Consumer complaint received 2019-03-22
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
I believe you use a system called XXXX to handle investigations. Please do not rely on this system because its not 100 % accurate. I really need your help because at this point I dont know where to turn. I have been a victim of Identity Theft. To protect myself from further harm, I have filed a police Identity Theft report. These fraudulent accounts were not authorized by me. I am writing to dispute the following information on my file. I recently learned that my personal information was used to open an account. I demand the following accounts be corrected or removed immediately. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX I demand to see a copy of the Verifiable Proof ( an original Consumer Contract with my Signature on it ) that you used to verify that the account belonged to me the first time you reported the account on my credit report. Your failure to properly verify these accounts has hurt my ability to obtain credit. Under the FCRA 15 U.S.C. 1681, unverified accounts must be promptly deleted. If you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file within 30 days for each of the accounts listed below then you must remove these accounts from my credit report. Please provide me with a copy of an updated and corrected credit report showing these items removed. 

This letter is your formal notice to cease your unauthorized hard inquiries into my credit report and, a formal demand that you immediately contact the credit reporting agencies and credit bureaus, where your organization has made inquiries into my credit history, to have your illegal inquiries removed. Be advised that I will be checking my reports to ensure you have had the following unauthorized inquiries removed : XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX   XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX An XXXX XXXX # XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX  XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  XX/XX/XXXX To my knowledge, I have not signed any documents authorizing your organization to view my credit history therefore, your inquiry into my credit report violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 1681b ( c ) :  Transactions Not Initiated by Consumer. 
If you are in possession of any document that you believe authorizes you or your organization to make inquiries into my credit report, I respectfully request a copy of this document be sent to my address listed above so that I may verify its validity. Given the amount of identity theft, I'm sure you'll agree that verifying your information is in your best interest. 
Finally, assuming you do not possess inquiry authorization, I request that, after removing your unauthorized inquiries from my credit profiles, you also remove all of my personal information from your records and send me confirmation that you have complied with my requests.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation