POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints J. Brandon Black, Paul Grinberg, Robin R. Pruitt, Daniel Murphy and
George Brooker, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the
"Company"), any and all reports and forms required to be filed by the
undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder, including but not limited to all Forms 3,
4 and 5;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such report
or form and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar trading market; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in the form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or his or her substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports or forms pursuant to
Section 16 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 9th day of June, 2006.




                                               /s/ Glen V. Freter
                                               ______________________
                                               By:  Glen V. Freter