Scammed? Let's Talk [PSAs]

Looking for sources for an article I'm working on for a major national magazine.Have you gotten a phish email recently trying to exploit the financial crisis?Has a fake debt collector called you and threatened with jail time for a debt you don't owe?Have you been the victim [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 02:51:18

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Scammed? Let's Talk [PSAs] (pfblogs.org)

Looking for sources for an article I'm working on for a major national magazine.Have you gotten a phish email recently trying to exploit the financial crisis?Has a fake debt collector called you and threatened with jail time for a debt you don't owe?Have you been the victim [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 03:04:06

I Hate To Worry About Money. Do You?

One of the things I’ve learned in life is that it doesn’t matter how much you make or have in the bank, ... like I had failed as a father and husband, I was afraid of my creditors, afraid of the debt collectors ... can seem less important. I wish there was a self-help guide that someone in debt could hand [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 14:19:09

California Court Approves Class-Action Lawsuit Against Debt Collector Accused of Abusive Tactics

Here is a press release I received from Public Citizen. I am forwarding it to you in case you were a victim of ACCS. WASHINGTON, D.C ... and described ACCS’s practices as “debt collection rather than law enforcement.”  Members of the class ... . - A California court has ruled that almost a million consumers who were victims of an overly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 23:16:45

Good Games Means No Money

Time for another one of my opinionated rant articles. This time it is about money…and games obviously ... . My PS3 collection is probably lower than others but impressive none-the-less. At last count I owned ... of money to spend on a virtual world. I will have a debt collector knocking on my door at this rate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:46:59

Indian Debt Collectors Feel Sorry for Americans

Debt collection of American consumers is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Indian outsourcing. "It's like people are totally drowning," said collector Omkar Gadgil, 24, who goes by the alias [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 13:01:22

Can a credit card company take my home or wages?

I have received a number of calls from people who are concerned about just how far a collector can go to get money from them ... : 1. place a lien on property you own 2. seek a wage garnishment 3. levy accounts 4. appoint a receiver ... .  Often people are scared because the debt collector is making a number of threats or implications [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 23:40:32

Collectors.

Why can’t I be a collector? My whole life I have hungered for different things, objects, etc ... t I be a collector and learn to accumulate things and stop worrying about dust and decay?Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Miserable San Franciscans.THE SELBY.Good Times For Debt Collectors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:55:21

How to End Your Financial Mess?

To have a debt is something messy in someone’s life ... have the possibility in facing the unbearable threat from the debt collector that will surely not want to have a mercy on those who cannot have their debts all repaid. Debt consolidation is then a great solution [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 06:28:19

Debt Collectors Are Your Friend In Business

Misconceptions are everywhere in modern society, perpetrated by numerous media outlets from tabloid newspaper hype to televised stereotypes ... . For businesses, having a debt collection agency on-side has many advantages outside of collecting money owed ... point of view the debt collection agency is your friend. When businesses themselves need money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 08:13:16

Where he has a Victor Meldrew moment (excessively long post)

Yesterday I came home to a final demand not from Glasgow City Council for a £700 Council Tax bill, including 10% non-payment penalty, but from the debt collectors they had already reported me to. As I stood there agape ... because oddly enough there was never a first.The next step was a phone call to the council's helpline [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 20:11:00

Have You Ever Lost It All ?

We are headed for some wicked hard times.  Some of us are already feeling the sting ... my accounts and send me to debt collectors. I soon was evicted from my apartment after missing payment ... .  Some of you are just getting out of college with a monster load of debt and are going [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 11:00:39

How Credit Repair Services Can Help You Be Debt Free

a credit repair business Unfortunately, the world is set up to encourage borrowing ... techniques, end collector calls and teach people how to reduce debt. Debt consolidation credit ... loan, you’ll need an unsecured credit card and a lender to get by. Americans with credit scores [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 21:41:26

How Facebook Can Get You in Serious Trouble With Bill Collectors

We recently discovered that bill collectors are using popular social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace to dig up very personal information on people in debt . Recently a bill collector from a collection agency purportedly discovered ... collection calls and threats of garnishing wages followed at this individual’s place of employment [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 01:33:45

Common Credit Questions: Should You Send a Debt Validation Letter on an Attorney's Letterhead?

No. Actually, a debt collector may overreact to a DV letter sent from an attorney. You do not want the collection agency/creditor paying too much attention to your dispute. You want them to ignore it so it goes away. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) expects that the consumer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 19:14:00

Itsy Bitsy Debt Collector

Have you ever wanted to really stick it to a collections agency? I have, matter of fact, I used to work for one. I was forced to call little old ladies and force them to pay their hospital bills. I think each call was more excrutiating for me than them. However scarred that may have left me, I think I'm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:10:19

What are my Credit Rights?

Knowing your credit rights as a credit card holder will be your guide and protection against unlawful practices that may be committed by creditors and debt collectors. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has made distinct stipulations ... details or inaccurate information on your credit report. Notify a Consumer Reporting Agency [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 06:55:21

September 30th, 2008 - Help Stop Debt Harassment, Learn Your Rights!

Obtaining credit can be fairly simple. If you have a steady job, an acceptable debt-to-income ratio, and no history of serious credit delinquency, ... Responsibility of Debt Collectors or other Furnishers to the Consumer Reporting Agencies. Procedures in the Case [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 05:38:41

Judgements

A judgment is filed by a lawyer basically suing you for the money owed to the creditor. Dealing with a debt collector can be one of life’s most stressful experiences. Harassing calls, threats, and use of obscene language can drive you to the edge. What’s worse, a collector may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 01:00:14

Resolving Debt Collection Issues With A Little Help

Have you done everything to just amicably settle and collect a debt already past due? ... friends! Calling in an attorney with extensive experience in debt collection may help you greatly ... , the American Collectors Association released a report indicating that third-party debt collection agencies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:00:00

D-Squared Has The Next Big TV Show

Idea for a television show, possibly an “ER” spinoff. ER: The Finance Department. Would revolve around a debt collector working for an American hospital, who has a limited amount ... the circumstances of a poor or middle-class American family with a crippling medical expense, deciding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:23:03

Consolidation to hit real estate industry

In Boston, some of the big real estate companies include ERA, Century 21, Gibson Sotheby’s, and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage ... with huge debt, for some reason rolled out Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate earlier this year. Because four companies wasn’t enough? Also, who’s calling her? Debt collectors? In Boston, we’ve seen [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 18:00:47

Invoice Co-ordinator (Dubai)

SUMMARY OF JOB FUNCTION: The person selected for this post will mainly be performing a role of an Invoice Coordinator, and will take a minor role as a Debt Collector. Hence, this post is also field-based. His/ her major responsibilities focus on generation of invoices of the previous day from the ERP to excel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:40:18

Recession Proof Industries To Do Business With This Year

Many businesses have been affected negatively by the current economic status but there are a few industries that are still doing well in these tough ... , debt collectors and web designers.  If you are looking to generate new sales this year, scan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:58:18

Manage Your Debt With CareOne Credit Counseling

We all strive for financial freedom.. a debt-free life.. a secure financial future ... : "The most common form of consumer debt is credit card debt, payday loans, and other consumer finance ... endless notices from creditors, accounts being turned over to debt collectors? Indeed, you're [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 06:45:00

Collection Agency calling from 571-431-1958 (Washington, VA)

Steve reported a Collection Agency (5714311958 from Washington area, VA) . The following comments were posted: AACC AACC AACC 5127689800 AACC 804-234-9056 assetacceptance.com Asset Acceptance is a leading purchaser and collector of charged-off consumer debt. Since 1962, we have provided credit originators such as credit card issuers, consumer finance companies, retail merchants, utilities and others an efficient alternative in recovering defaulted consumer debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:53:49

Debt Consolidation

Debt Consolidation   Posted in Saving Tips Are you overcome by credit card debt? Do credit card bill collectors leave more messages on your machine than your friends & family ... to help you reclaim financial freedom. They offer debt consolidation where they will work with each [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 12:03:56

India call centres hear US pain

"GURGAON, October 15 With her flowing, hot-pink suit, jangly silver bangles and perky voice, Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, doesn’t fit the stereotype of a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But lately, she has had no problem making American debtors cry. For the past... read more [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 04:16:21

Vonage Insists You're Still A Customer Two Years After You Canceled Service [Debt Collectors]

Listen Vonage, Garry isn't your customer anymore. You need to stop sending him bills and let him go. Sure, he liked you back in 2004, but he found a better company at a cheaper price and he's moved on. Billing his AmEx every single month for two years after he canceled? Not cute. Sending his account to collections when his AmEx finally expired? [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 16:15:55

What the hex: Witch collects debts

VILNIUS, Lithuania - In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: Witchcraft. The Vilnius-based... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:14:59

Blur

Leisure (1991) 1. She's So High 2. There's No Other Way 3. Bang 4. I Know 5. Slow Down 6. Repetition 7. Bad Day 8 ... 3. End Of A Century 4. Parklife 5. Bank Holiday 6. Bad Head 7. The Debt Collector 8. Far [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:02:00

Today in Russian Business - Nov 25, 2008

The federal budget has given the Deposit Insurance Agency $7.2 billion to protect troubled banks. Advantages of devaluing the ruble: make Russian exports more attractive. Disadvantages: deplete the foreign reserve fund. As banks let go more and more workers, debt collectors are seeing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 11:31:13

When It's Time to Wave the White Flag and File Bankruptcy

Sometimes, despite our best intentions to pay back our debts, our individual circumstances make it an impossible task ... to buy more immediate needs, like groceries or the heat bill? Do bill collectors call you regularly ... ) Have you tried debt consolidation but can't get approved for the loan? Are you unsure how much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:07:50

Minnesotans may sue if a debt collector levies funds in a joint account

Back in November, I won an important decision for Minnesota consumers against Messerli & Kramer, a law firm that seems to handle the bulk of debt collection lawsuits filed in Minnesota. Messerli & Kramer served a levy on my clients’ bank for funds in their’ joint bank account, even though [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:00:01

Lithuanian firm turns to witchcraft to hunt down debtors

Lithuanian firm turns to witchcraft to hunt down debtors by The Associated Press Thursday January 15, 2009, 8:15 AM VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ... of the Skolu Isieskojimo Biuras, or debt collecting bureau. "Our new employee will help them ... -- In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:06:01

AG Sues To Shut Down Buffalo Debt Collector

Posted on Tuesday, 18 of August , 2009 at 10:51 am BUFFALO—The state Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down a Buffalo-based debt collection operation consisting of 13 debt collection companies run by Buffalo residents Omar Smith, Narvell Benning and Keith Marshall (collectively, the “Benning-Smith Group”). [more...]

Date: 2009-08-18 15:51:50

Debt collector hires witch to help pursue deadbeats

If you live in Lithuania, please be sure to pay your bills. We offer this bit of sage advice because one of that country's debt-collection firms has hired a witch to help pursue deadbeats. "There are certain people, who are using this crisis situation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:32:34

Lithuanian Firm Hires Witch To Hunt Debt Dodgers

In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:01:29

Why Obama’s tax cut plan is a crock

His claim is he’s going to cut taxes for 95% of American families ... unless he’s going to smilingly stack another trillion plus in debt on to the 5 trillion "official" debt ... you that corporations are tax collectors not tax payers? Who would pay those corporate taxes? 100 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 06:05:07

JEFF JOHNSON PICKS YOUR BETS - AFC EDITION '09

Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans Stubbly Titans QB Kerry Collins is looking more and more like a soap opera surgeon who has ... Araton compared the Ravens defense to debt collectors following that Dolphins game. I just think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:30:13

Connected (保持通话) [Hong Kong] - 2008

Country: Hong KongProduction Company: Armor Entertainment/ Emperor Motion Pictures/ Warner China Film HG CorporationGenre: ActionDirector: ... -end job as a debt collector, he’s trapped in a job that goes against his usual easy-going helpful [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 01:05:00

The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: No Politics Edition

The election is over. Where do we go from here? Barack Obama might be President-elect, ... up to yesterday. We’re still (on average) in quite a bit of debt. We’re still (on average ... collector. You might find it of interest. Get Art [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 14:00:53

== The Debt Elimination Industry is BOOMING! ==

Credit Card debt is at an all time high, in fact it’s up to 2.8 Trillion Dollars. This means Millions of Consumers are in debt & need help! ... from harassing collectors. A service like this could be priceless. Click Here&gt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:52:10

Pieter Hugo - The Hyena & Other Men

I've never seen a real hyena but Pieter Hugo's photo series "The Hyena & Other Men" is somewhat terrifying ... that these men were bank robbers, bodyguards, drug dealers, debt collectors. Myths surrounded them [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 16:15:00

Happy Idiot

By David Glenn Cox http://theservantsofpilate.com Gee, I wish I could be a happy idiot ... -ass articles I try to write, the phone calls from bill collectors ruin my mood. If you’ve never been harassed by a bill collector it goes like this. "We have this debt and we want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:26:40

Life in Gordon Browns socialist "Cool Britannia" - Debt collectors to pay for social engineering.

Yep, common sense go's out of the window. Never mind that folk can not pay the ever expanding tax bills, ... huge legal costs arising from bank-rupcy orders that dwarf the original debt, according to Citizens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 10:14:00

Sanjay Dutt’s ‘EMI’ role inspired by real loan recovery agent

Sanjay Dutt plays 'Sattarbhai', a bully who collects loan instalments from bank debtors, in his forthcoming film "EMI" ... film's plot about all these debt collectors who have the thankless job of getting bank loans back [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 05:24:51

How To Stop Bill Collectors From Harrassing You

A reader at Sample Debt Validation Letter asks how to get a collection agent to stop harassing her ... . Who can I report her to? And how do I get her to quit harassing me? The debt is an old credit card ... of all, once you enter the world of defaulted credit card debt - what good is it doing to talk to these people [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 03:45:37

Texas Consumer Complaint Center

Texas Consumer Complaint Center Posted by lukegilman at January 13, ... calls and e-mails from consumers with problems such as defective goods or services, debt collectors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:40:33

Filipina Domestic Helper Hong Kong - Top 7 Causes Of Termination

By Alice SyWhen you are working in Hong Kong as a Filipina domestic helper, you will be bound by a contract ... up as a guarantor to a friend who is not able to pay her debt, it can be a reason for your termination ... collectors will keep on calling your employer's phone number even at night just to keep in touch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:08:00

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