TxCollect Inc. Dba CTI - Palisades Collection Fraud Austin Texas
TxCollect, Inc. dba CTI sent me a letter stating that their client, Palisades Collection, LLC has placed my account in their office for collection in the amount of $1174.66.
I called the number on the letter and asked what it was about and the gentlemen on the phone requested my social security number. I refused to give it to him and he stated he had to have my social security number to validate the account. I told him that I have never had an account with ATT Wireless and didn't owe this debt and said this was a fraud. He continued to state that he needed my social security number to validate the account after I had already given him the reference number on the letter, my name, and my address.
He said that he wouldn't tell me anything about the account unless I gave him my social security number. I hung up with him and I am very worried that they will put this on my credit report or what this is about? I have never had an account with ATT Wireless. What do I do to clear my name of this, because I see that this company (TxCollect,Inc. dba CTI) does indeed exist and is a legitimate collection agency? Please help
Brandon
St. Simons Island, Georgia
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
S.n.
Bucyrus,Kansas,
U.S.A.
Put It In Writing!
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, December 20, 2004
You need to send a letter, certified mail return receipt requested, to this collection agency and demand that they prove this is your debt. Since you have never had an AT&T account and this is not your debt, cc everything to the Attorney General's office in your state and the state where the collection agency is located, the District Attorney's office in your state/county and file a complaint with the FTC. If you do a search on AT&T and Palisades you will find you are not the only person who is dealing with this. The more people who report to the state and federal authorities, the sooner these companies can be stopped from attempting to collect on debts that are not valid.