Consumer complaint received 2023-05-01
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MO
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: Problem with personal statement of dispute

Complaint:
Read in full and review attachments ( all details need will be in this complaint just like XXXX SUBMITTED ON XX/XX/XXXX ) ( If you can't provide any contract or statement with my wet signature giving XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX permission to obtain my information you have no authority to state that you're reporting accurate information to my consumer report with EQUIFAX ) ( Making false statements as an attempt to reject following the laws has subjected you to penalties. ) NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO AGENT Unauthorized inquiry to my consumer report ; demand for Deletion and {$1000.00} Settlement. 

To : Whom it may concern You are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), [ 15 U.S.C 1681b ( a ) 3 ( f ) ( i )., for unlawfully obtaining my XXXX consumer report on XX/XX/XXXX without my authorization or a permissible purpose under the 15 USC 1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA } and its guidelines for permissible purpose. 
A person shall not use or obtain a consumer report for any purpose unless ; 1. The consumer report is obtained for a purpose for which the consumer report is authorized to be furnished under this section. 
2. The purpose is certified in accordance with section 1681b ( f ). Chester v. Purvis, 260 F. Supp 2d 711 ( S.D. Ind. 2003 ). 


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 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. 


I have not initiated any transaction with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, Further, I do not have an account as defined under 15 U.S.C. 1693a ( 2 ) with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX for review. 

Furthermore, under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, 15 U.S.C. 1681n ( a ). 



15 U.S. Code 1681q - Obtaining information under false pretenses Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.

616. Civil liability for willful noncompliance [ 15 U.S.C. 1681n ] ( a ) In general. Any person ( Name of investigater ) who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this title with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of ( 1 ) ( A ) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or damages of not less than {$100.00} and not more than {$1000.00} ; or ( B ) in the case of liability of a natural person for obtaining a consumer report under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose, actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or {$1000.00}, whichever is greater ; Specified Remedy : Please send payment Via Check Payable to XXXX XXXX and addressed { XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MO XXXX }

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation