In XXXX XXXX, I received a collection letter from Collection Bureau of America referencing a past due XXXX XXXX account in the amount of {$350.00}. The letter listed a service address in a city in which I had never lived ( XXXX, CA ), At the time I had been XXXX for 19 months and had not had a XXXX XXXX account since XX/XX/XXXX. I had never heard from XXXX XXXX prior to this, so this was clearly an administrative error or someone else 's account with the same name. I immediately disputed the letter in writing in a letter dated XX/XX/XXXX. In the letter, I pointed out that this was not my debt, explained how it could not be my debt, and requested that they provide me 1 ) the amount of the original debt ; 2 ) the name and address of the creditor to whom the debt is owed ; 3 ) verification of any judgment ; 4 ) proof that they are licensed to collect debt in California, and 5 ) proof of the last payment on the account. 
I received a second collection notice dated XX/XX/XXXX repeating the initial threat of collection, presumably prior to their receiving my letter of dispute. I then received a third letter dated XX/XX/XXXX acknowledging my dispute. At no point did the collection agency provide items XXXX, XXXX, or XXXX as I had requested, and I never heard from them again. 
On a recent XXXX credit report, I noticed that this collection was listed as negative information. It appears that Collections Bureau of America ignored my dispute and proceeded to post this erroneous information to the credit reporting agencies, damaging my credit rating despite the evidence that this was never my debt.