Velocity Investments on your credit report

Who Velocity Investments is

Velocity Investments describes itself as a consumer credit account purchaser focused on the period after an account is charged off. It hires a network of service providers, including collection agencies and law firms, to contact consumers and resolve accounts.

How its accounts show on your credit report

Velocity owns the account, but the company that writes or calls you is usually an agency or law firm it hired. For identity theft disputes, Velocity's site says to contact the agency or law firm servicing the account, or use the form on its consumers page if you don't know who that is.

How to ask Velocity Investments to validate a debt

Velocity lists (732) 556-9090 and toll-free (800) 558-4027 and an online consumer feedback form, but no mailing address. Send a written validation request to the dispute address on the notice you received, which usually comes from the servicing agency or law firm.

Ask within 30 days of the first notice and the collector has to pause collecting until it sends verification. The letter builder writes a validation request for free.

What to do if this name is on your report

1. Pull all three reports. Get them free at AnnualCreditReport.com and find the account, its balance and its date of first delinquency.
2. Check the dates and the amount. A collection can report for 7 years from the original delinquency, not from when the collector bought it. A newer date can mean re-aging.
3. Ask for validation if you don't recognize it. Send the request in writing and keep a copy.
4. Dispute what is wrong. Dispute with each bureau that shows an inaccurate item, and with the collector directly.
5. Decide on payment with the facts in hand. Read should you pay a collection before you agree to anything.

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