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Well, that's some good news! I'll go ahead and cross my fingers, toes, and eyes that is true. And, if I end up losing $100, I'm never answering my phone again! I'm newly diabetic. Between the meds still needing a little tweaking and the stress from this, my sugar levels have been out of control. I can't wait to get this all behind me. Thank you all for your responses. I truly appreciate the time you take out of your day to help those of us who have never had to deal with this kind of stuff before. Not all heroes wear capes!

Update: Apparently, even though I called to have a new card issued, the payment still went through. I'm disputing it because I still didn't authorize it, but even if it is disputed, and taken off, does that still count as a payment activity? Thus, restarting the statute of limitations? My stomach is in knots right now.

**breathes sigh of relief** Thank you both so much for responding. I've stressed so much over this over the past couple of days.

BV80, thank you for your recommendation on checking the courts. Assuming I did it right, under civil lawsuits, my name is not listed. I even checked just my last name to see if they used a different first name. I did, however, find something about my cousin I probably shouldn't know about. lol So, is that it, then? Definitely a scam if no cases have been filed? I know collection companies can do some pretty shady stuff. But, I keep going back to the fact that the last possible year that account had any activity was 2006. 12, almost 13 years ago. According to a few Google sear

I've worked in IT for over two decades. I advise people all the time on scams(mostly e-mail related), especially my users at work. But, apparently, it's a whole different thing when it happens to me. I received a phone call from a private number. I was at work at the time, so I didn't answer it. They left a voicemail stating they were from the "County Courier Office." She said she was a dispatcher, stated her name, and operator ID. She said that she was in the process of serving me and to contact the collector at an 833 area code with a reference number of 68782AZ. About 15 minutes