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When you get a charge off on your credit report it will negatively impact your credit score. This comes about when an account becomes delinquent and no payment is made for 6 months.
To delete charge offs from your credit history you have to dispute the charge off. You can do this by sending a credit repair letter to the credit bureaus. In your credit repair letter tell them why the listing should be removed from your credit report. Common reasons are the: the account has been paid, information is wrong, or it's not your account. Our credit system is flawed and you are assumed guilty until you can prove otherwise. It is common for incorrect information to show on your credit history. In response to incorrect information being reported congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This says that any listing that can not be verified must be removed from your credit report by the credit bureau. It is not un-common for one charged off account to result in many negative listings and a ruined credit report. Let me show you the process of what happens to a charged off account. The delinquent debt is sold to a collection agency by the original lender. Then the collection agency tries to collect payment from you. If they can not then they will report a new negative listing on your credit report. Then the collection agency will turn around and sell your debt to another collection agency. This new collection agency will be able to report a negative listing if they are unsuccessful in collecting payment. This process will continue dependent upon the size of the account. So one account can become many negative listings and ruin your credit score. If you have many negative listings it will cause your score to go way down. It will also be difficult to get approved for new lines of credit. This is good to know before you pay an outstanding bill because payment does not mean that the listings will be removed. Instead I would recommend disputing the charge off before you take any step to repay the debt. |
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