Worth Reading – Andrew Therrien wanted payback. He got it—and uncovered a conspiracy. On the morning a debt collector threatened to rape his wife, Andrew Therrien was working from home, in a house with green shutters on a cul-de-sac in a small Rhode Island town. Tall and stocky, with a buzz cut and a square, …
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt collection operation with taking people’s money for fake debts they did not owe by posing as lawyers and falsely threatening to sue or have them arrested if they did not pay. A federal court temporarily halted the operation and froze its assets at the request of the …
Question: Dear Steve, Back in December of 2014 I received an email from a company stating that I owed them $990.68 for a debt that I know I don’t owe. They state in their email that they put my social security # into their National Database checking system and said that I was never charged …
“Dear Steve, “I was called about a debt that supposedly I owe I was in a consolidation payday debt agreement and I thought all of them had gotten paid got called about sending the police to arrest me at work. Did not want the embarrassment nor the file on my teaching record, therefore, I paid …
“Dear Steve, Out of the blue I received the attached e-mail. Now I know from reading the Fair Credit Act, that this method of notification isn’t good. The 1st letter I received said they couldn’t reach me about the debt, but the 2nd letter had my name, address, ect on it. I believe this is …
“Dear Steve, On April 10,2013 My wife got a call from someone with a forgin accent who told her that they have criminal papers with my name on them breach of contract/fraud for a payday loan that I supposed to have taken out sometime in 2008, I have not got any paper work on this …
One of my Facebook followers sent me this email they got for a debt collection company trying to scare them into paying a debt they most likely don’t owe. This effort ranks right up there with all the other bogus debt collection efforts that try to scare someone into paying a debt the company may …
“Dear Steve, I had a pay day loan that i default after a few payments because of personal situation that i had very little control on. Now i am getting calles from an indian accent person threating that cops will be sent to my house or work place to arrest me on felony charges and …
“Dear Steve, Over 5years ago I took out went to a check cashing place n got a pay day loan n forgot about it so i didnt pay them off now about 2months ago a collection agency has been calling for repayment of check for about 520.00 and on top of that lawyer and court …
“Dear Steve, Private number keeps calling saying there has been a summons for me. He states I can call the company at 866-239-0475 and settle out of court. He also claims he as on e was to my work. I didnt call back BC when I Google the number it led to a scam. The …