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  2. How to spot debt collection scams: 8 signs to watch out for

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    8 warning signs of a debt collector scam. ... Be wary if the phone number or email address seems suspicious or hard to trace. ... Report the debt collection scam to your state’s attorney general.

  3. Is this text a scam? What to do when a debt collection text ...

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    Real debt collection agencies will already have some information about you and will not typically need to ask for more, particularly sensitive info like your social security number. Ask for their ...

  4. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.

  5. How to pay off a debt in collections

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    This shows your commitment to resolving the debt and helps avoid further collection actions. For payment security, consider mailing a check via USPS with a paper return receipt for $3.65 or an ...

  6. Dunning (process) - Wikipedia

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    Dunning is the process of methodically communicating with customers to ensure the collection of accounts receivable. Communications progress from gentle reminders to threatening letters and phone calls and more or less intimidating location visits as accounts become more overdue. Laws in each country regulate the form that dunning can take.

  7. Debt collection - Wikipedia

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    An organization that specializes in debt collection is known as a collection agency or debt collector. [1] Most collection agencies operate as agents of creditors and collect debts for a fee or percentage of the total amount owed. [ 2 ]

  8. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

  9. Fair debt collection - Wikipedia

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    U.S. state laws on fair debt collection generally fall into two categories: laws which require persons who are collecting debts from consumers to be licensed, registered or bonded in order to collect from consumers in their states, and laws that protect consumers from specific unfair practices by debt collectors, which may include collection agencies and sometimes original creditors. [2]