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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>529233-00009</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>6/1/2007 12:46:44 PM</td></tr>

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<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Mark Hankins</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>FL</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Debt Collection Workshop</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Attachments:</b></td><td><a href='529233-00009.pdf'>529233-00009.pdf</a>&nbsp<a href='http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html' target = _blank >Download Adobe Reader</a><br></td></tr></Table>

<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>

Attached are comments regarding the debt buying industry's practices, specifically the use of reaging, lurking, and inaccurate account numbers to collect on debt that either is beyond the 7.5 year FCRA reporting obsolecence date, is beyond the relevant state statute of limitations, or which is simply considerably older than claimed. </body></html>