How you should deal with a debt collector depends on whether you owe the debt, do not owe the debt, or are unsure if you owe the debt, your financial situation, and your current and ultimate financial goals. How to Deal with a Debt Collector if You Owe the Bill If you know you owe the bill and ...

Debt collectors are hired by the original creditor, or person who is owed money, to collect the debt for them. Once a creditor hires a debt collector, all payments should be made to the debt collector and not the original creditor. However, before paying any debt collector you should obtain certa...

Frank Abagnale, Jr., a notorious conman and identity thief, turned trusted FBI consultant and one of the world's most respected authorities on fraud, forgery and cyber security is now offering his advice on protecting yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft. Who is Frank Abagnale, Jr.?...

Four Star Resolution, LLC's owner and CEO was sentenced to 100 months in prison in April of 2017 for coercing thousands of consumers into paying more than $31 million to settle alleged debts. Travell Thomas directed associates at his debt collection agency to: Inflate the balances of debts owe...

Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC is a company that purchases debt from credit card companies for pennies on the dollar. Oftentimes, companies, such as Portfolio Recovery, LLC, who purchase old debt, receive very little information from the original creditor and are therefore unable to prove tha...

How Do Debt Collectors Find You? If you are looking for ways to hide from a debt collector, you may be disappointed in the end, as it is very difficult to hide from someone who has been hired to locate you, even if you have changed your phone number and moved several times. So how do debt colle...

In a word: yes. Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), anyone regularly involved in reviewing consumer credit or credit-related information for the purpose of deciding whether to approve an application must provide a certain type of notice anytime an adverse action is taken—i.e., when an ...

Over 15 million Americans fall victim to identity theft every year costing over $16 billion in stolen funds. Recovering from identity theft can at first seem like a daunting task, but it does not have to be if you follow the recommendations of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), national credit r...

Has a creditor threatened to take your tax refund check or have you heard stories that they will if you do not pay the bill? Can a creditor take a tax refund check? The short answer is maybe. It depends on what you mean by ‘take my check', who the creditor is, what point in the collection process...

An application for credit or a loan, including auto loans, permits a potential lender to run a “hard” credit inquiry for the purpose of assessing a consumer's credit risk. Since a hard credit inquiry appears on the consumer's credit report and affects the consumer's credit score, it is important ...

A consumer attorney, also known as a consumer protection attorney, is an attorney who specializes in consumer protection law. These attorneys help consumers use the law to protect themselves from businesses who use unfair or deceptive practices when dealing with the public and selling goods or se...

There are many forms of identity theft and the term refers to any crime where someone obtains and uses another's personal information in order to commit fraud or deception, usually for personal financial gain. Along with technology has entire new ways to steal a person's identity, and whole new w...

Does Ace Cash Express call your job attempting to collect on a past due pay day loan? If it does, it may be violating the law and you could have a claim against them. So what is the law and how do you make the calls to your place of employment stop? Can Ace Cash Express Call Your Job? If your ...

Credit One Bank is not a stranger to complaints and even class action lawsuits regarding its abusive collection practices. The nationally chartered bank, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada has been accused of violating both the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and California's Ros...

Are you getting collection calls from a company you do not owe? How to make them stop can be quite simple or very difficult; it depends on who is calling, a creditor or a debt collector, and why they are calling.  Creditor vs. Debt Collector – Who is Calling Me? A creditor is someone that a c...

One of the main reasons consumers file Chapter 7 bankruptcy is to stop creditor harassment, but it doesn't always work the way it is supposed to, and sometimes when it does, it may not the way you thought it would work. So what exactly are the laws about creditor harassment after chapter 7 and wh...

On September 6, 2001 a class action lawsuit was filed against Ace Cash Express in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The Complaint alleged that Ace Cash Express exploited low income consumers by charging outrageous and illegal interest rates on payday loans and u...

Credit One Bank harassment has been reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) by over 1,200 consumers in the last four years. Complaints allege that the credit card company has harassed consumers by placing repeated calls to their cellular phones, attempting to collect for charges that were re...

The repeated and harassing phone calls from creditors and debt collectors were one of the reasons you filed your chapter 7 bankruptcy petition; it was supposed to make the bill collectors stop! But many consumers have found this is not always the case and creditor harassment after chapter 7 is fa...

Is Allied Interstate garnishing your wages or have they threatened to garnish your wages? Can they do this? The answer depends. Any creditor or debt collector may be able to garnish your wages, but they must follow the proper procedure, and some wages are exempt from garnishment. Can Allied Inte...

While federal law prohibits a creditor or debt collector from attempting to collect on a debt after it has been discharged in bankruptcy, creditor harassment after chapter 7 is quite common. Collectors oftentimes pretend to be unaware of the bankruptcy filing or simply lie about your legal respon...

Help! I Owe Ace Cash Express Money If you have borrowed money from Ace Cash Express and have defaulted on the loan and are being harassed to pay it, or are unable to pay and will soon default, do not panic. There are some things you can do to attempt to resolve the matter first. I Owe Ace Cash ...

In July of 2014 one of the largest payday loan companies in the United States was ordered to refund $5 million to consumers and pay another $5 million in fines for what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency in charge of overseeing companies in the financial industry, c...

The California repossession laws allow repossession agents to repossess cars and vehicles on private property as long a breach of peace is not committed during the repossession.

The repossession laws allow finance companies to order cars and vehicles to be repossessed when the borrower is only one day late.