Can Debt Collectors Contact Your Employer?
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is specific about whether debt collectors can contact your employers and what they're allowed to say.
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Letter Informing Debt Collector of False or Misleading Misrepresentations in Collection Activities - Threatening to Take an Action that Cannot Legally be Taken or That is not Intended to be Taken
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Can Debt Collectors Contact Your Employer?