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False accounts, otherwise called "Mixed Files", get put on to a person's credit report due to the search engine algorithm that is used by the credit bureaus to ensure everything belonging to that person is in the credit report. The requirement for something to be connected with your name and file are set very low.

You need to send a dispute letter to the bureaus explaining that this is not your account and you want it removed. Unfortunately, you may need to send more letters since the bureaus are not really anxious to remove this from their files and the creditor or collection companies just want it reporting and conduct a poor investigation, (if they truly investigate it at all). This is why a good credit repair company can be more effective in getting things removed. As a credit repair company we go after them very aggressively, and, if necessary, turn the matter over to attorneys specializing in this part of the law.

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