Consumer complaint received 2021-12-12
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
i have suffered from XXXX for 30 years ' i never knew what credit was or debt or any other such thing i was XXXX for many years and XXXX XXXX XXXX ' most of my debt actually comes from minor 2 hour hospital stays where i was under duress at times from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  many times people used my name or an alias with my information going as far back as 25 years or so ' it wasn't until recently the past 5 years or so when i started medication and working a serious job ' with benefits and got a steady income life and girlfriend that i started to learn about these things ' i have tried to contact debtors and XXXX XXXX transunion ' about such things ' but to no avail ' i have been without work for about 2 weeks now do to assaults and robberies at my work ' and i tried for the first time to take out a loan ' figuring on furlough due to store being to dangerous in the ghetto at night not being open i found without a paycheck in the past or one in the future you can not apply for a loan ' i know this might sound strange to some but my first " vacation in 5 years '' has been spent for 8 days trying to figure how to get out of debt and get my life back 99 % of it from 1 hour hospital visits where i was discharged or escaped the hospital on my own ' or afraid due to XXXX XXXX of " being in debt haahahaha '' ' as you can see i'm not well or was not ' for many years ' anyhow i was always scared or paranoid of the 'sign this we'll help you moneywise '' as i was of medication and the like " but seeing where medication has gotten me " i realise now but not back then when {$30.00} or {$300.00} over time seemed impossible for someone working {$5.00} an hour at a labour hall ' 17 hours a day to make {$35.00} with smokes and train/bus sleep outside building ' take {$3.00} out of paycheck at end of day {$4.00} or {$2.00} for ride to job site ' people just don't know but then i worked with gys who made {$12.00} for the same amount of effort ' anyhow " i've tried to contact various sites and agencies XXXX etc ' to explain but have had no luck ' i don't want to be XXXX again after working 35 hours a week or 30 for the past 5 years ' drs say its best if i " take a day extra off to not be XXXX XXXX '' " anyhow it came to my attention recently my identity has been used for 20 plus years from an " old aqcuaintance '' i'm starting to believe probably just at random " one of the addresses was near mine ' at a time or i used to stay there ' and i was XXXX at the time ' anyhow thank you for your time i am not good at this " but i hope it somehow helps although as usual i doubt i did the right thing or even the right company ' XXXX  XXXX XXXX ' XXXX XXXX " i'm not sure ' i'm working with lawyer to figure it out right now and day and night during " first vacation ever '' spent 8 days trying to figure this all out ' as i have no money and am just staring at a wall ' thank you " i hope it's not a prison ' forever '

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 non-monetary relief