888-316-6088

This number called my cell phone and that of my husband's cell phone which is not listed and protected, at least we thought was protected, by the Do Not Call list. The caller,Anthony Shuddles,(sp) (if that's even his real name), states that the message was soley intended for a person that does not live in/at our home, but proceeds to leave quite a bit of detailed, personal information, about the person, including the last 4-digits of a SSN#. Anthony deliberatly goes on to further provide more details about his business with this person, with the threat to show up at the persons house/work within 24.0 hours. Apparently Anthony has no concerns at being so irresponsible as to leave this staggering amount of confidential information on the cell phone of a complete stranger, not to mention how loose he feels he can be with private protected information, supported by law, like a SSN# . The voice mail message is quite demoralizing to the person they are trying contact, not to mention unethical business practices. Obvisouly this is a dirty collection agency attemp using such low standard manipulation at it's best ... collect the debt, new, old, even beyond the statue of limitations, what ever means you can to collect on a debt.  The Name/Phone number left to return a call to was the Department of Legal Services at 1- (855) 972-6643.

This is what I came up for this number. So far, they have only called me once. I called them back and did not talk. They are definitely from India. They are now blocked thanks to Voice Zone on Time Warner, but thought this may help someone:

The company: Allied International - a collection agency that has a long history of trying to collect debts that do no exist by using illegal harassment and intimidation tactics.

Their business model is based on the idea that a certain percentage of people will simply pay to make the harassment end.

They have been fined numerous times for fraudulent business practices, including the illegal access of credit reports.

They often use profanity and threats of physical violence, something the individual collectors generally get away with as their headquarters are in India.

Before you try to negotiate in any way with these criminals, first report the call to your local Attorney General. Chances are, you do not owe anything.

Got a call from this number and they said I had a Windstream debt from 2003-2004.  The location I was at is so remote there was no internet access out there, also, I was living with my parents at the time and had no lively hood to even get such things.  I have never heard of Allied Interstate or Windstream until today to be honest.  It really did sound like a scam.  However, they had personal information about me(SS#). I'm currently in the process of recording all phone calls from here on out.  I would not confirm with them if any of my information they had was correct. I just told them I won't give out personal info on the phone.  I suggest you don't answer the phone or if you do, tell them to stop calling otherwise you're calling the state fraud division.  I received calls the past 4 days, tonight it was at 9:00pm.

Get occasional calls on my cell phone from this number. I do not answer & they leave no message. I love the idea that an earlier poster suggested about getting a referee whistle and just blow their eardrums out next time! I am on my way to the whistle store.

Fraud of a Judgment of betrayal of ex-attorney to pay ex-wife Jean L. Ford $200.00 a month by forging her name onto my property.  Ex-attorney never gave me a copy of this judgment until now on June 4, 2013 to keep me from disagreeing on it within 30 days of this Judgment in Monterey County California.  So now everyday this 888-316-6088 keeps calling stating you owe a debt and you must pay your debt and sometimes they do not leave a message just keep calling.  So maybe this is the crooks of private companies who are spying on us with nothing but lies and Fraud of crooks to steal and lie with the law on their side against the working people that works for a living instead of stealing and lying for a living to steal your money in a easy way of Scams and Frauds of liars just like this Black-Widow of this lying ex-wife Jean L. Ford with inside partners of crime within the legal system of corruptions of crooks that is in position to lie and steal your hard earn money that you work for and all they do is lie and makeup laws to take it from you and keep you poorer.

I received the same message today 6-18-2013, restricted call,  except for his name was Shawn Taylor, and it sounded like he was reading from a script. He couldn't even pronounce my last name. Per FDCPA, you are not allowed to leave last 4 digits of the ssn on a voice mail. I know this because I work for a collection agency. I am contracting the Ohio Attorneys General Office regarding, I believe that you should do the same in the state that you live in too. Its scares me that this company didn't even disclose the company name except for saying "contact the legal department" and why are they pulling my cbr? I have searched the web to find out more info, not having any luck.

That's funny you mentioned the name ANTHONY SHUDDLES. my husband received a strange voicemail with the EXACT MESSAGE. Too Much personal detail, personal information being released over a voicemail. Im a former debt collector officer myself and I know in my previous training an agent MUST CONFIRM 3 FORMS OF ID BEFORE RELEASING INFORMATION. This Anthony guy, addresses him self as a member From the department of legal services, but when you call back the number they give you its a foney agency with a different name. If the calls dont stop I'm thinking if calling our local news.. it's violation of privacy, unethical and illegal.

That's funny you mentioned the name ANTHONY SHUDDLES. my husband received a strange voicemail with the EXACT MESSAGE. Too Much personal detail, personal information being released over a voicemail. Im a former debt collector officer myself and I know in my previous training an agent MUST CONFIRM 3 FORMS OF ID BEFORE RELEASING INFORMATION. This Anthony guy, addresses him self as a member From the department of legal services, but when you call back the number they give you its a foney agency with a different name. If the calls dont stop I'm thinking if calling our local news.. it's violation of privacy, unethical and illegal.

They had my name, but I know for a fact there
is/has been at least one other person with the
same name in this area. They just contact everyone
with the same name within a several hundred mile
radius and hope they will get lucky. Told him
if I was contacted by them again, I would report them!
It is obviously an "offshore" operation... could barely
understand the clown.

# 1         Answer the phone. Automatic dialers will call until the something happens.
# 1.5      Wait around for a rep!   Time to handle this!   Maybe it will resolve things
# 2         Find out who is calling, and LISTEN (give em a minute) to what they are offering or saying---If they
                    won't identify themselves (as Allied Interstate Didn't)  see # 3
# 3         Lie to the person, say you are not you.
#4          State "put me on your do not call list"
                ( if you have conducted business with them in the last year , there are exceptions to this)
#5          Google the # and find out Allied is prob calling about some old crap that no one cares about now
#6          Buy a real cell phone plan, don't let a caller get you all crazy about your minutes. It's 2013!

If they call outside the hours of 7am to 9pm,  you probably have an area code or old address from another time zone. Don't act surprised.

#7      if they have a middle east accent, MAKE SURE you include that in your blogging! Because that is super useful and relative information!   Hey if they are black, WARN OTHERS TOO, they could be muggers!   Come on people, grow up.  

xoxo,
a guy who calls when u owe on your newspaper

GFYS Noah  -- Now there is a growth industy: Newspapers !!

A person by the name of ANTHONY SHUDDLES, claiming to work for the DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES, called me on my cell from a private number and left a message. He said that two charges had been faxed to him under my name and social security number (he left the last four digits of my social) and had to be served within the next 24-48 hours at my home address or work place; he also said that once the individual had spoken to me there would be no other reason for them to contact me anymore. ANTHONY SHUDDLES ended this message by encouraging me to call 1-855-972-6643

A person by the name of ANTHONY SHUDDLES, claiming to work for the DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES, called me on my cell from a private number and left a message. He said that two charges had been faxed to him under my name and social security number (he left the last four digits of my social) and had to be served within the next 24-48 hours at my home address or work place; he also said that once the individual had spoken to me there would be no other reason for them to contact me anymore. ANTHONY SHUDDLES ended this message by encouraging me to call 1-855-972-6643.