Consumer complaint received 2024-02-06 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: TRANSWORLD SYSTEMS INC
State: VT

Complaint narrative:
In response to CFPB : XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX SOC SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, VT XXXX TODAYS DATE : XX/XX/XXXX TRANSWORLD SYSTEM INC/ XXXX To Whom It May Concern : This letter is being sent to you in response to a notice a couple entries by your company on mycredit reports. Be advised that this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 ( b ) that your claim is disputed and validation isrequested.This is NOT a request for verification or proof of my mailing address, but a request for VALIDATION made pursuant to the above named Title and Section. I respectfully request that your offices provide me with competent evidence that I have any legal obligation to pay you. According to the FDCPA you must validate a debt to a debtor if the debtor responds to your primary notice within a matter of days. Under the FDCPA and according to recent findings with the Federal Trade Commission, you must send valid proof of this debt and a printout of records is not valid. See FTC.gov staff attorney opinion findings for details. Please dont send back a print out. 

What do I need you to provide as the debt validation. 

What the money you say I owe is for Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe Provide me with copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe Provide a verification or copy of any judgment if applicable Identify the original creditor Prove the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state Provide me with your license numbers and Registered Agent Proof that the collection company owns the debt/or has been assigned the debt. ( You are legallyentitled to collect this particular debt from me. ) This is basic contract law. 

Complete payment history, starting with the original creditor. ( I need to have proof of my payment history with original Creditor, what the amount of the debt was when the creditor assigned the debt to your company, and what fees/interest has been tacked on to this debt andhow you/they determined these fees. ) This requirement was established by the case Fields v.Wilber Law Firm, Donald L. Wilber and Kenneth Wilber, USCA-02-C-0072, 7th Circuit Court , Sept 2004.. 

Copy of the original signed loan agreement or credit card application. ( My contract with theoriginal creditor establishing the debt between us. ) This is also basic contract law. 

At this time I will also inform you that if your offices have reported invalidated information toany of the 3 major Credit Bureau XXXX XXXX, XXXX or XXXX ) this action might constitute fraudunder both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact, if any negative mark is found on any of my creditreports by your company or the company that you represent **Furthermore, in your response to sending you a police report, Your company have violated the provisions of section 605B, 623 ( a ) ( 6 ), or 615 ( f ), You have no prooofs to offer to support a dispute, and thus your asserton in the form of a polcie report is being used to obtain blockage, not contest the accuracy of its reportin Stating that you have reason to determine that you have made a misrepresentation of material fact relevant to the request to block ; c ) XXXX has reason to determine that you obtained possession of goods Respond As a victim of identity theft ( meaning Identity theft is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, such as Social Security or driver 's license numbers, in order to impersonate someone else ) I have provided relevant information about my Identity Theft Report. FCRA 605B ( b ), 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ( b ). Such notification by a CRA triggers two obligations for the furnisher. First, under FCRA section 623 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ), you must not allowed the furnisher may not continue to report that information to any CRA. FCRA 623 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ), 15 U.S.C. 1681s- 2 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ). Second, under FCRA section 615 ( f ), it may not sell or transfer that debt to anyone else who would try to collect it. FCRA 615 ( f ), 15 U.S.C. 1681m ( f ) .As required by section 611 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C . 1681i, a copy of which is enclosed, I am requesting that the item ( s ) be removed [ or request another specific change ] to correct the information. You have no way to ascertain the legitimacy of my action without investigating the items in question Please send me all document regarding such record, court documents ] supporting my position. ] Please reinvestigate [ this/these matter ( s ) ] and [ delete or correct ] the disputed item ( s ) as soon as possible Thank you. 
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Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation