I started receiving collection notices from a collection agency that were connected to an apartment building that I had never heard of prior. I contacted them and they asked about my relationship to some person I had never heard of. They asked for the last XXXX digits of my social security number and then told me that the numbers did not match what they had on file. I explained that we owned our home and that we had never rented from this agency and I asked them to stop contacting me. I checked my credit report and found that they had reported the bad debt to the credit bureau so I then filed a report with the credit bureau stating that I was being targeted for a debt that was not mine. The credit bureau investigated the claim and reported back to me that they found my complaint to be valid and they removed the debt from my credit report. When my husband and I started the process of obtaining a mortgage loan to purchase another property, I found out that the collection agency was still reporting the debt to XXXX other credit bureaus. I then contacted them again, stating that we had already cleared this up once but they refused to remove it without " the proper paperwork '' which they promised to mail to me, again, stating that the information they had on file did not match my information. The paperwork they mailed to me was a form to report identity theft, which had not occurred. Nothing on the form was relevant and the only people identifying me as the debtor was this agency. I then contacted the XXXX additional credit reporting agencies and had them investigate the report. Both of them responded the same as the first. They told me that it would be removed from my credit report. 
That was 6 months ago. I thought that the problem was resolved but today I received another letter stating they are still attempting to collect this debt. I have checked my credit report and find no reports of collections from this company but I feel it is only a matter of time before they report it again. 
