About a year ago, I received a collection letter from a local attorney's office (I have other posts talking about this). It was for an old debt through a now defunct company I had. I had no record of the account and it does not appear on my credit report. I responded to the attorney requesting validation. After about 8 months, they sent me statements just showing the balance...so in other words, no statements showing transactions, interest, fees, etc. I thought that was odd, so I responded to the attorney asking for a light accounting of the amount due. No response.