Consumer complaint received 2017-06-19
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:
Sir or Madam : To whom it may concern The sole purpose of this letter is to inform you I have been a victim of identity theft. I am further requesting that you block the following fraudulent information from my credit reports so that I can proceed accordingly with my file. Once more, I want to emphasize none of the information stated below relates to any transaction that I have made. XXXX XXXX XXXX ACC # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  ACC # XXXX XXXX ACC # XXXX XXXX ACC # XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTION XXXX XXXX XXXX VIA XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTION XXXX XXXX XXXX VIA XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTIONXXXX XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX XXXX  Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX XXXX XXXX VIA XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTION XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual XXXX XXXX VIA XXXX XXXX XXXX Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTION XXXX XXXX XXXX VIA XXXX LOANS Requested On : XX/XX/XXXX InquiryType : Individual Permissible Purpose : CREDIT TRANSACTION The items listed are clearly fraudulent ; therefore, I am requesting that they are deleted /blocked by name of source. In addition, A CRA must block the fraudulent information and the victim must be identified within four business days after accepting his/her Identity Theft Report. When it accepts the Identity Theft Report, the CRA also must notify the furnishers of the fraudulent information that the victim has filed the Report, that the Report states that the information they furnished Resulted from identity theft, and that it is blocking the information that they furnished. FCRA 605B ( b ), 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ( b ) .III. A. Blocking Information in Credit Reports under Sections-605B and 623 ( a ) ( 6 ) Under section 605B of the  Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), both the credit reporting agencies ( CRAs ) and the creditors, debt collectors, and other companies that reported the identity theft-related information to the CRA ( furnishers ) are responsible for blocking fraudulent information from appearing in victims credit reports, blocking fraudulent information from appearing in victims credit reports Please let me know if you need any other information from me to block this information on my credit report. Sincerely, XXXX XXXX SS # XXXX DOB : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX fl XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation