All of a sudden in the past 3 weeks I have received several letters from law firms that appear to be automatically sending "Having financial difficulty" letters and for the life of me I cannot figure out why. I have probably received at least 5-6 of them all basically saying the same thing "Ready to help me clean up any financial disaster or chapter xx bankruptcy". It is obvious to me these letters are being auto-generated and being sent but I can't figure out what would cause this. I have pulled all of my reports and I do not see anything that would generate some sort of flag to these law firms. Am I not looking in the right places? Is this something I should be worried about? Thanks
Looks like a lawsuit in the offing... Log onto the website for your local courthouse and check the Plaintiff/Defendant index. Chances are you've been sued, but not served yet.
Don't worry about them. Law offices are just like other merchants and credit card companies who send out crap/advertisements by the plane/truck loads.
No, they don't have budget for that. They respond to specific triggers. PI lawyers go to the police departments, sheriffs' offices and highway patrols and pull accident reports. BK lawyers cull the courthouse records for fresh debt lawsuit filings.
If that is so, why do they constantly air commercials - Call 1-800 whatever, if you are in debt? Buzz words - we can help you, yada, yada, yada? My favorite radio station has one of these commercials on about very 30 minutes.
Most of the commercials are for debt counseling outfits, not lawfirms wanting to help you fight a lawsuit or something.
Yep! BTDT. When hubby was sued, we received one of those letters. I thought it may be a consumer debt attorney trying to help but when I called, it was a BK attorney. lol
