I originally submitted a request online at www.transunion.com to dispute a collection account on my credit report by XXXX XXXX, XXXX : XXXX XXXX. I was made aware of this collection account by a voice message left by XXXX XXXX in regards to collecting the debt. I contacted them by phone & informed them that I have never had an account with XXXX and that I never authorized anyone else to open an account in my name. I notified them that I was a victim of identity theft. An identity thief used my personal information without my permission to open an account with XXXX. This debt is not mine. I was never informed of my rights as a victim of identity theft. Instead I was told that since this was a fraudulent account, he did n't expect for me to pay the full {$860.00} and that he could go as low as {$350.00}. I was informed that XXXX XXXX buys XXXX & XXXX of these accounts & that they buy these papers to make money. They told me that if I dispute this with Tranunion, Transunion would send the dispute to them & ask if they will remove it from my credit & that they will say " no '' because they want the money. This is exactly what happened & Transunion closed my dispute stating it was verified. I do n't understand how Transunion claims to verify disputes by sending them to the collection agency & allowing the collection agency to have the final say. XXXX XXXX does not have any info regarding this debt except for my name using my Maiden name as the last name and my SS #. Also, per XXXX XXXX, this account was opened in XX/XX/XXXX. I 'm not sure how they were able to add this to my credit report with the Account Opening Date of XXXX. XXXX XXXX has called me a few more times still trying to collect the debt. They were also using scare tactics stating that they were going to submit this debt to the other XXXX credit reporting agencies even though they are aware that this is a fraudulent debt/account.