Posted by: Jeff Brownlee By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Ben Protess The New York Times Government authorities are homing in on a lucrative loophole that allows…
AdministrationAugust 13, 2013
One of the newest consumer scams involves debt collectors who bully consumers into paying debts they don't owe. One scheme, which has bilked U.S. consumers…
AdministrationFebruary 22, 2012
A federal judge in Chicago moved to shut businesses that allegedly used illegally obtained personal financial data to make threatening debt collection calls from India…
AdministrationFebruary 21, 2012
(CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Federal Trade Commission warns consumers about what they call fraudulent debt collectors. The agency says the companies included in a new…
AdministrationFebruary 21, 2012
A phone scam in which callers in India posed as debt collectors bilked millions of dollars out of more than 10,000 U.S. residents by using…
AdministrationFebruary 21, 2012
