If you've been called by a debt collector and aren't sure what to do, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has provided five sample letters to help defend yourself against deceptive or ...

If you’re in trouble with collection agencies, you have strong rights under federal law to prevent those agencies from harassing you. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), collectors ...

Calls from debt collectors can make your life miserable when you’re already pretty miserable from being in so much debt. It’s even worse when you already paid the debt, or it wasn’t yours to begin ...

The most difficult part of a debt collector's job has been, and always will be, establishing communication with the consumer they are collecting from. Debt collectors go to great lengths to establish ...