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Collection Agency Complaints
Recent news and past class action cases
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- Rise in complaints. Complaints by individuals against collection agencies have been on the rise. Here are a few recent news stories on the trend: 1) Consumer complaints against collection agencies were the #4 top category with the Maryland Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division for 2007 per Baltimore Sun Times, 2) Consumer complaints against collection agencies were the #2 top category with the Washington Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division for 2007 per this new story, and 3) Consumer complaints against collection agencies were the #4 top category with the Oregon Department of Justice for 2007 per this new story.
- Quite a few class action suits have been filed against collection agencies for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) which prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive, deceptive and unfair collection practices. See Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, and Example 4 (last example is suit against collection agency for violation of FDCPA but not class action).
- Here are several links for more information on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:
User Comments
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From: Mike
State:Maine
Posted: 10/28/2009
Subject: Collection Agencies Drove my Brother to Suicide
Comment: Last week my younger brother committed suicide due to non-stop calls from collection agencies. He didn't leave a note but we found many, many letters from collection agencies in his trash can and his cell phone is const ... Read More
From: Rezene Hagos
State:Texas
Posted: 07/13/2009
Subject: Harrassment and Threats
Comment: I have recently been communicated by a collection agent who presumably been hired to follow up payments I needed to make. He called me on Friday July 10, 2009 at about 12:30 to tell me that I needed to pay for services t ... Read More
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From: Donna
State:Wisconsin
Posted: 05/11/2009
Subject: Sr's credit is being affected by Jr's
Comment: My husband and son share the same name and address. Son lost his job last year and some of his bad debts are showing up on his fathers credit report. Last Saturday, a collection agency called NCO phoned and was very na ... Read More
From: PIA
State:NY
Posted: 04/09/2009
Subject: HARRASEMENT
Comment: I had a student with the direct loan and with the dept of education. because of old address they had me in default and I had call direct loan stating I had a hard ship not true. They they told me to call Premiere credi ... Read More
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From: Joe
State:Missouri
Posted: 04/06/2009
Subject: Followup to Lachelle's post regarding 30 day letter
Comment: This comes from the FTC:
"What does the debt collector have to tell me about the debt?
Every collector must send you a written 'validation notice' telling you how much money you owe within five days after ... Read More
From: Lachelle
State:CO
Posted: 04/06/2009
Subject: Your recourse
Comment: It is quite possible that Asset hired NCO to collect on their behalf...So NCO would contact you and ask for you to pay them... you can call Asset and ask if they have outsourced your account to another agency. If you ar ... Read More
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From: Lachelle
State:CO
Posted: 04/06/2009
Subject: Your recourse
Comment: Send a written request for documentation on the account. They have to provide that information within 30 days or they have to cancel the debt.
From: John
State:California
Posted: 03/13/2009
Subject: collection agency extortion tactics
Comment: Eighteen months after I received treatment in a hospital emergency ward and paid for it fully I received a letter from a collection agency, CMRI Financial Services Inc., demanding an additional $134.10, which includes $1 ... Read More
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From: Joe
State:MO
Posted: 05/23/2008
Subject: Utah case
Comment: "Sonya Capri Ramos tells ABC News that she lost her three-bedroom house in Salt Lake City over a $68 bill from the dentist who treated her daughter." The $68 bill was sent to a collection agency by the dentist who then ... Read More
From: S
State:MO
Posted: 08/06/2007
Subject: NCO Financial Systems -Help find some recourse
Comment: I had an acct that got sent to Asset Acceptance LLC for paymt. I recd letters from them. Couple months ago, I recd a letter from NCO Financial Systems stating that they bought out the bill from Asset Acceptance LLC, and ... Read More
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