Debt collectors may cross legal lines with threats, harassment and deception. Know the red flags (and your rights).

Freedom Debt Relief offers tips on what to do if you’re tired of picking up the phone to find a debt collector on the other ...

American households currently carry a record $18.2 trillion in debt, and collection calls are rising in tandem.

Debt collectors can't legally threaten to arrest you, garnish your wages or seize your property unless they have the legal ...

Debt collectors may be illegally resetting your debt's clock. Here are the debt re-aging warning signs to look for.

Debt collectors are only permitted to contact you at your residence or workplace between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in your local time ...

The Congressional Budget Office on Monday extended its estimate of when the debt limit must be raised, stretching its predicted “X-date” range to begin in mid-August and run through the end of ...

When a debt collector calls, it's important to handle the call properly. We asked Thomas Nitzsche of non-profit credit counseling agency Money Management International for tips on how to navigate a ...

HOUSTON - Debt collection calls have shot up 150% over the last year nationwide, according to a NumberBarn analysis of data from the Federal Trade Commission.. Houstonians receive the fourth ...

When a debt collector calls, make sure the debt is legitimate, and you're not getting scammed. Houstonians get the fourth-highest number of debt collection calls. The statute of limitations for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Moscow was obligated to respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack, Trump said, setting up a ...

They are scammers. Pure and simple! My account was forwarded to them for collection. They billed me twice and refused to return the money. No sense of responsibility, rude and indifferent. They ...