Amid reports of a widespread mortgage backed securities investor uprising and a multi-billion dollar lawsuit from AIG comes a account that Bank of America made numerous harassing phone calls to a widow, during her newly deceased husband's wake. A suit brought against Bank of America and various bank entities by the 63-year-old woman alleges the bank called every 15 minutes, to a line set up on speaker phone for people to call in and give their condolences, trying to collect on a missed mortgage payment.
The woman says that she had spoken with Bank of America the day before the wake, making them aware her husband had just died and requesting a 30 day extension to pay on the mortgage, to get her husband's affairs in order. After again speaking to the bank regarding the frequency of the calls, the bank told her the calls were computer generated and would not stop until the past due payment was made. The woman says she and her husband had been current on their payments up to the immediate period surrounding her husband's death.
While this is an extreme example of collection efforts by a bank, it is an important example of the extent some banks will go to in order to collect on your mortgage. If you are currently, or will soon be facing, a Florida Foreclosure Lawsuit, contact a Jacksonville Foreclosure Lawyer or a Florida Foreclosure Lawyer today to determine what foreclosure alternatives may be available in your specific case.
