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It’s annual pet scammer week! That’s a lie. But it sure feels like it. Eric Stein was charged with running an investment scam through Return-A-Pet LLC. Return-A-Pet was a New York company that allegedly facilitated the return of lost pets to their owners. Stein was out on supervised release for a previous investment fraud scheme [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Return-A-Pet Scam Preys On Victims Of Lost Pets

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 27, 2012 State You Live in: Florida Race/Ethnicity: Age Range: 51-65 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Nationwide Financial Consulting Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 714-377-9777 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: I happen to receive a telephone call form Nationwide Financial Consulting, a person named John. He [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Nationwide Financial Consulting – Consumer Complaint – 1-27-2012 #2

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New York City is offering residents these deals to help you get your taxes completed for free or low cost. If you have an annual income of $57,000 or less you can do your own taxes online for free. Use this link. If your income is $50,000 or less (with children) or $18,000 or less [...]

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Hi, Presently working in Dubai. Now i have been offered a goos job in India and also i wanted to leave Dubai for personal reasons. But i have a loan here in Dubai. Is there anyway i can continue paying the loan from India. How should i do in this scenerio, please advise. Thanks RajasekharOther [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Have been offered a job in India, but I have loan in Dubai

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“Dear Steve, I am currently in debt about $120,000.00 in unsecured debt. I am self-employed and business has not been good enough to pay the bills. I am 3+ months behind. I read your book and you asid to contact you for names of people to contact who have AUTHORITY. I need names for Bof [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Who Do I Contact at the Credit Card Company? – Willie

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The latest “big news” to hit the personal finance blogosphere is the release of Suze Orman’s Approved prepaid debit card. Suze Orman is one of the most well-known personal finance gurus out there, dispensing no-nonsense advice to millions. She has already been connected with products related to credit scoring, such as her FICO kit, and [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Is Suze Orman’s Prepaid Debit Card Right For You?

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 27, 2012 State You Live in: New York Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Michael Carter Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 818-337-3042 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: I got a phone call around 6pm tonight saying that I was going to be [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-27-2012

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: October 18, 2011 State You Live in: Pennsylvania Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 51-65 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $750 Company Name: Nationwide Financial Consulting Company Address: Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA Company Telephone Number: 714-377-9777 Website of Company: nationwidefinancial.com Consumer Statement: I paid 750.00 to get my mortgage restructured [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Nationwide Financial Consulting – Consumer Complaint – 1-27-2012

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As an avid animal lover I believe there’s a special place in hell for pet scammers. No, not people that scam your pets, people that are scammer prospective pet buyers. I will refrain from getting on my soap box about the benefits of adopting animals and the advantages of being a rescue parent (like myself!) [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: BBB Warns Of Phony Puppy Purchases

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“Dear Steve, I live in NY state and have been working with Donaldson Williams in Michigan. Currently I am 90-120 days past due on 4 of my credit cards. They will be working on negotiating a settlement for me when the time is right. I was hesitant about trusting anyone but after speaking with Damon [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: I Spoke to Grayson Financial Services and They Say a Charge Off Means You Don’t Owe the Debt Anymore. – Heather

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I recently filed for bankruptcy and per my attorney, my private student loans could not be discharged. I live in Colorado. I was looking for a fresh start filing bankruptcy and I feel like I’m still where I was before. I have consolidated my federal loans and they are in forbearance. I currently have a [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Help with private student loan. Chase says they accelerated the loan and will sue me.

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Hello my name is Brittany and I have a private loan from my old school that amounts to 22,152.62. I’m currently in school at the moment my father co-signed on the loan. I kept putting the loan off until I recieved a call from them stating that I needed to pay something or negotiate something [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: My father co-signed for private student loan. How do I pay this?

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My name is David and I am in severe student loan debt. I have been paying on my student loans and can afford the payments right now, but feel no hope for the future. I have a good job in a good profession, but feel like I can’t get married, buy a house, or have [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Student Loan Debt – No Hope for Future

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I’m a private school teacher who’s been teaching for 7 years, after a career as an artist (read: no savings, a little bit of credit card debt). I’ve been repaying my student loans since 1989, but some of the loans dated back to 1981, when I borrowed to attend a private college for two years. [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Regarding student loan forgiveness; I’ve been paying for 22 years…

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I am in the process of divorce after 16 years of marrIage with four children. We bought our house in 2008 and I was sick at the time so it is in his name only sole and separate property. The house is big enough and it is a great house but we are upside-down about [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Should I ask for the house in the divorce or walk away?

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This is the time of year when many people look at their debt situation and shudder. They dream of what it would be like to be out of debt. And, if they’re brave, they begin to plan a strategy to reduce the amount of debt they carry. They’ll begin with high hopes, but many of [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: 3 Critical Tools for Paying Off Debt

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In a previous article published on the GOOD site, I asked the question: Is the debt relief delivery system broken? The article outlined the statistical failings of different options consumers seek in order to get relief from debt they can no longer afford. I also identified several reasons for the shortcomings and encouraged industry participants [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Ideas for Creating Better Debt Relief Products, Services and Delivery

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL…. scams? The Better Business Bureau (BBB) publicly announced a warning to consumers this week to be on high alert for super bowl scams; specifically knock-off team jerseys, counterfeit memorabilia and phony game tickets. Katherine Hutt, spokesperson for the Council of Better Business Bureaus states, “there are three good reasons [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Super Bowl Scams On The Rise

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: July 12, 2011 State You Live in: Indiana Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 51-65 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $750 Company Name: Nationwide Financial Consulting Company Address: 4952 Warner Ave., Suite100 Huntington Beach, California 92649 Company Telephone Number: 877-717-0940 Website of Company: nationwidenationalconsulting.com Consumer Statement: I gave $750 to Nationwide [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Nationwide Financial Consulting – Consumer Complaint – 1-25-26-2012 #2

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I recently graduated from college but my school say that I owe them money. But what I can’t understand is that I ordered cap and gown walk the stage and everything if I owed them how could I possibly do those things. then I recieve information from my school stating I owe them that I [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: How can I obtain my degree if I owe my college?

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: December 1, 2012 State You Live in: New Jersey Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $750 Company Name: Nationwide Financial Consulting Company Address: 4952 Warner Ave. Suite 100 Huntington Beach, California 92649 Company Telephone Number: 877-717-0940 Website of Company: nationwidefinancialconsultingllc.com Consumer Statement: I received an [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Nationwide Financial Consulting – Consumer Complaint – 1-26-2012

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 26, 2012 State You Live in: Oregon Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Peter Jones Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 315=604-3650 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: They told me to pay them the money I was loaned or they would take me [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-26-2012

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If you’ve been doing business or contemplating doing business with the Missouri-based Bureau of Prescription Health the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is advising consumers to avoid this company. The Bureau of Prescription Health sounds like a trustworthy and reputable company (mainly because of the use of the word “Bureau”) but are in fact charging consumers [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Consumer Warning: Bureau Of Prescription Health Charging For Free Assistance

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A tipster sent in a copy of a contract they purport to be from Thomassen Law Group for debt settlement services. Their concern was over the fees being charged. Thomassen Law Group appears to be charging a fee that is not directly linked to the performance of debt settlement services. Most companies are not allowed [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Thomassen Law Group Appears to Charge Advanced Fees for Debt Settlement

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I am sure you have heard this all before, but life went a bit out of control after lung surgery being slammed down w/ medical bills etc., needless to say, I am in over my head w/ credit cards. Already have an second mortgage (equity) loan I can barely afford and to top all off [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Slammed With Child Support, Medical Bills and Other Debt. – Pet

