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by Anonymous User on Sat Mar 11, 2006 at 08:56:33 AM PDT

Once he got the letter from Hughes he should have contacted the BBB, the AG, etc., not offered to pay the fraudulent balance.

Companies who do business like this can, and have, been sued--especially when they put the negative rating on someone's credit history.  Once that happens, these companies also expose the credit reporting agency (CRA) to liability.  There have been multi-million $$$ lawsuits against CRAs for failure to remove blatant errors which cost the consumer big-time in some way (i.e. higher mortgage rate, etc.)

Did this customer also consider the possibility of paying on a credit card, then disputing the full amount?

Either he rolled over and played dead or we're missing some important piece of the puzzle in this article.

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