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  • Credit Info Center. http://www.creditinfocenter.com/rebuild/debt_validation.shtml
  • DebtHelp.com: Debt Validation: Pay Only What You Must. https://www.debthelp.com/kc/151-debt-validation-pay-only-you-must.html
  • The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf
  • Federal Trade Commission: Fair Debt Collection. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm
  • Haley, Jen. “Rogue debt collectors -- how to fight them.” CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/29/rogue.debt.collectors/index.html
  • Marshall, J. Christopher: Office of the U.S. Trustee Launches Civil Enforcement Initiative. http://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/articles/docs/BBJ062002.htm
  • New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Debt Collection Guide. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/downloads/pdf/Debt.pdf
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  • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm