{"id":4743,"date":"2019-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/bill-collector-calling-know-your-rights\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:46:03","slug":"bill-collector-calling-know-your-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/bill-collector-calling-know-your-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill collector calling? Know your rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Maybe you’re behind on paying your bills because of circumstances outside of your control. Or perhaps there’s been an error in billing. Either way, these scenarios may lead to a run-in with a debt collector. Fortunately, there are strict rules in place that forbid any kind of collector harassment in the U.S. If you know your rights, you can deal with debt collection with minimal hassle. Here’s what to remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a debt collection agency is not following these rules, report them. Start with your state’s attorney general office, and consider filing a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maybe you’re behind on paying your bills because of circumstances outside of your control. Or perhaps there’s been an error in billing. Either way, these scenarios may lead to a run-in with a debt collector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"post_statement":"","post_description":"","post_cta":"","post_button":"Read More","post_button_url":"","compliance_id":"","post_disclaimer":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[35],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5211,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions\/5211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}