May 19, 2008

• Are Bill Collectors Getting More Aggressive? - It's Not Your Imagination

  USA Today reported in today's edition that complaints against debt collectors have reached an all-time high.  The Better Business Bureau reports at 26% increase in complaints in 2007, and attorneys general in many States are pursuing actions against collection agencies for false and misleading activities. (…)

February 6, 2008

• Social Security Recipient Reports Bill Collector Harassment

  We received this email from Brenda:

  i have been harass, threathen, verbally abuse by bill collector, true, i got behind in a bill, and really they refuse to set up any thype of payment plan because i am too far behind, and they want all the money, it has increase due to finance charge they keep adding, i am on ss diability, and they threaten to get by money out of the money what do i do. (…)