A judgement has my bank account frozen. Apparently the credit card company sued me after I moved and sent notices to my old address for 4 years. The debt collectors/bottom feeders told me the credit card company sent me a settlement offer in October 2006 to my old address. I never received any paperwork or any thing related to that. Do I go to court to respond to the judgement or do I just pay. I want this nightmare over with but I am disgusted that my bank account can be frozen without my knowledge. This happened in the Bronx, NY. I live in Florida and have for the past four years. Do I have any rights?

RichardBondMan

Might want to seek the advice of an atty, but I cannot understand how 1) the postal service didnt forward the mail to you - certainly you filed a change of addr with the post office ? 2) why you didnt notify the credit card company of your new addr ? 3) how could you fail to remember that you weren't getting a regular invoice/bill ? Anyway, to answer yes, you have rights and that's why I recommended an atty but keep in mind that the credit card company has rights also and that's why your bank account has been frozen. Also why credit credit card interest rates are so high.

ScottGem

The judgement has already been recorded. You can file an appeal to vacate the judgement, but its already in place.

If the debt is valid, then pay it. You owe the money.

This didn't happen totally without your knowledge. Did you forget about the debt? Did you think the creditor would?

See if the creditor will still offer the settlement.

trimmanfl

A great web site that helped me is http://www.budhibbs.com/consumer_news.htm

This all started in 2004 when the George Bush crew let the Credit Card companys make the new Card Laws ! I also live in Florida . I had a company after me from a 2002 debt !
This site saved my ! www.budhibbs.com Click on consumer news . In Florida they can not take your home . They can put a lien on it for 20 years with huge interst . They can also take every IRS return,lottery winnings,garnish pay checks,etc. for 20 years .

The BIG MISTAKE most people make is this . They avoid the court papers ! I was going to do the same ! They served me while cutting the grass. I found a good LAWYER to take them to court . TOTAL COST WAS $300.00 .

This is what the DEBT BUYERS/SCUM LAWYERS DO ! They buy BILLIONS of debt at 3 cents on the dollar .
Next they start to dig into your bank,home,job,etc. After they get this info ,They serve you with papers .

95% of the people do not fight it .They let the debt go into a DEFAULT JUDGEMENT ! THEY JUST WON !

THEY DEPEND ON THE DEFAULT JUDGEMENT ! It is hard to fight a default judgement .
It can be done !

ONE BIG THING I FOUND ! 99% OF THEM DO NOT HAVE THE PAPER WORK TO PROVE WHAT YOU OWE ! THIS IS A HUGE FACT.

The banks sell the amount of debt, Your name and info ,etc.

Sometimes the debt is sold many many times !
My lawyer said show the papers . They could not produce ! CASE DISMISSED !
If you need more info . Pm me anytime .

Hope this helps

ScottGem

You gave a lot of good info, similar to what others have advised. But I had to comment on the above quote.

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