Consumer complaint received 2017-10-03
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
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:
On XXXX 2013, a guy approached my husband at the hospital waiting room meanwhile I was at the XXXX room, convinced him of this equipment rental for my post-XXXX recovery, got my credit card and personal information from my husband and disappeared. Stressed as my husband was waiting for the outcome of my XXXX, he thought that this guy belonged to the hospital personnel and he was n't we found out later. 
The rented Item was never delivered to my house, being an equipment rental, if it would had been delivered to my house, they would have had to pick it up as well. The pickup never happened because the item was never delivered. 
Since the item was charged into my credit card by XXXX XXXX, I called XXXX XXXX Credit Cards and told them that I never received the item. After a thorough investigation XXXX XXXX removed the charge from my credit card account. 
A year later or more, I received a call from a Collection Agency, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, trying to get money from me that I never owed. According to this Collection Agency, the debt to a XXXX XXXX XXXX. I told XXXX XXXX XXXX, what happened again, that the item was never delivered to me. 
I also expressed to the Collection Agency, that if they had bought a debt that never existed from XXXX XXXX, they were supposed to take it against XXXX XXXX and not harass and yell at me, like they were doing every time I answered the telephone. 
I just learned from XXXX and Equifax Credit Report Agencies, the complete name of this Collection Agency that was calling me since I had a hard time trying to get their name because whenever I answered the telephone to them, they were always shouting at me and trying to intimidate me to make me pay for something that I did not owe, and do not owe. 
According to the Credit Report Agency XXXX, this Collection Agency has LEGALLY CERTIFIED that the debt belongs to me and that I did not pay it. 
My question is, how can a company LEGALLY CERTIFIES something that is not true. Moreover, try to hurt my Credit Record where I have always kept an average score of XXXX or more, since I do not like to owe, and I pay all my accounts in time. 
Based on what criteria Credit Report Agencies, believe Collections Agency statements over customers statements that have never had a collection, and have never paid late. 
Why not asking for trustworthy proof before placing a collection in my account. By not requesting proof or support for their allegations, before publishing something that hurt my name and my records, the Credit Report Agencies become accomplice of these type of unscrupulous Collection Agencies.
The same way that we might have not received approval for a credit card or a loan, based on this false information published, there should be a penalty for the Credit Report Agencies and for these Collection Agencies for giving false information to vendors or providers.
Thank you very much for your prompt attention to this matter, and looking forward to hear from you soon since I consider these false accusations in my credit reports to be damaging my image and my reputation.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation