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Category: debt collection

The Law Offices of Robert J. Nahoum, P.C. – A New York Consumer Protection Law Firm

  • Debt Buyers
  • debt collection
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Who is a “Debt Collector”?

By: Robert J. Nahoum When it comes to federal debt collection laws (the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or FDCPA for short) there are basically four kinds of “debt collectorsâ€: 1. Collection Agencies collecting a debt for someone else like a credit card company or a hospital; 2. Debt buyers who buy up old debt from someone else for pennies on […]

September 24, 2011December 14, 2023
  • debt collection
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Those Damn Debt Collectors!

By: Robert J. Nahoum Tell me if any of this sounds familiar, the dishes are done, the kids have gone to sleep, you and your spouse are sitting around the kitchen table staring at pile of bills and the family finances trying to figure out if there is anything left to cut. The credit cards are maxed, your job doesn’t give […]

September 20, 2011December 14, 2023

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