How to Fight Illegal Debt Collection

Debt collectors often use shady and illegal tactics — here’s how you can protect yourself

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If you owe a legitimate debt, you probably want to pay it back. Unfortunately, a variety of circumstances may make paying a debt in full difficult. Most legitimate debt collectors will work with you if you’re willing to pay something and agree to a plan.

However, a number of debt collectors use shady and even illegal tactics in order to get you to pay.

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The consumer protection attorneys at Finn Law Group offer some insight into the types of tactics that are illegal and what you can do to protect yourself from shady debt collectors.

Consumers Abused By Debt Collectors (finnlawgroup.com)

Here’s an example from a recent case of a debt collector (Vantage Point) making false claims in order to attempt to get a consumer to pay a debt:

The defendants, using these deceptions, falsely claimed that consumers had committed a crime and that an arrest warrant…