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Zombie debt: How collectors trick consumers into reviving dead debts
By artappraiser on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 10:47pm |By Renae Merle @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 7
Consumer advocates say there’s a growing effort in the $11 billion debt collection industry to recover debts previously written off by financial firms.
In many states, companies lose the right to collect debts after a few years. But there’s a loophole they’re increasingly using.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/07/zombie-debt-how-collectors-trick-consumers-into-reviving-dead-debts/
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