Consumer complaint received 2022-10-13
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA
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:
On XX/XX/2022, I submitted a reinvestigation request to XXXX requesting that they conduct an reinvestigation on 5 accounts I am disputing with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX via XXXX XXXX  : XXXX. See Exhibit 1 On XX/XX/2022, I also submitted a debt validation dispute letter to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX via XXXX mail : XXXX pursuant to rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. See Exhibit 2 Within a weeks worth of time XXXX completed its reinvestigation on XX/XX/2022 claiming to have verified the accounts with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX See Exhibit 3 XXXX did not conduct a thorough and reasonable reinvestigation upon my request which is a violation of my consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This proves that XXXX does not have reasonable procedures in place to ensure that the maximum possible accuracy was reporting on my credit file. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX failed to respond within 30 days of receiving my debt dispute letter which would have been XX/XX/2022. 

On XX/XX/2022, I mailed XXXX a factual dispute letter clearly communicating that I was in disagreement with its reinvestigation results because XXXX 'S XXXX XXXX never responded to my dispute letter and failed to validate the account. See Exhibit 4. 

I also informed XXXX that the accounts were not reporting 100 % accurate, that the first date of delinquency was not reporting on my XXXX report but it was reporting on my Equifax report and demanded that they be deleted and provided proof of the inaccuracies. 

On XX/XX/2022, I mailed XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX a notice informing them of their failure to validate the alleged debt and that they were in violation of my rights under the FDCPA. See Exhibit 5 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX still failed to provide proof to validate the alleged debt. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX never provided a Letter of Sales agreement, an assignment agreement from the original creditor and never provided a copy of the original contract with my signature on it for none of the disputed accounts. 

On XX/XX/2022, I reported the furnisher and the disputed accounts to the Federal Trade Commission via a Identity Theft Report report number XXXX. I then got my official identity theft report notarized on XX/XX/2022. 

On XX/XX/2022, I submitted an Identity theft dispute to XXXX. I provided XXXX with proof that I previously been in contact with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, proof of my identity, proof of my social security number, proof of address along with a copy of my notarized FTC Identity theft report. See Exhibit 6 On XX/XX/2022 sent me dispute results stating " PLEASE REFER TO YOUR CREDIT REPORT. '' See Exhibit 7. XXXX never conducted a identity theft investigation per my dispute request with supporting documentation violating my FCRA rights under 15 U.S.C. section 1681c-2 ( a ). 

Then on XX/XX/2022, XXXX sent me results two weeks later stating " IF ACCOUNT WAS OPENED AS A RESULT OF IDENTITY THEFT, THE CREDIT GRANTOR MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO CONTACT YOU TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER. THE CREDIT GRANTOR REQUESTS THAT YOU CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY .... '' See Exhibit 8. XXXX failed to conducted a identity theft investigation per my dispute request violating my FCRA rights under 15 U.S.C. section 1681c-2 ( a ) This clearly shows that XXXX does not have reasonable procedures in place to ensure the maximum possible accuracy is reporting on my credit report. XXXX was given proof that XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX and I have already been in contact but somehow concluded that XXXX 'S XXXX XXXX may not know how to contact me. XXXX has been in violation of my FCRA consumer rights for the previous three months. 

XXXX has knowingly violated 15 U.S.C. section 1681e ( b ) and 15 U.S.C. section 1681c-2 ( a ).

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation