Scammers are posing as debt collectors to frighten individuals into paying money they don't owe, but consumers have rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to protect themselves. Sign up ...

Rep. Mary Louise Isaacson (D-Philadelphia) said a significant part of the constituent services her office provides involves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fake debt collection is one of many all-too-familiar text scams. However, sometimes scammers will use an existing business's name ...

Debt collector complaints surged in 2025 as student loan, credit card, and auto delinquencies hit multi-year highs.

New information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on debt collection calls shows they are spiking. Almost 280,000 people nationally have complained in the last year about them, and at least 41% ...

Scammers use texts, calls, emails and letters to create a false sense of urgency about debt repayment. Always ask for detailed information about the debt and the debt collector’s contact details to ...

Local woman among thousands reporting scams by fake debt collectors A Kettering woman was among thousands who were contacted by scammers claiming to be debt collectors, demanding payment for debts ...

Beginning in June, tens of thousands of student loan borrowers who didn't make payments for quite some time are expected to start seeing less money in their monthly federal benefits checks, like ...

US HOW TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT AS A CONSUMER, YOU’VE GOT A BOATLOAD OF RIGHTS, RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR WHEN DEALING WITH DEBT COLLECTORS. A VIEWER ...