A debt collector will push and push for you to send them money immediately. Don't do anything until you have confirmation of a payment agreement in writing.
"Because you need it in writing, you have to resist all those demands and quick offers to do it overnight," says Mary Fons, a consumer protection attorney in Stoughton, Wisc.
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