Consumer complaint received 2022-03-07
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NJ
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:
On XX/XX/XXXX, I sent the following letter to Equifax XXXX XXXX Equifax Information XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, GA XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Dear Credit Bureau : ( I ) I recently reviewed a copy of my credit report and noticed the following information regarding inquiries to be in error. The Fair Credit Reporting Act states that the only permissible purpose for pulling a persons credit report is ( 1 ) a firm offer of credit, ( 2 ) insurance, ( 3 ) an application for employment, or ( 4 ) a court order. 

The following inquiries are not related to XXXX of the allowable purposes, as I have reiterated from The Fair Credit Reporting Act. 

1. XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Please delete these inquiries from my credit report immediately. 
If any of these companies purport to have pulled my credit report with permission, then I exercise my legal right to ask for verification, including : XXXX ) Name and title of the person who pulled my credit. 
2 ) Date they purport that I gave permission. 
3 ) Method they purport that I gave permission. Please include documentation of said permission. 

AND XXXX XXXX Customer Dispute Center po box XXXX XXXX, PA XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Dear Credit Bureau : I recently reviewed a copy of my credit report and noticed the following information regarding inquiries to be in error. The Fair Credit Reporting Act states that the only permissible purpose for pulling a persons credit report is ( XXXX ) a firm offer of credit, ( 2 ) insurance, ( XXXX ) an application for employment, or ( 4 ) a court order. 

The following inquiries are not related to one of the allowable purposes, as I have reiterated from The Fair Credit Reporting Act. 

1. XXXX  XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX0 2. XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Please delete these inquiries from my credit report immediately. 
If any of these companies purport to have pulled my credit report with permission, then I exercise my legal right to ask for verification, including : 1 ) Name and title of the person who pulled my credit. 
2 ) Date they purport that I gave permission. 
3 ) Method they purport that I gave permission. Please include documentation of said permission. 

Equifax never responded and when I called they claim to have never received my correspondence, so I submitted a dispute online on XX/XX/XXXX and received the below response. They are not providing any type of proof to indicate that this is a valid credit inquiry which it is not as it is does not belong to me. 

: INQUIRIES ARE A FACTUAL RECORD OF FILE ACCESS AND WILL REMAIN ON THE EQUIFAX CREDIT FILE TWO YEARS FROM THE REPORTED DATE OF THE INQUIRY. Inquiry Date : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX >>> The information you disputed has been received. The results are : INQUIRIES ARE A FACTUAL RECORD OF FILE ACCESS AND WILL REMAIN ON THE EQUIFAX CREDIT FILE TWO YEARS FROM THE REPORTED DATE OF THE INQUIRY. Inquiry Date : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX RESPONSE- I received a stall tactic letter stating that they were not going to do anything with my request because it " appeared '' to have come from a third party or credit repair company, which it did not, it came from me, but even if it had, it is not against the law. I demand that these inquiries be removed from my credit report as they are not legally or lawfully mine.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation