Can I suea phone companyfor fraud and harassment?
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Can I suea phone companyfor fraud and harassment?
For over a year now a phone company has handed over a closed account of ours to a collection agency, trying to get $480 from us. This is from last year when we closed and account and send back all the equipment, which was handled incorrectly by the company itself and started the whole issue. Now again for the third time the company is going through a collection agency to try to get this money from us which we won’t owe. I have been on the phone with them several times, for several hours and they don’t seem to get it, so I just want to sue them.
Asked on October 31, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Idaho
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Good question. You need to be aware that under federal law as well as under the laws of many states that there are statutes prohibiting unfair debt collection practices by third party debt collection agencies. From what you have written there is a possibility that the contact that you are receiving from the third party debt collector may be a violation of your state's or the federal unfair debt collection practice statutes.
I recommend that you consult with an attorney who practices in debt collection matters about the question that you are writing about.
Good luck.
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