Post by xtra on Sept 14, 2009 23:20:28 GMT -6
Dont really know where to put this so I put it here.
In the last 12 months I have been getting calls just about 5 times a week from debt collectors who are trying to find my ex-wife (I havent scene her in over 20 years) or my ex-gf (we broke up over 2 years ago). They believe they live here and keep calling. I have tried to explain that they do not live here, and I do not know where they live or how to get a hold of them. But they keep calling me.
What and why is this happening now I would really like to know.
anyway a friend sent me this
Debt collections lawyers are getting busted for not giving notice to consumers that they are debt collecters. Pertinent court case and article links below:
Debt-collection lawyers are increasingly being hauled into court as defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits by debt-burdened consumers who use litigation to fend off creditors.
Lawyers say the statute's vague and broad language opens the door to cases against law firms, and a recent federal court decision that denied litigation immunity to a debt-collection law firm creates even more risk for debt-collection lawyers.
Other factors behind the trend include mistakes in court filings made by debt buyers -- or their lawyers -- who purchase debt from creditors but frequently lack enough information to avoid making false statements in pleadings.
www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1181552737289
Sayyed v. Wolpoff & Abramson, No. 06-1458 (4th Cir.).
74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Sayyed+v.+Wolpoff+%26+Abramson%2C+No.+06-1458+%284th+Cir.%29.&fr=ush-mail&u=pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/061458.P.pdf&w=sayyed+v+wolpoff+abramson+no+06+1458+4th+cir+circle&d=FqOTC929TZ-R&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=GnxkdmThP3YVcId2lE9StQ--
In the last 12 months I have been getting calls just about 5 times a week from debt collectors who are trying to find my ex-wife (I havent scene her in over 20 years) or my ex-gf (we broke up over 2 years ago). They believe they live here and keep calling. I have tried to explain that they do not live here, and I do not know where they live or how to get a hold of them. But they keep calling me.
What and why is this happening now I would really like to know.
anyway a friend sent me this
Debt collections lawyers are getting busted for not giving notice to consumers that they are debt collecters. Pertinent court case and article links below:
Debt-collection lawyers are increasingly being hauled into court as defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits by debt-burdened consumers who use litigation to fend off creditors.
Lawyers say the statute's vague and broad language opens the door to cases against law firms, and a recent federal court decision that denied litigation immunity to a debt-collection law firm creates even more risk for debt-collection lawyers.
Other factors behind the trend include mistakes in court filings made by debt buyers -- or their lawyers -- who purchase debt from creditors but frequently lack enough information to avoid making false statements in pleadings.
www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1181552737289
Sayyed v. Wolpoff & Abramson, No. 06-1458 (4th Cir.).
74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Sayyed+v.+Wolpoff+%26+Abramson%2C+No.+06-1458+%284th+Cir.%29.&fr=ush-mail&u=pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/061458.P.pdf&w=sayyed+v+wolpoff+abramson+no+06+1458+4th+cir+circle&d=FqOTC929TZ-R&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=GnxkdmThP3YVcId2lE9StQ--