As you see, our work is primarily composed of providing news and information to consumers about the field of debt relief.

Frankly, I’d love to say I find the majority of the stories that finally appear on the site but the truth is the best stories are often sent in by anonymous tipsters inside the debt relief industry and by consumers that have received mailers or information from a debt relief company they question.

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If you have information you feel you want to share with me in order that I might publish it to warn or help consumers, then thank you in advance for your help.

There are some easy ways to get information to me.

1. If you feel you have been scammed and would like to report it, please complete this form.
2. You can email me at [email protected].
3. If you have documents or an advertising mailer you’d like to share by fax then fax it to my virtual number, 815-301-3917.
4. If you have scanned documents or files you want to share then you can upload them below. If you have multiple documents then I would suggest putting them into one zip file and upload the single zip file. Please include a statement with uploaded file to help me understand the context and what makes them important.
5. If you want to send something by mail you can send it to our virtual mailbox. Be advised, the mailbox service is not authorized to sign for anything so just send it by regular mail.

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As a journalist in North Carolina, my sources receive the following protection under the Shield Law, which says:

§ 8‑53.11. Persons, companies, or other entities engaged in gathering or dissemination of news.

(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Journalist. – Any person, company, or entity, or the employees, independent contractors, or agents of that person, company, or entity, engaged in the business of gathering, compiling, writing, editing, photographing, recording, or processing information for dissemination via any news medium.

(2) Legal proceeding. – Any grand jury proceeding or grand jury investigation; any criminal prosecution, civil suit, or related proceeding in any court; and any judicial or quasi‑judicial proceeding before any administrative, legislative, or regulatory board, agency, or tribunal.

(3) News medium. – Any entity regularly engaged in the business of publication or distribution of news via print, broadcast, or other electronic means accessible to the general public.

(b) A journalist has a qualified privilege against disclosure in any legal proceeding of any confidential or nonconfidential information, document, or item obtained or prepared while acting as a journalist.

(c) In order to overcome the qualified privilege provided by subsection (b) of this section, any person seeking to compel a journalist to testify or produce information must establish by the greater weight of the evidence that the testimony or production sought:

(1) Is relevant and material to the proper administration of the legal proceeding for which the testimony or production is sought;

(2) Cannot be obtained from alternate sources; and

(3) Is essential to the maintenance of a claim or defense of the person on whose behalf the testimony or production is sought.

Any order to compel any testimony or production as to which the qualified privilege has been asserted shall be issued only after notice to the journalist and a hearing and shall include clear and specific findings as to the showing made by the person seeking the testimony or production.

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a journalist has no privilege against disclosure of any information, document, or item obtained as the result of the journalist’s eyewitness observations of criminal or tortious conduct, including any physical evidence or visual or audio recording of the observed conduct. (1999‑267, s. 1.)

For more information on the North Carolina Shield Law and what protection it may afford you as a source, click here and here.