Not exact matches
DOT may make available to another
agency or instrumentality of any government jurisdiction, including State and local governments, listings of
names from any system of records in DOT for use in law enforcement activities, either civil or criminal, or to expose fraudulent claims, regardless of the stated purpose for the
collection of the information in the system of records.
An investigation by the ICO revealed both companies were «opening accounts in the wrong
names and passing inaccurate information to credit reference
agencies and debt
collection agencies».
There are over 30 different student loan
collections agencies, many with
names you're not going to be familiar with.
The agreement requires that the original creditor's
name — not just the
collection agency's
name — be reported for any debt in
collections.
Also, if the debts that you have owing have been transferred over to a
collection agency for further
collection activities to start, your credit bureau will generally state the
name of the
agency that has your account so you can contact them at a later date.
Within five days of your first contact from a
collection agency, the collector must send you a written notice that lists the amount owed and the
name of the creditor to whom money is owed.
If your page is public and you've ever mentioned the
name of your employer, you may have unknowingly informed a
collection agency of where you work.
As the
name implies, debt
collection agencies specialize in getting debtors to cough up money.
The first dispute was on -LCB- insert date -RCB- with -LCB- insert
name of
collection agency -RCB- and the second was on -LCB- insert date -RCB- with -LCB- insert
name of
collection agency -RCB-.
Make sure that the letter includes your
name, the
name of the
collection agency, the account number that the letter is referencing, and the date the loan rehabilitation process was completed.
I have not heard from any other
collection agency in the past 2 years and my original creditor (Capital One) has no record of the debt under my
name and / or SS #.
If you do request verification or the creditor's
name and address, the
collection agency has to stop their
collection efforts until they've provided the information.
If you contact the
collection agency and they will ask to confirm your
name and address, etc..
-- Contact from
collections agencies regarding credit cards and / or bills in your child's
name.
Start by creating a file with the
name and address of the
collection agency, a contact person and telephone number.
Get the
name and address of the
collection agency, and whip out the pen and paper.
Do not have any sort of conversation with them other than to politely take down their
name, the
name of the
collection agency, phone number, your account number with them, the original creditor
name and the month / year it first became late with that creditor.
When you get a phone call, take a pen and write down the date and time, the
name of the
collection agency, the sum of money they say you owe and what you have agreed in the end.
In addition to adding your
name to the «Deadbeat Doctors List,» if you default, the Department of Education can send your account to a
collection agency, take you to court to enforce
collection of the loan, prevent you from accepting Medicare at your medical practice, and offset your tax refund.
No
collection agency, agent or company shall attempt to communicate or communicate with a debtor, by any means, with respect to the
collection of a debt without indicating the balance owing on the account, the
name of the creditor with whom the debt was incurred, and the
collection agency's, agent or company's registered
name and authority to make the demand.
They must identify themselves as a debt
collection agency and give their
name and the address for the
collection agency.
(1) Communicating with the consumer other than in the
name of the person making the communication, the
collection agency and the person or business on whose behalf the
collection agency is acting or to whom the debt is owed;
Most
collection agencies in Ontario today use computerized «auto dialers», so if you don't answer, the computer puts your
name back on the list, and you are called again in an hour.
This notice must say who you owe money to (your creditor), the amount you owe, the
name of the
collection agency and the fact that they have permission from the creditor to collect the debt.
This is rare, but sometimes happens if a
collection agency is trying to trace someone with a similar
name to yours.
Month, Day, 2007 Your
Name Your Address Your City, State, Zip Code Complaint Department
Name of Credit Reporting
Agency (Debthelp.com lists these addresses in other articles on
collection practices.
Using several
names is confusing and you could ask the
collection agency to contact you using one trading
name only.
The consumersunion.org site shares a story of a consumer
named James from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., who said his credit score dropped from 780 to 620 when a hospital turned over to a
collection agency a medical bill that belonged to someone with the same last
name and birthday month (but not the same day or year).
Get as much information as you can about the person collecting the debt (
name,
agency,
collection license number) and contact the Alberta Government Services — Consumer Services Contact Centre: (780) 427-4088 or 1-877-427-4088 (toll - free in Alberta).