Consumer complaint received 2022-10-27
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: PA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Complaint:
Inaccurate information is being reported on my credit report. 
My XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX card was opened on XX/XX/XXXX. An inquiry is dated XX/XX/XXXX that is conflicting and inaccurate information. 

XX/XX/XXXX Experian XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX Subject : Request to re-investigate and delete the unauthorized inquiry Inquiry made by : XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX on XX/XX/XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX To whom it may concern Please be advised this is my second written request and final warning that I intend to pursue litigation in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) to enforce my rights and seek relief and recover all monetary damages that I may be entitles to under section 616 and section 617 regarding your continued willful and negligent noncompliance. 
You are the company that that reported the unauthorized credit inquiry ( listed above ) on my credit report violating federal law. You are required under the FCRA to have a copy of the documentary evidence, verify the information on my credit report is and is correct. In the results of your first investigation, you stated in writing that the credit inquiry is verified and reported correctly. I believe you are violating the FCRA because I have not signed any documents authorizing the company in question to review my credit report. Thus, the listed inquires made without my authorization and for no legitimate business purposes. 
Please also be advised that I contacted the above companies. Since they have no proof of my inquiry authorization, written or verbal I ask that you delete the unauthorized inquiries from my credit report immediately. 
According to section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Permissible Purposes of Consumer Reports 15 U.S Code 1681b in general. Subject to subjection ( e ), any consumer report agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( F ) Otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information ( i ) in connection with a business transaction that is initiated by the consumer. 
Under 15 U.S Code 1681i, Paragraph ( 5 ) Treatment of Inaccurate or Unverifiable information ( A ) in general. If, after any reinvestigation under paragraph ( 1 ) of any information disputed by a consumer, an item of information is found to be inaccurate, incomplete or can not be verified the consumer reporting agency ( i ) promptly delete. 
IMPORTANT : This credit inquiry is not mine. Please, re-investigate this matter and delete the disputed items as soon as possible before I am forced to take legal action against your company. This law is very clear as to the civil liability and the remedy available to me ( 15 U.S Code 1681 et seq. ) if you fail to comply to federal law. I am a litigious consumer and fulling intend on pursing litigation in this matter to enforce my rights under the FCRA! 
My FTC Report is attached the report number is XXXX.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation