Posts Tagged ‘zombie debt’

Pete Barry was on the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet this morning. His advice on making sure you are not dealing with a rogue debt collector: make sure you get an address and phone number, at least.
But in the end, it can be hard to know whether the collector on the phone is legitimate. [...]

Return of the Living Debt: How Lenders Enable Predatory “Zombie Debt” Collectors | The Mortgage Whistleblower

More news than I can keep up with lately. Here are a few choice tidbits:

‘Zombie debt’: When collectors haunt you (Newsday)
Fed’s Rate Cuts Bring No Relief For Consumers’ Credit Card Bills (Washington Post)
Killer Credit (In These Times)
Suit Alleges Widespread Fraudulent Legal-Aid Scheme (WSJ Law Blog)
Major lenders put freeze on foreclosures (CNN/Money)