Date Received: 2018-11-03T00:00:00
Product: Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX, I got an Alert from my XXXX XXXX that my credit score had dropped. I pulled a copy of my XXXX credit report and noticed that two identical bill for XXXX XXXX had been recently added from two different Collections Agencies ( XXXX XXXX & Receivables Performance ).
The problem is that I was never contacted by the Collection Agencies and the account with XXXX XXXX XXXX was paid in full back in XXXX.
Company: Receivables Performance Management, LLC
State/Zip: IL 604XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 3064845
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