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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Vicki Lee Parker / The Bulletin
October 23, 2008
When you are in a financial crunch worrying about how to pay the mortgage, college tuition, credit cards and other bills, even the most dubious offers to ease your debt load can sound appealing.
That helps to explain why so many consumers willingly agree to pay hefty fees to debt-settlement....