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NCO Financial Collections

Mar. 2, 2008

NCO Financial seems to be one of the largest collection agencies in the world. It’s definitely one of the most searched for terms on the internet as far as debt collectors go. Many consumers want to know how to remove NCO Financial from their credit reports, so I have decided to write an article on the subject.

Collection accounts like NCO Financial are removed from credit reports by the thousands everyday. You may have seen or heard ads on television or on the radio about services offering to remove bad credit from your credit reports and wonder if they are legitimate or not. I bet you’d be surprised to know that most of them are.

If you have searched the internet for collection agencies like NCO Financial Services, you will see that they have plenty of complaints about them. You will see that the tactics they use to collect debts are not always so honest and their employees have very little integrity. You will also find that having a collection account reporting on your credit report can hurt your credit scores pretty bad and prevent you from obtaining the loans you need to live a decent life.

There are a few ways you can remove collections from your credit report. The most popular and probably the most effective way is to dispute the account with the credit bureaus. By law you are permitted to dispute any item on your credit report that is “questionable”. If you are not sure that the details of an account are being reported correctly or if you are completely unfamiliar with the account at all, then you can dispute it with the credit bureaus.

Writing debt validation and pay for delete letters are a couple other techniques used by credit repair services and consumers trying to repair their credit. While they are not as popular, these techniques and other credit repair techniques are very effective in getting those nasty collection accounts removed from your credit report.

User Comments

1. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: jackie
Apr. 30, 2008
I was paying on a small debt to a hospital and they didn't like the amount I was paying so they turned it over to NCO ( I guess they turned it over because NCO sent me a letter).  I set up a payment schedule for 12 months at $37.48 a month.  I paid immediately the first payment and have paid every month, actually I pay more than the agreed upon amount.  I pay $40.00 a month.  Four months into the payments, NCO turned me into all 3 credit bureaus as delinquent payer.  I never missed making a payment to the hospital or NCO.  How could I be delinquent?  NCO said they didn't have to tell me they were going to turn me in if I didn't pay the whole thing at one time.  Can I get it off my credit history?

2. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: KAMRAN
May. 2, 2008
I HAVE THE SAME SITUATION, RECENTLY CONTACT RCMP IN CANADA IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND CONSUMER PROTACTION, WHAT NCO IS DOING IS ILEGAL, I AM PLANING TO TAKE THIS COLLECTION AGANCY TO THE COURT.

3. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: Chane Steiner
May. 27, 2008
Quoting jackie:
I was paying on a small debt to a hospital and they didn't like the amount I was paying so they turned it over to NCO ( I guess they turned it over because NCO sent me a letter).  I set up a payment schedule for 12 months at $37.48 a month.  I paid immediately the first payment and have paid every month, actually I pay more than the agreed upon amount.  I pay $40.00 a month.  Four months into the payments, NCO turned me into all 3 credit bureaus as delinquent payer.  I never missed making a payment to the hospital or NCO.  How could I be delinquent?  NCO said they didn't have to tell me they were going to turn me in if I didn't pay the whole thing at one time.  Can I get it off my credit history?
 

Absolutely.  Dispute it with each of the credit bureaus they are reporting it to.

4. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: Christina
Sep. 23, 2008
I am a single mom of 4 and trying to qualify for a home loan.  I've paid my debt to NCO ( jerks ) and need a settlement letter or note stating the account is paid.  I have made so many attempts at this are unmeasurable!!  They unequvocally state they DO NOT issue settlements letters or send notice.  If i call for a website to print out status of my account i am transferred to the point i hang up.  I've sat on hold while being transferred 24 times for over an HOUR!!  HELP!!  How do i obtain a payoff!!!!!!!!  This is the WORST company i've ever dealt with!

5. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: steve
Dec. 13, 2008

I would really like to know how to get through to these people's heads when you tell them that "they can contact me though correspondence only" that means that they can know longer call anymore, the problem is that they don't give you a chance to say anything they just yell and hang up the phone, they even have asked for my "SIN" number without even identifing who they are, and what they are calling about. is there some place where I can contact them trough email and confirm that they have only correspondence rights with me??

6. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: kristen
Jan. 15, 2009

not correct.  what you need to do is contact them.  you would have needed to ask prior to setting up the account.  if at the end of the pymts, if they will expunge it as opposed to just reporting it as a paid collection account.  otherwise it will stay on there.  your debt automatically gets reported after it is in the system 90 days unless  you are able to make an agreement with a supervisior.  just to let you know.

7. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: TERESA
Feb. 2, 2009

Go online and make a complaint to the Better Business Bureau that handle cases in your area.

8. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: sonya lively
Feb. 24, 2009

is ther a phone number for nco?

I don't know why they are on my credit report

9. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: maria
Feb. 24, 2009

if you google nco fin you will see different numbers after their name. ( ie.nco fin55  , nco fin 22 ) click here on either of those sites and take a look at what you are up against. They buy old debt from years ago that cannot be held up in court and try to make life wonderful for you!! Dont call them from what i read, but take a look for  yourself

10. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: jeannette
Feb. 25, 2009

I recently paid off a debt with NCO and it took them 2 1/2months of me (see how the tables have turned) calling on a daily basis 2-3 times a day harrasing them trying to request a letter of satisfaction. They told me that they had emailed it automatically but when i would open my email it was encrypted and not sent as an attachement, and on other occasions i was  told that it was mailed out. I finally spoke with a manager and told her that i needed a letter faxed to me on a STAT basis and that i had already called X number of times because i needed it to open a buisness account. finally i did receive the fax but i am still waiting for the infamous letter to arrive by mail.....

on another note they were calling me b4 7:00 am and in most states it is against the law for any credit collection agency to call b4 8:00am and after 9:00pm...i finally told the guy over the phone that they were violating my rights under the Fair Credit Debt Act and that they needed to stop calling me 5-15 times a day because by nowthat was called harrasment! and he removed my telephone number from the system and i stoped receiving calls from them....

11. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: rtroark
Mar. 14, 2009

I have a student loan that is in default. It went to NCO for collections. I called and began the student loan rehab program. I have payed the amount of payments for my loans to get out of default but NCO now says my original lender will not take my loan back. Until they do my loans are still in default. Is all of this true? what do I do? thank you for the help

12. RE: NCO Financial Collections

Written by: Anonymous
Apr. 3, 2009

RE: rtroark  NCO owns your debt they are low life scumbags that thrive on peoples lack of knolage . Do not pay any more to them unless they give you a settlement offer in writeing that you agree to . Do not offer more than 20% . They only pay about 10% for your debt . If you have no assets and do not plan own owning anything for about 5 years the hell with them give them nothing . The statute of limitations is usualy close to that . Good Luck

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