Consumer complaint received 2019-05-09
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX
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:
The following Inquiries have left hard inquiries that I did not authorize or was falsely explained to that it would NOT impact my credit. 

-- Was first told it was a soft pull like " utilities '' and then when I tried to talk to someone there when it showed up I was passed around for an hour and then told to just file a dispute with the Credit Companies. 
XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX Institution Information XXXX XXXX, CO XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX  -- ( three companies same issues on inquiries ) Did not even get or ask for credit from these people. They told me that did it to see if I qualified and couldn't even let me know where they obtained my information XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX, MI XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, CA XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX, LA XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX -- This company I was talking to about a student loan. Before I finished the application they informed me that I could not defer the loan and I asked to cancel the application. They called me back and said I qualified for a small loan. I asked them later to remove the hard Inquiries and they said that they weren't able to at all. They have TWO hard inquiries. 

XXXX  XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX  - XXXX XXXX has run my credit three times! I tried signing up for a student loan once when my credit was brand new. I asked them to remove their inquiries and they literally told me that it would take a lawsuit to remove the inquiries (? ) XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, UT XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX  XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, UT XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, UT XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX-XXXX - I have no idea who this following company is, and they don't even have an address or phone number that I can even call to question their inquiry XXXX, XXXX. 
Inquiry from XXXX XXXX, XXXX -- The company doesn't even have a place that I can contact to dispute the inquiry. 
XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XXXX XXXX, XXXX -- A local bank isn't even allowing me to question the second inquiry when they told me that they were not re-running my credit. And they said I need to call that department to request it removed. And there is no department listed or even anywhere to ask for the service to be looked over. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX -- XXXX Has issued an authorized Credit Pull. I got a card from them almost four months ago and now there is a new credit pull that I did NOT authorize. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX Inquiry from XX/XX/XXXX,

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief