Portfolio Recovery Associates ( " PRA '' ) is collecting on a debt allegedly owed to XXXX. On or about XXXX XXXX, 2015, I disputed this account with all XXXX credit reporting agencies and with PRA and requested validation of the debt. Immediately, the debt was verified with the credit reporting agencies. About two weeks later, I received mail from PRA with a cover letter indicating they had " verified '' the debt. 

Included with PRA 's letter were XXXX non-consecutive statements from XXXX XXXX, none of which provided any indication of how the balance on my secured card with a credit limit of {$700.00} rose to nearly {$2000.00} in a relatively short amount of time. After applying the security deposit to the alleged balance, PRA is attempting to collect {$1200.00}, an amount nearly XXXX the account credit limit. Nothing in the XXXX statements I was sent provide any indication as to where this balance came from. 

In the meantime, I have sent PRA subsequent correspondence to which I have received no reply. They do, however, continue to report a monthly 'charge-off ' to the XXXX credit bureaus, making sure they do the maximum possible to completely ruin my credit score. I would note that a Missouri jury recently ( XXXX, 2015 ) ordered PRA to pay over {$83.00} XXXX in damages to a woman whose credit they ruined without any concern. I have no problem paying my debts but it would seem to me that if they applied my security deposit and closed my account, my balance should be settled. To apply my deposit AND claim I owe an additional {$1200.00} is outrageous, and to ruin my credit monthly because I want to know the nature of how this was calculated is truly unfair.