I 'm currently in the process of rebuilding my credit and have been combing my reports when I came across a collection for an old Internet account back in 2011. I filed a debt verification letter with the collection agency at the XXXX of this month. I received a response the following day, during which they said the account status had been updated and it was placed in an " investigatory status. " When I checked my credit reports XXXX XXXX, my XXXX report shows this debt meets the guidelines set forth by FCRA. On my XXXX report, it shows the debt as being disputed. First and foremost, I never actually disputed the debt. I simply asked for a verification of the debt. 

I called to speak with the original creditor this morning, giving them the account number listed, my social security number, my name and former address the account was listed under and every other piece of information needed. After spending more than XXXX minutes on the phone with them, I had XXXX separate account receivables professionals tell me there is no record of any account or debt with my listed information in their system at any point. 

That tells me the collection agency simply ignored my debt validation letter or rubber stamped it because the original creditor does n't have anything listed for my account.