Articles on what to do if you have debt collectors contacting you. Know your rights to avoid predatory practices.
Are you receiving phone calls asking for payment on past due accounts? Working with a debt collector can be a simple process. I recently worked as a debt collector at one of the major national collection agencies for about nine months until I found a better paying job. My job was to collect on past due credit
Up until the early 1800’s, if you were found guilty of not making good on a debt, you could be thrown into debtor’s prison. Even signer’s of the Declaration of Independence (James Wilson and Robert Morris) were incarcerated for their indebtedness. Today, the practice of throwing people into prison is largely unheard of. However, some
Believe it or not, that debt collector calling you five times a day, swearing at you and saying you’ve committed some horrible crime by not paying your bills is breaking the law. Even though you haven’t paid a creditor in months and the debt is now in collections, you do have rights when it comes
