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I opened a Bank of America credit card account in March 2004.I fell behind in payments and the account was charged off. The Date of Last Activity is listed as May 2008. I worked with a collection agency and paid the entire charged off amout between 2009 and June 2012. My FICO Score Power Reports from 2013 used to reflect that it was a paid charge off and they showed the follwing late payments:
I just pulled my FICO Score Report for January 2015 and a bunch of late payments have been added to the 90+ days late column. Now it looks like this:
The Date of Last Activity it still showing up as May 2008, and it still says that it's a paid charge off. All these late payment dates are after I made all the payments to the collection agency. Why are they showing up as late payments now?
I want to dispute this, but I'm concerned that this will reset my date of last activity, and then I'd have to wait until 2020 for these items to drop off.
Should I dispute or monitor it to see if it fixes itself? Do you all have any advice on how to handle this situation? My current FICO score is 715 and I don't want to do anything that will cause it to drop.
Thanks.
If your DOFD was 5/08 then it should be falling off fairly soon. You can dispute it early as obsolete. Others have had luck within 6 months. BTW... Disputing the account won't affect how long it stays on your reports. Get real paper reports and see when the CRA's have it scheduled to fall off your reports.