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Debt collector provides insufficient documentation to verify the claimed debt

A consumer requested written verification of a debt from Ability Recovery Services and received documentation that did not contain enough information to confirm the debt's validity. FDCPA requires adequate verification but does not define minimum content standards, leaving collectors to provide incomplete responses with impunity.

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