Date Received: 2018-03-28T00:00:00
Product: Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: I have constantly contacted this company for validation of this debt.
I never received any documentation from them proving that this is mine.
Ive never received correspondence from them either.
Im not even sure how this ended up on my credit report without my knowledge of this in the first place.
Also I do believe a medical file being sold to a collection agency is in violation of the hippa law.
Company: California Business Bureau, Inc.
State/Zip: CA 923XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2855680
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