Verizon Collections/Equifax – Cleaning Up My Credit for a Mortgage I was a Verizon Wireless customer for 23 years, and left them in 2021 when they tried to charge me $400 in data overages. I was furious, I paid $200 and then canceled. They sent $188 to collections. I’m now trying to get a mortgage and it’s the only blemish on my credit report. It was sent to several different collections agencies before being t…