Debt Collectors being held accountable for abusive and illegal debt collection practices

In 2007 the FTC received nearly 71,000 complaints about abusive debt collection practices up from 69,000 the year before. Nearly 20-percent of court-filed complaints alleged harassment through repeated calls, 13-percent of complainants said collectors called a third party repeatedly and 9.2-percent said the collector used obscene or abusive language.

For more information on abusive and illegal debt collection practices and your rights under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act see a few earlier blogs:

Debt Collectors Gone Wild

How to deal with abusive Debt Collectors -Do you Know your Rights?

Appeals Court Rules Aggressive Debt Collector Violates Consumer Rights

Lawsuits Filed against Debt Collection & Debt Resolution Company

Abusive and Illegal Debt Collection Practices lead to Federal Lawsuit...

I-Team 10 investigation: Harassing debt collection calls