FTC Brings First Case Alleging Text Messages Were Used In Illegal Debt Collection Scheme

There is an attorney in Florida and Michigan that can help,   I had a major issue with a collector in VA about 2-3 years ago, and he successfully got them to stop harassing me,   He does not charge at all, and if he wins in court, he will actually pay you $1000.  Which is the maximum allowed under the Fair Debt Collections Act.   I got his number from this website,  I don't have the documentation anymore, but his name is Mike something,  Very good attorney to work with.  He is licensed in both Florida and Michigan.

An interesting solution would have the courts require them pay off the outstanding balances for all accounts they are collecting. If they could do that, then why not have an independent observer in the office when they make the calls. That salary would be paid by them also. This is getting much more creative and is really protecting the citizens of the country.

You cannot deduct a fine from your taxes.  The government does not help you pay your fines.

You really should try to find the name of the person. Mike something is very hard to find and if he is as good an attorney as you say he is someone here may need his services...How can they get him if this is all the information that you have?

Telephone companies get paid for every call, scam or not. They also get to charge victims a nice monthly fee for call display (which the scammers will spoof anyway). Very profitable for the telco. Why would they want this to stop?

Perhaps, if the penalty were permanent disconnection of telephone service (instead of a piddly fine), the abuse would stop.

Why don't you just pay your bills or If you can't pay them which I understand for whatever reasons, I do, do something about it. File bankruptcy or call the people you owe money too and tell them you can't pay. I don't get the fact that grown men and women hiding from a debt collectors calls. Just answer the phone tell them who you are and tell them you wont be paying anything and you want calls ceased. Most legit debt collectors will say okay and remove your number. They would rather move on to talk with someone who actually wants to clear their name of their debts. It is ridiculous how this company behaved but at the same time these people have a right to get their money back right? You are allowing the harassing calls by being too scared to just answer the phone. If your that scared just say it isn't you and they have the wrong # and that should stop the calls for a bit but at some point a new agency will get your debt and they'll start calling all over again.

when they start over a new company they should be some filing on them for this and a record on there ethics used to prohibit them just like a liquor permit if they are felon they can't own a business just shutdown there use to sell there garbage treat them like the plague they are. down with scumbags.

well you could always pick up a phone and call them personally the ones doing this track there business name to the owner and pester the shyt outtta them call them at all times of the day and nite and say Hi we are calling to let you know we know who you are and have a nice day A$$h000

They wouldn't like me to harrass or threaten them but these types of debt collectors do it all the time and they should be held accountable to there actions. If i was to threaten someone they would call the police why can't I ?????

well you could be correct and say nope wrong number but the debt was an old one the banks had wrote off a long time ago. why should I bother to pay them after all the statue of limitations on debt is 3yrs. debt collectors are not smart just say lets goto court and get this settled and you win look up in your own state debt limitations http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/ ... ld-debts-1.aspx

So Alabama, do you work for one of these bogus debt collectors?. First off I have no debt have never had any outstanding checks, have a 800 FICO score, and yet I get a call from someone saying I owe for some online check loan and it $12,000 but I could pay $1,175.00 that day to settle this "Really"

What if the person, got divorced, furlough at your job,  and parents and brother got gravely ill with cancer, stroke, and heart attack, not to mention you have children to take care of,  and one credit card that cant be paid but hope in the future will not negotiate and you are trying hard to negotiate what you can pay and they keep adding up the interest and won't take a lower amount that you want to pay until you can get back on your feet, they won' take a small monthly payment as good faith until you can pay more,,   and  bill collector looks up phone number of your same last name and calls sick family to find where you are...Things happen sometimes beyond our control, and we can try to pay bills,  but it is not always straight forward as you think!

Ive got a call several times same guy same number same loan story so I filed a police report and let my local police officer listen to the many voicemails he left. When the scammer called today I answered and told them I filed a report and they wont see a dime from me and they hung up. They need to go back to muslim country where they belong!!!!

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calls about every 15 minutes. very harassing no message left no one every answers the phone