Robert Friedman
- Location
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Birthday
- August 25
- Title
- CEO
- Company
- StoptheCallsFast.Com
- Bio
- I have spent the major part of my business career in financial services. Some years ago I hit a "stone wall" and due to that adversity I honed a whole new set of skills which now enables me to help others who are victims of financial scams or who have fallen on hard times.
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Debt Collector Has Sued You
And……….
September 13, 2010 02:16PM - Clearing Up Some
Misconceptions
September 10, 2010 03:14PM - What Exactly Is
StopTheCallsFast
September 08, 2010 02:01PM - If You Do Get Sued What Should
You Do?
August 26, 2010 02:13PM - Some Sure Fire Ways To Know If
A Debt Collector Is Really
Going To Sue You
August 20, 2010 02:57PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Please to me and
everyone else a big favor and
post your
comment on my blog:
www.…”
August 04, 2010 09:51AM - “Excuse me but you are
incorrect. They issue the
debtor a
1099C for the amount
of…”
May 26, 2010 04:03PM - “You had better do a lot
more reading. Check the civil
court
dockets for CT and
Ne…”
November 07, 2009 01:06PM - “Dear Deb,
Collectors
can call you from 8 in the
morning until
9 at night
unless you…”
August 19, 2009 05:48AM - “Oh gee how stupid is
this fellow. Admittedly lots
of people
cheat but at least
so…”
July 01, 2009 08:38AM
Robert Friedman's Links
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 2:16PM
A Debt Collector Has Sued You And……….
A debt collector has sued you and contained in the summons and
complaint is a sworn affidavit signed and notarized which states
that an employee of the plaintiff is very familiar with your
account, knows all the circumstances surrounding the use of the
account and has the documents to support the…
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 3:14PM
Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
I was doing some evaluation yesterday and the thought occurred
to me that some people perceive my self help system as
a means to dodge, evade or avoid paying legal financial
obligations. Pardonez moi but that is absolutely not the case. So I
have uploaded this video to discuss the issue…
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 2:01PM
What Exactly Is StopTheCallsFast
Checkout my brand new video and get the scoop.
AUGUST 26, 2010 2:13PM
If You Do Get Sued What Should You Do?
In my last article I discussed how you can determine if you are
really going to get sued or the debt collector who is alluding to
litigation or is just some garden variety cesspool. Okay, let us go
on the premise that you do get sued. Does not matter whether or…
AUGUST 20, 2010 2:57PM
Some Sure Fire Ways To Know If A Debt Collector Is Really Going To Sue You
It is a violation of the FDCPA to imply or state that legal action
is going to be taken against a consumer when there is really no
intention of doing so. Ask me if that stops many debt collectors
from getting on the phone or even putting in writing and stating…
AUGUST 18, 2010 10:18AM
If I Am Called By A Debt Collector……?
If a debt collect calls you, what should you do? Give me the knee
jerk reaction answer. The correct answer is you do nothing, say
nothing and demand that whatever it is be sent in writing. Then
hang up. Most people make what can turn out to be deadly mistakes
by…
AUGUST 12, 2010 2:38PM
Is The FDCPA An Almost Free Pass For Debt Collectors To Break The Law?
The punitive aspects of the FDCPA are basically a $1000.00
violation for each infraction so suits against debt collectors
usually end up being settled out of court between lawyers for
aggrieved consumrs and third party debt collectors. The more
serious monetary damages arise out state court proceedin…
AUGUST 4, 2010 7:00AM
If You Are Job Hunting Then You Better Know About Choicepoint
No matter who you are or what you do you must request a copy of
this report for your own good. I found no mistakes or misstatements
of fact but let me tell you their data is very comprehensive. It
includes material from the Comprehensive Loss Underwriting
Exchange, two reports from…
JULY 29, 2010 8:32AM
As Previously Blogged Right Here And Now By Budd Hibbs
“As found all over the internet: “Congressman Gary
Ackerman’s good friends, the Zises Brothers,
will sue near 200,000 Americans this year for credit card default
using the trade name “Unifundâ€
registered with the Ohio Secretary of State (The trademark
documents are available on-line…
JULY 26, 2010 3:26PM
“Repairing A Broken System” FTC July, 2010
Last week I mentioned I was reading the report whose title this
blog bears. If could give an elevator speech (summation in 10
seconds) about the almost 100 pages I read and all the footnotes
(read them just to be sure I would not miss anything)I would say
that the majority…
JULY 21, 2010 11:34AM
Federal Trade Commission Report, Information,Misinformation And Uniformed People
As you can see from my last post I am plowing through the Federal
Trade Commission report discussed therein footnotes and all. I need
lots of coffee for this. One of the facts that comes out of this
report or rather just jumps off the page is the fact that debt…
JULY 14, 2010 8:08AM
FTC Report On Debt Collection Litigitation And Arbitration
FTC Issues Report on Reforming Debt Collection Litigation and
Arbitration; Recommends Steps to Protect Consumers and Repair a
Broken System A new Federal Trade Commission report concludes that
the system for resolving consumer debt collection disputes is
broken, and recommends significant litigation…
JULY 8, 2010 9:00AM
How Saying The Wrong Things To Debt Collectors Can Compromise You Financially And Force You To Get An Attorney
In past blogs I have written extensively about the do’s and
don’ts of dealing with debt collectors. In my experience most
debt collectors are not much better than what the septic man
extricates from your septic tank periodically. My
StoptheCallsFast.Com system was developed because my own…
JULY 7, 2010 10:04AM
U.S. Equities Part 2
On June 23 I told you about the new kid on the block U.S. Equities.
