Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania woman's lawsuit against Capital One claims she was harassed for months over an erroneous $286,651,237 credit card bill. The Philadelphia court lawsuit filed by Patrice Perry, 58, alleges the company used "terroristic debt-collection methods" while dunning her, family members and co-workers for months to collect on an erroneous debt, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Tuesday. Advertisement Craig Kimmel, Perry's attorney, said Capital One first sent an erroneous bill for $4,807 in May 2009 and the amount the bank claimed she owed fluctuated wildly between months. "It's not your typical scenario, where you'd expect if they were pursing debt with interest it would only go up," Kimmel said. "It went down and up and down and up. The only thing I can associate with that is that they were trying to confuse my client." The suit is seeking $286,651,237, the same amount Capital One claimed Perry owed. A Capital One spokeswoman said the company is working to correct the "human error" in Perry's case.
