Hounded by Creditors?

Tired of having creditors calling and sending notices? Find out the creditor scams.

When a credit card company gets tired of dealing with your debt balance, it often sells the debt asset to another agency, often a credit collection company. The new company may start to hassle you for payments - but first you need to figure out what your correct amount of debt is, and to whom you owe it.

Before dealing with this new company, call the old credit card company to find out who is holding your balance now. Find out what the amount is you still owe. Get as much current information as you can from them as you can, and also dig out all your statements and receipts, plus proof of payments you've made.

In many cases, you do not even owe the amount of debt a credit collector is trying to collect from you! There are many collectors who try threatening tactics to coerce you to pay off a balance, but in actuality it might be someone else's debt that is trying to be collected, or it could be that you have already paid it off! Don't let anyone intimidate you - talk calmly to them and find out the actual story about the debt they say you owe.

I had two circumstances recently that told me there are "fishy" people working the business. In one case, the person kept calling and insisting that there is a lien against my company property for a debt (funny - I use a PO Box for mailing purposes and it's the official business address - how can there be a lien against a PO Box?). I kept trying to get the guy to tell me details, but the more he dug, the less he could explain. It turns out it was some credit issue that a similar sounding company had - but he could not locate it, so he started going through records to find any company of a similar name, and started off with threatening tactics immediately, thinking he can get the debt paid by anyone. I told him to take me off his list and never call again.

Another situation I had is that I had paid off a credit card debt, in full, in a settlement, a while back. I began to get calls and notices in the mail one week - at which point I spoke to them and they demanded the balance by the end of the month. I asked which credit company this debt is from, and he stated the details to me. I said this is odd, because I had paid that debt off already, and I had the settlement pay-off statement to prove it. Then he started to slow down and took a while going through the records in his computer - and found that I had settled the account in full. I told him to not call or hassle me anymore.

The moral of the story is - keep all your paperwork and keep the last month's statement of any credit card bill you have - or log in online to see. Always keep settlement statements (and make sure you get a settlement statement if you do negotiate a pay-off). Keep track of every credit situation you have - and don't let anyone bully you into paying something - even if you do owe it. Calmly get your papers in order and figure out what is correct in the situation. If you owe the debt, then discuss the payment terms with a representative, but stress that he or she must speak to you in a civil manner. You can work out a payment plan, but not be pushed into an ultimatum.

Did you know that these tactics are used effectively, and many people have been coerced into paying the same balance over and over (or pay into someone else's debt who is a mistaken identity) because they don't bother to check their bills or records to prove or disprove the debt? If the bullying tactics work, they will continue to try to find another victim.

If you do have a credit card debt, you can call the credit card company and negotiate a new payment plan or see if there is an amount you can settle the debt for. Do not let a third-party scam do this for you. Be vigilant to talk to the credit card company before they sell your balance to a collection agency – after the collection agency gets it, the amount usually goes up and they threaten you if it isn’t paid. They might put a lien on your house or some other remedy.

One more way to keep the creditors from calling or hassling you is to find out the mailing address of the collector who is calling and send a statement telling this company to quit calling. They are required to comply with your request. Make sure to keep a copy of the letter you send, and send it certified, or in some way get proof of its receipt by the creditor.

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Hounded by Creditors?

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