{"id":"lvnv-funding","page":"https://escalate.alexgaoth.com/#/c/lvnv-funding","html":"https://escalate.alexgaoth.com/c/lvnv-funding/","generated":"2026-10-15","company":{"id":"lvnv-funding","name":"LVNV Funding (serviced by Resurgent Capital Services)","aliases":["lvnv","lvnv funding llc","resurgent","resurgent capital services","resurgent capital services lp"],"sector":"debt_collector","website":"https://www.lvnvfunding.com","official_domains":["lvnvfunding.com","resurgent.com"],"security":{"known_scams":[{"kind":"policy","claim":"Resurgent warns of scams in which harassing or threatening calls are made about payday, credit or collection accounts. It says not to give a caller claiming to be Resurgent any financial, account, payment or personal information, and not to follow the caller's instructions.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"kind":"policy","claim":"Resurgent says licensed, reputable collectors will not threaten arrest, jail or physical harm, threaten to freeze your assets without due process, use obscene language, or keep calling when they know you have a lawyer.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}],"report_phishing":[{"id":"resurgent-phone","type":"phone","label":"Report a suspected scam call claiming to be Resurgent or LVNV","value":"+1-888-665-0374","purposes":["fraud","debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}]},"regulators":["cfpb","ftc"],"notes":"LVNV Funding buys charged-off debts and outsources the management of its accounts to Resurgent Capital Services, and asks that all inquiries go to Resurgent. CFPB complaints are filed under \"Resurgent Capital Services L.P.\". Resurgent's site lists P.O. Box 10497, Greenville, SC 29603 but does not say it is the dispute address; use the address on your validation notice.","channels":[{"id":"resurgent-phone","type":"phone","label":"Resurgent (questions and payments for LVNV-owned accounts)","value":"+1-888-665-0374","purposes":["debt_collection","credit_report_error"],"access":"human_only","notes":"Resurgent's pages list no hours.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"id":"resurgent-contact","type":"web_form","label":"Resurgent contact portal","value":"https://portal.resurgent.com/contact","purposes":["debt_collection","credit_report_error","identity_theft"],"notes":"LVNV's site directs all inquiries here. The portal needs JavaScript.","source":"https://www.lvnvfunding.com/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"id":"resurgent-mail","type":"mail","label":"Resurgent mailing address (site footer)","value":"Resurgent Capital Services, P.O. Box 10497, Greenville, SC 29603","purposes":["debt_collection","credit_report_error"],"notes":"The site does not label this as a dispute address. Send a written dispute to the address on your validation notice, and to this address if the notice gives none.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"id":"resurgent-faq","type":"web_form","label":"Resurgent FAQ (credit reporting practices)","value":"https://portal.resurgent.com/faq","purposes":["credit_report_error"],"source":"https://www.resurgent.com/credit-reporting","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}],"escalation":[{"rung":"written_complaint","channel":"resurgent-mail","note":"Dispute in writing within the validation period in the notice; use the address on the notice."},{"rung":"regulator","regulator":"cfpb"},{"rung":"regulator","regulator":"ftc"},{"rung":"state_agency","agency_kind":"attorney_general"},{"rung":"small_claims"}],"playbooks":[{"issue":"debt_collection","summary":"Dispute in writing to Resurgent within the validation period; collection must pause until it sends verification.","evidence":["validation notice with the end date of the validation period","Resurgent and original account numbers","proof of payment or identity theft report","copies of what you send"],"steps":[{"do":"Check that the original creditor named in the letter matches one of your accounts. Resurgent suggests this check."},{"do":"Find the date the validation notice gives as the end of the validation period, and the dispute address on the notice."},{"do":"Before that date, send a written dispute by certified mail asking for verification and the original creditor's name and address.","channel":"resurgent-mail"},{"do":"You can also use the contact portal, but keep a mailed copy as proof.","channel":"resurgent-contact"},{"do":"If Resurgent keeps collecting without sending verification, file a CFPB complaint.","regulator":"cfpb"}],"facts":[{"kind":"process","claim":"If you dispute in writing within the validation period, a debt collector must stop collecting the debt, or the disputed part, until it sends verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment (Regulation F, 12 CFR 1006.38).","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/38/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"kind":"policy","claim":"LVNV says a sale of the debt to it after charge-off \"does not mean the debt goes away\", and that it outsources the management of its accounts to Resurgent Capital Services.