What are some common examples of harassment?
Threaten to attach your wages when not legal or not intended Contact your employer about the debt Call you “continuously until the debt is paid” Sell the debt to another company to continue collection on a time-barred debt (zombie debt) Contact your neighbors about the debt Contact the Department of Homeland Security about your alien status Threaten imprisonment or criminal action Report a financed vehicle as “stolen” because you missed one or more payments Threaten to file criminal bad check charges on a post dated check that the collector requested from you Evict, lockout, or seize personal property where this is limited by state laws Start a lawsuit where no lawsuit is intended State a threat implying that the collection agency has several employees or investigators working to collect a debt Collect “collection costs”, “attorney’s fees”, interest not pre-agreed to in excess of that allowed by statutes, “fines”, or any other fee in excess of the actual amount due unless the original
