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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Subject: misc.consumers FAQ on credit diff 3 of 4
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- Archive-name: consumer-credit-faq/diff3
- Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
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- Please see part 1 for explanations.
-
- 12c12
- < Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
- ---
- > Last-modified: 21 Oct 1992
- 220c220
- < handle these for free, if your state lets you pay license feed by
- ---
- > handle these for free, if your state lets you pay license fees by
- 465a466,469
- > In addition, you MAY successfully protest charges outside of these
- > parameters, but there is no legal requirement for the credit card
- > company to do so.
- >
- 729c733
- < Q606. How far can collection agencies go in bothering me?
- ---
- > Q606. What may creditors do? Fair Debt Collection Act.
- 737d740
- < - violence or the threat of violence against persons or property;
- 739c742,743
- < - obscene, profane, or abusive language;
- ---
- > o The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to
- > harm the physical person, reputation or property of any person.
- 741,743c745,746
- < - repeated telephone calls with intent to "annoy, abuse, or harass",
- < or calls or visits at inconvenient or unusual times (generally,
- < before 8 am or after 9 pm);
- ---
- > o The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural
- > consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader.
- 745,746c748,750
- < - visits at your workplace "if it is known the employer prohibits
- < such contact";
- ---
- > o Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone
- > conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy,
- > abuse, or harass any person at the called number.
- 748,749c752,755
- < - falsely letting the debtor think that the collector is a
- < government agent, or an attorney;
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that the debt collector
- > is vouched for, bonded by, or affiliated with the United States
- > or any State, including the use of any badge, uniform, or
- > facsimile thereof.
- 751,752c757,758
- < - pretending that a document is from any source other than the true
- < one;
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that any individual is
- > an attorney or that any communication is from an attorney.
- 754,756c760,768
- < - a threat (overt or implied) that the debtor can go to jail or have
- < property seized or wages attached, when that action would be
- < illegal or the collector doesn't actually plan such action;
- ---
- > o The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt
- > will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person or the
- > seizure, garnishment, attachment or sale of any property or
- > wages of any person, when such action is unlawful or the debt
- > collector does not intend to take such action.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that the consumer
- > committed any crime or other personal conduct, in order to
- > disgrace the consumer.
- 758,759c770,773
- < - giving anyone any false credit information, including failing to
- < mention that the debtor disputes a debt if that is true;
- ---
- > o Communicating or threatening to communicate to any person credit
- > information which is known or which should be known to be false,
- > including the failure to communicate that a disputed debt is
- > disputed.
- 761c775,782
- < - publicizing the debt;
- ---
- > o The use or distribution of any written communication which
- > simulates or is falsely represented to be a document authorized,
- > issued, or approved by any court, official, or agency of the
- > United States or any State, or which creates a false impression
- > as to its source, authorization, or approval.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that accounts have been
- > turned over to innocent purchasers for value.
- 763,764c784,810
- < - a lie (overt or implied) about whether particular documents are or
- < are not legal process.
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that documents are legal
- > process.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that documents are *not*
- > legal process forms or do not require action by the consumer.
- >
- > o Communication with debtor at unusual or known-inconvient time or
- > place.
- >
- > o Communication with third parties without debtor consent.
- >
- > o False or Misleading Representations including
- >
- > + The threat to take any action that cannot legally be taken
- > or that is not intended to be taken.
- >
- > + Communication or threatening to communicate to any person credit
- > information which is known or which should be known to be false,
- > including the failure to communicate that a disputed debt is
- > disputed.
- >
- > + The use or distribution of any written communication which
- > simulates or is falsesly represented to be a document
- > authorized, issued, or approved by any court, official, or
- > agency of the United States or any State, or which creates
- > a false impression as to its source, authorization, or
- > approval.
- --
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