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Credit Repair Investigation Requests – Send Social Security Number?

Q. I’m doing some credit repair on my credit report in anticipation of buying a house. I noticed an account I don’t recognize on my credit report from American Express. This account is reporting me 30 days late 2 times in the last 2 years. I sent a letter to American Express and asked them for the records on the account listed on my reports. They sent me back this:

We are writing to confirm we received your recent inquiry. Unfortunately, we are not able to find your account in our systems, so we need more information from you to assist you with this request. We need your Social Security Number to process this request.

Do I send them this information? I g

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