Are debt collectors allowed to threaten you? 

Verbally or physically threatening debtors for debt collection is against the law. Here are other other illegal practices that debt collectors should not do:

• Terrorizing you, a member of your family, or anybody related to you
• Sending fake letters that imitate court archives
• Badgering
• Calling your phone at work or at home the whole day
• Disclosing private information to one of your colleagues
• Holding one of your relatives accountable for the debt collection