Their legal counsel has filed close to 600 lawsuits in just the
State of Connecticut. I mentioned that I was going to go to the
c0uthouse and read as many cases as time would permit so…
JUNE 24, 2010 3:40PM
Interesting Information On One Of The Members Of The Debt Scavenger Wall Of Shame
Some people really do get it. Thanks to this reporter for some fine
investigative journalism. You may recall from a previous blog that
PRA is renown for the use of filing 1099′s so they can write
off losses from debts they cannot collect. Their accounting
practices with regard to receivables is…
JUNE 23, 2010 10:21AM
U.S. Equities: The Newest Addition To The Debt Collector Wall Of Shame
This junk debt buyer has filed over 500 civil suits in CT alone.
The crazy thing is that with every one of them I research I find
that the case gets thrown out before the defendant can even appear.
I found out about U.S. Equities from some friends of mine who…
JUNE 17, 2010 4:06PM
Here Is What Happens To People Who Don’t Know How To Defend Themselves
Here is an example of a simple case that a 12 year old could defend
without an attorney if you just know some basic facts that are
available for free from stopthecallsfast and from other sources. If
Mr. Rowell had just read my user manual or other easily obtainable
material there…
JUNE 9, 2010 9:27AM
We All Should Try To Help Those Who Are Being Affected By The Gulf Eco Disaster
This morning I came up with a great idea. No, it is not about junk
debt buyers or debt collectors. You email stopthecallsfast at
gmail.com with free letter in your subject line to get started with
that stuff. Today there is something more important to talk about.
I think as many…
JUNE 8, 2010 11:29AM
You Are Not The Only One
Hey if you are feeling bad about debt collectors bothering you just
think about Sarah Ferguson. You know Sarah the Duchess of York or
Fergie. I’ll bet your FICO score is better than
Sarah’s. As you know Sarah has been a naughty girl lately and
has attributed her rather poor judgment…
JUNE 8, 2010 9:21AM
Free Email Support To All Victims Of The Gulf Eco Disaster
If you reside in the Gulf and have been negatively impacted by this
catastrophic eco disaster StoptheCallsFast.Com will give you free
email support if you are being threatened or harassed by debt
collectors. This would include how to respond to the threats
whatever they may be as well as us providing…
MAY 25, 2010 1:48PM
Unifund: The Worst Of The Worst
As mentioned in closing yesterday I said I would write an expose of
Unifund today. It is called Unifund, ZB Limited Partnership and has
had business arrangements with Asta Funding, the former junk bond
king Michael Milliken during their Integrated Resources days.
Investors lost hundreds of millions o…
MAY 25, 2010 12:09PM
The Lie And Farce That Debt Settlement Is
Here is what happened to one guy who fell for the sales pitch and
lived to suffer for it: http://bit.ly/bC1LGY
MAY 24, 2010 3:17PM
Publicly Traded Debt Collectors That Rape And Pillage Consumers Part 3
As promised this is the 3rd installment covering 4 junk debt
buyers/debt predators whose shares are owned by the public.
Today’s hit parade will cover Asta Funding and Encore
Capital. Asta Funding (NASDAQ symbol asfi) Also known as Palisades
Acquisitions/Palisades Collection of Englewood Cliffs…
MAY 21, 2010 2:25PM
Publicly Traded Debt Collectors That Rape And Pillage Consumers Part 2
In this installment I will cover the activities of 2 of the 4
publicly traded junk debt buyers: Portfolio Recovery Associates
(NASDAQ-PRAA) and Asset Acceptance Corp(NASDAQ-AACC) Portfolio
Recovery Associates is probably my favorite for having the most
chutzpah. They furnish consumers with 1099’…
MAY 20, 2010 3:18PM
Publicly Traded Debt Collectors That Rape And Pillage Consumers
There are 4 junk debt buying companies that I want to expose for
the dirty tactics they use to make their money. These are publicly
traded on U.S. stock exchanges. They are in no particular order
Asset Acceptance Corp. (symbol aacc),Asta Funding(symbol asfi),
Encore Capital Management (Midland Fund…
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