I owed some money on a credit card because my domestic partner lost her job and we could not keep up with the payments. The account was turned over to Allstate Financial. they dunned me seriously at work and by phone. On June 16, 2007, they contacted me on my cell phone and told me that they were preparing a lawsuit against me, and that i could avoid such if i made a 65 dollar payment. I agreed to a one time payment and gave them my visa debit card number. The money was deducted a few days later. One month later, on July 13, 2007, they attempted to make an unauthorized charge to my visa debit card for 305. I called them and protested this, warned them that it was unauthorized. I contacted my bank and told them about this. The man I talked to at Allstate, Mr. Green, finally relented and sent my bank a fax saying that the charge should be withdrawn and voided. But he said he would only do this if I agreed to another payment. I felt this was a type of coercion and had to cancel my visa debit card.