Collection Agency has Wrong SSN for me/Can I dispute?

[soccerpal144]

I currently have a claim on my report from a collection agency, while it could be mine.....I tried looking it up on their website and they have the wrong SSN for me. Can this be disputed and taken off?

[thegame26]

you can dispute anything. as to if it will come off or not that depends on what they can prove. how far off is the number? its possible a couple of numbers may have just been superimposed (word choice?) like 09 instead of 90..

[soccerpal144]

its like 14 instead of 11! So I don't know if that changes anything

[thegame26]

its like 14 instead of 11! So I don't know if that changes anything

so part of the number says 14 instead of 11? Sounds like it may have just been a clerical error entering it. still dispute it though.

[serenity06]

I have the same situation with one of the items on my credit report. I did find out this from one of the members on this forum. DO NOT.. I mean DO NOT give them your SSN because they can change it in their database to show your number. I did not understand how to dispute in. I hope both you and me can find out. I had the incident where my number is 09 and they have 90. So can someone on here help us with this problem.

[divemedic]

There is no provision under 1681s-2( for clerical error. Dispute.

[serenity06]

I am slow where is that law at and what type of letter do you write to them. Do you have sample of what I can write to them? I looked in the sample letters above but don't see it?

[SOC]

Sorry, at first i thought this was funny, but now i realize you really might be asking a question.

If its not you, then its not you. As Dive said, there is no "sort of you".

Dear CB,

I dispute this that the other as it is not me nor has it ever been me.

[TxStorm]

What if the CA has misspelled my last name? What are my chances of deletion if i dispute?