Ability Recovery Services is a debt collections agency based in DuPont, Pennsylvania. Ability Recovery Services has been accused by complainants of violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), including inaccurate credit reporting, harassment, failing to validate debts, and aggressive communication. If you have been contacted by this debt collector, make sure you understand your rights before taking action.
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They’re legit. Ability Recovery Services is a legitimate company that was established in 2005 and is based in DuPont, Pennsylvania. The company has raised some red flags for complainants due to the fact that it has received an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau but has not yet been accredited. Ability Recovery Services has been sued in federal court over 100 times for violating a debtor’s right to fair collections practices. While these less than average reviews may startle those who owe ARS money, the debtor should still work to resolve the issue in order to protect their credit score and ability to take out future loans. The company itself has also reported upwards of $5 million dollars of revenue in 2020 and has a total of 25 employees. Ability Recovery Services also goes by other names such as: ability recovery services, ability recovery, ability recovery services llc, ability recovery service, ability recovery services, llc, ability recovery services scranton pa, ability recovery services complaints, able recovery, state collection and recovery services, recovery services collection agency, team recovery collection agency, complete payment recovery services phone number, debt recovery services, and recovery debt collector.
Ability Recovery Services is a third-party collection agency. The company collects for a multitude of different companies; however, the company focuses largely on telecommunications services, higher education loans, utility bills, healthcare debt, and debt from financial institutions. This means that if you are contacted by Ability Recovery Services it could be for a number of different reasons and you may need to clarify with the company about what you specifically owe. The website for the company explains that ARS provides a variety of different services including, skip tracing, mail and phone correspondence, data security, technology, recorded calls, negotiation, reports, and service. They also collect in all fifty states and even have a page dedicated solely to the different state disclosures regarding collections. The company uses “Callthru” technology to assist in its collections efforts and prioritizes constant communication with debtors, using a series of letters and calls to make these borrowers aware of their outstanding debt while stressing the seriousness of the overdue balance itself. ARS is also a part of the Mid-Atlantic Collectors Association and is a member of the ACA International (The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals).
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As a collections company, Ability Recovery Services has accumulated a multitude of complaints from consumers. In fact, in addition to its lack of accreditation, Ability Recovery Services boasts 275 complaints closed in the last 3 years and 64 complaints closed in the last 12 months according to the Better Business Bureau. A majority of these complaints included complaints about inaccurate credit reporting, harassment, failing to validate debts, and aggressive communication. Additionally, Ability Recovery Services has received a rating of 2 out of 5 stars on WalletHub from a total of 45 different reviews, as well as a rating of 1.6 out of 5 stars on Google Reviews.
It is illegal for a debt collector to make empty threats to sue you or garnish your wages. While Ability Recovery Services would likely choose not to sue you for a debt you may not owe or they cannot verify, it is still not uncommon for debt collection agencies to summon debtors to court and garnish wages after a default judgement. The best course of action would be to contact an attorney BEFORE this could possibly happen to try to avoid a lawsuit. Give us a phone call today to find out how we can help you resolve your debt collection discrepancy.
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According to the Better Business Bureau, a citizen lodged a complaint against Ability Recovery Services, explaining, “I called them today telling them that I had been trying to get debt validation and they sent over printouts of my schoolwork I submitted from when I attended the school that the debt came from”. The complainant continued to call the company to tell the collection agency that the information provided did not explain what the amount was or why it was owed. The complainant says that the employee of Ability Recovery Services only said, “Well that is all that the University sent over”. The complainant then proceeded to argue that it needed to be taken off of their credit report if there is not sufficient paperwork to validate the claim. The ARS employee began to yell and curse at the complainant saying, “Well the debt has been validated we aren’t taking it off of your report then” and proceeded to hang up the phone. The complainant has been asking to see the information about the debt for months and was only provided the printouts from the work done at his/her school but was never sent anything that actually validated the debt. The complainant feels strongly as though they do not owe money to this school.
Do not forget that you have rights! You can understand these rights by becoming comfortable with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which outlines a person’s protections against the abuses and misconduct of collection agencies, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) which provide additional protection for the consumer against fraudulent practices. If you would like to take a look at these legal rights, the Federal Trade Commission grants you access to their “Debt Collection FAQs” which can be found on their website.
Yes you can, and you ideally should. If you want to be able to recover your money and losses and legally enforce your own rights—you should sue. Federal laws provide citizens like you the ability to protect yourself and defend your rights. By suing a collection company for fraudulent practices, you are ensuring that you are protected to the fullest extent of the law. Individuals like you can recover damages of up to $1,000, plus attorney fees and court costs.
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Sergei Lemberg is an attorney focusing on consumer law, class actions related to automotive issues, and personal injury litigation. With nearly two decades of experience, his areas of practice include Lemon Law (vehicle defects), Debt Collection Harassment, TCPA (illegal robocalls and texts), Fair Credit Reporting Act, Overtime claims, Personal Injury cases, and Class Actions. He has consistently been recognized as the nation's "most active consumer attorney." In 2020, Mr. Lemberg represented Noah Duguid before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case Duguid v. Facebook. He is also the author of "Defanging Debt Collectors," a guide that empowers consumers to fight back against debt collectors and prevail, as well as "Lemon Law 101: The Laws That Lemon Dealers Don't Want You to Know."
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