First and foremost, I am a victim of identity of theft. There have been a multitude of accounts with various companies opened in my name and none of them were opened by me. When I received a letter from a company called XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX of this year stating that I had an outstanding balance of {$1600.00} owed for a XXXX account, I immediately contacted them to inform them that I was a victim of identity theft and that this account was not opened by myself and I was completely unaware of this bill. I have had XXXX since XX/XX/XXXX personally but I 've always paid my bill and never gone to collections. When I spoke to them I was informed there was an account opened XX/XX/XXXX and there were XXXX IPhones purchased. There was also a person with the name of XXXX XXXX that was an authorized person on this bill. If I were going to purchase a phone for someone I would 've added them to my bill rather than open a new account. It makes no since. When I informed them of the identity theft, I was told that they were going to do an investigation and get back with me on the outcome. Instead, XXXX is reporting on my credit report as of XX/XX/XXXX with an outstanding balance as well as they have sold the debt to a 3rd party as of XX/XX/XXXX according to the correspondence I received in the mail this week. I am not responsible for this debt. I have fraud alerts on my credit and I 've filed police reports and signed and notarized affidavits. This is rediculous that XXXX has reported the account without warning as I am in the process of purchasing a house and not only have they reported it, but they 've also sold it now to a collection agency.