<prompt> Human: I got a call out of the blue a little over a month ago from a debt collection agency, saying I owed almost 1500 from an ambulance ride I took because of me being involved in a car accident OVER 2 YEARS AGO.While on the phone with the debt collector, I looked up debt collection laws, and after a couple minutes of research decided to request a Debt Validation Letter, which they are legally required to send me within 5 days of initial contact. Long story short, never received it. Instead they sent me a Verification of Balance letter. Which immediately told me holy shit, they dont have proof I owe the debt. Which means Im not legally required to pay this shit.Today, right before the 30 day cutoff, I receive another call from them attempting to collect the debt. I request to speak with a supervisor. After going back and forth with him for a few minutes about why they havent sent me a Debt Validation Letter WHICH THEYRE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER THE LAW, he transfers me to his supervisor. This is where it gets fun. Im now going back and forth with him. After a few minutes he puts me on hold. Roughly 3 minutes later he comes back on and says Sir, after reviewing your file, it doesnt appear we have the documentation required, pertaining to the original bill, in order to send you a Debt Validation Letter. However I am showing you have a balance owed here in your file of 1,410.54. Would you like to pay a portion of it now, set up a payment plan, or...?Holy fuck. This dumbass just admitted to me they dont have proof of me owing the debt. Which means im not legally required to pay it. Its null and void. I tell him this, he gets flustered, and after some more back and forth, basically tells me to have a nice day and hangs up the phone.Im going to still send a letter requesting a copy of the debt validation letter via certified mail with a return receipt requested, to cover my ass. And when they dont, because they arent able to, its a done deal. If they try to put it on my credit report, I just contact the credit agencies with proof of me asking for the debt validation letter and never receiving it, and it gets removed from my credit report. Moral of the story, ALWAYS ask for documentation. Dont let debt collectors scaring you into paying a Debt you may not be required to pay.Heres the bogus ass letter I received. EDIT: This seems to be a pretty common question, so Im editing it into the main body of my post. Im being asked if I actually even rode in an ambulance and if I did I should just pay it.I was involved in an auto accident because some girl ran a red light and tboned me going 50m.p.h., and I had to take 2 ambulance rides because of it. I contacted my attorney and he sent me an itemized list of all debtors paid after the settlement which was finished 2 years ago. There was a couple ambulance companies listed on there, but the amounts did not match the 1410 This debt collector was claiming. And without an account number, or any sort of identifying info, I was unable to match it to either of the paid ambulance bills in the documentation I received from my attorney. Thus me attempting to clarify this with the debt collector, via a Debt validation letter.  <response>: You may find these links helpful:- Dealing with collectionsrpersonalfinancewikicollections- Credit Repairrpersonalfinancewikicredit_buildingwiki_i_have_bad_credit.2C_and_i_am_looking_to_repair_it.I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subredditmessagecompose?torpersonalfinance if you have any questions or concerns. 