Plano Texas Notice letter to debt collector of Section 806 violation - harassment

State:
Multi-State
City:
Plano
Control #:
US-DCPA-18
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Description

Use this form to notify a debt collector they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Receiving notice from a consumer makes it more likely a debt collector will comply with the FDCPA. If they don't comply after receiving notice, your notice letter may help prove that their actions were intentional.

A debt collector may not harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt.

Examples include:

  • Using threats (including implied threats), violence, or other criminal means to harm anyones reputation, property, or physical person.
  • Using obscene or profane language or language likely to abuse the hearer or reader. Such language includes abusive language includes religious slurs, profanity, obscenity, calling the consumer a liar or a deadbeat, and the use of racial or sexual epithets.
  • Posing a lengthy series of questions or comments to the consumer without giving the consumer a chance to reply.
  • Leaving telephone messages with neighbors when the debt collector knows the consumer's name and telephone number and could have contacted the consumer directly.
  • Publishing a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts except to a credit reporting agency as permitted by law.
  • Advertising the sale of any debt to coerce payment. A debt collector may not shame a consumer into paying their debt by publicizing it.
  • 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.
  • Placing telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity.

    Use this form to get a debt collector to stop harassing, opressing, or abusing you.

    This form also also includes follow-up letters containing a warning that the debt collector may face going to court if they continue engaging in behavior that violates the FDCPA.

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    Plano Texas Notice letter to debt collector of Section 806 violation - harassment