paying off collection company

[Anonymous]

I have a bill initiated in 2002 for $51.00.    I have been stobbornly refusing to pay as this is not mine (it's my ex-wife's, I think) but I cannot seem to prove this.  Will I do any good at all just to pay these guys or will this have no effect?

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handdancer wrote:

I have a bill initiated in 2002 for $51.00.    I have been stobbornly refusing to pay as this is not mine (it's my ex-wife's, I think) but I cannot seem to prove this.  Will I do any good at all just to pay these guys or will this have no effect?

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Hi handdancer! Have you read the credit scoring 101 thread? Great stuff!

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/fico/board/message?board.id=ficoscoring&thread.id=2654