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francesgreen
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georgia, my mother received a collections notice from a cell phone service that was supposedly established by me in 1993. the past due bill according to the collections department is from 1995. neither me nor my mother remember establishing this account. this info. was put on my mother's credit report in 1995 but she was unaware until 2000 when she tried to purchase a car. we have spent the past year trying to get this straightened out with the company with no results until i contacted the president of the company. for the past seven years we have never received a bill for this account until we starting receiving a collection notice. do we have the right to demand a copy of the original statement that shows we owe them money? can we demand a copy of the original contract that shows the signature of the person that established the account? if it has been on my mother's credit report for the past seven years, should we even bother to pay the bill at this point? also, i have been at the same address since 1993, there is no reason they couldn't have sent a bill before seven years.