This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

CFPB complaint data Grade F 12 complaints

South East Collection Specialist - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about South East Collection Specialist

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record south-east-collection-specialist South East Collection Specialist

Grade F · 12 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics

  • VOL 12
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 4
  • STATES 10
  • TIMELY 0%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Communication tactics
  • RANK #2,356
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1803 Capital, LLC (12 complaints)

1803 Capital, LLC1803 Capital, LLC12AC AutoPay LLC, Denver, CO BranchAC AutoPay LLC, Denver, CO B…12Account Recovery Service, Inc. (WI)Account Recovery Service, In…12A.C.S. Companies, Inc. IA.C.S. Companies, Inc. I12South East Collection Specialist (this)South East Collection Specia…12
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

South East Collection Specialist's 12 CFPB complaints sit next to 1803 Capital, LLC on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

How the 12 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for South East Collection Specialist, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
38.7/100
South East Collection Specialist

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume C
12
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response F
0%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Spiky monthly series

Georgia is the plurality state for South East Collection Specialist (16.7%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
Georgia 16.7%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 10 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month
2017-04 50.0%
3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#2,356 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does South East Collection Specialist compare to its peers?

How does South East Collection Specialist compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
South East Collection Specialist National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
4
7
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
0%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy South East Collection Specialist a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 0%50%100%150% 0%50%100%150% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) South East Collection Specialist vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate South East Collection SpecialistRubin Lublin, LLCThrift Investment Corp.Rolfe & Lobello, P.A.Timothy C. Runyan, P.C.Robert W. Warner & Associates, P.C.Total Recovery Services, IncReverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.Triton Management Group, Inc
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

South East Collection Specialist's complaint volume in context

South East Collection Specialist vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

12 57th percentile higher than 57% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. South East Collection Specialist 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
2017-04 2021-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Communication tactics
6
Attempts to collect debt not owed
2
False statements or representation
2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1

Where do complaints against South East Collection Specialist come from?

South East Collection Specialist's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against South East Collection Specialist

Across 10 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for South East Collection Specialist: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 12.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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