“From pretending to be police or attorneys to calling you at all hours of the night to trying to tack on interest you don’t owe” the Consumerist website presents “nearly two dozen things the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) forbids collectors from doing.” This is a great list…
Debt collector letters to consumers can violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act otherwise known as the FDCPA if they confuse unsophisticated consumers and set time lines that contradict or over shadow the time lines provided in the FDC for validation of debts. Under the FDCPA, a debt collector’s dunning…
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Debt Panels www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Colbert commented on an interesting New York Times article which reported on how debt collectors are now secretly embedded in hospitals posing as hospital…
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The Chicago Tribune Reports that aggressive debt collectors are clogging the Cook Courts with many new debt claims and that their poor record keeping practices and other missteps are resulting in judgments sometimes entering for debts that have already been repaid. You can read the full article by clicking…
The Wall Street Journal reports: Martha Kunkle has come back to life.She died in 1995. Yet her signature later appeared on thousands of affidavits submitted by one of the nation’s largest debt collectors, Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc., in lawsuits filed against borrowers. The article describes that Portfolio Recovery Associates…
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Confessions of former debt collectors These people share their experiences in the collections industry — and why they left. By Mel Harsh CNN has a terrific article containing confessions from debt collectors. You should read all of the confessions to get a eye opening view of the world of…
Old Debts That Won’t Die By ANDREW MARTIN Published: July 30, 2010 Collecting old consumer debts has become “a labyrinthine industry” involving buyers of secondhand debt, muddled statutes of limitation, lawsuits and, sometimes, abusive tactics according to this New York Times article that provides great insight into the subject.…