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Once you've paid off an account in collections, it will eventually fall off your credit report. If you'd like to expedite the process, you can request a goodwill removal. Removing a paid collection account is up to the discretion of your original creditor, who doesn't have to agree to your request.

Send a dispute The FCRA allows consumers to dispute credit report errors and fraud. So, if you check your credit report and discover a collection account that shouldn't be there, you can send a dispute to Equifax, TransUnion, or Experian and ask them to remove it.

If you've been a victim of identity theft, you can also get credit reporting companies to remove fraudulent information and debts from your credit report, which is called blocking. To do this, you must send the credit reporting companies: An identity theft report, which can be done through IdentityTheft.gov.

You'll need to dispute it with any credit reporting agency that's showing it on your credit report. The collections account information is correct, but you've made steps to remedy the situation. In this case, you can write a goodwill letter or pay for delete letter to ask for the account to be removed.

Send a copy of the letters to the bank/creditor(s) that furnished the fraudulent accounts and any debt collectors who have been engaging in collection activity with you over the account. Also, send the letters by certified mail so you have proof of delivery of the disputes to the creditor and collector.