Archive | August, 2010
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Aug

New Debt Collection Scam

We have been informed of a new scam in which consumers are receiving telephone calls from fake debt collectors who are impersonating law enforcement officers in an effort to extort money related to an alleged internet payday loan. Please click here to read an alert from the Kansas Attorney General regarding this scam. We have [...]

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14
Aug

Send Credit Report Disputes To Furnishers

Whenever disputing a credit report with a credit reporting agency, consumers should also send a written dispute to the creditor or other furnisher (e.g., a debt collector) of the information. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a furnisher’s investigation obligation arises only when it receives notice of the consumer’s dispute directly from the credit reporting [...]

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