Archive for March 8th, 2010

2009 Stats on Debt Collection Harassment Complaints

Posted on March 8, 2010. Filed under: Debt Collector Scams, Debt Collectors, Debt in America | Tags: collector harassment, Debt Collectors, identity theft |

Consumers filed nearly 120,000 complaints against third party debt collection agencies and creditor collection operations in 2009, according to a recent report from the Federal Trade Commission, the accounts receivable management industry’s chief regulator. Of these 120,000 complaints, the most common complaint making up 21% of the total were related to identity theft and following [...]