Debt Collectors Hounding Consumers for Debts They Don't Owe

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Debt Collectors Hounding Consumers for Debts They Don't Owe Sept 6, 2024 9:20:58 GMT

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Post by Pete on Sept 6, 2024 9:20:58 GMT

Every year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues a report on aggressive and illegal debt collection practices, and each year it details the shady and outright deceptive tactics debt collectors use to hound innocent consumers.

This year, the report found aggressive and illegal practices in the collection of medical debt and rental debt.

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Sandy Senior Member Houston, TX Posts: 309	Debt Collectors Hounding Consumers for Debts They Don't Owe Sept 6, 2024 13:02:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sandy on Sept 6, 2024 13:02:53 GMT Welll, that would be a new, and unwelcome, situation - being hounded for debts I don't owe! I wonder if those faux debts show up on the credit records of the people targeted?

Pete Administrator Southwest PA Posts: 1,033	Debt Collectors Hounding Consumers for Debts They Don't Owe Sept 6, 2024 13:23:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pete on Sept 6, 2024 13:23:02 GMT Sandy, IMO, those fake debts wouldn't show up on ones credit reports. I mean, if I hadn't used a credit card to buy a gadget then there'd be no record of a transaction.

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Debt Collectors Hounding Consumers for Debts They Don't Owe

Post by Pete on Sept 6, 2024 9:20:58 GMT

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