Articles Tagged ‘bad debt collecting’
Tax season is coming and so are the cyber crooks. IRS scams are being spread around, the latest one involving email that appears to be legitimate from the IRS that states that you can get your tax refund on a Visa or a Mastercard. It asks for your credit card number, your social security number, credit card expiration dates, card verification value numbers, amount shown on your tax return, filing status and other personal information.
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One of the main benefits to working with many collection agencies is that you only pay them when they successfully recover your money. This means if the collection agency fails to collect money on your behalf, you don’t owe a penny. Debt collection agents operate on a commission, usually collecting about one third of the commission.
