March 4, 2009
The New York Times article on debt collectors who shake down the living for the debts of the dead made a big splash nationwide. It was an especially big deal in Minnesota, since DCM Services, featured prominently in the article, is a Minnesota company. KSTP, channel 5 in the Twin Cities, interviewed me for their [...]
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March 4, 2009
Debt collectors love the dead. In Minneapolis, DCM Services (that’s “Deceased Collection Management”) specializes in shaking down grieving relatives for cash. Those relatives usually have no obligation to pay, but they often do, just to stop the collector from calling.
“Dead people are the newest frontier in debt collecting, and one of the healthiest parts of [...]
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