Access Group Complaint: Communication tactics

#1409730 7 Jun 2015

Debt collection Non-federal student loan

Complaint #1409730 submitted on 06/07/2015 relating to Access Group. Complaint relates to Debt collection Non-federal student loan - Communication tactics Threatened to take legal action.

Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Sunday 7th June 2015.

Narrative (may be redacted).

My student loan was sent to a collection agency XX/XX/XXXX.
I have been making XXXX monthly payments on my loan, and have never missed a payment. Last month on XXXX XXXX, I was let go from my employer and had no savings to cover expenses. I called XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, the collection agency handling my loan to let them know I would be unable to pay my loan until I found employment. I told them I was renting and had no assets and since I was unsure how long I was going to be unemployed and what my unemployment would entail, I needed to make sure that I have enough funds to cover the essentials, rent, food, health insurance, etc. I told them as soon as I was in the position to make payments I would reach out to them. I anticipated it would take a couple of months at most. At the time of the call, they suggested that I take out a loan against my 401K, but I told them that it did n't make sense for me to go further in to debt since such a loan would be interest bearing and I would end up owing more then I do now.


On XX/XX/XXXX, I received a letter from XXXX XXXX , XXXX, that stated the following, " We are in the process of requesting suit authorization from our client. It has been determined that you have assets. This account is being scheduled to be forwarded to an attorney. Our client requires that we take this action when normal collection efforts do not resolve the outstanding debt. We will not make an exception to this requirement. Unless payment in full is made to our office in fourteen days, or you contact our office to discuss a reasonable repayment arrangement, your account may be referred to an attorney to determine appropriate action. " The letter is harassment and is misrepresentation. I have no assets, I do n't own a car. I rent and as I have told XXXX, I am currently not working. Further, I had just contacted them to let them know all of this as well. The tone of the letter threatens lawsuit, and after just one month of no payment since outrageous. Further, it is unclear if Access group, the underlying creditor will even take such action, but the tone of the letter leads once to believe that it is the case.

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