Scammers use texts, calls, emails and letters to create a false sense of urgency about debt repayment. Always ask for detailed information about the debt and the debt collector's contact details to ...

A debt collector may push you to pay your entire balance at once, but is that your only option in the situation?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are ...

The filing is part of a much bigger bankruptcy.

Before paying a debt collector for the balance on an old judgment, it pays to understand who you're dealing with.

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

The first debt settlement offer can be tempting, but there are good reasons to think twice before agreeing to it.

Consumers will have the option to opt out of any electronic messages they may receive, according to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE.