When faced with serious debt problems, people run to credit counseling agencies for help. True, there are many reputable non-profit organizations that offer credit counseling and help on financial management. However, there are also many organizations that pretend to offer credit counseling but charge their clients with unreasonably high fees for their services.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns the public against such credit counseling agencies that claim to be non-profit but asks for unreasonable payment from their clients who are already swamped in debt. Some of these fake credit counseling agencies use deceptive tactics on customers who do not have any idea that they’re dealing with the wrong credit counseling agency.