Date Received: 2017-12-04
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not yours
Consumer Complaint: I have disputed this debt with multiple collection agencies. As soon as it is disputed and removed. It is then sold to a different company then the whole process starts all over again. I have disputed this debt with this current company, ERC, and informed them that I do not owe this debt. I have never been associated with the company that this debt has been purchased from. But this seems to fall into deaf hears. This XXXX dollars debt has been following me for the last four years and being sold to multiple collection agencies. My credit score takes a huge drop every time this shows up on my reports. Please help me get rid of this issue and hope I do n't have to deal with this again. Thank you
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: NY
Zip: 10459
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-12-05
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was paid
Consumer Complaint: I ran my credit report and found that I had a collection account on my report for XXXX. I called XXXX because I did not have a bill that was missed or not paid and XXXX confirmed this. I called the debt collection agency and asked about the debt and requested the debt validation paperwork within 30 days. The company did not respond. I called back months later and the company is still saying I owe the debt. They are calling all of my family members and leaving messages that I am in legal trouble. They never sent me the debt validation paperwork upon receiving the debt. They continue to harass me and my family through phone calls.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: TX
Zip: 77469
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-12-04
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not yours
Consumer Complaint: A company called XXXX XXXX COLLECTING A ON XXXX DEBT IS NOT MINE. This company just reported on my credit file. I am disputing and want this mistake removed ASAP. How does the credit agencies let this happen to consumers?
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: TX
Zip: 77014
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-12-04
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: Frequent or repeated calls
Consumer Complaint: I was called last week ( date not remembered ) by someone asking for my name but would not identify themselves or why they called ; other than they were with ERC. I asked this person to stop calling. NOTE : I do not have debt in collections ; I pay all of my bills " on time ''. Two weeks ago I was called by someone from ERC. On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX I received another call from the number identified in my caller ID. I went on-line and Googled the number. It is for " ERC '' ; a debt collector. I have asked that they never call my number again - but it has not worked for me. I am a senior citizen and wary of " SCAMS ''. I believe this is a scam because I do not have any debt in collections. I have severe XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX conditions, etc. Please make these people stop harassing me.
Company Response: Company believes the complaint is the result of a misunderstanding
State: GA
Zip: 30228
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-12-02
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: After over a year of my XXXX account being closed and being told by the store manager my account had a XXXX balance, XXXX without any prior communication placed a collection of my credit report for {$670.00}. I contacted them starting XX/XX/XXXX and spoke to numerous personnel including managers and was told my equipment had not been returned. I informed them that it 100 % was, and why would I need an old phone with no value. We later confirmed with the store manager on a conference call that they located the phone by an ID and it was in a warehouse. They then changed the story to state that now the collection was from fees and early cancellation, which it was not cancelled early. I had contacted the local XXXX ( XXXX ) store to verify when I was allowed to cancel without penalty and I therefore waited to do so until that date. XXXX sent the collection to XXXX XXXX where I disputed the amount and it was deleted. 3 months later in XX/XX/XXXX XXXX placed it again with a new company ERC. I contacted ERC and provided documentation of the previous deletion on XX/XX/XXXX, and ERC will not remove the account now.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: FL
Zip: 33971
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-12-04
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not yours
Consumer Complaint: not my debt. stop all communications with all household members.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: MA
Zip: 018XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-12-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-30
Issue: Written notification about debt
Subissue: Didn't receive notice of right to dispute
Consumer Complaint: My name is XXXX and today I received a telephone call from ERC regarding a debt that they stated I owed from XXXX XXXX. ERC said that this debt was owed from 2013 in the amount of XXXX. The representative, XXXX XXXX, was very mean and angry and I am a XXXX year old man with medical problems. I have never received a letter from this company regarding this debt and the representative demanded my credit card or a check by phone. I gave my daughter, XXXX XXXX, permission to speak with them because I felt threatened and did n't understand what was going on. She requested a supervisor and the supervisor was XXXX XXXX ID # XXXX. The supervisor admitted that they had not mailed a copy of this debt to me. My daughter advised that the telephone number that they contacted me on ( XXXX ) was on the national DNC list and was owned by her and should never have been called. The supervisor apologized for breaking the law and said that he would never contact me again. I am very stressed and displeased with the way I was treated my ERC. I am XXXX years old and this is no way to treat a senior citizen.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: GA
Zip: 30248
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-30
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-30
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Consumer Complaint: XXXX has a collection of {$900.00} from ERC. This apparently was from a XXXX XXXX account. I have never had XXXX XXXX in my life. I spoke to a rep at XXXX XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX, and they said they had no record for me. I have disputed this several times with XXXX, but every time I do, ERC reports it as just opened. I spoke to an XXXX rep and the latest dispute was XX/XX/XXXX, and ERC reported it opened in XX/XX/XXXX. How does that even make sense? I 'm trying to buy a house.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: NC
Zip: 28001
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-30
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-29
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I noticed the company reporting on my report late this summer. I called the company several times and ask them to provide me any documentation that the account was actually mine. This is a account with XXXX that I had ten years ago I switch my service for XXXX to XXXX I had to pay my bill in full. XXXX never sent me any other bill and all of sudden last year XXXX XXXX a collection agency started reporting on all three of my reports. I sent letters and letters and finally early this year the account was removed from my reports. Then late this summer it was right back on my report. I was given no documentation or letters from the credit bureaus that the account was mine and would go back on my report. So lately I been calling the collection company and XXXX and asking them to send me any documentation and I still received nothing. XXXX ca n't find anything when I give them my information to look up. Still today it is still showing on my credit report. I am in the Military and this can hurt my Security Clearance.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: MD
Zip: 21014
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-29
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-28
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft
Consumer Complaint: Creditor : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX - Another person took out cable service under my name and in a different state. I have completed/signed and sent an affidavit with the creditor. Filed a local police report. The creditor just made there third attempt with another collection agency ERC - XXXX, FL. XXXX XXXX XXXX Ignores the law ... .. Simple : take legal action and receive a court judgment if I am accountable.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: IL
Zip: 60515
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-28
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A