Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Christine
While mostly hearsay, there’s probably some truth to these stories: Man had sex change to escape debt collectors A man from the West Midlands, who was believed to have debts of up to £50,000, had a sex change in a desperate bid to avoid debt collectors. Published: 8:00AM GMT 20 Mar 2010 The man, who [...]
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Filed under: collection
Posted on March 20th, 2010 by Christine
A reader wrote: I have been reading your posts over the last few days and found that many people have had problems with Nelnet. I was hoping you could direct me in the right direction since you have already gone through this. I declared bankruptcy in 2001 and included all my debts (including Nelnet) not [...]
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Filed under: Credit Reporting
Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Christine
A client just posted an emailed notice from Equifax, stating that they received his disputes. Strangely, he didn’t include his email address in the dispute letter. We assume they can see that he is an Equifax online subscriber when they process the disputes. I don’t think that’s appropriate when the email isn’t on the dispute [...]
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Filed under: Equifax
Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Christine
The transcript of a message left on a voice mail by Russell Malone with Mitchell N. Kay: Yes, this message is being left for [redacted]. [redacted], this is Russell Malone, law office of Mitchell N. Kay. I’m calling in regards to an outstanding claim filed in my office against you. Case number is [redacted]. I’ve [...]
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Filed under: collection
Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Christine
This SCAM isn’t directly related to credit and collections, but it explains why and how so many scammers get away with FRAUD. OAN Services seems to either sign up unsuspecting visitors of their websites for voice mail or they bill entirely fraudulent calls. You NEVER provide a credit card number and they add the charges [...]
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Filed under: Scam
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Christine
I just scanned this Full Report: The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America — an outstanding assessment of what’s going down and where we are today. … The Economic Elite have escalated their attack on US workers over the past few years; however, this attack began to build intensity in [...]
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Filed under: collection
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Christine
According to the InsideARM article posted below, former assistant vice president Linda Amonte alleges that Chase had about 5,000 accounts with incorrect balances and did not have the court documentation for some 11,000 accounts with judgments that the bank said it had, misrepresenting those accounts to potential debt buyers. This is NOT the first time [...]
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Filed under: Almonte v Chase, litigation
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Christine
You’ve probably seen the credit bureau investigation results with deletions of collections at credit repair sites along with claims of “proof” of their effectiveness. Of course ANYONE who sends out a few disputes of old accounts to credit bureaus is likely to get NUMEROUS deletions. Because collections are often reassigned or sold and many collectors [...]
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Filed under: collection
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Christine
After 6 years and 2,497 posts, even I have trouble finding my old posts at CreditSuit.org and I will be posting credit and collection news here. For daily news please check the Liars and Cheats HEADLINES with links to relevant articles and occasionally I’ll add my 2 cents here and maybe even in-depth analysis of [...]
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Filed under: General