Consumer complaint received 2023-05-04
Company: CCS Financial Services, Inc.
State: TX
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not yours

Complaint:
The following accounts are inaccurate and are in clear violation of my privacy. Which is a violation of the law. This is embarrassing and damaging to my reputation as a consumer. As the consumer I demand the following accounts be DELETED from my credit report immediately. Credit Collection Service I DID NOT GIVE ANY WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO HAVE THIS ACCOUNTS ON MY CONSUMER REPORT. I have not given you or anyone permission to access my credit profile and you have no permissible purpose by law to contact third parties with my private or personal information and that includes reporting any alleged debt to any consumer reporting agency.

Your offenses amount to Aggravated Identity Theft pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1028A. You have knowingly transferred, possessed, or used, without lawful authority, a means of identification of me, which is a felony punishable with up to 2 years of imprisonment, in addition to civil liability. 15USC 1681 ( a ) ( 4 ) A consumer has the right to Privacy- There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. You Are in Federal Violation on my rights, as a federally protected consumer who have the right to privacy. Credit Collection Serv has placed an account on my credit that appears to be a debt that was sold to them. On the account it lists XXXX XXXX as the original creditor. I have not done or agreed to do any business with Credit Collection Serv nor have I signed any contract with their company. I also have not given any credit bureau authorization to report this item therefore no permissible purpose exists. This is a direct violation of my rights 15 USC 1681. NO AUTHORIZATION OR CONSENT WAS GIVEN BY ME TO GIVE IC SYSTEM ACCESS TO MY REPORT OR TO FURNISH INFORMATION ON MY REPORT Your company is in clear violation of the law. Under 15 USC 1681b - permissible purpose of consumer reports, THE LAW CLEARLY STATES : ( b ) IN GENERAL Subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. Did I give you written instructions to furnish this on my credit report? Furthermore, the FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT 15 USC 1681 ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Exclusions from a consumer credit report clearly states : ( 2 ) EXCLUSIONS.Except as provided in paragraph ( 3 ), the term consumer report does not include ( A ) Subject to section 1681s-3 of this title, any ( i ) report containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report ; Furthermore, you do not have any jurisdiction or authority to even collect on this alleged debt. FDCPA 811 [ 15 USC 1692i ] Legal actions by debt collectors FDCPA 807 [ 15 USC 1692 ( e ) ( 3 ) ] False or misleading representations A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt. Without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this section : this agency is in violation of 15 USC 1681. Failure to respond satisfactorily with deletion of the above referenced account, and send out a free copy of my report after the changes have been made will result in legal actions being taken against your company, for which I will also be seeking {$1000.00} per violation for : 5. Defamation of Character ( per se ) 6. Negligent Enablement of Identity Fraud 7. Fair Debt Collections Practices Act 15 USC 1692g violations 8. Fair Credit Reporting Act 15USC 1681 violations for willful noncompliance - 616. Civil liability for willful noncompliance [ 15 U.S.C. 1681n ] Copy of link to Law Attached https : XXXX With all that was said above, for each VIOLATION of the FDCPA that you have committed I am entitled to {$1000.00} per violation. You dont believe me? Ok, let me show you what the law says : FDCPA 813 [ 15 USC 1692k ] Civil liability ( a ) Amount of damages Except as otherwise provided by this section, any debt collector who fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter with respect to any person is liable to such person in an amount equal to the sum of -- ( XXXX ) any actual damage sustained by such person as a result of such failure. ( 2 ) ( A ) in the case of any action by an individual, such additional damages as the court may allow, but not exceeding {$1000.00}. Your Options are as follows : Delete this account and cease and desist with all collection activities. Settlement ; or We go to court and you incur lawyer fees, plus pay me {$1000.00} per violation along with more in damages.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation