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Fight against your creditor to stop harassing you
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Tags: Creditor harassment, FDCPA, debt settlement, ceases and desist letter
Debt collections done illegitimately may often result in creditor harassment which is illegal. There are proper Office of Trading (OFT) guidelines to deal legally with debt collection.
| | The FDCPA law protects the rights of the customers against creditor harassment. The customers can get a free consultation from their attorneys and educate themselves regarding the laws and regulation and protect their own rights. There is a requirement for an experienced attorney to keep the customers updated with circumstances that they can face in the near future and find a resolution to it. |
| | There are different ways and means by which creditor harassment can be stopped and deal with them by enforcing FDCPA laws. |
| | Police assistance: Police assistance by far is not very likely, as any category of prosecution is possible only with criminal or fraud acts but as a future protection this can be kept as a store! |
| | Complain to the trading standards: The trading standards will be able to access whether or not the debtor had been a victim in the hands of the creditors, and if proved to be right then there can be a penalty or can also lead to a serious implication of holding a credit license. |
| | Full and final settlement to clear debts: Making a full and final settlement to the debt collection agency, by settling debts. It is known that debt settlement companies do help consumers to make settlements at a much lower percentage. This is by far the best way to avoid creditor harassment. |
| | Cease and desist letter: A customer can send a cease and desist letter to the creditor stating the dispute on the validity of the debt. The customer can go ahead and ask for sufficient supports on the assertions of the debt, the original copies of the original application of the account, and any suitable supporting bills associated with the account etc.The customer can ask the creditor to cease all communication with him regarding the debt and also notify the creditor not to furnish any inaccurate information, as according to the FDCPA law it is illegal and unlawful. |
| | Debt collector phone communication Log: Once a customer had sent the cease and desist letter to the creditor, he must stop with the phone calls as well, customers are given the freedom to maintain a phone communication log which is also a way of fighting against creditor harassment .This list will maintain the entire documentation of the type of calls received, any conversation that seemed to be foul or harassing should be noted, along with the person contacted. Any mails received from the collector should be saved including the envelope. |
| | Creditor harassment is something very unpleasant, but there are ways and means to fight against it, not only does debt settlement take care of the consumer, there are other ways like debt management, debt negotiation, and debt consolidation where customers can get free counseling and resolve their problems effectively. |
| | Know more about the frequently asked questions and terminologies on creditor harassment. |
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