What is a debt settlement scrub?

A debt settlement scrub is the process of checking a portfolio of accounts against a database of debt settlement enrollments to find which consumers are enrolled in a debt settlement program — and which are not.

Why portfolios get scrubbed

A consumer enrolled in a debt settlement program is paying the settlement company, not the creditor. Working that account the normal way — calls, letters, skip tracing, even suit — spends money against payments that are already committed elsewhere. A scrub finds those accounts before the spend happens, and it finds the other valuable group too: consumers who dropped out of a program and are workable again.

What a scrub returns

  • Currently enrolled — and the debt settlement company holding the enrollment
  • Dropped out — with the date the consumer left the program
  • An “as of” date on every result, so freshness is never a guess
  • Portfolio analysis: hit rate, enrolled vs. dropped split, top companies

How it runs at EnrolledHits

  • Accounts are submitted through secured channels — real-time API or SFTP
  • Identifiers are converted to one-way hashes on arrival; raw SSNs are never stored
  • Start with a full-inventory scrub, then scrub new placements weekly
  • Monitoring watches the whole inventory monthly after that
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Debt settlement scrub — questions

What data does a scrub need from me?

Account identifiers for matching, submitted through the secured channel set up at onboarding. Identifiers are hashed on arrival and raw values are never stored.

How is a scrub different from monitoring?

A scrub is a point-in-time check of a portfolio. Monitoring keeps watching: your whole inventory is re-checked monthly and you receive the changes — new enrollments and drop-outs. Most customers start with a full scrub and put the inventory on monitoring the same day.

Does a scrub cover credit counseling (DMP) enrollments?

No. The EnrolledHits network covers for-profit debt settlement programs only — no credit-counseling or debt management plan records.

How current is the data behind a scrub?

The network is kept current — refreshed as often as daily — and every hit carries an “as of” date.

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Send your first file this week. We set up your secured access, run your full-inventory scrub, and turn monitoring on the same day — plans priced by volume, quoted for your portfolio.

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