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What is the name of your state? South carolina
My mother called and said a cc company had called her house looking for me. She is in Florida, stated I did not live with her or even in the state and then asked what the call was about.
The company told her who they were, what they wanted and how much was owed. I then recieved a frantic call from wanting to know what was going on. I got the info from her and called the agency. I got a supervisor on the phone and when I told him what his employee had done and that I knew it was illegal, he stated that the particular person was new and didn't know better, sorry. He then went into how much money was owed.
I told this man, after getting his name and mailing address that I would be suing his company for what he and his employee did and by the time this was over, they would be owing me.
He said that they did nothing illegal and that suing then woule be a waste of time. Wasn't it illegal for them to give my personal account balance out to my 70 year old mother?
 


TigerD

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What is the name of your state? South carolina
My mother called and said a cc company had called her house looking for me. She is in Florida, stated I did not live with her or even in the state and then asked what the call was about.
The company told her who they were, what they wanted and how much was owed. I then recieved a frantic call from wanting to know what was going on. I got the info from her and called the agency. I got a supervisor on the phone and when I told him what his employee had done and that I knew it was illegal, he stated that the particular person was new and didn't know better, sorry. He then went into how much money was owed.
I told this man, after getting his name and mailing address that I would be suing his company for what he and his employee did and by the time this was over, they would be owing me.
He said that they did nothing illegal and that suing then woule be a waste of time. Wasn't it illegal for them to give my personal account balance out to my 70 year old mother?
It isn't illegal -- but it is actionable. You can sue for a violation of the FDCPA. You will have to have an attorney. It will cost you more than $1,000 to win, but you can get lucky.

Most likely it was exactly what the supervisor said. Don't sweat it -- there are for more important things to worry about.

DC
 

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