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Released: August 08, 2010

‘Debt tagging’ by collection agencies a growing problem

Source: Sonja Ryst, Washington Post (Free Registration)

Michael L. Hughes started getting the harassing phone calls several months ago. He figured they were from scammers and he tried to ignore them. Sometimes he’d pick up the phone just to hang up on them. Finally, he decided to find out what they wanted. The caller said Hughes was $12,000 in debt.

He checked his credit report and realized what had happened: The debt collectors had the wrong person.

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