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    marmarplay Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 6, 2007, 12:33 PM
    Old fcnb account - new collections agency
    Hello

    I have a similar problem to the woman who is trying to buy a house. My spiegal/FCNB account is old, last activity 2/99, it only appears on my experian report. (fcnb went out of business in 2003) it says that it will be on there until 2009. But I thought it should be 7 years. I live in Illinois How do I find out?

    I haven't been contacted since 2005 by a collection agency.

    Then two days ago I get a vague letter that says this new agency bought the debt tacked on 400 dollars. Do I ask them to validate the debt? I am in the process of credit repair and was going to send a letter to the CRA saying that the FCNB/Spiegal debt is too old, take off, will asking the new collection agency to validate cause them to add the debt to transunion and equifax?

    Confused in Illinois.
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    Mar 6, 2007, 12:40 PM
    Yes, there are several threads that detail the steps you need to take at this point.
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