Consumer complaint received 2024-02-17 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
This letter is being sent to you in response to notices sent to me from your company and more importantly, due to your erroneous reporting to the Credit Bureau { XXXX }, the highly negative impact on my credit report. Please be advised that this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 { b } that your claim is disputed and validation is requested.

This is NOT a request for verification or proof of my mailing address, but a request for VALIDATION made under 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.

Please provide me with the following...

1 What money do you say I owe? : 2 Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe : 3 Provide me with copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe : 4 Provide a verification or copy of any judgment if applicable : 5 Identify the original creditor : 6 Prove the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account : 7 Show me what you are licensed to collect in my state : 8 Provide me with your license numbers and Registered Agent or Agent of Service : At this time I will also inform you that if your offices have reported invalidated information to any of the XXXX major Credit Bureaus { XXXX, XXXX, or XXXX } this action might constitute fraud under both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact, if any negative mark is found on any of my credit reports by your company or the company that you represent, I will not hesitate to bring legal action against you for the following : XXXX Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act XXXX Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act XXXX Defamation of Character If your offices can provide proper documentation as requested in the following Declaration, I will require at least 30 days to investigate this information and during such time all collection activity must cease. 

Also, during this validation period, if any action is taken that could be considered detrimental to any of my credit reports, I will consult with my legal counsel for suit. This includes listing any information with a credit reporting repository that could be inaccurate or invalidated or verifying an account as accurate when there is no provided proof that it is accurate. 

If your company fails to respond to this validation request within 30 days from the date of your receipt, all references to this account must be deleted and completely removed from my credit report and a copy of such deletion { to any/all of the XXXX major credit reporting bureaus : XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX } request shall be sent to me immediately. 

I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your company to my home or my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer-generated calls and calls or correspondence sent to or with any third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted. 

It would be advisable that you ensure your records are in order before I am forced to take legal action against your company and your client. This is an attempt to correct your records, any information obtained shall be used for that purpose.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation