Consumer complaint received 2021-04-09
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NY
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
I contacted the Credit Reporting Agency Experian about an account appearing on my credit report from XXXX XXXX which I did not recognize. The account number information was being reported with incomplete information and partial account numbers which are a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ). I contacted Experian about this error on my credit report and sent a letter to them on XX/XX/XXXX explaining this to them and requesting that they delete this erroneous account. To my surprise, I received a response more than 30 days late from Experian where they claim they were able to verify and update the information with XXXX as accurate, however their reply credit report they sent had missing fields like date of last payment was missing which is a violation of Metro 2 Compliance and the FCRA and inaccurate, unverifiable, missing, and unfair information such as a partial account number with asterisks instead of the full account number. I then sent a letter on XX/XX/XXXX asking XXXX for their method of verification for this account and the errors which was a violation of the law and for them to delete this account. Then on XX/XX/XXXX I received a similar response from them stating that they verified that this XXXX XXXX account was valid and again they claim to update the information again however did not give a method of validation, as well as missing and incomplete account numbers and credit report information which is another violation of the FCRA. On XX/XX/XXXX I sent them a letter regarding their violations in reporting the account information, dates, and other fields incomplete and inaccurate. Until this date Experian has never responded in regards to this XXXX XXXX account and their inaccurate reporting and request to delete this erroneous account. Then on XX/XX/XXXX I sent another letter for their failure to respond again in 30 days and to again demand the deletion of the XXXX XXXX account due to inaccurate and missing/incomplete reporting of the account number as a violation of the FCRA and Federal Consumer Laws. Since that time I still have yet to receive a response from Experian regarding their inaccurate reporting and violating the FCRA and other Federal Consumer laws regarding this account. They also continue to report this erroneous account. In addition, I also contacted XXXX XXXX by letter asking them to verify this account and telling them about their incomplete inaccurate and unfair reporting of this account and that I did not recognize this account on XX/XX/XXXX. They responded saying that I did not let them know that I was disputing the account with them, however this letter was informing them I was disputing the account. On XX/XX/XXXX I wrote them letters for not responding and violating the FCRA and not reporting to Credit Bureaus that I disputed this account which is a violation of Federal Consumer Laws. XXXX XXXX response with an agreement I don't recognize with a signature that is not mine. Neither Experian or XXXX XXXX did not do their investigation in this matter and replied more than 30 days late or not at all and are reporting the information inaccurately about this XXXX XXXX account which is severely affecting my creditworthiness and ability to obtain a car and other credit opportunities which would afford me to live a better quality life. I also noticed Experian has over 100,000 complaints in the last 3 months with other people complaining of similar terrible treatment and inaccurate reporting and them breaking the consumer federal and state law of not responding in 30 days and not reporting complete account number or doing their investigation as required by law.

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 explanation