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How To Deal with Debt Collectors When You Can’t Pay

Better Credit Blog

Debt collectors often don’t need to resort to tactics that break the law. They play with your emotions, tapping into your existing fears and stigmas about debt collection. But, under federal law, a legitimate debt collector must first successfully sue you in civil court to be able to garnish your wages.

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Debt Collection Horror Stories

National Service Bureau

Here is a summary of bad behavior by collection agencies in the last four years: 2011: The Wall Street Journal reported on a Florida judge who ruled in favor of Linda Long and against an Omaha based collection agency working for Bank of America. in credit card debt from Mrs. Long’s late husband Millard.