You can get free copies of your credit reports once a year and check them to see what accounts have been placed with collection agencies. You can contact those creditors for the agency information.
The debtor need not be concerned about such matters as it is a certainty that the collector/creditor will be in contact with them in one manner or another.
An easy way to find out what collection agencies you owe money to is by pulling your credit report. Credit reports will list balances with all creditors as well as if any balances were turned over to collection agencies.
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When a consumer receives a notice from a collection agency requesting payment of a debt, the consumer should always present to the agency a written request for confirmation of the debt owed.
I would like to know how much i owe on my bills and debt collection. Is there away that i could find out please.
No. Usually a bank will send your debt to a collection agency. Most collection agencies don't have the authority to garnish your tax refund.
An approach to find Collection Agencies in the city of New York, is find them through Collection Industry Member list. Like; CLLA, ACA International, etc.
You can find a list of all the collection agencies in Nevada at www.nationalmanagement.net/collection_agency_states. Another good site is www.resourcesforattorneys.com/collectionagency/nvad.html
Collection agencies are usually retained by the establishment that you owe the defaulted debt to, if the borrower ( person in debt) does not want to work with the collection agency handling their debt, the collection agency will then document the account as a refusal then send the account back to the original lender then they will garnish your wages until the life of the loan is paid off.
Even if the collection company goes bankrupt, you still owe the bank whatever money you borrowed from them. The bank hires the collection company to get that money, so you still owe them
international data collection agencies
Debt Collection Agencies can collect abroad but the agencies that collect abroad are usually commercial collection agencies that deal business to business
You have to pay the collection agency. The original company has a signed contract with the collection agency and they pay the collection agency a % of what they collect from you. That's how they make their $$. The original company did not want to have the outstanding balance on their books.