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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

The ruling indicated inappropriate tactics amounting to harassment involving the collection of $16,651.52 in credit card debt from Mrs. Long’s late husband Millard. Typically, surviving family members have no legal obligation to pay the debts of a deceased family member unless they co-signed a loan.