Last month, The Better Business Bureau (BBB) issued a national alert warning consumers to beware of phony debt collectors who contact you claiming to be lawyers with intent to sue. The scammers call your home, and according to the BBB they are armed with the potential victim’s personal information, including Social Security Numbers, old bank information, driver’s license numbers, home addresses and even the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Debt Collection'
Phony Debt Collector Scam Alert Issued by BBB
September 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Consumer Debt, Consumer Info, Debt Collection, PayDay Loans
Tags: BBB scam alert·Better Business Bureau·Debt Collection·debt collector scam alert·PayDay Loans·phony debt collectors
Debt Collectors Top List of Consumer Complaints for 2008
September 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Consumer Debt, Consumer Info, Debt Collection
I know this may come as an unbelievable surprise to many of you (yeah, right) but an annual survey conducted by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) once again placed debt collection agencies at the prestigious top position for consumer complaints for this past year.
It isn’t that we here at creditinfocenter are picking on the debt collection industry, but it [...]
Tags: Attorney Generals·Consumer complaints·consumer protection statutes·Debt Collection·debt collection agencies·debt collectors·NAAG·NAAG Consumer Protection Project·State Attorneys General
NY State Attorney General’s Office Shuts Down Two Collection Firms
June 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Consumer Debt, Debt Collection
What goes around….
New York State Attorney General’s Office shut down two collection firms, Emanee Development, Inc. and Dial Tech LLC, run by Lamont Cooper. The collections firms also did business under the names of various shell companies and fictitious law firms across the state, including: Claims Process Services, Claims America, CMC Recovery Services, Lomax [...]
Tags: Claims America·collection agency·consumers·Debt Collection·debts·Dial Tech·Emanee Development·harrassment·Lamont Cooper·New York·State Attorney General
Debt Collection From the Dead: Not-So-Proud New Frontier
March 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Banking, Consumer Debt, Credit Cards, Debt Collection
The credit industry has discovered a new goldmine: collecting debt from the dead. With multitudes of Americans falling farther and farther behind with their mortages, credit card payments, and bills for bare essential living items like electricity and water, the credit industry has begun to turn more attention to the recently departed, who apparently have been a long-marginalized collection demographic.
Tags: collection·collection from the dead·DCM Services·debt·Debt Collection·deceased·LinkedIn
