Consumer complaint received 2021-01-14
Company: Solomon and Solomon, P.C.
State: NY
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not yours

Complaint:
ADDITIONAL INFORAMTION - Rebuttal to creditors response to complaint # XXXX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - The collection agency responded that this is a new debt and that I never contacted them to validate the debt. They are lying. 
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - They have been improperly reporting this debt with changing amounts on my credit report since XXXX. At that time the debt was being reported as owing {$1800.00} -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - I submitted a debt validation request and their response was to refuse to provide any documents and refusal to remove the debt from my credit report. Thereafter I had an attorney make attempts to communicate with Solomon & Solomon. My attorney sent Solomon and Solomon four ( 4 ) letters and the response from this collection agency masquerading as a law firm was to refuse to validate the debt. Refusal to provide any documents. Refusal to provide a copy of any signed agreement that obligated me to pay the debt or evidence that I ever opened an account in my name. 
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I have attached a copy of one the 4 letters that were sent to them by my attorney. 
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- This letter clearly highlights the fact that Solomon & Solomon 's response to complaint # XXXX wherein they state that this debt just began in XXXX and that I never contacted them is a BLATANT LIE and Purposeful Misrepresentation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- COPY OF complaint # XXXX I have attempted for a number of years to have this collection attorney remove this erroneous account from my credit report. I have written them with debt validation letters requesting ALL records for this debt, including but not limited to ALL documents that obligated me to the debt. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- They have never sent me a single solitary document and they refuse to remove the item from my credit report. 

Solomon & Solomon located at XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, NY XXXX is an unscrupulous collection agency masquerading as a law firm. Their collection tactics are disgusting and illegal. The are reporting a debt on my credit report that does not belong to me as follows : SOLOMON & SOLOMON # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX NY XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX Placed for collection:XX/XX/XXXX Responsibility : Individual Account Account Type : Open Account Loan Type : COLLECTION AGENCY/ATTORNEY Balance : {$5300.00} Date Updated:XX/XX/XXXX Original Amount : {$5300.00} Original Creditor : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Past Due : {$5300.00} Pay Status : In Collection Remarks : >PLACED FOR COLLECTION< Estimated month and year that this item will be removed : XX/XX/XXXX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- This debt is not mine, I have never executed any documents obligating me to make payments or receive service from the creditor XXXX at the address they say that the debt is for. I have never resided at the alleged address. This unscrupulous debt collector has refused to send me any records to validate this debt because they do not have any and can not produce them as a result

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation