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Debt collector threatens lawsuit on statute-of-limitations-expired debt

Omnipoint Capital threatened legal action on a debt that appears to be past the applicable statute of limitations. Zombie debt collection—pursuing time-barred debts with litigation threats—is a well-documented FDCPA violation pattern that exploits consumers' ignorance of the statute of limitations.

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