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		<title>FTC enacts new regulations for Debt Relief Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday (June 29, 2010), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a HUGE announcement on new rules that govern the Debt Relief industry.  These rules will greatly affect the debt settlement industry&#8217;s future.  The rules change a number of things, here are the highlights:

Debt Settlement companies can no longer charge any fees until they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/ftc-enacts-regulations-debt-relief-industry</link>
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		<title>Silver Leaf Debt Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Setup Fee: 15%
Monthly Fee: None
Settlement Fee: None
TASC Members: No
BBB Complaints (Total): 2
BBB Complaints (Closed): 2 (1 was a no response, this means Silver Leaf failed to respond to the complaint)
In Business Since: October 2009
Company Address:
14275 Midway Rd., Suite 200
Addison, TX 75001-3614
Silver Leaf Debt Solutions, sometimes spelled Silverleaf Debt Solutions, is an Addison, Texas based settlement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/silver-leaf-debt-solutions</link>
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		<title>Noteworld BBB Accreditation Revoked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of our post about problems at the Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust, we have now heard that Noteworld, another key player in the debt settlement industry, has had its accreditation stripped by the Better Business Bureau.  The accreditation was revoked by the BBB at the end of April.  Noteworld appealed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/noteworld-bbb-accreditation-revoked</link>
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		<title>Credit Solutions Featured on the Today Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Today show did an investigative piece on debt settlement companies, specifically Credit Solutions.  The video is about 7 minutes long and follows a family who signed up for Credit Solutions program only to be misled and eventually cancel after a year on their program and paying around $6,000 in fees.  Today&#8217;s Credit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/credit-solutions-featured-today-show</link>
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		<title>Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust FDIC Problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued a cease and desist to the Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust for &#8220;unsafe or unsound banking practices&#8221;.  As you may know from reading this site, a large percentage of debt settlement companies use the Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust, usually in conjunction with Global Client Solutions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/rocky-mountain-bank-trust-fdic-problems</link>
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		<title>Department of Consumer Debt Scam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new scam to con consumers has hit the market.  A lead generation company called Legal Helpers Debt Resolution is mailing out forms which appear to be from the IRS or another government agency (see pictures below).  These forms show your debt amount and claim to be a government run debt relief program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/department-consumer-debt-scam</link>
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		<title>Debt Settlement USA complaint featured on MSNBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debt Settlement USA is receiving some very bad press as MSNBC has picked up the story of one of their former clients.  Gary Kopycinski is a Catholic high school teacher who signed up with Debt Settlement USA after being advised multiple times to file for bankruptcy by friends and professionals.  His $35,000 in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/debt-settlement-usa-complaint-featured-msnbc</link>
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		<title>GHS Solutions Class Action Lawsuit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building upon the post from a couple days ago about the GHS Solutions scam, there is now a class action lawsuit in Kentucky against GHS Solutions.  The suit, headed by Brett and Linda Davis, alleges that GHS Solutions &#8220;are engaged in a continuing class-wide predatory business scheme to financially enrich themselves and defraud Kentucky [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/ghs-solutions-class-action-lawsuit</link>
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		<title>National Debt Relief Program Scam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
If you have received a letter from the National Debt Relief Program, similar to the one above, please read this post.  Although the letter appears to come from a government agency, it is actually just marketing material from a debt settlement company.  That company, GHS Solutions attempts to deceive consumers by claiming a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/national-debt-relief-program-scam</link>
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		<title>Freedom Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Setup Fee: 15%
Monthly Fee: None
Settlement Fee:  None
TASC Members: Yes
BBB Complaints: 1
In Business Since: December 2002
Freedom Debt is a San Antonio, TX based debt settlement company.  Freedom debt charges a standard 15% of your total debt amount with no other fees.  The company has 1 complaint in the last 36 month with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://debtsettlementreviews.com/freedom-debt</link>
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