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Debtcollectors are notorious for harassing consumers when they seek repayment, calling excessively and threatening to take actions that may not be legal. What you may not know is that you are protected by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), a law designed to keep third-partydebtcollectors in check when they contact you.
This doesn’t mean you no longer owe this credit card debt; it means you no longer owe the credit card issuer the money. Instead, you now owe the money to the third-partydebtcollector. That said, there is no harm in trying this method even if Capital One still owns your old credit card debt.
The payday lenders like Speedy Cash swear up and down that they don’t have anything to do with this, but somehow their customer lists keep getting into the hands of fraudsters. You can’t garnish wages because you don’t have a judgment. To: For privacy purposes I deleted the emails of 8 different people here.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act provides you with yet another advantage, the ability to ask collections agencies to provide validation that you owe what they claim you do. Since A1 Collections is a third-partydebtcollector, there’s a strong possibility they don’t have the documentation they need.
Debtcollectors either purchase debts at a discount from lenders and service providers, or they work for the company to collect the debt, earning a percentage of the payment. In some states, they may try to garnish your wages.
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