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Correction Letters

Correction Letters

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If there is a bankruptcy, lien, judgment, personal data, or any other data, including public records you feel is incorrectly reporting on any or all of the credit bureaus, you would input that just like any other negative account.

For public records, you don’t do anything special except instead of “Creditor Name” you would input Bankruptcy, Lien, Judgment, etc. and instead of “Account Number” you would enter in a docket number.

Many states do not report bankruptcies and other public records to the credit bureaus. The credit bureaus often get the information from third parties, so a simple validation letter can remove them. When it comes to bankruptcy, it is important your attorney DOES NOT put the credit bureaus in your petition.

 

Things that should be considered are:

  1. any addresses that are not current,
  2. incorrect spellings and abbreviations of your name
  3. any  aliases,
  4. wrong suffixes i.e. Senior, Junior, the III etc.
  5. wrong date of birth,
  6. wrong social security number,
  7. any telephone numbers that are not current,
  8. any account numbers that are incorrect,
  9. any employment history not current,
  10. any liens or judgments,
  11. and child support.
  12. wrong creditor (especially if creditor has changed named or gone out of business.

Why do we do this?

Because even the slightest errors are reason enough for them to be removed. After they are removed, any debts associated with the wrong information, or old information are more easily removed.

Nefarious collection agencies buy old debts for very cheap and attach them to your credit report through old addresses, employment, aliases or telephone numbers as a way to “legally” report this new debt.

Also, there is a very real issue of identity theft. old addresses and other incorrect information are regularly used to establish credit where you are never contacted. This is where credit monitoring can be a big help.

Credit Bureau Addresses:

  • TransUnion, P.O. Box 2000, Chester, PA 19022
  • Equifax, P.O. Box 740256, Atlanta, GA 30374
  • Experian, P.O. Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013

CREDIT BUREAU CORRECTION LETTER (Change according to the situation and the credit bureau.)

[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR ADDRESS]

Phone: [YOUR PHONE NUMBER]
Fax: [YOUR FAX NUMBER]
Date of Birth: [YOUR DATE OF BIRTH]
Social Security Number: [YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER]
Tradeline Account Number: [ACCOUNT NUMBER]

[BILL COLLECTORS NAME]
[COLLECTION AGENCY NAME]
[COLLECTION AGENCY ADDRESS]

Name of OC: [NAME OF ORIGINAL CREDITOR]

[TODAY’S DATE]

Re: Letter to Remove Inaccurate Credit Information To Whom It May Concern:

I found that my credit report and found the following item(s) to be errors. Here as follows are items in error:

After hearing about the number of inaccuracies in credit reports as reported by the media it is important to correct my information. I am also concerned about identity theft by using inaccurate information in my credit report.

The following names are reporting incorrectly and must be removed immediately:

  • [WRONG NAMES HERE] //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong names you find on the credit report.//

The following suffixes are reporting incorrectly and must be removed immediately:

  • [WRONG SUFFIXES HERE] //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong suffixes you find on the credit report.//

The following addresses are reporting incorrectly and must be removed immediately:

  • [OLD ADDRESSES HERE] //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong addresses you find on the credit report.//

The following employment info is reporting incorrectly and needs to be removed immediately:

  • [INPUT EMPLOYMENT INFO HERE] // Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong  employment you find on the credit report.//

The following aliases are reporting incorrectly and need to be removed immediately:

  • [INPUT ALIAS HERE]   //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong  aliases you find on the credit report.//

The following aliases are reporting incorrectly and need to be removed immediately:

  • [INPUT TELEPHONE NUMBER HERE]   //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong  telephone numbers you find on the credit report.//

The following social security number(s) are reporting incorrectly and need to be removed immediately:

  • [INPUT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER HERE]   //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong social security numbers you find on the credit report.//

The following tradeline needs to be removed immediately:
Creditor Name: [CREDITOR’S NAME]
Account Number: [ACCOUNT NUMBER]
Explanation: Please verify and validate all data for this account, every notation, dates and balances, whether reported or not.

 //Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong  TRADELINE  you find on the credit report.//

 

The following account needs to be removed immediately:
Creditor Name: [BANKRUPTCY, LIEN, JUDGMENT, etc.]
Docket Number: [DOCKET NUMBER]
Explanation: Please verify and validate all data for this account, every notation, dates and balances, whether reported or not.

//Input (on different lines) any other old or wrong  TRADELINE  you find on the credit report.//

 

Because of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, I demand that these items be investigated and removed from my report. I understand that you are suppose to recheck these items with the creditor who has posted them. Please remove any and all information that the creditor cannot verify. I understand that under 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681i(a), you must complete this reinvestigation within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

Please send and fax an updated copy of my credit report to the above address. According to the act, there shall be no charge for this updated report. I also request that you please send notices of corrections to anyone who received my credit report in the past six months.

Thank you for your time and help in this matter.

Sincerely,
[YOUR SIGNATURE]

[YOUR NAME]

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