Tag Archives: Debt Validation
- How to Dispute and Ask a Debt Collector to Validate a Debt
If you have been contacted by a debt collector that is not the original creditor or representing the original creditor, I think it would be smart to ask the debt collector to validate the debt and prove you actually owe it if there is any doubt on your part you owe the debt. Many debts [...]
- Can a Creditor Sell My Debt They Can’t Validate?
“Dear Steve, Last month I received a letter from a 3rd party collector saying I owed $786.00 on a cell phone account. So I practiced my rights and sent them a letter requesting full validation of the debt. It has been almost 40 days and I never received any letter or documents back showing they [...]
- Debt Validation Finally Defined. What You Should Ask a Collector or Creditor for to Validate a Debt.
So much stuff has been written advising people to get their debts validated. I’ve asked professionals and lawyers all over for a definition of what this actually means and until now, nobody really knew. Was validation of a debt achieved if the lender simply acknowledged an account was present or did it require documentation of [...]
- Defendants In Payday Lending Case To Pay More Than $294,000 For Illegal Garnishment Of Consumers’ Paychecks
Defendants in a payday lending case have been ordered to pay more than $294,000 for illegal garnishment of consumers’ paychecks. A federal court has ordered, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one of the individuals behind a payday lending scheme and two companies he controlled to pay $294,536 for illegally trying to [...]
- The Power of Debt Validation in Stopping the Robo-Signing Debt Collector
The following guest post was contributed by Michael Bovee of Consumer Recovery Network. If you would like to contribute a guest post, click here. In the wake of robo-signing scandals involving home foreclosures across the country come the reports of similar behavior by debt buyers who file court actions in order to collect on delinquent [...]
- I Can’t Pay My Bills So I’m Thinking About Using Asset Guard to Protect Me From Creditors. – Patsy
“Dear Steve, Due to taking a cut in pay and not getting any raises for 3 years I started using my credit cards for everyday living. Now, 2 years later I’ve got over $25k in credit card debts and I have no way to pay even the minimum amount each month. I stopped paying my [...]
- I Just Received a Summons From a Really Old Debt. – Janet
“Dear Steve, I have received a summons that I’m being sued for an old credit card I’m not even sure from how long ago the summons just list the name and an amount.The amount is 10,000 I don’t have that to pay or even a reduced amount in a lump sum. My questions are how [...]
- Consumer Attorney Jason Rapa Speaks Out About the Importance of Validating Debt When Sued
Today I’, talking with consumer attorney Jason Rapa from Pennsylvania. We talk about both debt validation and debt collector behavior. Today, bad debt buyers are unable to cough up proof a debt is valid and actually legally collectable but depending on where you live, the inability to validate the debt can’t be relied on alone [...]