Consumer complaint received 2024-12-09
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: False statements or representation — Indicated you were committing crime by not paying debt
Company: Harris & Harris, Ltd. (TX)

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o Whom It May Concern : I recently received a debt collection notice from your office. I am writing to verify that you have contacted the correct individual and to request that you provide documentation confirming this. Please supply me with a copy of any contract or agreement signed with your company or the original creditor. In accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ), I request the following information : 1. The name and address of the original creditor and the current creditor. 2. Verification of the debt amount you are seeking to collect, including evidence that a contract exists creating the amount you claim is owed. 3. Documentation of all assignments showing the transfer of the debt from the original creditor to the current creditor. 4. Proof that the original creditor securitized the debt. 5. Documentation showing the assignments of the debt from the original creditor to the secured trust and then back to the original creditor. 6. Chain of Custody 7. Assignment of Contract Please cease and desist from collecting on this debt until you have provided validation of the debt. 
Additionally, I request that you do not access my credit report or report anything to my credit bureaus. I dispute the validity of this debt amount, and this dispute should be reflected on my credit report if you have already reported this debt. 
Permissible Purpose Please state your permissible purpose for accessing my credit information. I dispute your right to do so. 
Notification to Other Collectors I dispute that I owe this debt to you. Should you transfer this debt to another collector, please inform them of my dispute regarding the validity of this debt. 
I have not received a validation response to my request for verification on the debt. You have not sent me designation or proof of ownership of the debt or identification of the original creditor and subsequent assignees of the debt. As you know under 15 USC 1692g ( a ) the CFPB recently increased the requirements of a debt collectors validation response to the following : Name and mailing information of the debt collector ; and Name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed ; and Account number ( if any ) associated with the debt ; and An itemization of the current amount of the debt that reflects interest, fees, payments, and credits since a particular date that you may be able to recognize or verify with records ; and, the current amount of the debt as of when the validation notice is provided.

None of the above were provided to me. 
PURSUANT TO THE FDCPA, I WOULD LIKE THE FOLLOWING PROVIDED : 1. THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL AND CURRENT CREDITOR 2. VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE SEEKING TO COLLECT 3. ASSIGNMENT FROM THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITH MY NAME AND ORIGINAL ACCOUNT NUMBER ON THE ORIGINAL DEBT 4. ALL INFORMATION ON THE SECURITIZATION OF THE DEBT AND PROOF THE DEBT WAS ASSIGNED BACK TO UNDER FEDERAL LAW : Pursuant to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  and 15 USC 1692g ( b ), you are required to cease and desist from collecting upon the debt ( including contacting a debtors credit ) until you properly validate and verify the debt amount. 
Please do not look at my credit or report anything to my credit reports as I dispute I owe this debt to you and that dispute should be stated on my credit report. Do not contact my credit report.