[unclewulf]

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?

Originally Posted by Anonymous

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.

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Originally Posted by Anonymous

I have been calls from Collect Corp on an old student loan that was defaulted by the US Government not paying it under my military contract. I have disputed this for years. I have told collect corp several times and they do nothing about the dispute. they only say "I see that dispute but when are you going to pay?" I told them they are calling the wrong guy. Now the loan went from $7k to $22k and up $2k from just two days ago. Today I aked for the fax number and got put on hold forever. They also say everytime that they have a wage garnishment on their desk to process. I tell them go ahead and that I would like to see that trick since I am a self employed private detective.

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.

[unclewulf]

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.

Originally Posted by Anonymous

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.

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.