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CONSUMER ALERT

Don’t be too hasty when debt collectors come knocking

By Mitch Lipka

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 01, 2012

A reader asks Consumer Alert: I received a notice in the mail stating that I owe $28.74 to the “Legal Successor of Hollywood Video/Movie Gallery Inc. and that debt has been placed with Universal Fidelity LP, a national collection agency.’’ My credit score is excellent. I have never received a prior notice that I owed any money to Hollywood Video. I hate to pay for something that I have no responsibility for, but for about $29, should I just do it to protect my credit?

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