Top 5 Consumer Complaints of 2009

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has posted on its blog the Top 5 Consumer Scams of 2009. These are the top complaints received by the AGO's office last year :

1. Time Share Resellers
2. Loan Modification Fee Schemes
3. Deceptive Advertising and Solicitations
4. Deceptive Lending Schemes
5. Fake Check Scams

For more information on consumer complaint trends, see the full press release here: Top 5 Consumer Issues and Complaints Outlined by Patrick-Murray Administration's Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Attorney General's Office, Better Business Bureau, and Federal Trade Commission.

Collections Cases Dismissed

Via his blog, Massachusetts Consumer Rights, attorney Kenneth Quat writes that:

"Judges sitting in the Quincy and Brockton District Courts each recently dismissed collection cases brought by CACH, LLC, against clients of Quat Law Offices. CACH is a "debt-buyer" based in Denver which sues Massachusetts consumers through Cambece Law Offices. In each case CACH was unable to produce documentation at trial sufficient to establish that it owned the alleged debt or had the right to collect it."