Consumer complaint received 2021-01-16
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OH
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:
This letter is being sent to you in response to a computer-generated, entry or letter unsigned, on XX/XX/2021 a letter received by XXXX XXXX, EQUIFAX, XXXX. Be advised that your claim is disputed and validation and proof of claim of the disputed debt are requested in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692 and as amended by adding the following new Title 8 USC 802 et seq., and the Fair Credit Billing Act, 15 USC. 1666 et seq. All of which work in conjunction with each other, including the Truth In Lending Act ( TILA ) 15 USC 1601 et seq. It is not now, nor has it ever been, my intention to avoid paying any obligation that is lawfully owned by the Claimant. In order to make arrangements to pay an obligation that may be lawfully owed, please document and verify the debt by complying, in good faith, with this request for validation and return it to me, within thirty ( 30 ) days of receipt of this letter. This is NOT a request for verification or proof of Claimant mailing address, but a request for VALIDATION and PROOF OF CLAIM made pursuant to the above-named Titles and Sections. I respectfully request that your offices provide the Claimant with competent evidence as per the attached Declaration and Proof of Claim that I have any legal obligation to pay you the unsubstantiated alleged debt. Furthermore you shall cease all verbal communication. No phone calls to the Claimant. At this time I will also inform you that if your offices have reported invalidated information to any of the 3 major Credit Bureaus, such as, Equifax, XXXX  and XXXX  prior to validation and proof of claim of the disputed debt, this action might constitute fraud under both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact ; if any negative mark is found on any of my reports by your company or the company that you represent I will not hesitate in bringing legal action against you and your client for the following : Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Defamation of Character Violation of United States Code TITLE 18 PART 1 CHAPTER 63 1341 ( Mail Fraud ) This debt is considered to be invalid until I receive proper validation and your offices provide the Claimant with proof of claim of the disputed debt. Your offices have 30 days to produce the required documentation in accordance with FTC guidelines. During this validation period and proof of claim, if any action is taken which could be considered detrimental to any of Claimant credit reports, said action will be considered a dishonor and cause the self-executing contract portion of this notice to be implemented. This includes listing any information to a credit reporting repository that could be inaccurate or invalidated. If your offices fail to respond to this validation and proof of claim request within 30 days from the date of your receipt, all references to this account must be deleted and completely removed from my credit file and a copy of such deletion request shall be sent to Claimant immediately. Please delete remove any and all listed items below : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  # XXXX, XXXX # XXXX, XXXX # XXXX, XXXX # XXXX, XXXX # XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX , XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation