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And you thought your debt collection company was bad! A recent website compiled a list of bad debt collection experiences and these were among the worst. Karen Garrett, the public relations coordinator for Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Advantage Credit Counseling Service thought she had heard it all until her agency received a call from a senior citizen late last year. She had called in tears and told Garrett that bill collectors had called her and told her that they had the police outside. If she did not pay, they were going to drag her to jail. Debts are strictly a civil matter, not a criminal one, and jail time is definitely not even a punishment for not paying your bills. "It is very important for people to know that there is no such thing as debtor's prison" Garrett says, smiling and rolling her eyes. If debt collectors are making illegal threats like deportation, physical violence and jail time, you always can report the harassment to the Federal Trade Commission or to your state attorney general's office. The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act restricts bad behavior by third party collectors. These people do not follow the same rules as those who are collecting for the creditors directly. They are not allowed to call you at your place of employment if you ask them to stop, publish or threaten to publish your debt, reveal to anyone else that you may have a debt, harass you on the phone or use profanity. The laundry list continues. They can't use loss of child custody, deportation, illegal punishment like jail, or physical harm. They cannot call your home before eight AM or after 9 PM or even call at all if you have already written a request asking them to cease contact, or if you've hired a lawyer. One older woman from New Jersey owed $12,000 in credit card debt after placing every day living expenses on her card. The bill collector called and informed her that they were going to take her home. She was also informed that they were not willing to take a penny less than the $12,000 she owed, and furthermore, they wanted it now. She tried to scrape up the money herself but couldn't. "Debt collection companies are very intelligent when it comes to doing research. They will threaten targeted assets like a home or income source. But in many states, homes are protected from debt collection,"

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