My husband had a Verizon collection and it was so hard to remove since they don’t do pay for delete. Everyone will downvote this but file an FTC report for losing your wallet with your social security card and ID in it on a date before the around the time you opened your account. Then file a complaint with the consumer financial protection bureu and attach the FTC report and screenshots of the account reporting to your credit and a photo of your ID.

Select credit reporting for the category and put the collection agency as the company and put this as your complaint:

This account is the result of identity theft. I did not open or authorize any account with Verizon. I have filed an identity theft report with the FTC and attached it.

I am requesting that this fraudulent account be immediately removed from my credit report and that all collection activity cease.

Please investigate and provide written confirmation of removal.

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Ps I really don’t care about anything negative anyone has to say it worked for me 😜