Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Asset Acceptance Calls a Consumer a Fat Motherfucker While Trying to Collect Debt NJ Plaintiff Says

The facts as alleged by the consumer are very egregious.  It’s not all that often a debt collector in 2010 (when the voicemail was recorded) will be so brazen to actually record a voicemail calling a consumer a “fat motherfucker.”  But, when debt collection companies like Asset Acceptance permit cultures of greed and abuse to permeate their collection floors, it’s no wonder these facts are alleged to have happened.  Moreover, Asset Acceptance’s craven attempt to... Read More... Asset Acceptance Calls a Consumer a Fat Motherfucker While Trying to Collect Debt NJ Plaintiff Says

Consumer Federation of America Publishes Report Concerning Fraud and Debt Collection Abuses

Alarmed, the report detailed a relatively new form of debt collection scam.  Fake payday lending sites promising easy money are created for the sole purpose of capturing sensitive financial data.  Consumers, already in the dumps if they are considering payday loans, provide their information hoping to receive lending approval.  Rather than get money in their accounts from a payday loan, the reverse happens.  The fake payday lender steals money from the bank accounts the consumer unwittingly provided.  To really bring this fraud home... Read More... Consumer Federation of America Publishes Report Concerning Fraud and Debt Collection Abuses

Monday, August 6, 2012

Government Accuses National Credit Adjusters of Collecting Usurious and Invalid Payday Loans

National Credit Adjusters, LLC is a national “debt clearinghouse” that purchases defaulted payday loans.  Grabbing payday loans from all over the nation, National Credit Adjusters attempts to collect them in the respective states.  The payday loans associated with Arkansan consumers contain usurious... Read More... Government Accuses National Credit Adjusters of Collecting Usurious and Invalid Payday Loans