents for collection purposes
- Engaging in collection activities on debts where the last payment or written acknowledgement of the date was more than six years previous.
Action Collections and Receivables Management acknowledges that they have failed to comply with the provisions of the Fair Trading Act and undertakes to the Director that they will not, to the best of their ability, at any time hereafter, engage in acts or practices similar to those described.
Action Collections & Receivables Management is responsible to pay the amount of $2,000.00 to the Minister of Finance of Alberta. This amount represents a portion of the costs associated with the investigation.
To review the entire Undertaking please visit:
http://www.servicealberta.ca/pdf/undertakings/Action Collections July 15 2013.pdf
- See more at: http://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews ... 8691#govtaction"

IN THE EVENT THEY ARE STILL HARASSING YOU FOLLOW THE BELOW INSTRUCTIONS...
1.  CALL THE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY IN YOUR PROVINCE AND THEY WILL ADVISE THE CORRECT PROCESS YOU ARE TO FOLLOW- they are super helpful and provide info on the laws and restrictions
2. WRITE TO OR EMAIL THE COMPANY DIRECT.
Action Collections & Receivables Management
212-716 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto, ON M2H 3B4
Toll Free: (877) 503-9633
Phone: (416) 503-9633
Principal:  Mr. Paul Esteves, President
Customer Contact:  Mr. Paul Esteves, President
pesteves@actioncollections.com

Got a call from this number today. Called it back, not in service. They did not leave a message. If it is this ARO that everyone says it is, I have to wonder how they got my number. I have a new phone number that has only been mine for one year. They previously said they were working for Shaw from a different harassing number. Shaw never had this phone number. They have breached my privacy already, and asked me to verify my address. I told them if Shaw had already sold them my information then they have it. Never see any mail from them.