Collection Agencies

Fake Collectors Use Payday Lender Info To Scare People Into Paying Debts They Don't Owe

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.27.2012

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Another day, another story of debt collectors acting shady. Some California residents recently started getting threatening calls from fake debt col...

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Woman Wins $10 Millon From Debt Collectors In Court, Can't Collect

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.26.2012

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One woman is having trouble getting a debt collector to fork over its debt to her. Diana Mey, a West Virginia housewife, won an eight-figure court...

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Debt Collectors Want To Be Your Friend On Facebook

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Debt, Social Media, Debt Collectors, Consumer Debt, Debtors, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Ftc, Collection Agencies, Debt Collectors Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Facebook, Business News

Your Facebook profile can and will be used against you. A recent segment on KDVR, the Fox affiliate for Denver, reminds us that collection agencie...

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Breast Cancer Survivor Jailed Over Accidental $280 Medical Bill

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.23.2012

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In the latest example of aggressive debt collector tactics, an Illinois woman found herelf jailed over a bill she didn’t even owe in the first place...

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Return Of The Debtors' Prison?

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Creditors, Debtors Prisons, Debt Collectors, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Collection Agencies, Illinois Debt Collectors, Arrest Warrant Debtors, Debt Arrest Warrant, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Some Illinois residents struggling to pay off their debt have yet another thing to worry about: getting thrown in jail. As WBEZ reports, creditors...

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Losing at the Credit Score Game

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

It is not easy to get people to take a hard look at themselves. Addiction to credit is like addiction to anything else: people usually won't get help until they bottom out.

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City To Deploy Debt Collectors As Budget Gap Grows

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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The same bill collectors who pester debtors on behalf of credit-card companies are being recruited by Chicago City Hall to go after anybody who owes m...

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Arthur Delaney

Debt Collection Boss: "Business Is Brisk"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt Collectors, The Affiliated Group, Sunrise Credit Services, Collection Agencies, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collection, Ftc, ACA International, Federal Trade Commission, Collection Agency, John Nemo, Business News

John Nemo says the notion that debt collectors are capitalist vultures who profit off other folks' struggles is a "stereotype." Nemo is a spokesman ...

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