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Tales from the Dark Side of Debt Collection
November 30, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
San Jose, CA More Americans than ever have debts they can’t pay because they lost a job or got sick, or their finances got out of hand for some reason. But as attorney Ben Dupre explains, it doesn’t mean that they need to be further victimized by the illegal tactics of unscrupulous debt collectors that try to harass people into paying up rather than take the lawful but more costly and time-consuming route through the courts.
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Make Debt Collectors Pay for Harassing You
September 30, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
Riverview, FL If you have debts you can’t pay and the bill collector is hounding you - don’t let them get away with it. The Fair Debt Collection Act was enacted by Congress to protect consumers from unscrupulous debt collectors that are only too willing to call you dozens of times a day, make threats to seize your property and otherwise try to harass you into paying up.
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Retailing Giant “Targets” Your Cell Phone
February 18, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
Houston, TX If you’ve received an automated text message from Target recently, the retailing giant may owe you some money.
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Attorney Leonard Aragon: Going after LifeLock
April 7, 2008. By Paul Halpern.
Phoenix, AZ: On March 27, the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed a proposed consumer class action against LifeLock of Tempe, AZ. LifeLock uses aggressive advertising to convince consumers to subscribe to its $10-a-month "proactive identity theft protection" service, claiming to "offer a proven solution that prevents your identity from being stolen before it happens" and purporting to guarantee customers against up to $1 million in losses.
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