Mistaken identity — trying to collect a debt from the wrong person — was by far the most common
complaint about debt collectors.
The CPFB will be taking over the work of compiling and handling consumer
complaints about debt collectors beginning in January 2013.
Not exact matches
The CFPB has handled
about 50,700 student loan related
complaints and sent
complaints to
about 360 companies, in total, including student loan servicers,
debt collectors, private student lenders, and companies marketing student loan «
debt relief.»
If there are still multiple
debt collectors reporting for the same
debt you can go directly to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make a
complaint about the credit bureaus inaccurate reporting.
If you believe a
debt collector's behaviour is unacceptable, you can complain or write to your lender using our sample letter of
complaint about debtor harassment.
CIO handles
complaints about credit unions, building societies, non-bank lenders, mortgage and finance brokers, financial planners, lenders and
debt collectors, credit licensees and credit representatives.
Handles
complaints about credit unions, building societies, non-bank lenders, mortgage and finance brokers, financial planners, lenders and
debt collectors, credit licensees and credit representatives.
See page 11 - 12 for examples of unacceptable behaviour by a
debt collector and information
about making a
complaint.
In March of 2018, the Federal Trade Commission released a report on consumer
complaints and consumers complained more
about debt collectors than any other business.
The Federal Trade Commission, which handles
debt collector harassment
complaints, received nearly 68,000
complaints last year
about the tactics being used by
debt collectors to try and get money from people that don't have it.