Single mom stripped of her paycheck over debt she ‘doesn’t know anything about’ – she had to quit job & still owes $20k

A STRUGGLING single mom has been forced to quit her job after her paychecks were being skimmed to pay a debt she says she doesn’t owe.

Priscilla Douglas lost thousands of dollars paying for a car she never purchased, and she still owes a massive $20,000.

A debt collection agency hired by a now-defunct car dealership is hounding Douglas for cash stemming from a 2012 purchase of a 1999 Saturn.

They say she cosigned for the car, but the mom claims, “I’ve never been able to co-sign for anything in my life,” NBC affiliate KFOR reported.

Douglas thought the situation was a misunderstanding, so she ignored it and was ready to prove her innocence in court.

However, she got a nasty shock when she realized the collectors wouldn’t serve her and instead started snatching money from her paychecks.

Now, she’s desperately seeking answers from the company and has had to quit her job to stop losing thousands.

The horrific situation left the Oklahoma mom feeling “robbed” of the money she desperately needed to support her family.

“I don’t know if the car was repossessed. I don’t know if it was given back,” she told the outlet.

“I don’t know whose name is on the car. I don’t know nothing.”

Douglas is fighting back against the so-called bogus debt because it affects her family and her ability to care for her kids.

She appeared in court last month for a hearing with an attorney representing the collectors, but she claims they didn’t have much proof she signed for the car.

For now, Douglas is in the dark desperately waiting to get back to a normal life.

“I want them to leave me alone, and I want the courts to do something to where this is prevented,” she said.

WHY ARE WAGES GARNISHED?

Employers can take money out of workers’ paychecks and direct the funds elsewhere through a practice called garnishment.

This usually takes place under a court order or official notice.

Those affected might be behind on child support, student loans, or other debts to various creditors.

Each garnishment has a special set of rules, and employers can extract a set rate depending on the charge.

Employers are required by law to set aside the cash until the debt is fully paid off.

Consumers should know collectors must send a legal notice that wages will be garnished, and they have the power to dispute any charge in court.

Another woman was left horrified after losing $4,200 in savings when she paid her gas bill.

And a different scorned worker knew something was wrong when $1,000 mysteriously disappeared from their paycheck.