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As tax season rolls around it’s no surprise to see tax refund check cashing schemes arising in the news. Announced Monday was the filing of a criminal Information charging defendants Wilson Lau, and his wife, Kate Yuee Lau, for their participation in a check cashing scheme involving more than $5 million in fraudulently obtained tax [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Tax Refund Check Cashing Scheme Hits Southern Florida

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We’ve covered the deceitful acai berry weight-loss products over the past year on our site (see here, here and here). It was announced on Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stopped six operators from using fake news site that allegedly deceived consumers about this product. Six online marketers agreed to settlements with the [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: FTC Halts Fake News Sites About Deceitful Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products

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So are you saying ALL debt resolution companies are a scam? I really need this service so I dont have to file BK. SeanOther Related Articles to ReadNo Related Post

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The former President of Encap Golf Holdings LLC (“Encap”), William Gauger III, was indicted this week for his participation in a scheme to extort approximately $100,000 from a financial consultant and a fraudulent invoicing scheme relating to his work for a New Jersey-based management firm. Gauger allegedly hired his brother-inlaw Craig Groce, who was originally [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Raleigh Native Indicted In Connection With Fraud And Extortion

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Received this debt collection notice. I don’t owe them anything. This is a fictitious debt. I posted on your website and you asked a previous poster for a copy of the letter. I found this [stipulation order]. It has an address for Hollywood video in Tigard, Oregon. The attorney general from my state of WA [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Universal Fidelity / Hollywood Video Movie Gallery – Consumer Complaint – 1-25-2012

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: April 9, 2010 State You Live in: California Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $3,250 Company Name: Pacific Debt Company Address: 715 J ST. #202 San Diego, CA 92101 Company Telephone Number: 877-722-3328 Website of Company: pacific debt.com Consumer Statement: I went to Pacific Debt [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Pacific Debt – Consumer Complaint – 1-25-2012

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It appears an issue with North Carolina and Consumer Law Group finally came to an end. You can read past stories about Consumer Law Group here. What was most interesting about the Consumer Law Group action North Carolina took was the definition of what true attorney representation was in a debt settlement program. Not only [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: North Carolina Calls Consumer Law Group Bogus in Settlement Announcement

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 3, 2012 State You Live in: Iowa Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 51-65 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $250 Company Name: Nationwide Financial Consulting Company Address: 4952 Warner Ave Suite 100 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Company Telephone Number: 877-717-0940 Website of Company: nationwidefinancialconsultingllc.com Consumer Statement: These companies pray on [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Nationwide Financial Consulting – Consumer Complaint – 1-25-2012

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Whole Bakers owner, Patricia “Patty” Stewart, was sentenced yesterday to the statutory maximum of 60 months in federal prison for running an investment fraud scheme. The scheme defrauded investors, including elderly Texas citizens, of more than $2 million. According to documents filed in the case, from December 2005 through May 2010, Stewart, who owned and [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Whole Bakers’ Bread And Butter Is Fraud

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More and more at GetOutOfDebt.org we are getting questions about how to get your student loans eliminated, forgiven, or discharged if you are in or served in the military. It is absurdly ironic that members of the military can go into harms way, fight in combat and yet return back home only to struggle trying [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Military Student Loan Forgiveness and Discharge Programs

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A federal grand jury in Pheonix returned a 25 count indictment against Gerald Lee Kelly on four counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, 10 counts of money laundering and five counts of structuring financial transactions to avoid federal bank reporting requirements. The indictment alleges that in 2006 and 2007, Kelly operated a [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: A 25 Count Indictment For Investment Scheme Fraudster Announced

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You don’t need to be a financial genius or fiscally sound in order to save money. In fact, anyone can save! Anyone with the ability and willingness to save can be a master saver. Taking a few simple ideas and applying them to everyday life can really make a difference over time. A life saver, [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Ways to Save Money for Frugal Living While Having Fun and a Budget

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“Dear Steve, I purchased my house during the bubble. The morgage is severely upside down. I was able to secure a loan modification and it has made monthly payments manageable. I have some major debt problems and am looking at filing for bankruptcy. I know that I would be allowed to keep my home if [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Can I Keep Discharge My Mortgage in Bankruptcy but Stay in My House? – Sage

