Debt Collection Agencies: Good at Calling, Poor at Providing Account Histories

author by Gregory Mark Fitzgerald on May. 03, 2018

Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Bankruptcy & Debt  Collection Bankruptcy & Debt  Bankruptcy 

Summary: Debt collectors are obligated to validate the debt with information about who is owed and how much. This is basic information that they should be able to produce; if they cannot, you may not hear from them again.

"The bottom line is that creditors and debt collection agencies are used to being able to push forward collections lawsuits without any response from debtors—resulting in easy, automatic judgments."

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