National Credit Solutions, Collection
Agency, RIP-OFF - BREAKING THE LAW & VERY RUDE
I received a notice from a company who monitors my credit report
recently and noticed that a derogatory account was added to my credit report for something I did not authorize authorize or give my approval on. I found out it
was an account with Columbia House stating I owed $54 and they said in 2007 I
signed up for free DVD movies. However, they reported this to the 3 credit
bureaus this account became
delinquent in 2008 when it was closed.
I’m pretty sure there is some
violation of the law because I was never contacted by Columbia House or
National Credit Solutions to tell me I had any type of debt, but they felt it necessary
to add this information to my CREDIT REPORT as delinquent not paid! We all know
these days when something is added to a credit report it takes an act of
congress to fix it or have it removed. Common sense should tell this company or a business not to inflict damages on someone's credit until they have made contact with the consumer and verified the debt.
100% of all corporations and credit card companies today will put
your account in delinquent status if you do not pay after 30 days, and close
the account after 90 days.
When I called National Credit Solutions and spoke to a lady this
evening about this account, I was being very professional and nicely asked her
to show me proof the account is mine, and that I was disputing the $54 amount
and wanted to know why I was not contacted by their company to allow me to
dispute this matter before they added it to my CREDIT REPORT.
When began discussing this information the lady that I was
speaking to would start talking over me and not allow me to finish talking, and
then she started yelling at me. I asked to speak with a supervisor and the lady
told me there was one available, but I would be on hold for a long time before
I was able to speak with one.
The supervisor finally came on the
line in what the lady said would be approximately 15 minutes, is this because
there are so many complaint against their company. I explained the circumstances
regarding this account and the she told me the process of how their procedures
worked. I asked her why I was never contacted by their company and she said
they were not required by law to send a letter or notify a consumer they were
adding a delinquent account to a credit report. I advised her type of business
practice was unacceptable and they should have notified me before the account
was added to my credit report. She said they would be mailing me out a dispute
letter and I would have 30 days to notify their company. I asked her if she
would mail this to my current mailing address and when I started to give her
the information she finished telling me the rest of my address. This clearly
shows this company had my current mailing address and never attempted to
contact me regarding this matter.
I have never made a payment, and have never once received any
letter, phone call, email, or communication with this company because if I did,
I would have paid the bill, if I did owed it.
THIS COMPANY IS CLEARLY IN VIOLATION OF FTC LAWS. IT IS FLAT OUT
ILLEGAL AND AGAINST THE LAW.
National Credit Solutions HAS CLEARLY violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by reporting
false, deceptive and misleading information about the plaintiff to the three
national credit reporting agencies.
I AM TAKING THE FOLLOWING ACTION IMMEDIATELY:
1. Filing a ripoff report here so everyone will know about this
company.
2. Filing a report with the BBB in their local area
3. Filing an FTC complaint
4. Filing a report with the Attorney General’s Office
5. Contacting an Attorney
BEWARE! Always check your credit reports. You can go to and you
can check your reports online every day, each month and see what is going on.
The collection agencies do this because
they know they can get away with it, and they can re-age old accounts whenever
they feel like it, because they are getting away with it.
But they are not getting away with this with me either!
Victim of fraud
Saint Louis, Missouri
U.S.A.
A big thank you too Victim of Fraud from Long beach, CA for their response
to review and inform other consumer pertaining to this company’s unacceptable
business practices.