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The last defendant in the MTA debt collection scheme has pleaded guilty. Paul Anthony Vasquez pleaded guilty on January 17, 2012 to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud and money laundering. Vasquez also agreed to pay full restitution and forfeit assets seized by federal agents, including over $950,000 in cash and a 1.5 carat [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Final MTA Debt Collection Fraudster Pleads Guilty

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A frequent question we get on GetOutOfDebt.org has to do with student loans. Quite frankly many of them are a financial death sentence and a trap. Student loans are one of the worst debts you can owe. I’m not even sure owing a loan shark is worse based on many of the stories I’ve read [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Student Loan Consolidation Opportunities and the Best Way to Lower Your Student Loan Payments

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 23, 2012 State You Live in: California Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: 0 Company Name: Brookstone Law Company Address: 4000 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 110 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Company Telephone Number: 800-946-8655 Website of Company: brookstonelaw.com Consumer Statement: I’ve read 2 [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Brookstone Law – Consumer Complaint – 1-24-2012

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: January 23, 2012 State You Live in: Colorado Race/Ethnicity: Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Universal Fidelity, LP Company Address: P.O. Box 941911 Houstn, TX 77094-8911 Company Telephone Number: 281-647-4152 Website of Company: payuflp.com Consumer Statement: Received a “Confidential Message” from a company called Universal [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Universal Fidelity, LP – Consumer Complaint – 1-24-2012

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Wednesday marked the announcement that Anthony Cutaia was sentenced to 51 months in prison for mail fraud “Ponzi” investment scheme. Cutaia had pled guilty in July 2011 to Count 2 of a Criminal Information filed in June 2011, which charged him with mail fraud in connection with his participation in a real estate investment scheme [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Talk Show Host And Financial Advisor Sentenced For Ponzi Scheme

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: December 6, 2010 State You Live in: Maryland Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $30 Company Name: ILENDER Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 866-210-1236 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: I called the company several times and they keep saying 5-7 days my money will be [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: ILENDER – Consumer Complaint – 1-24-2012

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Date You Feel You Were Scammed: December 7, 2012 State You Live in: Mississippi Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $30 Company Name: iLenderAst Company Address: 2831 Saint Rose Pkwy Ste 200 Henderson, NV 89052-4841 Company Telephone Number: 888-475-9335 Website of Company: ilendernetwork.com Consumer Statement: Money was taken out of my [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: iLenderAst – Consumer Complaint – 1-24-2012

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Please share your experience with this debt relief company and provide your review and feedback, in the comments section below. The goal of this page is to allow people to share information that may be important to help others to make a more informed decision regarding their experience with this debt relief company. Here are [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Thomassen Law Group – Scam, Complaint, Review, or Praise?

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On Wednesday of last week word broke about the largest insider trading scheme involving single stock charged to date. Three defendants have pled guilty and are cooperating with the government’s investigating a scheme that allegedly netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits. Charges were announced against seven investment professionals, who worked at three different [...]

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: Corrupt Criminal Club: Member’s Only

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I don’t think I’ve ever written a post telling people to go see any movie, but after seeing the new George Lucas film Red Tails, I feel compiled to tell you how great the film is. As a pilot and fan of World War II aviation the film is right up my alley. But the [...]

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Recently my husband receive a call from collection agency about my credit card debt from 2006. And they told my husband if “we” don’t take care the debt today, they will put my cas into court. The amount they told us we owe is $2108 but I don’t recall I have owe that much amout. [...]

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Just recently lost my job, though my income is smaller of the 2, a pay check of mine and my husbands will not cover the monthly mort. So now without my income we need to find some help,any advise on the best programs?? ReneeOther Related Articles to ReadNo Related Post

Read the full article at GetOutOfDebt.org, click here: We need to find a mortgage relief program. We are going to be 3 months behind.