Collectcorp collection agency - Are they known for FDCPA violation?

Hiya, JM -

Was this a government/direct student loan? If so, I'd go directly to the loan issuer, and start digging from there. Why did the USG not handle the matter per your military contract?

If I verbally agreed to payment to Collect Corp but found out he misrepresented the amount owed, how can I stop the payment?

Hi Bookie when you say verbally, do you mean check by phone? if so, that depends on the date you set up the check. If you set it up for that day then there isn't anything you can do. However if you postdated it call them back and tell them that you have to cancel the payment. You don't have to give them a reason why just tell them you had "another obligation." 1; record the call, 2; make sure that they call in the cancelation to the recorded line that was initally called, 3; get the address to cease and desist them from further communication. Contact the origional creditor to make the arrangments and tell the original creditor that you do NOT want to deal with collect corp and tell them why. I hope this help, if you have any other questions let me know.

Why are you the wrong guy? You owe the student loan....it is not up to them to resolve your dispute, that is not their job, it is yours. Eventually it will catch up with you....you need a license to be a PI?? That could end up being held plus your social security will be garnished. I would suggest you resolve it before you end up owing $40K and more. Also, finding out you are self employed might force the DOE to end up suing you.

Hey all you former Collect Corp employees,
Why do you not contact the debtor first? All's I get are automated calls to call CollectCorp. I got a call from an ex family member who had a message from someone claiming to be from BofA on her answering machine looking for me this week. The sib and ex divorced years ago and the ex does not even have my last name. And the ex has an unlisted number. No one is responsible for any of my debts but me. You know that employee misrepresented herself as being with the OC the debt was charged off earlier in the week. I told the ex to call me if she got anymore calls. CollectCorp call ME not my friends and family! I am going to have fun with this as I can see the FDCPA violations racking up. I am going to go out and get a recorder so I can get proof that CollectCorp does not abide by FDCPA rules.

Go down to your local Radio Shack, and tell'em you want a telephone pickup coil.' It's a stock item, and sells for about eight bucks. Stick the suction-cup thingy to the phone receiver, and plug it in to the mic jack on any recorder. Cassette recorder, boom box, digital recorder, whatever. You can even use your PC. Windows Sound Recorder works just fine. Instructions are in the Windows Help & Support Center.

Hello there,

Nowaday there are so many ways to locate people. You may no longer use a landline so they used the following websites to locate you or people who know you or have known you:
Accurint.com, veromi.net and or pipl.com. Collect Corp's policies are to not contact relitives. I hope there this has been helpful to you. I do not work there because apparently I feel that a persons home is more important than a charged off BOA account.

Collect corp is a company full of unethical rude animals... Its like you have to have no brains cells to work there.. Even the managers there are rude and unprofessional.. I feel sorry for them since they are just a bunch of dummies and Olivia Meta the supervisor there is rude and very unprofessional... i will have her job taken from her!!!

Six months ago, CollectCorp was informed that my mother had cancer, was no longer working, and that she was terminal. They said they would not call again and held to this until tonight. Their question to her tonight was, "So you're just going to lie there on your deathbed with this on your back?" She said, "Yes," and hung up.

The thing is that she is working through things with the Department of Education, and not dealing with CollectCorp. The D of E knows that they will get what they get from her estate, and they're fine with it.

The next time they call, we will tell them that we have a lawsuit pending against them for harrassment - all we have to do is contact our attorney again. He's waiting with the paperwork as I write this.

I have started to get calls from credit corp and it has been a nightmare since.I advise them that i can not receive calls at work and they are still calling my job 2-3 times a day.I spoke with the manager and advise to only call me.I can not receive calls at work .They have threatened me with garishment and said there is nothing i can do to stop it but make the full payment.They keep asking for my checking acct number but i see on another page were someone stated not to give any checking acct information because they will drain your account.THEY are the RUDES PEOPLE i have every talk to .Now my job is in jeopardy because of all the harassing phone calls that i have been getting .Pls someone advise me what i need to do to get these crazy people from harassing me

Have you put a request IN WRITING for no calls at work? Document, document and document some more. Contact an NACA attorney.

Have you spoken to them when from home? If this is for a student loan,they will garnish you. You have to be proactive.

I just got the address because they would not give me the address .this is a student loan .I have spoke to them from home and advised them talk to the manager they are so rude.I am willing to start to pay but i do not want them to get harassing me the call me about 10 times at day .

THese collectors are overboard I advise them not to call me at work and they just keep calling my job .HOW CAN THE DEPT OF EDUCATION USE A COLLECTION AGENCY THAT IS SO UNPROFRESSIONAL.

File a complaint with the ombudsmans office. And get into repayment. Consolidate with Direct Loans. Do something....or they will simply start garnishing you. A cease and desist does not stop that.

That is absolute BS. I have a landline and I can easily be searched on whitepages.com The person does not even have the same last name as me anymore and hasn't since 1995. Oh yeah CollectCorp have not been very aggressive in their collection. I find that kind of funny. Every time I see the number pop up on the caller ID, I just hang up or let the call go to answering machine. It is usually an automated call. Yeah they are real aggressive. One automated call a day.

My brother tried to do a debt settlement with this company late Feb 2010. They said they would settle so he asked for a fax stating the terms of the agreement. They dated the letter Feb 25, but in the letter they said if the debt wasn't paid by Feb 16, the deal was null and void. Had I not looked at the letter and caught that, they would have taken his money and still owed all the debt. They have tried several times to take money out of his account (yes he stupidly gave them his account number)even before Feb 25. Luckily I had told him to empty the account as soon as I found out he was dealing with them. DO NOT EVER GIVE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO A COLLECTION AGENCY. TELL THEM YOU WILL PAY WITH A MONEY ORDER OR GO THROUGH PAYPAL. My brother now has to close all his bank accounts.