Just about everyone who gets a little behind on their bills will get a friendly reminder call from a creditor. But once in awhile, those calls turn out to be not so friendly. While there are certain laws to protect the consumer from harassing calls at home and at work, not every debt collector plays by the rules.
They are willing to try to browbeat, threaten and take whatever steps they deem necessary to collect money and some actually believe they are doing the right thing with their collection efforts. Many consumers will cave to their demands simply to stop the calls. However, if one creditor is calling theres a good chance that others are also making the calls and getting one to stop will not stop the others.
Once a person files for personal bankruptcy, the calls should cease to come to the house. It may about a week for the creditors to be notified of the pending action and calls may still be made until they are notified, but then do come in, the creditors should be advised to contact the bankruptcy attorney. If they continue to call after being notified of the bankruptcy filing, they can be held legally accountable.
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