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    howardb53 Posts: 28, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 1, 2008, 12:31 PM
    Bill collector
    Are bill collectors allowed to contact your people on your street and do I have any recourse can I sue them. Thank you
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    Oct 1, 2008, 12:36 PM

    It depends on the circumstances. Normally they can't. You can file charges with the FTC against them, but I don't think you can sue them.
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    Oct 1, 2008, 05:16 PM

    Well who is "your people" ? Employees friends co workers

    But to be honest many bill collectors break the laws all the time, they threaten to do all sorts of things, lie, cheat, do frauds.
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