Consumer complaint received 2021-12-27
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
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:
This notice is to inform you that you unlawfully reported fraudulent account # XXXX XXXX XXXX  that arose from IDENTITY THEFT that you did not verify as required by law on my consumer report. 15 USC $ 1681b ( c ) Furnishing reports is connection with credit or insurance transactions that are not initiated by consumer ( 3 ) Information regarding inquiries ; Except as provided in section 1681g ( a ) ( 5 ) of this title, a consumer reporting agency shall not furnish to any person a record of inquiries in connection with a credit or insurance transaction that is not initiated by a consumer. 
The Following Inquires are a result of Identity theft and was not initiated by me, I demand that they are DELETED immediately : ACCOUNT : Company Name XXXX XXXX, account # XXXX My identity has been stolen you are herby put on notice. 
Aggravated Identity Theft pursuant to 18 U.S.C. $ 1028A ( 1 ) In General.

Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection ( c ), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years. 
An identification of me has been used with out my permission to open several accounts that have damaged my reputation and damaged my mode of living because you furnished a consumer report without my written permission as stated by Federal Law.

15 USC $ 1681b Permissible purpose of consumer reports ( a ) IN GENERAL Subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. 
YOU XXXX and EQUIFAX have aided this Fraud by not verifying these accounts. XXXX Deleted the fraudulent account. 
Congress states 15 USC {$1600.00} Fair Credit Reporting Act ( a ) Accuracy and fairness of credit reports ( 4 ) There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy.

List Account/s here : Account Name, Account # Pursuant 15 U.S. Code $ 1681c-2 Block of information resulting from identity theft Except as otherwise provided in this section, a consumer reporting shall block the reporting of any information in the file of a consumer identifies as information that resulted from an alleged identity theft, not later than 4 business days after the date of receipt by such agency of ( 1 ) Appropriate proof of identity of the consumer : ( 2 ) A copy of an identity theft report : ( 3 ) The identification of such information by the consumer : and ( 4 ) A statement by the consumer that the information is not information relating to any transaction by the consumer.

I have attached all the relevant documents pursuant the above Section of the law.

I demand this Fraudulent accounts DELETED immediately.

I Demand an updated copy of my Consumer file reflecting these changes ( 15 USC 1681 c-1 2 Access to free reports ) ( 2 ) Access to free reports In any case in which a consumer reporting agency includes a fraud alert in the file of a consumer pursuant to this subsection, the consumer reporting agency shall- ( A ) Disclose to the consumer that the consumer may request a free copy of the file of the consumer pursuant to section 1681 ( d ) of this title : and Be Advised I will CC The Bureau of Consumer Protection Financial ( CFPB ) FTC BBB Attorney Generals Office in your state and Mine Thank you, XXXX XXXX Enclosed XXXX copy of ID, Utility Bill showing proof of address, Copy of Social Security Card FTC identity theft Report Local Police report

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation