Debt Collection Act helps to fight illegitimate debt collectors



At every step in life you will come across rules and regulations that protect your rights and also define your limitations. Rights and responsibilities are just the opposite sides of the same coin. There is an inseparable connection between the two. Debt collection also follows certain rights and responsibilities as given by the law.

  • What exactly are the rules concerning debt, debtors and debt collectors?
  • What control do you have over payment of debts?
  • What is Fair Debt Collection Practices Act?

You are a debtor if you are involved in any of these acts:

  • You use credit cards.
  • You owe money on a personal loan.
  • You are paying for your home mortgage.

A debt collector is one who collects payments towards debt from a person who is under serious debt related problems. It can be any individual, a company or agency or even solicitors and attorneys other than the creditor himself. These people regularly collect debts on behalf of the creditors to whom you owe the loan. If you are unable to pay off your creditor the right amount at the right time or if there are some errors in your account book, the debt collectors contact you. They cannot impose any act on you because under all situations the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is there to protect you. Under this Act, debt collectors are bound to treat you fairly prohibiting certain methods of harassment that goes against the law. Even if these laws protect you, they cannot help you get rid off your total debt.

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02-12-2007, 06:49 PM
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Simplified: A Primer on the Law


A simplified version of FDCPA
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But this does not apply to the original creditor, just debt collector or CA, right? What happens if the creditor is not following these rules? Who should I report them to?
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Original creditors are exempt.Look at your state laws.Another place to look is fair credit reporting act.This law governs how they report on your credit bureaus.
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I will do that. Thanks.
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cajun, Great information. Something that everyone should be aware of their rights. Thanks for all your hard work. KYSIDE38
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kyside38,
I have a bunch of this info,still learning rules on size of post,attachments,etc. I'll get some more once I figure it out!
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Thanks for the sticky, Mike.
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You are welcome, cajun

The technical problem in the website is keeping me very busy for the moment. I am sorry that I didn't post earlier that your topic is included in the special topics of the "Dealing with Collection Agency" forum.

Thanks for your hard work

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Thank you cajun & Mike!
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Thanks for posting this.
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This website is part of the FTC

http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/

It has loads of information relating to consumer scams and ID Theft.
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Good job cajun.This should be perminatly posted somewhere on this site so people can refer to it expecially with the Flux of Internet PDL's that think they dont have to abide by it! way to go!
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5mil,this is a sticky and will remain here as long as this site is up.
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Keeping an eye out for consumers.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.htm#809
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com.../about216.html
Use this letter to protect your rights under the FDCPA
myfairdebt.com & myfaircredit.com-Good source of case law in forums.
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hey Cajun....this is great info....As soon as I can learn how to hotlink text using this code...I am definitely adding this along with my other attached signature! Thanks for all of this work! I read the entire thing....gr8 stuff
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Oh Lord I wish I could remember my html...geezzz haven't written any in yrs. Well as soon as I get the time this link will absolutely be added!
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WOW!!! Thank you so much!!! I read the whole thing--it definitely opens your eyes! I wish I had known all this stuff last year!!! I paid over $3000 for ipdls when I only needed to pay $750!!! I am so glad you put this up!!! We have NOTHING to be scared of when it comes to these nasty bloodsuckers!
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