My mother put me as a joint credit card applicant on a XXXX XXXX XXXX credit card back in 2002 when I graduated XXXX. She did this without my knowledge or consent ( I believe her reasoning was to help me with my credit ), but she has since been imprisoned for criminal activities and has been unable to make payments on a card that I did n't even know existed until recent years. Now, this item is showing up as a negative item on my credit history and is impeding my ability to buy a home. I submitted this dispute XXXX and they had the item removed from my credit history. I have disputed this twice with Experian, however, and they will not remove this item from my credit. I called Experian ( another complaint I have is the difficulty in finding a live phone number to talk to someone ) and they advised that I speak with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX which I did, and they advised me that I needed to speak to Experian XXXX and that there was nothing they could do.