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susaneick
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24 days ago

Collections Notice with No Information

 I have been receiving collections notices from a company called Debt Collections Agency (DCA) for a Telus Wireline account that I don't recall ever having.  They are threatening to contact me at my place of employment if I don't pay the outstanding balance.  I researched this situation online, and found that there are a number of scam reports about this company doing the very same thing to other customers.  When I contacted Telus customer service, the representative told me that according to his files, he showed that I do have an outstanding balance for a Telus Wireline account, but could give me no information about it, and indicated the name of a completely different collections agency (General Credit Services) that was managing the collection.  I have attempted to reach out to GCA as well to get information, as this all seems very suspicious.  I find it unacceptable that I received no notice from Telus that I had an outstanding amount owed, and the first I hear about this account that I didn't know that I had is coming from a collections agency.

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  • I just spoke to General Credit Services and apparently the outstanding notice is for a property that we sold almost 2 years ago.  I find it unacceptable that the first that I have heard about an outstanding balance is through a collections agency.  I have paid the outstanding invoice, and would like to understand when this will be removed from my otherwise spotless credit report.

    • TELUS_Support's avatar
      TELUS_Support
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      That'd be a question for the agency itself. At this point all inquiries would need to be handled by them.

  • Hello, I have not received any update on this.  Can you please let me know what I need to do?

  • TELUS_Support's avatar
    TELUS_Support
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    Hello. We can try to get you some more info about this. We'll send you a private message to discuss further.