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Ed Silverstein
Country: United States
I have just received a collection notice for the 2nd fraudulent account that was set up with my social security number.  This has to be an inside job because Dish insists on getting social security numbers to set up an account.  I have had no other fraudulent accounts set up.  The last time is took me hours to correct the account and hundreds of dollars.  This is on top of Dish Network claiming that they never received the equipment that we sent back and charging us about $100.

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    If you are dealing with id theft..
    File a complaint with your local police, and get a copy of the police report.  You use that to dispute fraudulent accounts on your credit reports, including those made by collection agencies.  With every collection attempt, you send a letter disputing the alleged "debt" as fraudulent, with a copy of your police report.
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    If either the original creditor..
    a collection agency, or a credit reporting agency fails to remove the fraudulent information from your credit files in a timely manner, you can sue them for violation of FDCPA or FCRA/FACTA.  There are attorneys who take these cases on contingency since the law allow courts to award not only damages, but your attorney fees, if you win.
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    You can find a consumer attorney..
    in your state through www.naca.net
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    You should also..
    contact one of the 3 credit reporting agencies to file a fraud alert.  This notifies any potential creditors reviewing  your credit file to open a new account to contact you directly to verify whether it's fraudulent.  Notifying one will result in alerts on all 3, for 90 days.

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