I suggest that you call Tony Labrosciano directly and tell him what you think of a company that aids and abets a scam like this. Tell him you don't appreciate an American company representing a European scam artist who is taking money from innocent American businesses. In these difficult times we can't afford this kind of garbage being shoveled at us by fellow Americans. Here is Tony Labrosciano's contact information:
Tony Labrosciano
President
ACL Adjustment Associates, Inc.
165 Central Avenue
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey 07604-0442
Phone: (877) 288-7144
Fax: (201) 288-7455
Their website is http://www.aclcollects.com
I also suggest that you report ACL Adjustment Associates, Inc. to the New Jersey Better Business Bureau (follow the link to the complaint page for the New Jersey BBB).
If everyone who gets a collection letter from ACL takes these actions, I will bet that ACL Adjustment Associates will adjust their own strategy and get out of the business of aiding and abetting Yellow Page, B.V., because it won't be worth the trouble.
Here is an example of the collection letters being sent out by ACL. This one is from Barbara Sussko. Let me know if you receive one with some other persons name on it and we will publish it here. I've removed the name of the addressee to protect their privacy, but this might as well be your name on this letter:
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Iowa residents, contact the Department of Justice in Iowa and they have files started on Yellow Page BV as well. I have a file open with them and they said they have many more. Our invoice shows YellowPage-Iowa.com and we too have been contacted by ACL Adjustment Collection Agency.
I am receiving bills from a collection agency in Switzerland called Factoring International AG. Note, my scam was YellowPage-NorthCarolina.com and I did send a complaint to the AG office but have not heard anything. J Wolf MD
I am receiving bills as is J Wolf (scam was YellowPage-NorthCarolina.com.) NC AG did NOTHING. At least other states now FTC understand this scam. I got letters throughout 2010, none in 2011 and just started from Factoring International AG.
Just a note: they've now changed their logo. It is an old-fashioned telephone with lines above it to make it look like it is ringing. It also more clearly shows the false address. Five stars lie below the telephone. The fraud is still there, but it is less obvious. They are also listing a panama address.
yes, they've been harrasing our company for two years now. I'm amazed they haven't all been arrested for this scam.
The original advice you received, to send the CA a letter stating that the debt was settled in full and provide a copy of the original letter demonstrating this fact, is sound imho. You might also want to pull a copy of your credit report to make sure they aren't reporting a debt they shouldn't even be collecting.
Collection agencies
Just Got a collection letter from Direct Factoring EOOD, In Hilden, Germany trying to collect for Yellow Page Marketing BV.
They claim they will hand my account to a local NJ Company company who will "imply further extra charges and attack my credit rating. I reported this to FTC in 2011, reported to BBB in 2011. I was told by both agenmcies to ignore this scam. These guys are tenacious even if they are a scam. Keep reporting them. Anyone who received a collectio letter from a collection company in the USA, report them as well.
We just received our threatening letter this week from Germany and it sounds just like the one received by the last entry here. We've been dealing with this for a couple of years and I've been documenting everything. They've recently been calling our office and trying to "trap" our office manager into saying something incriminating but she's on to them. Now the letter. I'm happy to get more information from this blog. Keep the faith guys.
We just got our first letter from Factoring International AG in Switzerland, saying they have taken over our account from Open Business Directory (yellow-page-canada.com scam). They are offering a 10% discount on the "overdue balance" if we arrange a wire transfer to a bank in... Cyprus.
Here in Montreal, They have been on our backs for the last 3 years.
First using the YELLOW-PAGE-CANADA.com name.
They are sending letters stating that they have moved to a new collection agency and we have a over due, 715 days and 3096$ in bill.
I have been ignoring them since day one and still getting notices. This is getting very annoying.
we have been receiving threatening letters from Germany, Switzerland and now Ireland for 2 years. These scammers hope they will find someone to pay the bill. I have done all the complaint forms in Canada but they can't stop this. I have also contacted Equifax and Trans Union as protection. How do these people get to do this?
Unless the collector is using sewer service you should have notice a collector wants to go to court. In Illinois which has exemptions, the bank account would be declared before the judgement goes into effect.
Business collection agency
I believe they've changed their names yet again and are now referred to as Direct Factoring. Same colours, same letters, they've simply become their own collection agency. Watch out for these new invoices. Just passed the 3 year mark.
I am in Utah, is there anyone I can call to have these people stop sending me bills?
These crooks are now operating under the name "Open Business Solutions" with a drop box address in Philadelphia PA.
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