The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, or FDCPA, was enacted to protect consumers from overzealous debt collectors whose methods include harassment, threats and coercion. To these businesses a consumer is nothing more than a number representing dollars and cents, part of the profit margin and nothing more.
These debt collectors view their violations of the FDCPA as a business decision instead of a lawful requirement that may must abide by. Their disregard of this law is clearly expressed in the following insider marketing documents that were sent out to various debt collectors offering litigation services.
UNCOVERED! One Illinois lawyer bragging to Debt collectors how they can skirt the FDCPA!
It’s the “American Way”, turning opportunity into profit. It is certainly the way of the debt collector in these hard economic times with 15.1 million of the working class unemployed, 1/3 of which have been for six months or more. With people facing foreclosures, credit card delinquencies and utility shutoffs, the last thing they need is debt collectors harassing them day and night.
US News and World Report puts the average household consumer debt at $22,231, not including other debt such as student loans, which adds another $10,208, according to a May 2009 report. This debt has provided fodder for the explosive growth of debt collection agencies, which have grown in number between 4 to 6 times over the past few years to relentlessly pursue those on the lower end of the economic scale.
Read the full story here: The American Way of Debt: Turning a Profit by Preying on the Poor
