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Industry Advocate Says 80% of Debt Collectors Use or Will Use Text Messages to Collect Debts

by Joseph Mullaney on July 12, 2012 · 10 comments

Text Messages.  A debt collection industry advocate reported on a non-scientific poll where industry visitors were asked how text messages play a role in debt collection.  According to LiquidEdge’s June 2012 Industry Poll (of Newport Coast, California), participants were asked to report their use of text messages as a “part of their overall collection strategy.” [...]

Help! A Debt Collector Keeps Calling the Wrong Number.

by Joseph Mullaney on November 18, 2007 · 1 comment

A debt collector calls you over and over again. You don’t bother to answer the phone because you know he or she is not looking for you. But, after many weeks of this, you are annoyed! What can you do? A debt collector may not harass anyone, even a nondebtor, in an attempt to collect [...]