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Reviewing the Top 5 FDCPA Complaints in 2009
Each year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provides Congress with a report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). While the report focuses heavily on the number of complaints received from consumers, it also summarizes actions that the FTC has taken...
Read MoreConsumer Rights and The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Consumer Attorney Craig Kimmel discusses consumer rights on KYW TV’s Talk Philly Program: [lite_youtube videoid="gYsjgcZ_ZVg"]
Read MoreConsumers Rights Protected Under the FDCPA
If you are receiving harassing calls from debt collectors, even if you owe the debt, you cannot be harassed, abused, threatened, or have others told about your debt! You have rights under federal law. Watch video of attorney Craig Kimmel speaking about the Fair...
Read MoreThree Lawyers Restricted from Debt Collection
Three out-of-state lawyers, accused of using unfair tactics to collect debts in Colorado, have been banned from collecting debts for periods ranging from three years to life, the Colorado attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Under a consent decree issued late...
Read MoreLaw Suits Piling up for Debt Collectors
Debt Collection Attorney Craig Kimmel is featured in this story from the Concord Monitor detailing the aggressive tactics that debt collectors employ to collect on debts they purchase for pennies on the dollar. Consumers reported being harassed and threatened. They...
Read MoreNo Harassing Debt Collectors
The recession means more people are falling behind on their bills. The last person you want to hear from is a debt collector. Some debt collectors are just doing their job, but others cross the line. Fox 29 Consumer Reporter...
Read MoreAre you the Victim of Sewer Service?
It’s a decades-old practice known in legal circles as “sewer service”. This occurs when a debt collector fails to properly serve a notice of complaint (litigation) upon the defendant (debtor) and then files a false affidavit claiming the notice has...
Read MoreThree Types Of Illegal Voicemails From Collectors And How To Make Them Stop
Voicemails from bill collectors are a reality when you have been turned over to collections. The dirty secret debt collectors don’t want you to know about is that they very often violate the law (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act –...
Read MoreDebt Collectors From NCO Make 400 Million Calls a Year
Four hundred million times a year, employees of a little-known company called NCO dial the telephone “just to talk.” NCO’s hope: A simple chat will convince people to pay old debts. “We have to strike a bond with someone,” said...
Read MoreLaw Firm’s Debt Collection Review Violated Federal Act
A New York judge has determined that a law firm violated the Federal Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) after it mass produced collection letters and litigation documents from it’s computer system without a thorough review of the alleged debt. The law firm...
Read MoreDebt Collectors: 3 Ways to Stop HARASSMENT Today
1. Stop the Collection Calls: Instruct the debt collector to stop calling you at home or at work. Write them a letter if you can with those instructions and save a copy. If the calls continue, they have violated the Fair Debt...
Read MoreDebt Collection Calls Can Be Stopped
There is nothing more bothersome or stressful than having debt collectors call and threaten you. Pay up or we will alert your neighbors. Pay up or we will contact your family. Pay up or we will garnish your wages. The...
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