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.lvnvfunding.com/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}]},{"issue":"credit_report_error","summary":"Dispute the LVNV entry with each credit bureau and directly with Resurgent.","evidence":["credit report page with the LVNV entry","proof of payment or identity theft report"],"steps":[{"do":"Dispute the entry with each credit bureau that shows it."},{"do":"Send a direct dispute to the address on your credit report for LVNV, or through Resurgent.","channel":"resurgent-contact"},{"do":"If the entry is not fixed, file a CFPB complaint.","regulator":"cfpb"}],"facts":[{"kind":"process","claim":"A furnisher must investigate a direct dispute sent to the address on your credit report or the address it gives for disputes, and finish within the same time a credit bureau has (Regulation V, 12 CFR 1022.43).","issues":["credit_report_error"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1022/43/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}]}],"facts":[{"claim":"The CFPB received 25,451 complaints about Resurgent Capital Services L.P. from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (debt collection 18,780; credit reporting 6,281). 18,913 were closed with explanation and 6,538 with non-monetary relief; 1 response was not timely. The top issue was \"Attempts to collect debt not owed\" (6,368).","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/search/api/v1/?company=Resurgent%20Capital%20Services%20L.P.&date_received_min=2025-07-01&date_received_max=2026-06-30&size=0","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}],"known_blockers":["LVNV does not take inquiries directly; everything goes through Resurgent.","Resurgent's contact portal needs JavaScript."]},"playbooks":{"debt_collection":{"company":{"id":"lvnv-funding","name":"LVNV Funding (serviced by Resurgent Capital Services)","sector":"debt_collector","website":"https://www.lvnvfunding.com","account_url":null},"issue":{"id":"debt_collection","name":"Sent to collections"},"playbook_source":"company","summary":"Dispute in writing to Resurgent within the validation period; collection must pause until it sends verification.","evidence":["validation notice with the end date of the validation period","Resurgent and original account numbers","proof of payment or identity theft report","copies of what you send"],"steps":[{"do":"Check that the original creditor named in the letter matches one of your accounts. Resurgent suggests this check."},{"do":"Find the date the validation notice gives as the end of the validation period, and the dispute address on the notice."},{"do":"Before that date, send a written dispute by certified mail asking for verification and the original creditor's name and address.","channel":{"id":"resurgent-mail","type":"mail","label":"Resurgent mailing address (site footer)","value":"Resurgent Capital Services, P.O. Box 10497, Greenville, SC 29603","purposes":["debt_collection","credit_report_error"],"notes":"The site does not label this as a dispute address. 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Put every fact and document in one complaint, because a second complaint about the same problem is generally not accepted.","channels":[{"id":"complaint-form","type":"web_form","label":"Submit a complaint","value":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/","purposes":["credit_report_error","debt_collection","transaction_dispute","fee_reversal","frozen_funds","fraud","billing_error","unauthorized_charge","student_loan_servicing"],"notes":"Online filing takes about 7 to 10 minutes. Your mailing address is required so the company can respond.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"id":"complaint-phone","type":"phone","label":"Complaint line","value":"+1-855-411-2372","hours":"9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays","notes":"A phone complaint takes about 25 to 30 minutes.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"id":"complaint-tty","type":"phone","label":"Complaint line, TTY/TDD","value":"+1-855-729-2372","hours":"9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/contact-us/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"id":"complaint-mail","type":"mail","label":"Complaints by mail","value":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, PO Box 27170, Washington, DC 20038","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/contact-us/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"}],"facts":[{"kind":"process","claim":"The CFPB sends each complaint to the company for a response. If another government agency is better able to help, the CFPB sends the complaint there and tells you.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"Companies generally respond in 15 days. In some cases the company says its response is in progress and gives a final response within 60 days.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"You have 60 days after the company responds to give feedback about the response.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"The CFPB publishes information about the complaint in its public Consumer Complaint Database, without information that directly identifies you.