What Is Zombie Debt?

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The expression “zombie debt” is used to designate past-due debts that had been forgiven by a former lender but then reanimated and tracked down by debt collectors who buy up such defaulting accounts paying next to nothing. Just like these zombies in horror films, they creep back to collect your gets decades after the fall of their original creditor.

Zombie debt very often was originated from things like credit card balances, medical bills, utilities, bad gym subscription, and many other types of unsecured debts that has been charged off already by the original creditor. Following these operations, debt buyers buy the accounts of stale debts in bulk and then use different tactics to make the consumers pay these, sometimes through infringing the statute of limited time for legal actions.

The fact is that when the zombie debt is something of the past it also can be problematic to verify if the item and amount claimed, in fact, are true, as the supporting documentation may be incomplete or missing, following the changing hands of the debt multiple times. Consumers in such situation would tend to overlook the condition of time-bar debt, as a result they could make wrong payments they aren't legally obliged to make.

When making yourself vulnerable to a zombie debt, the first thing you should just do is to send them a letter requesting validation of the debt as well as the statute of limitation applicable in your area. Therefore, with appropriate understanding and preventive measures, you will be able to secure yourself from a merciless trespass of the living zombies of the financial obligations.
 
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