American Express AMEX
Credit reaffirmed for a closed account, rip off

Below is the copy of my credit report that AMEX reported:

Account Number: XXXX Current Status: CHARGE-OFF
Account Owner: Individual Account. High Credit: $0
Type of Account: Revolving Credit Limit: $0
Term Duration: Terms Frequency:
Date Opened: 12 Balance: $2,213
Date Reported: 02 Amount Past Due: $1,944
Date of Last Payment: 04 Actual Payment Amount: $0
Scheduled Payment Amount: $0 Date of Last Activity: 04
Date Major Delinquency First Reported: Months Reviewed: 1
Creditor Classification: Activity Description: Closed
Charge Off Amount: $0 Deferred Payment Start Date:
Balloon Payment Amount: $0 Balloon Payment Date:
Date Closed: Type of Loan: Credit Card
Comments: Charged off account,
Account closed by credit grantor
81-Month Payment HistoryYear Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006
2005 * * * * * * * * * * * *
2004 * * * * * * * * * * * *
2003 * * * * * * * * * * * *
2002 * * * * * * * * * * * *
2001 * * * * * * * * * * * *
2000 *

As you can see the date the account was opened was 12 and the date of last payment was 04. The date of last activity is 04 (I suppose this means the card activity or rather I hope, if not then the last payment was on 4. That is an activity after the reported last activity.

Ok now let's go to the 81 month payment history. It shows I've been paying until December from December. And how come the last payment received date is 4. Bottomline is this account was charged off and closed a long time ago. Due to unusual circumstances I was unable to pay it on or before 04 and it was closed by credit grantor (that is AMEX).

Now I'm trying hard to build my credit and this account resurfaces and my credit report shows the date reported is 02, just in time when it's about to fall off my credit report. This is ridiculous. Even the three major credit reporting agencies do not check on these type of things, the dates and so on and so forth. I have had no help from the agencies at all. The things that these big corporations report on our credit should also be regulated and checked for authenticity. But of course these credit reporting agencies are fed by these behemoth of corporations and have no sympathy or duty towards us consumers.

Company: American Express AMEX
Country: USA
State: Florida
City: Fort Lauderdale
Address: PO Box 297871
Phone: 8008742717

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