Consumer complaint received 2022-10-03
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MI
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account status incorrect

Complaint:
I have asked XXXX to validate the inaccurate information by requiring the creditor to produce documentation bearing my physical signature of the alleged accounts and balance they claim I owe. XXXX  has also failed to comply to multiple federal and state laws under the FCRA.

Violations include : 15 U.S.C. 1681e ( b ) Compliance procedures : to report maximum possible accuracy of the information concerning the individual.

15 U.S.C. 1681b ( a ) ( 2 ) Permissible purposes of consumer reports 15 U.S.C. 1681 ( m ) ( 3 ) Maintaining criteria on file. A person who makes an offer of credit or insurance to a consumer under a credit or insurance transaction described in paragraph ( 1 ) shall maintain on file the criteria used to select the consumer to receive the offer, all criteria bearing on credit worthiness or insurability, as applicable, that are the basis for determining whether or not to extend credit or insurance pursuant to the offer, and any requirement for the furnishing of collateral as a condition of the extension of credit or insurance, until the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the offer is made to the consumer. 
15 U.S.C. 1681 ( m ) ( h ) Duties of Users in Certain Credit Transactions ( 1 ) In general. Subject to rules prescribed as provided in paragraph ( 6 ), if any person uses a consumer report in connection with an application for, or a grant, extension, or other provision of, credit on material terms that are materially less favorable than the most favorable terms available to a substantial proportion of consumers from or through that person, based in whole or in part on a consumer report, the person shall provide an oral, written, or electronic notice to the consumer in the form and manner required by regulations prescribed in accordance with this subsection. I am asking for XXXX to provide the following : 1. The original contract and or agreement bearing my signature 2. Who they spoke to from the creditor the date and time in which they spoke with them. 
By law they have 15 days to supply this information as they are reporting they have resolved the dispute by validating the alleged inaccurate account on my credit file. I will attach a document of the inaccurate accounts on my credit file in which they claim has been investigated and is reporting 100 % accurate. Failure to produce the original contract and or agreement bearing my signature and who they spoke to from the creditor the date and time in which they spoke with them. I demand the accounts be deleted immediately ; it is a crime to threaten lawsuit with & no intention of doing so, therefore you can take heed that I am very serious about filing suit against your company. If the attached accounts are not properly validated and proof of the original contract and or agreement bearing my signature and who they spoke with what time and date, I will proceed with a lawsuit against your company under 15 U.S.C. 1681n for willful noncompliance.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation