Consumer complaint received 2018-08-14 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
This is not an account that is owned by me and I did not authorize anyone to open this account in my name. There where no other options that fit my dispute so I choice any option to progress.

I am a recovering victim of ID Theft which arose from a stolen wallet in XX/XX/XXXX and I have kept a vigilant eye on my credit so in XX/XX/XXXX I aquired my ( 3 ) credit reports from each of the bureaus and was horrified to find that there are ( 13 ) unknown accounts on my credit and numerous amounts of inquiries which I did not authorize therefore, I exercise my right to request validation for each of these accounts.

On XX/XX/XXXX using the address and account numbers reported on my credit report I wrote my first letter to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX account number XXXX for the amount of {$710.00} and XXXX XXXX XXXX account number XXXX for the amount of {$400.00} and did not receive a repsonse from this company.

On XX/XX/XXXX I wrote a second set letter this time mailing it by USPS certified mail and informed them again that the account was unknown to me and that I requested full validation including signed contracts and Identifiation used to qualify this customer. Please see the attached letters and proof of mail by certified delivery.

Again I received no resonse therefore for the THIRD time I wrote to XXXX XXXX  about these ( 2 ) unknown accounts reporting on my credit and again I received no response.

To determine if this is an issue of identity theft or somebody with the same name as I, I requested information verifying the transaction and details such as ; 1. was this account opened in person or on line 2. what identification was used to verify the customer opening the account my request was and still is for validation including competent evidence bearing my signature and a copy of the instrument used to secure a contractual agreement that now proves I am obligated to pay.

I made it clear in my letters that the negative marks found on my credit report held by the ( 3 ) reporting bureaus and reported by their company or any other company that they represent for this debt that I do not owe IS a violation of the FCRA and FDCPA and I requested that if this debt can not not be validated this company must take steps to have all reporting bureaus delete this entry immediately.

It is ridiculous that it is now over 12 months 1 year and 8 months to be exact for future reference since my initial request for validation in XX/XX/XXXXwhich is now well over the 30-45 day time frame as per law and this collection company is out of compliance.

Under advise, I wish to informed XXXX XXXX   that I am prepared to take steps to file a small claim case on both accounts in my county small claims court. I would like to make this one last good faith effort and ask for the assistance of the CFPB in obtaining one of two things 1. that this company provide me with full debt validation as per FCRA & FDCPA 2. deletion of this invalidated account from my credit reports

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief