A reader sent us the following debt fraud alert: A company with no name is sending out delinquent debt collection letters allegedly on behalf of American Express. If receive a debt validation letter, please read the fine print on both the stationary and envelope! Debt collection tactics in the AE case: The top of the letter contains an address, but no company name. In small type at the … [Read more...]
Credit Card Company Beats Wall Street Estimates by Raising Interest Rates
Master Card and Visa have been gouging cardholders for years, while American Express remained consumer and small business-owner friendly. Not any more. American Express raised interest rates about a year ago. Rates were hiked by over 5 percent annually in our low interest economy. The purported reason: Too many cardholders were walking away from their obligations. Or so American Express … [Read more...]
American Eagle with Injured Left & Right Wings
"Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not get tired; they will walk and not become weary." - Isaiah, 40:31 Show Date: October 28, 2010. Poor American Eagle. He flew over a US military base and was caught in a hail of friendly fire. A farmer in Kansas found the Eagle in his barn, struggling with horrific … [Read more...]