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5/5/2009
Tina M. McElhinny
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Who is Jenny Anderson and why is she the new scare tactic for one debt collection company?

For some reason, someone at the debt collection company of CBV Collections decided to construct a facebook page under the name of “Jenny Anderson”. 

The facebook profile of “Jenny Anderson” was used as a tool to find and keep track of debtors.  Since “Jenny Anderson” was a cute chick and was able to attract over 600 “friends” who owed CBV money.

A reporter was able to get an interview with Jenny Anderson regarding the inside story, who eventually begin to post things that gave away her identity.

I’m sure we will begin to see more and more lawsuits against debt collectors for this sleazy tactic!  As a precaution, all consumers (we are all debtors), should not make their profile “public” and should always make sure they ONLY make it public to people they know. 


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Jeff Suher, Pittsburgh Consumer Attorney who specializes in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. 

Jeff sues abusive debt collectors and helps consumers that have incorrect information on their credit reports.  


1 Comments to "Who is Jenny Anderson and why is she the new scare tactic for one debt collection company?"

the other night i received a stern message from a bill collector on my answering service, it didn't say who it was for and being behind on my bills i thought it was for me,it bothered me all night so i called back the next day, come to find out it wasn't for me but it was for my brother's son and left on my answering service. how can they do yhis?
Posted by tim sanders on May 10, 2009 at 06:20 PM

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