Consumer complaint received 2023-09-03
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting 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:
THE FOLLOWING INQUIRES DO NOT BELONG TO ME This notice is to inform you that you unlawfully reported fraudulent INQUIRIES that arose from IDENTITY THEFT that you did not verify as required by law on my consumer report. 
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15 USC 1681b ( c ) Furnishing reports in connection with credit or insurance transactions that are not initiated by consumer ( 3 ) Information regarding inquiries ; Except as provided in section 15 USC 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 : My identity has been stolen you are hereby 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 without 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. 
XXXX EQUIFIAX AND XXXX have aided this Fraud by not verifying these accounts. 
Congress states 15 USC 1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act ( a ) Accuracy and fairness of credit reports ( 4 ) There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy.

Pursuant 15 U.S. Code 1681c2 - Block of information resulting from identity theft.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief