I need some advice on how to proceed. Had a CC debt with Bank of America and due to losing my job and not working for 3.5 years, I lost all my savings and unemployment. I tried to settle with Bank of America and they offered a settlement of $9000+ on a CC debt of $16k. I did find a job and offered them $200 a month to pay off the settlement but that wasn't good enough. They wanted 3 consecutive payments of over $3000 which if I was able to pay this, I wouldn't be in this situation!! So we left it at the original amount having no luck reasoning with them. I filed a complaint with the FTC