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How do you challenge a collection agency from illegal collection?

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What's your basis for calling it an illegal collection? If you feel the debt is not owed and it is reporting to your credit, dispute it with the 3 major credit bureaus ( Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian). Then contact the collection agency via certified mail to dispute it as well and ask for proof that the debt is valid.

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