What is the most common complaint against South East Collection Specialist?

The most common issue consumers report about South East Collection Specialist is "Communication tactics", specifically "Frequent or repeated calls". This is based on 12 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against South East Collection Specialist increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against South East Collection Specialist are rising. The company received 4 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is South East Collection Specialist's reputation grade?

South East Collection Specialist has a reputation grade of F (score: 38.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does South East Collection Specialist respond to consumer complaints?

South East Collection Specialist has a 0% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does South East Collection Specialist operate?

South East Collection Specialist has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (2 complaints).

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

South East Collection Specialist - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

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

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 #2356 · compose #5003

VOL 12
GRADE F
12MO 4
STATES 10
TIMELY 0%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #2,356
COMPOSE #5,003

Volume peers

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

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 →

Spiky monthly series

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

The 2017-04 spike coincides with a 2,647-place gap between volume rank #2,356 and composite #5,003. 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)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,356 volume; #5,003 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,647 places worse than volume

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 … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

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.

Georgia

2
North Dakota

2
Alabama

1
Arizona

1
Connecticut

1
Florida

1
New Jersey

1
New York

1

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

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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