An email went out recently that said it should be shared with a friend, and that’s what a friend did. In January of 2021, the debt settlement industry started a new trade group, Consumer Debt Relief Initiative (CDRI). – Source But then another debt settlement industry trade group swept the legs out from under the …
The Center for Responsible Lending just released a paper on debt settlement. Take a look at the information they published and add your comment below if you think their research is on the mark or way off base. It appears CRL relied upon data published by the American Fair Credit Council in making their determinations …
A May, 2012 class action lawsuit filed by Theresa Driscoll and others has just been moved to Federal court. The case was filed against Freedom Debt Relief, Freedom Financial Network, Debtmerica, Global Client Solutions, Andrew Houser, and Bradford Stroh. The case claims the Defendants violated the Illinois Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act {“IDSCPA”) and Illinois …
The Scott Law Group in Washington State has been VERY active in going after debt settlement companies that allegedly injure consumers. It appears some new companies have been added to their list of current litigation, The new companies include FBL Associates, Lifeguard Financial, Please Reduce My Debt, and Think Outside the Box Solutions. – Source …
Date This Problem Happened: December 26, 2009 State You Live in: Maryland Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $6,125.24 Company Name: Debtmerica – Freedom Debt Relief Company Address: 1875 S Grant St Suite 400 San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Telephone Number: 800-470-8155 Website of Company: debtmerica.com Consumer Statement: I was told …
A reader sent in an interesting question. They wanted to know why if TASC (The Association of Settlement Companies) changed their name to AFCC (American Fair Credit Council) then why did TASC report having 41 members and AFCC only reports 35. – Source Good question. What’s interesting about the AFCC membership list is that it …
In a press release sent out today by Debtmerica they made some interesting statements regarding attorney model debt settlement companies. “At Debtmerica, our staff all participated in making sacrifices so we could continue to pursue our mission of helping Americans become debt free and remain so. To see that consumers are readily engaging in our …
“Dear Steve, Hey Steve, I recently piled up a bunch of credit card debt trying to pay bills, it wasn’t a problem paying them off until I got into school where I do not have a source of monthly income but do get a little help from my parents. I am just unable to pay …
So this morning I open up the press release from Debtmerica and I was elated to see yet another debt settlement company come out and support the FTC TSR. But when I scrolled down to the bottom of the release, what do I see, but an embedded look at the top of their website with …
Now this is what I call really targeting a niche market for debt settlement services. What I found interesting is that while the marketing messages have been translated into the target language, the disclaimers and warnings have not for both the Hispanic and Vietnamese versions of their site. That would leave those target markets at …