1.call gc services.
2.have them search by yourphone #.
3.ask them if your # is in the "18 screen" or another field.
4. ask them "could you kindly type an "X" over my phone # and press enter until you are back to the main screen.
5. RESULT: "the employee is so taken back by your inside knowledge they remove your # thinking your a fellow bill collector.
You were screwed, i have seen it a lot if you choose to proceed part of the computer system they use records all letters sent / all you have to do is get the records released and if a settlement was ever entered into the account there would be record of that to:
UNLESS they told you to pay the settlement by a date and you just paid them hoping it would work then its on you... (that happens more of the time).