Hopefully someone can help me out. I have an old (about 5 years old) credit card debt of 09.00 which I am trying to settle for 00. In April the account went to a collection agency who offered to settle for 00. At that time I was in financial hardship and (divorce, single mom, unemployment, overextended) I did not have the money and could not accept. Now the account has went to a law firm. I called them and asked them to settle – they seem more interested in finding out how much money I make and my job than trying to settle. Of course I got upset and told them I would I would call the credit card company and they said the credit card company would refer me back to them. Shouldn’t they (the law firm) be working with me to try and settle this debt? What should I do? I also told them them that I would like my credit reported as "paid" after I gave them the money – they said they had nothing to do with the credit bureau. Help!!!

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after a few month that i was taken by an emegency ambulance to the hospital for emergency treatment,the credit bureau sent me a letter stating the amount that i owe for the services of the ambulance.what will happen if i ignore this letter because i have no work to pay for my debt?

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The credit card company offered me a settlement agreement and to pay them %50 of what i owe them. they say them will notify the credit bureau and it will say: "settled as agreed" on the credit report. is there anyway for it to say "paid in full" even though its a settlement? thank you.

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also if i settle with all of the collection agency’s and have no more debt to my name will that raise my credit score or at least help a little? All my past bills have been medical and have gone into collection, do the collection agency’s report to credit bureau?
My credit is already bad my score is 525 now. Im just trying to pay off my debt and start rebuilding my credit. I dont really owe that much only about 0 total but i dont make that much money and i have a child that i need to care for.

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My credit is terrible I have quite a few accounts in collections, charged off and delinquent and wage garnishment. Some of the accounts are not mine but the process of filing a dispute with the credit bureau has proven unhelpful because they would not remove the accounts. So I am trying to move forward in my life and get my finances and everything together but I am not sure if I should file bankruptcy because I feel like I can not obtain new credit anyway and either way it would take at least 6 months to a year to show that I am being more responsible but my main concern is my garnishment that will stay on for about 20 more months and I really need that extra money due to the fact that I am a single parent trying to get on my feet after leaving an abusive relationship and I just don’t know what to do. Morally I think the right thing to do is to pay off my bills but I don’t have any extra money to do so the money they are taking from my wages could be used to pay off my debt but the only way I can get it off is to file bankruptcy so what to do I am very confused and defeated right now please any advice on finances that could help!!
when I say the accounts are not mine that means I did not sign anything I did not ok anything and I was unaware of the accounts until I looked at my credit report. I have had my personal information stolen on 2 seperate occasions so while yes my name may be on the account I did not sign for them. I am woman enough to admit the accounts I opened I neglected but I do not want to pay back money for accounts or loans that I had no part of and I do understand that bankruptcy will effect my credit for years to come but I have 2 kids a job and school so yes finding another job sounds logical but physically and mentally I am not capable right now of taking on that extra stress and losing the 4 hours of sleep i get each night now. Thank you all for your insight and help Busso, Melvin and Irv thanks a lot you guys your answers don’t make me feel like a complete idiot.

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I was unemployed for a year and got a little bit behind on my house payments. I finally found a job that paid half of what I used to make, but was unable to make the entire payment so I applied for a modification from BofA and from WF (HELOC) and was given a temporary modification. However, every month, BofA reports it to the credit bureau as "paying late", even though I am paying on time. Now, WF has raised my monthly payment, which I cannot afford, or they want me to pay the entire ,000 loan in full. They have reported it to the credit bureau as "charged off as bad debt". What are my options? Other than these two debts, mortgage and heloc, I have no other debt. Can they come after me and garnish my wages? Should I file bankruptcy? Should I sell the house on a short sale?

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This young man from countrywide reporting me Sabrina as filing bankruptcy to the credit bureau an as well countrywide have me listed under bankruptcy company. My name is Sabrina and Chadnezzar we have a loan with Countrywide when in fact Chadnezzar File Bankruptcy at the Russell Building in Downtown Atlanta with his Attorney Lee Frison. Jr at 1230 Peachtree st, 19 floor Atlanta,Ga 30309 of Atlanta file bankruptcy for Chadnezzar . Mr. Frison an Mr. Chadnezzar an myself have told Mr.Richard Briggs 1-972-608-6000 /1-972-608-6000 an countrywide BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT 1-800-669-5224 to remove me Sabrina from under Bankruptcy records and department because i never file an they are ruining my credit an my name an we even offer to fax the Bk papers which we know they have showing me not in BK at all, I never file this is unfair an deceitful practices. And he needs to be held accountable for what he and Countrywide is doing to my name. He keep telling me as well as those in the bankruptcy to get my bk attorney to call what attorney I told him what attorney, I never file bankruptcy in my life so they need to clear this issue up ASAP. This is like accusing someone of committing a crime when thirty people seen that person never did the crime. Do this give Attorney Mr.Richard Briggs and Countrywide Bankruptcy Department the right to practice deceitful law practice regardless if he and the company are breaking the law and knows it is wrong!!!! Mr.Richard Briggs And Countrywide Need to remove this from under my Name and Record and I need full VERIFICATION before I retain an attorney for RUINING MY NAME AND CREDIT AN THEY MAINTAIN THEY MAINTAIN ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THEIR CUSTOMERS. WHERE HERE IS DOCUMENT TO VERIFY I NEVER FILE ON CHADNEZZAR AN MR FRISON HIS ATTORNEY CAN VERIFY HE EVEN CALL IN THE PASS AN LET THE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT KNOW I NEVER FILE AN ANYTHING WITH MY NAME ON IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVE FROM UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT AT COUNTRYWIDE. And I have a tape conversation to verify this is what is happening!!!

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i did settle my credit card debt(written off) for half of the amount few days ago,the collection agency says it will show on my credit report as paid,,i heard the bank is in charge to report it to the credit bureau not the collection agency,,,how it will show on my report then? should i warn the ban or the collections?

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I have recently researched information on repairing bad credit after bankruptcy, etc. It appears that items, whether true or false can legally be disputed from yourself as frequent as every 30 days. And, unless the credit bureau agencies can provide valid proof (from the original creditors) within a 30 day period, they must remove the derogatory credit from your file. Although it can take 2 – 3 times of writing dispute letters to actually get a response, this seems very interesting. It also appears that the FCRA is really in the consumers favor, but not really advertised to us because the 3 major bureaus profit from our credit history. Any experience/advice on someone cleaning up their own bad credit (not through credit repair scams)?

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I have an outstanding balance that I did not know I had until they reported it to my credit bureau. I got in touch with the company who forwarded me to the collection agency in charge of my debt. By the way it is under 0.00. They offered to settle for 60% of the debt owed. My question is, if I do so, will it hurt my credit versus paying the full amount in collections?

What are the reprocussions of settling versus paying the full debt?

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