Archive for July, 2010

Scam du jour – refuse to take a case and then get blackmailed

Gary Nitzkin July 25th, 2010 Comments Off on Scam du jour – refuse to take a case and then get blackmailed

I was approached by email, last week, by “Lance Davidson” who represented himself as a Gulf war vet living in Indonesia. He presented a passport picture and a semi-burned promissory note allegedly signed by a well known and respected businessman here in Michigan who died a few years back. What are the chances, right? Sorry, […]

Who looks silly, now, NPR?

Gary Nitzkin July 22nd, 2010 Comments Off on Who looks silly, now, NPR?

I was recently interviewed by National Public Radio (“NRP” to you nerds who regularly listen to it…o.k. I listen to it, too). The reporter from NPR was doing a story about how social media has affected the debt collection profession. As a debt collector, let me just get this out in the open once and […]