Dirty Tactics Of Collectors!
By Xarex
@xarex777 (467)
Philippines
May 18, 2009 8:31am CST
A woman received a phone call one afternoon. The caller identified himself as an investigator out of Dallas Country. He said a warrant had been issued for her arrest and she should reveal her location so the investigator could "take care of this matter before it escalates any further". Otherwise, he told her, "the police can pull you over and arrest you. They will take you to jail and you will have a lot more problems thatn you have right now".
What was her crime? Nothing! It was a scare tactic used by collectors to get her to turn over her car to repossession speciallists. She had fallen behind on her payments when unemployment ran out. Now the collectors were taunting her with threats of arrest and incarceration if she did not surrender the vehicle.
What are your views with this situation fellow myLotters?...
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@Mikaela_taz25 (1842)
• Philippines
18 May 09
It would seemed that the collectors are creating an even more good strategy in order to convince the customer being chased to pay up and settle their debt. there are a lot of people who are in debt and hiding from their collectors. You can't blame them if the companies like these are being evaded at by the people they owed. looks inhuman and frustrating but that scheme is happening now a days.
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@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
24 May 09
What..? Isnt that kind of thing illegal? Isnt that already threat and harrassment? Im not familiar with the laws about this thing and sure they might have a claim or a right to the possession of the woman but still. If the law is on their side then they shouldnt really have to resort to such tactics dont you think?
@Jixapose (97)
• United States
24 May 09
If someone called me with such a story, I'd first ask them to fax over a copy of the warrant. Of course, it being a collections agent and not a police officer - they wouldn't. I'd then get the number they called me from by calling my phone compamy and asking for the last number called to my phone. Then I'd turn over the number and my complaint to my local police services, since impersonating a police officer is a serious crime.
If someone tries to pull a dirty trick on me, they'll get more than they bargained for.
