Latest response.
*** Federal law requires me to inform you that this is an attempt to
collect a debt and that any information obtained will be used for that
purpose.***
Thank you for your 3/15 and 3/23 emails. As I mentioned to you, I have
been out sick for the past few days, and was delayed getting back with you.
However, it did give me an opportunity to review Twyla Boatley v Diem
Corporation, specifically again. In his decision on that case, even Judge
McNamee acknowledged that Diem Corporation had an opportunity to raise a
defense based on the validation request being received outside the 30 day
period prescribed in the FDCPA, but they did not do so. Were we in such a
position, we would undoubtedly raise that defense, since validation
requests outside of that window are not binding on the collector. Neither
unanswered validation requests outside of that period (30 days from receipt
of the initial letter) nor reporting to a credit reporting agency after
that window constitutes a violation of the FDCPA, despite what some credit
help websites would lead someone to believe. And, we have advised the
bureaus that this matter is disputed, as required.
In your 3/23 email, you asked us to review the information from the FTC,
which you quoted. Having done that has only served to reinforce our
position that we have not violated the FDCPA. In response to each of the
paragraphs you quoted, the FTC pointed out that, "Section 1692g(b) requires
the debt collector to cease collection of the debt at issue if a written
dispute is received within the 30-day validation period until verification
is obtained." In fact, both of the questions posed made that same
stipulation, as asked. Because your request for validation was well after
the 30-day validation period instituted under section 1692g(b) of the
FDCPA, we are not obligated to cease collection activity (whether that be
communicating with you about your request to have this deleted or reporting
to the credit bureaus), nor to provide verification.
Despite that, on 3/18, our client Time Warner advised that they are sending
an itemization of the bill, which we will send on to you. There is no
specific list of required validation items universally accepted by the
courts.
If your ultimate goal is to get this removed from your credit report,
because you have stated that you are a victim of ID theft, we can take care
of that upon receipt of the three items I mentioned in my previous email to
you:
1. A signed and notarized ID Theft affidavit (the one you sent us is
not notarized)
2. Proof of residency at the time the specific debt was incurred (
just prior to February 2007)
3. Copy of your Social Security card
We already have the copy of the filed police report that you provided.
We, too, are ready to get this resolved for you, but we really can't
without the items mentioned. These are the same items that we require in
other cases of ID theft, as recommended by the Federal Trade Commission.
Sincerely,
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