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About Convergent Healthcare Recovery Convergent is one of the largest companies in the debt collection industry. They were founded in 1998. They have more than 2600 employees in t in 10 states including Texas, New York, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Their website boasts that their success is from using their unique business approach by “providing a diversified range of revenue…
MIG Capital Inc. may call you and tell you that they are a “mediation” company, but don’t be fooled. They are a debt collection agency. MIG started in 2009 and is located in Tampa, Florida. They operate a call center out of there, though it is known to be rather small in size. MIG has been known to collect on…
Often times a consumer will contact us and claim that they sent notice to a debt collector to “cease and desist” but the collector continues to contact them. Surely our knee jerk reaction is to think that there is a clear violation of 15 U.S.C. 1692c(c). According to this section, if a consumer advises a debt collector in writing to…
I was reported that U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced legislation Tuesday that appears to directly address liability issues that arise when debt collectors leave voice messages for consumers concerning a debt on their answering machines or cell phones. The bill, H.R. 4101, is currently titled the “Fair Debt Collection Practices Clarification Act of 2012.” The bill aims to specifically…
Their website boasts that “persistence pays” and their actions surely back up their motto – they are persistent. Frontline Asset Strategies is located in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and has experience of over 50 years in collections. Complaints that they have ignored demands to refrain from calls to debtors’ places of employment as well as ignoring demands to cease and desist highlight…
Debt collectors use many different tactics to convince people to make a payment to them. Some of these tactics are actually legal, some cross over the line. Many debt collectors are sneaky and get you to start paying on debts that are old and re-start a new statute of limitations period, giving the collectors more time to file a lawsuit…
About Accretive Health Accretive Health is a Chicago based company that was founded in 2003. Its business is collecting medical bills. It is one of the nation’s largest medical debt collectors. According to their website, they are committed ” to helping our hospital clients fulfill their mission to provide better quality care and increase healthcare access to all; we are…
Many of us share the same name with someone else in this country. Many times that person is in your same city or county. It would not be so bad if all you shared was the same name. But what if, because of that same name, you were forced to share other things with that person – like their criminal…
NCO Financial Systems is one of the country’s larges debt collection companies. Along with being one of the largest debt collectors comes a multitude of complaints and lawsuits filed against them for nearly every form of harassment. Complaints have been made regarding the volume of calls they make to a debtor, disclosure of a debtor’s private affairs, or calling and…
As much of the collected data recently shows, this tough economy has brought upon a dramatic increase in collection calls and complaints of harassment. Be prepared for them so you can act if they violate your rights. 4 words of advice: listen, look, log and save. LISTEN: Listen to the calls or messages. Find out who is calling you and…