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- Tina's Personal Credit Story!
- What to do if a Debt Collector Sues You.
- A Need to Know Debt Collection Tactic to Harass and Threaten you into paying an Old Debt
- National Action Financial Services, NAFS - Typical debt collection company and numerous consumer complaints!
- Jeff Suher to Host Workshop about the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- What can I do to stop debt collection calls about OLD DEBT
- Harassing Debt Collection Calls from India to the U.S.
- Debt Collection Complaints going UP; what to do if you get a telephone call in Pittsburgh. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE
- 10 Ways to Curb Sleazy Debt Collectors In Pittsburgh
- Haunted and harassed by old debts?
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- Debt Collectors Pushing to Get Their Day In Court
- Banks vs. Consumers
- IRS Faulted for Lax Identity Theft Protection Efforts
- AFNI, Inc. - Debt Collector Goes After Expired Verizon Bills
- Avoid Debt-Collection Abuse
- Debt Collection Abuse - the FDCPA Stops the Playground Bully
- Abuse by Debt Collectors Growing in Pittsburgh
- Zombie Debt - Can Haunt you forever
- Curbing Sleazy Debt Collectors
- Americans' Bad Credit is on the Rise
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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for Pennsylvania Consumers
- 10 THINGS DEBT COLLECTORS DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW!!
- The Six Taboos of Debt Collectors!
- Consumer Advocate Bud HIbbs' Worst Debt Collector List
- FTC Annual Report Summary of Debt Collection Violations
- RipOff Reports Article: National Enterprise Systems Intimidation at work
- RipOff Report Articles: National Action Financial Services, Inc. (NAFS)
- Debt Collector Accuses Pittsburgh Consumer of Committing a Crime and Threatens Jail Time
- Debt Collector Harasses Pittsburgh Consumer and Threatens Physical Harm
Do you Know What's on Your Credit Report? How to obtain a free report and file disputes...
- Fair Credit Report Act - Workshop to Help Pennsylvania Consumers Understand and Dispute Information on Their Credit Reports!
- Facts for Pittsburgh Consumers About Your Credit Report
Fair Credit Reporting Act for Consumers Rights
- Debt Reduction Defendant Settles FTC Charges
- 5 Ways to DESTROY your credit score
- How Does the Fair Credit Reporting Act Affect You and Your Credit Score?
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- Debt Collector Directory
- Games Credit Card Companies Play
- One Month With The Credit Card Companies
- Debt Collection Agencies: Big Money in Bad Debt
- "Rehabilitation:" What Debt Collectors Don't Want You To Know
- JEFF SUHER TO PRESENT SEMINAR ON “MAXED OUT”
- Attend a Free Viewing of the Film MAXED OUT and Win a $250 Gift Certificate
- Tips for Consumers against Credit Card Fraud
What's New
Maxed Out shows how the modern financial industry really works, explains the true definition of "preferred customer" and tells us why the poor are getting poorer and the rich getting richer. By turns hilarious and profoundly disturbing, Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us!!
The Six Taboos of Debt Collectors!
The Six Taboos that define Debt Collector Abuse
The FDCPA defines debt collector abuse as:
(1) The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of any person.
(2) The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader.
(3) The publication of a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts, except to a consumer reporting agency…
(4) The advertisement for sale of any debt to coerce payment of the debt.
(5) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass any person at the called number.
(6) ….the placement of telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity.
Jeffrey L. Suher, PC
4328 Old William Penn Highway, Suite 2J
Monroeville, PA 15146
Phone: (412) 374-9005
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FAQs
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for Pennsylvania Consumers
Fair Credit Reporting Act for Consumers Rights
- What happens if I dispute the debt?
- Can a debt collector take me to Court?
- How long does a delinquent debt stay on your credit report?