I received notification on XXXX from XXXX XXXX that a collection had been placed on my credit report by West Asset Management. I contacted their customer service, and their rep informed me there were no active accounts placed with their office in my name and the reporting was an error and it would be investigated. I received notice on XXXX, and XXXX that it had been placed on the other XXXX bureaus so I contacted their customer service group again. 

This time their representative stated that I had a bill due to XXXX XXXX by XXXX for {$240.00}, and it had not been paid. It was sent to their office on XXXX and eligible for placement on my credit report on XXXX. 

I then requested the reason I was not notified of this bill, and the answer I received was that their office sent a letter to me at an address that I moved away from in XXXX of 2015. I explained that they sent the information to an old address and I was never notified and granted my 30 days to review and dispute the collection. Their representative told me that it does n't matter if I received the letter, because their only responsibility was to send it and it mattered not where it ended up. 

I then said I would pay it, but that I required it be removed from my credit report. Their rep answered by stating it would be marked paid, but not removed. I restated my demand and informed the rep that West Asset Management did not act within the limits of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the answer I received was that their lawyers were n't afraid of me. 

I contacted XXXX XXXX, and explained to them what had happened. Their customer service rep saw in their system where I had left my new address but their office was still communicating with me at the old address and the error was on their end. 

I paid the outstanding bill over the telephone with my checking account on XXXX and it cleared my account on XXXX. The XXXX XXXX rep informed me that they apologize for the error and they would have the collection agency remove the item from my credit report. 

West Asset Management has since marked the item " paid '' but refuses to remove it. It should have never been placed there, and did as a result of an error beyond my control, therefore they are obligated under the law retract the false reporting.