Fraud Victims Still Billed and Sent to Collections Mid-Investigation
Cardholders who report unauthorized charges continue receiving bills and can be placed into collections with derogatory credit reporting while the fraud investigation is still open. Victims must manually track and repeatedly dispute charges to avoid credit damage for purchases they never made.
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