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Complaint Review: Collection Company Of America - Norwell Massachusetts

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  • Collection Company Of America PO Box 5055 Norwell, Massachusetts U.S.A.

Collection Company Of America KEEPS REPORTING DELETED FRAUD ACCOUNT Ripoff Norwell Massachusetts

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In Nov of 2006, I was turned down for credit. I checked the credit reporting agencies and found 2 bogus addresses in Virginia and a Sprint account in collection. West Assest Management had filed the collection account the first time. I reported fraud to police and West Assest and credit agencies. They put a block on my credit while they investigated.

I sent certified all the information all requested.

I received a delete of the Sprint account off my credit report.

Two months ago I started getting calls from Collection Company of America. I checked my credit report to find the collection back on in the name of Collection Company of America I called and spoke to 6 different people with nothing resolved. I called the Credit reporting agencies again and they did another investigation and AGAIN deleted the collection from my account. I do have a Fraud alert on my credit reports. I called Collection Company of America and they told me they could put it back on anytime they wanted again.

I called my Attorney Generals office in Delaware, very helpful but was told it was a Federal complaint. I called the Ftc and was put on with an indifferent bored girl who couldn't care less, I was then transferred to her supervisor who told me they would take note of the complaint but unless they got alot of complaints little would be done. I was told to get an attorney if they kept putting it back on my account.

My biggest gripe are these two paragraphs that come from the FTC themselves.....
Any. consumer reporting company that has accpeted your Identity Theft Report is obligated to notify the information provider about the block. If a consumer reporting company tells an information provider that it has blocked fraudulent information in your credit report, the information provider may not continue to report that information to the consumer reporting company. The information provider also may not collect the debt that relates to the fraudulent account, or sell that debt to anyone else who would try to collect report the information if it later learns that the information does not result from identity theft.

Any consumer reporting company that has accpeted your Identity Theft Report is obligated to notify the information provider about the block. If a consumer reporting company tells an information provider that it has blocked fraudulent information in your credit report, the information provider may not continue to report that information to the consumer reporting company. The information provider also may not collect the debt that relates to the fraudulent account, or sell that debt to anyone else who would try to collect.

How many more people out there is it being done to. Thousands or more I bet.... They have sold my account from West Assest Management to US Assest Management Inc with Collection Company of America doing the collecting. Are they all the same companies????? They violated the first two paragraphs from the FTC. If more people are having problems from these 3 companies please report them. Maybe we can do something in numbers. Because it doesn't seem to count with the FTC when its 1.

Doris
wilmington, Delaware
U.S.A.

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AUTHOR: Megon - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, January 17, 2010

Collection Company of America, CCA, Collecto, Inc., EOS CCA, and many other trade names assicated with this company are illegal. They have registered many trade names with the Colorado Secretary of State. Do a search on each of their trade names, as well as Collecto, Inc., and the newest one EOS CCA (EOS HOLDINGS) print each of their applications. In court the representative presented certificates of license, however the Attorney General's Office lists their licenses as inactive, accept for one, and it is not the one registered to Collecto, Inc. Make sure you do your homework. If you have enough of the evidence to prove they are an illegal "Trade Name", you may be able to sue for thousnads of dollars. Some of the violations award specific damages, while others award actual damages. Regardless of weither you owe a debt or not, this company if properly sue will not see a dime of your money. Not paying your bills is not a defense that can be raised against you. Everyone falls short at one point in time. If you have collection companies knocking on your door, it is because they purchased your debt at pennies on the dollar. Most collection companies will not sue you, but when they do, make sure you do your reseaarch on them. There are less than a dozen collection companies in america who are in good standing. Most of them will argue, curse, and get irritated when you tell them you are not gonna pay them. They are fueled off of agression. You never have to talk to them, and if you write them a letter telling them not to contact you, they have to follow your request, or they can be sued. Record your calls with them, and make sure you mail letters certified. CCA, Collection Company of America has been sued many times, and have lost many lawsuits for violation of the FDCPA. One of the Parent Companies they claim to be Collecto, Inc. recently lost a class action lawsuit, see Castro v Collecto, Inc. My sugestion to you regardless of weither or not you owe a debt, is to #1 mail a letter requesting validation of the debt, a written notice of assignment, and a full accounting record of the debt, to include all payments you have made, outstanding balances, and what exactly the debt is for. Remember that they have the burden of proof that you owe this debt. Most of the time their records are not accurate, and they will avoid persuing accounts that are inaccurate and incomplete. They have to validate the debt as their own. In my case they representative said that if that I want that information I can go to the hospital and request it myself. That is her big mistake, I am not the one required to obtain that information, the burden is hers, and not mine. #2 File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, and the Secretary of State, as well as the Attorney General. The more complaints they receive against these people, the more they will persue them. See the case of The United States of America v LTD Finalcial Services. This case was brought by the Federal Trade Commision after hundreds of complaints were filed against a collection agency that violated the FDCPA against hundreds of people. It takes a lot of complaints to catch the attention of the FTC, and States. The forms are located on the websites of all theses agencies, and it doesnt cost a dime, you dont need an attorney, you just need a valid complaint. Makes sure you save copies of all correspondences. False reporting on a credit report is also punishable in criminal courts, as well as monitery damages. Do your homework on these people, and know that it is illegal to conduct business under more than one assumed name. These people have registered and actively use at least 6 names that I have found so fa in Colorado alone. I printed the applications to the Secretary of State, and printed their license status off the Attorney General's website. #3 sue them, sue all of their trade names, and stick to it. Eventually something as big as another class action lawsuit will bring these people to their knees, or at least force them to create new alias'.

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