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Consumers 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...

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Expose Debt Collector Harassment in New Jersey

Do you want to expose debt collector harassment? Do you want to have your story told on one of the Big Television Networks? If you live in the State of New Jersey, contact us directly by calling 1-800-NOT-FAIR, or by sending...

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Law 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...

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No 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...

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Are 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...

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Three 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 –...

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Debt 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...

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Debt Collection Empire Upends Credit Card Disputes

New York Financier J. Michael Cline had built a complex, billion dollar empire in the debt collection business, handling both sides of arbitration disputes for debt collectors through Minneapolis based NAF (National Arbitration Forum) and Axiant, LLC, a firm he...

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Debt 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...

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How to Deal with a Debt Collector

Just the title of today’s blog entry seems a bit unfeasible. How can you deal with a debt collector, especially if they are threatening you, and/or using obscene language? Here are three primary rules of thumb you should take into...

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