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- Apr 21, 2010
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No this is not a joke... I received a bill for 1800.00 from collection agency who claims that I owe them money. Was not sure for what but the collection notice mentions Verizon as original debtor.
Then ... please do not fall from your chair. The bill is from 1996.
I am a foreigner ... and do recall that I used my landlords phone and paid $9.99 per month but never had a contract or agreed to anything... that was back in 1997.
After visiting Verizon I gave them last chance to clean my name but they claim that I never had account with them or a phone and they never had a contract with me.
What I assume that... when I had my phone they had my name... and when I canceled they had fraudulently made a huge tax write off thinking that I am stupid foreigner and will never find out about it.
Now after 14 years collection agency is writing me letters and are convinced that I owe them for something that I never owed. I am not willing to talk to them or even go in to any details since they are "fraud".
I exhausted every option and now want to take them to small claims court. What do I actually base my claim on? There are so many things that they violate... What would I base my small claims case and for how much can I sue?
I am patient and did all this 12 years ago ( I mean writing letters; asking for contract; removed from all credit reports)... it takes $90 to take them to court $7.00 to write the letter. If Judge awards me any money for damages maybe that would teach a better lesson than a letters that they are receiving from thousands of customers... Just do not know if such action is permissible since so many people here are just so used to getting "screwed" and do nothing. I would like to prove my point.. is it possible to do this in Small Claims Court?
Then ... please do not fall from your chair. The bill is from 1996.
I am a foreigner ... and do recall that I used my landlords phone and paid $9.99 per month but never had a contract or agreed to anything... that was back in 1997.
After visiting Verizon I gave them last chance to clean my name but they claim that I never had account with them or a phone and they never had a contract with me.
What I assume that... when I had my phone they had my name... and when I canceled they had fraudulently made a huge tax write off thinking that I am stupid foreigner and will never find out about it.
Now after 14 years collection agency is writing me letters and are convinced that I owe them for something that I never owed. I am not willing to talk to them or even go in to any details since they are "fraud".
I exhausted every option and now want to take them to small claims court. What do I actually base my claim on? There are so many things that they violate... What would I base my small claims case and for how much can I sue?
I am patient and did all this 12 years ago ( I mean writing letters; asking for contract; removed from all credit reports)... it takes $90 to take them to court $7.00 to write the letter. If Judge awards me any money for damages maybe that would teach a better lesson than a letters that they are receiving from thousands of customers... Just do not know if such action is permissible since so many people here are just so used to getting "screwed" and do nothing. I would like to prove my point.. is it possible to do this in Small Claims Court?