Debt recovery solutions??

Don't ignore the letter..That could possibly be very ugly. Send a debt validation letter to Debt Recovery Solutions. While you're waiting for a response, it would be a good idea to pull your credit reports and see if that debt is listed.

I am planning on sending a letter to ask them to validate and I pulled my credit report from Experian and there is nothing about sprint or this CA on it.

So what happens if the come back with something to the effect of "our record show you owe x amount of dollars even if Sprint does not" Can they still put it on my credit report?

Also what about the SOL? I've checked for all three states (the one contract was signed in, my state and state of CA) and in all the SOL has expired.

Definitely send a dv letter on this and do not acknowledge or make payment on this debt as your action may get you in a courthouse. There is a very good chance this is not yours at all.In your dv letter write something to the effect that you have contacted the original creditor and they have verbally confirmed that a past due debt has not been found in any of their records. If possible call Sprint back and ask them to mail you a letter stating what they told you on the phone for solid written proof of no debt.

I agree with cajun--send a DV letter via certified mail RRR. By law, they cannot force you to pay a debt if they cannot validate it as legally your debt. So, to answer your question, no, they cannot simply say "Sprint has no record but we do, so pay up". Well, they can say it, but it is illegal to do so.

Once you send them the letter, and once you get the green receipt card back in the mail, see what they do next. The law is called the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or fdcpa. It is a federal law, and it clearly states that if you request debt validation, they must stop all collection efforts, get the information from the ORIGINAL CREDITOR that proves the debt is yours, and send it to you. Only then can they legally continue trying to collect from you.

If they cannot validate the debt, if they refuse to validate the debt, or if they send you "proof" that does not hold to the standard required by law, then they are breaking federal law if they continue collection efforts. Now, keep in mind that 'collection efforts' includes a lot of things, from calling you about the debt, to sending you a settlement offer in the mail, to listing the debt on your credit reports....all of that is not allowed if they dont validate the debt. Oh, about credit reports, you should get copies of all your reports--all three of them. Most companies will report only to one.

Out of the blue I received a collection letter from Debt Recovery Solutions;however, the letter they sent is fromOaks, Pa rather than Wetbury, NY. They claim I owe them 117.09 from a Verizon Bill from March 2003 through May 2003. The wild thing is that they had my old address where I have not lived for four years and the number they have connected to me for a home telphone number is from an upstate county (518) area code. When I questionmed the validity of this debt the woman (Ms. Gabriel) told me they have been sending letters to my new address since 2007. Not true never received anything. Funny thing is I never had a Verizon home phone number until August 2008 in my new home. Ms. Gabriel told me that I would receive documents from VERIZON in about 8-10 weeks in regard to this outstanding debt and then I could contact Verizon. The whole thing sounded very very fishy to me and she told me that this had already been reported to a "credit agency." What is even stranger is that my Verizon home number I have now is not listed to my married name. Further, this women told me that my social security number is connected to the debt and tried to get me to tell her my social security number. I am going to write them a letter as suggested above and get my credit report and check to see if it shows up as Ms. Gabriel claims. I am also going to call Verizon to see if they have any info.

Any other suggestions please let me know.

I recvd a letter from DRS in 2006. I paid the the damn bill (without verifying it) because i did not want it to appear on my credit and frankly i was tired of getting harrassed and wanted it to go away. It was for $137. It is now 2009 and 2 other collection agency's have sent me new debt letter for the same account!!!! I've called DRS several times and they are extremely RUDE and UNHELPFUL. I will now try to contact sprint for this bill from 2006!!!!