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To verify a debt collector, ask them to provide: Their name. Company name. Company street address. Telephone number. Professional license number, if your state licenses debt collectors.

If you don't receive a validation notice within 10 days of the first contact, request one from the debt collector the next time you're contacted. Ask for the debt collector's mailing address at this time as well, in case you decide to request a debt verification letter.

The federal Act prohibits a number of abusive or misleading practices. For example, a collector cannot make threats of violence or use obscene or profane language, or repeated annoying telephone calls. They cannot make false or misleading statements about the amount owed or whom they represent.

A debt validation letter is a letter that debt collectors must provide that includes information about the size of your debt, when to pay it, and how to dispute it. A debt collection letter essentially proves you owe the debt collector money.

Debt Validation Letter Example I am requesting that you provide verification of this debt. Please send the following information: The name and address of the original creditor, the account number, and the amount owed. Verification that there is a valid basis for claiming I am required to pay the current amount owed.

If you've been contacted by a collection agency, the collectors are required to send you a written notice within five days of the first contact. If you have not received a debt validation letter, you have the right to request one by writing a debt verification letter, or a debt dispute letter.