Written by: leonora | Published on: February 27th, 2012
For several years, fraudsters from India targeted people that used payday lender services and collected millions of dollars from victims. Payday lender services are usually used by people as a last resort way to borrow money when they have no other option. The reason it is and should be a last resort way to borrow money, is because interest rates on such “loans” are nothing less of outrageous. As such, people using payday loans are usually ones facing extreme financial hardships. These fraudsters, based out of India, somehow were able to access information about the borrowers and posed as debt [...]
Written by: leonora | Published on: August 2nd, 2011
I always encourage my clients to review their credit report approximately 6 months after bankruptcy, to make sure their discharged debts are accurately reported. You can review your credit report for free at www.annualcreditreport.com every 12 months. You can also request a credit report from all 3 credit reporting agencies: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. In fact you should make sure: 1. That your bankruptcy is reported and that the correct dates and Chapter are reflected in the credit report. 2. That all debts discharged are reported as “included in bankruptcy.” 3. That all debts included I bankruptcy are reported a [...]