| 100.00% | 1. | RipOff Report Articles: National Action Financial Services, Inc. (NAFS) -
National Action Financial Services, otherwise known as NAFS is
another typical debt collection company trying to collect on old
debt for which they purchased for pennies on the dollar.
Along with many other debt collection companies, NAFS violates
the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act while trying to harass
consumers on the telephone, demanding a checking account number OR
ELSE they will garnish wages. HUH! What a crock.
People, be aware, debt collecti
- 5/21/2008. Jeff's Blog |
| 77.65% | 2. | Judge Orders NAFS (National Action Financial Services) to pay $85,000 -
National Action Financial Services, a debt collector in Amherst,
has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle charges of using outlaw
pressure tactics, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced
Tuesday.
- 12/22/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 73.83% | 3. | National Action Financial Services, NAFS - Typical debt collection company and numerous consumer complaints! -
National Action
Financial Services, otherwise known as NAFS is another typical debt
collection company trying to collect on old debt for which they
purchased for pennies on the dollar.
- 5/21/2008. Jeff's Blog |
| 40.14% | 4. | Financial Summitry - The G-20 Summit to Save the World and Reinvent Finance produced a surprisingly meaty declaration and action plan. At least one specific mention of bankruptcy: * National and regional authorities should review resolution regimes and bankruptcy laws in light of... - 11/16/2008. Credit Slips |
| 38.27% | 5. | Debt Collector Directory -
- Academy Collections
- Account Management Services
- Account Solutions Group
- Alegis Group, LP/Sherman Financial Group aka LVNV
- Funding, LLC
- Allen, Lewis & Associates, Inc
- Alliance One, Inc
- Allied Interstate, Inc
- Aman Collection Service
- American Coradius, Inc.
- American Legal Recovery
- Ameriquest Recovery Services
- AMO Recoveries
- Ariel Financial Services
- Arrow Financial Services
- Asta Funding
- Asset Acceptance Corp
- Atlantic Credit & Finance
- 4/16/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 28.71% | 6. | New Year?s Resolutions from a Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney - People seek bankruptcy relief in times of personal financial crisis.* Now, we are all facing a national financial crisis.* As 2009 starts, I have asked myself, “What can I do about this?”** Just asking this question, I have discovered, raises the bar for my own expectations and possibilities.*As*a... - 1/2/2009. Bad Credit Repair Discussion Forum |
| 25.83% | 7. | Professional Collection Services Inc. - Professional Collection Services Inc.
Welcome to “Professional Collection Services Inc.” Ontario’s premiere receivables management credit collection company.
Our management and collection staff extend to you over 27 years direct collection agency experience with all facets of Retail, Commercial and Government assignments.
Professional Collection Services Inc.’s state of the art fully computerized operations deliver to you optimum recovery liquidations [...] - 12/31/2007. Professional Collection Services Inc. |
| 25.75% | 8. | RipOff Reports Article: National Enterprise Systems Intimidation at work -
Having problems with National Enterprise Systems otherwise known as
NES? If you are, take a number. If you did your research you would
come up with tons of complaints about this debt collection company.
Complaints that range from, intimidation at work, foul language, to
threatening arrest because of a bad account number.
- 5/21/2008. Jeff's Blog |
| 25.36% | 9. | Behaviorally Informed Financial Services Regulation - Behaviorally informed financial institution regulation has potential, but it also poses several pitfalls. - 10/19/2008. Credit Slips |
| 23.56% | 10. | Online Legal Services - Traditionally legal services have been provided without the benefit of online communication which has the potential to be more efficient than other types of communication. Particularly as the internet generation matures, it it predicted that we will see a shift in the medium by which legal services are provided to a far more online focused industry. - 12/30/2008. Legal Articles from EzineArticles.com |
| 22.80% | 11. | Venture capital business - - 1/5/2009. 419 Legal - Internet Fraud and Online Scam Forum |
| 22.32% | 12. | Maxed Out! - 
Maxed Out shows how the modern financial industry really works, explains the true definition of "preferred customer" and tells us why the poor are getting poorer and the rich getting richer. By turns hilarious and profoundly disturbing, Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us!! - 4/16/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 20.91% | 13. | Lawrence Walsh: Old electric bill still carries charge - Maxie Justice of Fayette County took one look at the letter from the First National Collection Bureau and figured it was a scam.
In the upper right hand corner, the company listed its address in Sparks, Nev., its toll-free phone number, its office hours and a 10-digit account number. It then said he owed $189.24 to NCO Financial Systems, an amount it said initially was owed to Allegheny Power.
for more information, follow the link below. - 6/20/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 18.25% | 14. | 10 THINGS DEBT COLLECTORS DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW!! -
- Debt collection letters received after filing Bankruptcy may
have violated the automatic stay or discharge injunction and you
may have the right to recover money!
- When leaving a message, a debt collector MUST disclose that
he/she is a debt collector. If this information is not disclosed,
you may have the right to recover money!
- Even though debt collectors are permitted to attempt to collect
a debt after its been in default for 4 years, they are NOT
permitted to take legal action against you, nor are they permitted
to threaten you with
- 4/23/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 17.90% | 15. | Pennsylvania Consumers - What You Can Do to Make a Difference! -
Consumers can make a difference by
educating themselves about their
rights.
Abusive debt collectors can and should
be sued! Credit agencies can and should be
sued!
The long term difference will be made
when we all start taking action! Here is a page
from NACA (National Association of Consumer
Advoc
- 1/4/2009. Jeff's Blog |
| 16.78% | 16. | Increase Your Financial IQ Book Review Part 3 - Every Sunday here at Ask Mr. Credit Card we review a personal finance book. This week we are reviewing Increase Your Financial IQ by Robert Kiyosaki. If you missed the first two sections of the review you can read them here:
Increase Your Financial IQ Book Review
Increase Your Financial IQ Book Review Part 2
In this section [...] - 1/4/2009. Ask Mr Credit Card's Blog |
| 16.23% | 17. | -
Debt Consolidation - Do you need
Help?
Are you one of those people that are in way to deep when it comes
to debt but just don't know it yet? Are you one of those people
that don't have enough money to pay the bills without juggling
things around? Are you one of those people that can't buy
groceries. Are you one of those people that say they will start
saving for retirement tomorrow, not realizing that tomorrows add up
to too late?
There are plenty of people out there that have a mortgage and an
auto loan and are managing their deb
- 11/9/2006. Kimbery Credit Counselings Blog |
| 15.85% | 18. | -
Debt Management Services Can Help
You Out of Your Financial Hole
Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of debt you owe? Do you lie
awake at night wondering how you will pay the rent, the car payment
or the mortgage. Do you worry constantly about having enough money?
Are you constantly being harassed by bill collectors? If you
answered yes to any of those questions, you may be able to benefit
greatly from the services of our debt consolidation
company.
It is not hard
- 10/27/2006. Kimbery Credit Counselings Blog |
| 15.07% | 19. | 7th Circuit Nixes Attempts to Hold Investment Bankers Responsible for Matters Beyond Their Engagement Agreements - - 8/26/2008. Bankruptcy Litigation Blog |
| 14.81% | 20. | Protect Your Identity Week -
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is proud to support the
National Foundation for Credit Counseling's National Protect
Your Identity Week (PYIW) October 19 - 25.
The ITRC will recognize PYIW by conducting 35 presentations, Identity Theft: Truth or
Consequences, on Thursday
- 10/16/2008. Identity Theft Resource Center |
| 14.70% | 21. | Loan Modification Quality Matters - Yesterday new foreclosure and loss mitigation data was released by HOPE NOW in its "Loss Mitigation National Data July 07 to November 08" and by the OCC/OTS in their "Mortgage Metrics Report." Combined the reports show a steadily increasing number... - 12/23/2008. Credit Slips |
| 14.58% | 22. | Collection Agency's Threats Deemed Illegal -
November 11, 2007
The voice-mail message was angry and unrelenting. "The
situation will not die, I guarantee you!" the woman said in a
steely voice, adding that she would call "every day." It was not a
stalker or a jilted lover. It was a debt collection company.
And it was illegal harassment, according to the Federal Trade
Commission, because the caller went on to threaten that the
person's wages would be seized.
Last week, the commission announced that LTD Fi
- 12/19/2007. Jeff's Blog |
| 14.48% | 23. | Guns, the NFL, and the Second Amendment Rights of Players - The NFL can contractually obligate its players to refrain from carrying handguns without running afoul of any constitutional rights. The reason is that the NFL can never, no matter how hard it tries, violate the constitutional rights of anyone. The most basic of constitutional principles is that the constitution protects people from governmental action, not those of other private individuals or organizations, such as the NFL. - 1/2/2009. Legal Articles from EzineArticles.com |
| 14.47% | 24. | Welcome Back to Tara Twomey - Credit Slips welcomes back Tara Twomey who will join us for a week or two. Twomey is an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center and was a guest blogger back in March 2007. She is an expert in mortgages... - 12/15/2008. Credit Slips |
| 14.42% | 25. | Bankruptcy in the Senate, December 4 - I'm in Providence, Rhode Island, for a field hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearing is "Credit Cards and Bankruptcy: Opportunities for Reform." The other witness are former Credit Slips guest blogger and attorney for the National Consumer Law... - 12/3/2008. Credit Slips |
