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In the comments , reader jennw81 told us she was being harassed by collection agencies. Then New York’s attorney general shut down one particularly nasty bunch of collection companies. So today’s topic is twice as timely.Then New York’s attorney general shut down one particularly nasty bunch of collection companies. So today’s topic is twice as timely.
According to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the sketchy New York operation “was run by people who lied, bullied and preyed on vulnerable Americans struggling to resolve their financial situation.” Not nice.
Here are the rules that debt collectors (whether they’re from a credit card company or collection agency) have to play by, according to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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