by Carol Thompson Patricia Sullivan spent the final months of her life harassed by debt collectors. The retired 77 year old had remarried, twenty years after the death of her first husband. Her second marriage ended only a year later when her husband...
by Carol Thompson The caller ID shows a Washington, DC number. A man on the line claims to be from Microsoft and is sorry to inform you that your latest Windows update was corrupt, or didn’t install properly, or didn’t install at all. The man then offers...
by Carol Thompson The New York State Attorney General has placed debt collector Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC under strict guidelines when attempting to collect debts from state residents. The company, located in Norfolk, VA, has been the subject of thousands of...
by Carol Thompson The phone rings. The caller claims to be from United Processing Services. The message: Call an unnamed law firm within a specified time period, usually an hour or two, or a process server will arrive at your door, or worse, at your place of...
by Carol Thompson Jay Jarvis was angered when bill collectors kept calling him demanding he pay a $40 copay bill from a March visit to Oswego Health Urgent Care located in Fulton, NY. The Hannibal, NY resident maintained he didn’t owe the money because his...
