Consumer complaint received 2023-03-06
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
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:
Please note this is not a duplicate complaint I'm sending this complaint because my personal information went to the wrong hands and as a result I got unauthorized items on my report. I checked my credit report and noticed some inquiries from companies that I did not give consent to access my credit reports ; I am very concerned about all activity going on with my credit reports these days. I immediately demand the removal of these inquiries to avoid any confusion as I DID NOT initiate these inquires or give any form of consent electronically, in person, or over the phone. I am fully aware that without permissible purpose no entity is allowed to pull my credit unless otherwise noted in section 604 of the FTCRA.

I have filed FTC REPORT for this matter and have included in this package, also Equifax has tried to referred these inquiries as a factual data, but these items are result of FRAUD. Therefore, this inquiry must be deleted from within my credit file. Inquiries that are made by someone else without my authorization is not a factual record of access to my credit file, it is a factual record of fraudulent activity, and it must be addressed as such. The reason that this Inquiry is being disputed is because it waw not made by me, and when I report this to you, it is your responsibility to investigate my claims, and when you can not prove that this inquiry was made by me, they must be removed from my credit file. It is not my responsibility to go directly to each creditor, the obligation lies at your feet because you are reporting inaccurate information within my credit report, and this violates the FCRA. It should be noted that an inquiry that was not made by me is not a factual record, just as a fraudulently opened account is not a factual record and not referred to the creditor to be disputed directly with them. Equifax has attempted to address an inquiry as a factual record of file access, but if it was done through fraudulent means, it is not a factual record. As a consumer I should not be required to dispute each fraudulent inquiry directly with each company. This inquiry is the result of fraudulent activity and therefore inaccurate information in which the credit reporting agencies or the creditors can not verify, meaning that this inquiry is unverifiable information and must be deleted from out of my credit file. I NEVER AUTHORIZED THESE INQURIES : XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX ; XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX ; XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX ; XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX- THEY MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. I am well aware of my rights as a consumer. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires that you, the credit-reporting agency, report accurate and/or information within my credit file. My credit issues are very specific, this item not mine. This means that you are reporting incorrect information within my credit report. It is with this in mind that I request that this listed item be DELETED! Policy states I have included here : copy of my SSN, ID, proof of address and FTC REPORT. I HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE : copy of FTC REPORT, COPY OF my DL, SSN, proof of address.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation