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Boom in Debt Buying Fuels Another Boom in Lawsuits
Across the nation, there is a surge in lawsuits against people who aren’t paying their bills, driven by the debt-buying industry that has surged in the past three years as debt has become cheaper and cheaper to buy amid hard...
Read MoreWomen Sues Debt Collector Over FB Messages
Should Facebook be off-limits for debt collectors on the prowl? One Florida woman thinks so. Melanie Beacham, of St. Petersburg, Fla., filed a complaint against MarkOne Financial, LLC, alleging that employees of MarkOne harassed her and her family members over Facebook to...
Read MoreCollection Agency Faced Sanctions After Wrongly Identifying a Debtor
The collection agency of Pressler & Pressler has a track record of wrongfully identifying consumers and strings of violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. In a recent case, Mr. Mark Hoyte was wrongfully identified by Pressler & Pressler as...
Read MoreSSA Group (South Shore Associates Group) of Hamburg New York Threatens Consumers!
Listen! Don’t pay this debt collector under any circumstances! Voice mail from SSA Group to a consumer
Read MoreDebt Collectors Face a Hazard of Writers Cramp
When Michael Gazzarato took a job that required him to sign hundreds of affidavits in a single day, he had one demand for his employer: a much better pen. “They tried to get me to do it with a Bic,...
Read MoreDebt Collector Faked Court Hearings to Trick Consumers into Paying Up Says Suit
A Pennsylvania debt collector conducted fake court hearings in a mock courtroom in its offices and even sent uniformed officers who appeared to be sheriff’s deputies to serve civil subpoenas demanding that consumers appear for “hearings” and “depositions,” the state...
Read MoreAn Insider Look at How Debt Collectors View the FDCPA
The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, or FDCPA, was enacted to protect consumers from overzealous debt collectors whose methods include harassment, threats and coercion. To these businesses a consumer is nothing more than a number representing dollars and cents, part of...
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