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"A complaint should give the key facts in your own words with the important dates, amounts and communications, and may attach supporting documents up to 50 pages. A person filing for someone else must say so, and companies generally need signed written authorization from the consumer.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"The CFPB says federal student loan programs are within the sole legal purview of the Department of Education, and sends federal loan questions to studentaid.gov.","issues":["student_loan_servicing"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/student-loans/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"}],"notes":"2025-2026 status: the CFPB's funding, staffing and leadership were in litigation (a reduction-in-force order and the acting director's refusal to request Federal Reserve funding; three district courts rejected that refusal, the latest on 2026-09-25). 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The portal needs JavaScript.","source":"https://www.lvnvfunding.com/","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"id":"resurgent-mail","type":"mail","label":"Resurgent mailing address (site footer)","value":"Resurgent Capital Services, P.O. Box 10497, Greenville, SC 29603","purposes":["debt_collection","credit_report_error"],"notes":"The site does not label this as a dispute address. 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The top issue was \"Attempts to collect debt not owed\" (6,368).","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/search/api/v1/?company=Resurgent%20Capital%20Services%20L.P.&date_received_min=2025-07-01&date_received_max=2026-06-30&size=0","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}],"rules":{"in_force":[{"id":"fdcpa-reg-f-validation","title":"Debt validation notice and dispute period (FDCPA, Regulation F)","citation":"12 CFR 1006.34; 12 CFR 1006.38 (Regulation F)","jurisdiction":"us-federal","status":"in_effect","summary":"A third-party debt collector must give the consumer validation information, including an itemization of the debt and the date the validation period ends. If the consumer disputes the debt in writing within the validation period (30 days after the consumer receives or is assumed to receive the information), the collector must stop collecting until it sends verification of the debt.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/34/","last_verified":"2026-10-12","points":[{"kind":"policy","claim":"Regulation F covers a debt collector: a person whose principal business purpose is collecting debts, or who regularly collects debts owed or asserted to be owed to another. It generally does not cover a creditor's own employees collecting in the creditor's name, or a person who got a debt before it was in default. A debt is a consumer obligation primarily for personal, family or household purposes.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/2/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"The collector must give the validation information in the initial communication, or within five days after it, or orally in the initial communication.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/34/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"The validation period ends \"30 days after the consumer receives or is assumed to receive the validation information\". The collector may assume receipt on any date \"at least five days (excluding legal public holidays identified in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a), Saturdays, and Sundays)\" after it provides the information. The notice must state the date the collector will treat as the end of the validation period.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/34/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"policy","claim":"The validation information includes the itemization date, the amount of the debt on that date, an itemization of interest, fees, payments and credits since then, the current amount, and a consumer response section with dispute prompts.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/34/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"\"Upon receipt of a dispute submitted by the consumer in writing within the validation period, a debt collector must cease collection of the debt, or any disputed portion of the debt,\" until it sends the consumer a copy of verification of the debt or of a judgment, in writing or electronically. A dispute sent through an electronic medium the collector accepts, such as its email address or website portal, counts as written.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/38/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"If the consumer asks in writing within the validation period for the name and address of the original creditor, the collector must stop collection until it provides that information.","issues":["debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1006/38/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"policy","claim":"During the validation period the collector may not use collection activities or communications that overshadow or are inconsistent with the consumer's dispute rights. 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If another government agency is better able to help, the CFPB sends the complaint there and tells you.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"Companies generally respond in 15 days. In some cases the company says its response is in progress and gives a final response within 60 days.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"deadline","claim":"You have 60 days after the company responds to give feedback about the response.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"The CFPB publishes information about the complaint in its public Consumer Complaint Database, without information that directly identifies you.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/process/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"A complaint should give the key facts in your own words with the important dates, amounts and communications, and may attach supporting documents up to 50 pages. A person filing for someone else must say so, and companies generally need signed written authorization from the consumer.","source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"The CFPB says federal student loan programs are within the sole legal purview of the Department of Education, and sends federal loan questions to studentaid.gov.","issues":["student_loan_servicing"],"source":"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/student-loans/","last_verified":"2026-10-12"}],"notes":"2025-2026 status: the CFPB's funding, staffing and leadership were in litigation (a reduction-in-force order and the acting director's refusal to request Federal Reserve funding; three district courts rejected that refusal, the latest on 2026-09-25). 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Online reporting is the documented path for consumer reports.","source":"https://www.ftc.gov/contact","last_verified":"2026-10-12"}],"facts":[{"kind":"process","claim":"The FTC and other agencies use reports to investigate and bring cases, but cannot resolve cases for individuals.","source":"https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/04/reporting-fraud-101-protect-your-community-reporting-scams","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"Reports go into a secure national database that law enforcement can use. FTC investigators, lawyers and analysts review reports to spot patterns and build cases.","source":"https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2026/08/did-you-spot-scam-heres-what-do-next","last_verified":"2026-10-12"},{"kind":"process","claim":"After you submit a report, the FTC gives you steps to protect yourself or try to get your money back.","source":"https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/04/reporting-fraud-101-protect-your-community-reporting-scams","last_verified":"2026-10-12"}],"notes":"The FTC collects reports; it does not mediate. A report number is still useful evidence for a card dispute or a state attorney general complaint. ReportFraud.ftc.gov was still the reporting path in an FTC consumer alert dated 2026-08-28."}},{"index":3,"rung":"state_agency","agency_kind":"attorney_general","agencies":"Ask for the person's state, then call find_regulators."},{"index":4,"rung":"small_claims"}],"known_blockers":["LVNV does not take inquiries directly; everything goes through Resurgent.","Resurgent's contact portal needs JavaScript."],"security":{"official_domains":["lvnvfunding.com","resurgent.com"],"never_asks":[],"known_scams":[{"kind":"policy","claim":"Resurgent warns of scams in which harassing or threatening calls are made about payday, credit or collection accounts. It says not to give a caller claiming to be Resurgent any financial, account, payment or personal information, and not to follow the caller's instructions.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"},{"kind":"policy","claim":"Resurgent says licensed, reputable collectors will not threaten arrest, jail or physical harm, threaten to freeze your assets without due process, use obscene language, or keep calling when they know you have a lawyer.","source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}],"report_phishing":[{"id":"resurgent-phone","type":"phone","label":"Report a suspected scam call claiming to be Resurgent or LVNV","value":"+1-888-665-0374","purposes":["fraud","debt_collection"],"source":"https://www.resurgent.com/scams-and-frauds","last_verified":"2026-10-13"}]},"credibility":{"grade":"A","primary_share":1.0,"sources":{"primary":11},"verified_from":{"page":11},"last_verified":"2026-10-13","oldest_verified":"2026-10-13","stale_items":0,"explanation":"Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 11 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.","dossier_last_verified":null},"context":{"dossier":false,"sector_guide":true,"hint":"Call get_context for how this company handles complaints in practice and which scams use its name."},"notes":"LVNV Funding buys charged-off debts and outsources the management of its accounts to Resurgent Capital Services, and asks that all inquiries go to Resurgent. CFPB complaints are filed under \"Resurgent Capital Services L.P.\". Resurgent's site lists P.O. 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