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Has your vehicle been repo'd? We can help.

It seems as if repossession stories are everywhere these days.  There are cable shows about the tactics of North Jersey repo men... and real life stories about folks who lose it when their cars are taken over their objections, like this Cape May County incident. 

Jailed for debt?

Some collections agencies and junk debt buyers have been obtaining arrest warrants against debtors.

Jury awards Texas consumer $1.5M for debt collection harassment

Allen Jones received eight phone calls from a debt collector seeking to collect a debt Jones had already paid off.  Eight threatening, racist, obscene, harassing phone calls.  See this link for details. 

Fraudsters are still at it...

With all the talk about predatory lending, mortgage meltdowns, etc in the past few years, it's discouraging to note that mortgage fraudsters are still ripping people off.

According to today's Inquirer, the number of consumer complaints about mortgage fraud have risen:

The can't really be coming after me for $0.02? Can they?

Oh yes they can!  But in this case, the two cents was a mistake... a costly mistake for the debt collector.  From lancasteronline.com:
Two-penny bills cost bill collector $18,000
By TOM MURSE, Staff Writer
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