Consumer complaint received 2024-04-27
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES INC (UT)

Portfolio Recovery has violated my consumer rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ) 15 USC 1692 ( g ) b Validation of debts. I refuse to pay this alleged debt until the proper validation of this debt is provided. Please cease and desist all collection activities until you can properly validate this alleged debt. Furthermore, I request verification of the alleged debt, specifically, a copy of a contract or agreement. Said contract or agreement must be with the original creditor and signed by all parties involved. You are illegally attempting to collect this alleged debt and money that I do not owe. This Cease and desist include but not limited to any collection attempts and or reporting of this account to any CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY. 15 USC 1692c ( c ) Ceasing communication FDCPA 811 [ 15 USC 1692i ] Legal actions by debt collectors FDCPA 807 [ 15 USC 1692 ( e ) ( 3 ) ] False or misleading representations My next step will be under FDCPA 813 [ 15 USC 1692k ] Civil liability 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 Actual damages plus legal fees This account wasn't opened in XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Portfolio Recovery obtained this account in XXXX. Under the New Rule REGULATION F which took effect XX/XX/XXXX, Portfolio Recovery violated my right under the FDCPA 1006.30a and its new rule by parking this alleged debt on my consumer reports. Cease and Desist the reporting of this alleged Debt immediately or I will escalate this matter to taking legal action. Portfolio Recovery has not done an investigation to prove this debt! You don't have license to collect in this state and this account is past the law limits.By the way, if you ever decide to turn this alleged debt over to an attorney to collect and violate my rights under the FDCPA 15 USC 1692 even further, just keep in mind that an attorney can not be a debt collector and a debt collector can not be an attorney. 
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 : The false representation or implication that any individual is an attorney or that any communication is from an attorney. 
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 ( 1 ) any actual damage sustained by such a 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 : 1 ) Delete this account and cease and desist with all collection activities ; 2 ) Settlement ; or 3 ) We go to court, and you incur lawyer fees, plus pay me {$1000.00} per violation along with more in damages. 
Following accounts # XXXX XXXX XXXX