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Complaint sub-issue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

I reviewed my credit report supplied by XXXX. In the report I noticed incorrect information and attempted to dispute the reporting. An Educational Credit Management Corp. was the reporting agency. I mailed correspondence disputing the debt, however, the mail was returned as not deliverable, unable to forward. I utilized the mailing address provided in the report. This reporting situation is criminal by violating the FCRA and negatively impacts my life. 
I am attaching scanned images of : the credit report and the returned mail. Please investigate and prosecute as required. I have requested XXXX investigate the issue. 
Thank You
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

I've been a victim of identity theft. The inquiries listed should be removed for these are fraudulent and inaccurate. Inquiries : XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

I applied for XXXX XXXX today XX/XX/20 and I did not get approved because of some accounts with negative payment history on my credit report. I reviewed the accounts and I came to the conclusion that none of them belong to me. I did not open any of those accounts and I did not give anyone permission to open those accounts in my name. I did not make any payments towards any of these accounts nor did I benefit anything such as money, goods, services or any other benefit as a result of these accounts that were opened on my behalf. I have already filed a police report as well as a complaint with the CFPB regarding these accounts.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

XXXXm submitting a complaint to you today to inform you I was the victim of identity theft. I researched on how to remove the fraudulent items in my report and found that I need to visit FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION or https : //www.ftc.gov to file a report. please remove/block any items listed on an id theft report. Please find the ATTACHED documents to assist in blocking the erroneous information which is being posted to my report. 

Here is the list of items that do not belong to me or were opened without my permission. 

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Complaint sub-issue: Funds not handled or disbursed as instructed

XX/XX/21 : PNC Virtual Wallet Performance Select approved, advertising {$400.00} cash bonus paid within 60-90 days of satisfying {$5000.00} direct deposit requirement XX/XX/21 : Direct deposits totaling XXXX satisfied the bonus requirement. A call was made to a service representative to confirm XX/XX/21 : Contacted PNC again to remind them the bonus requirements were met and it's been 90 days. The rep first said " no '' to my query. When I challenged if it was a system error or they're denying their advertised claim, the rep then changed to say it was a mistake in his reading the statement history. He said it would appear " soon '' as a credit on a statement. 

XX/XX/21 : It is now approaching 120 days and still no sign of the bonus being credited.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

I filed Ch XXXX bankruptcy on XX/XX/XXXX. I received a discharged from US. Bankruptcy Court XXXX  District of Virginia on XX/XX/XXXX. In my bankruptcy creditors list my attorney submitted to the court included all accounts with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX XXXX ), in XXXX   VA. XXXX  and XXXX reported my accounts with XXXX XXXX `` this account is included in Ch XXXX bankruptcy '' that is correct. But Equifax reported this same account " charged off {$12000.00} '' and account open date :XX/XX/XXXX ( after bankruptcy discharged date ), type of account is unknown, monthly payment is unknown, high balance is unknown. I disputed this incorrect account reported by Equifax at least 6 times but Equifax never changed the results. My main point is a same account status, XXXX  and XXXX reported correct " this account is included in Ch XXXX bankruptcy ''. Equifax reported " this account charged off with balance of {$12000.00} ). I requires Equifax should change the status of my account to " this account is included in Ch XXXX bankruptcy ''
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

XXXX, and Equifax after numerous letters has refuse to remove unathorized inquires i did not give any permissible purpose or written consent. I contacted each company on my credit report and they told my to contact the credit agencies, which i have done and they still refuse to remove. I understand that you shouldn't be allowed to put an inquiry on my file unless I have authorized it. Please have these inquiries removed from my credit file because it is making it very difficult for me to acquire credit. You have not provided me with any information on how you verified these items. 
If you do not have any documentation in your files to verify the accuracy of these disputed accounts then please delete them immediately as required under Section 611 ( a ) ( 5 ) ( A ) ( i ). By publishing these inaccurate and unverified items on my credit report and distributing them to 3rd parties you are damaging my reputation and credit worthiness. 
The FCRA states that the only permissible purpose for pulling someones credit is for : Firm Offer of Credit , Insurance Employment, Court Order The following credit inquiries are related to none of the aforementioned permissible
Complaint sub-issue: Public record

Please be advised this our FOURTH time we are trying to seek justice in this matter. On three separate occasions, we requested to have a release and withdrawn lien removed from our Equifax credit report per the Internal Revenue Service release and withdrawal. The documentation from the IRS stating that the lien has been released and withdrawn is attached. In each instance, Equifax has provided confusing and insufficient explanations as to why you it chooses to continue listing a withdrawn lien on our credit report. XXXX and XXXX have removed the lien based upon the IRS documentation. As further evidence supporting our position, please see the attached email documentation from XXXX XXXX XXXX a Tax Specialist with the XXXX Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Taxation and Revenue indicating that there is " no indication of a lien filed in the XXXX '' on me and/or my wife XXXX XXXX. 
Based upon the documents, we have Equifax through a formal dispute to respond to the the following questions : 1 ) Please provide to us the Equifax policy regarding removal of withdrawn liens from credit reports. 
2 ) Please advise whether your failure to remove an IRS withdrawn lien from a credit report is Exquifax policy. 
3 ) Please advise whether the above Equifax policy is consistent with Fair Credit Reporting Act, as the other XXXX agencies have subsequently removed the lien. 
4 ) Please explain how your policy specifically has a bearing on our credit worthiness. As the Internal Revenue Service saw fit to remove, we believe your failure to follow suit constitutes an unfair business practice and is harmful to consumers. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX ( XXXX ) and XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX )
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

I signed an agreement with the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX to take advantage of the CARES Act where I agreed to pay my mortgage forebarance amount in full by XX/XX/2020. I specifically confirmed 3 times on the phone with the agent from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX that IF I took advantage of the forebarance program and paid all fees in full by XX/XX/2020, I would not have any adverse information sent to the credit bureaus. Knowing that I was going to sell my house and pay the mortgage off in full and all fees associated with the forebarence on XX/XX/2020, I agreed to the program. 

I am now trying to buy a new home and found out that although I fulfilled my obligation by paying off my entire mortgage and all forbarence fees early, that XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX has informed all of the credit bureaus that I was late with a payment. That was not what was agreed upon especially since my entire mortgage was paid off more than a month prior to my forbarence due date. This is a bait and switch and clearly is adversely impacting my credit score. Over 35 years, I have never had a late payment for any of my credit cards or loans. Now I am being penalized with a credit score deduction by over 135 points when my credit score from all agencies has hovered around 800. This predatory lending practices are horrific and are not in line with the intent of the CARES Act.

I need your support to get the " late payment '' notification to all credit bureaus reversed and a note to the credit bureas and me that they made an error and reverse the late payment notification. If you have any questions or need any further information, please email me. This is yet another financial institution taking advantage of the American public like was done in XXXX with the mortgage defaults.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

According to my recent credit report request from XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX there are several inaccurate accounts on my report that I demand removal as they are in violation of the following applicable credit reporting laws : 15 USC 1681623 ( a ) of FCRA/FACTA I am exercising my right to audit your records that claim you have verified to the credit bureaus this debt. 15 USC 168123 ( a ) 7 requires early warning notice ONLY after they have notified said person before it is placed on the credit report ( See Attached ) Note : There is a {$1000.00} fine if this request is not completed in 30 days as stated in FACTA.

VIOLATIONS OF CREDITORS & XXXX VIOLATION COUNT 1 [ 15 U.S.C. 1681c ] ( a ) There are several items on my report that are not legally allowed on my report VIOLATION COUNT 2 [ 15 U.S.C. 1681c-1 ] ( a ) I Have accounts on my report that do not belong to me and my identity may be Compromised. 

VIOLATION COUNT 3 [ 15 U.S.C. 1681e ] Compliance procedures VIOLATION COUNT 4 [ 15 U.S.C. 1681h ] All of the creditors do not have records of my proper identification CREDITORS AND ACCOUNTS TO BE REMOVED XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX Account Status Charge-off Status Updated Contact Information XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NV XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX THIS ACCOUNT DOES NOT BELONG TO ME PLEASE REMOVE IT OFF MY CREDIT REPORT XXXX XXXX XXXX   Account # XXXX Account Status Charge-off Contact Information XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, SD XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX THIS ACCOUNT DOES NOT BELONG TO ME PLEASE REMOVE IT OFF MY CREDIT REPORT XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX Collection Contact Information XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MS XXXX THIS ACCOUNT DOES NOT BELONG TO ME PLEASE REMOVE IT OFF MY CREDIT REPORT
Complaint sub-issue: Account status

XXXX XXXX XXXX is reporting that my credit account with them is still open. The XXXX XXXX Account was discharged on XXXX XXXX, 2015, and closed. They continue to report incorrectly that the account is open. The account has been discharged, closed and balance zero.
Complaint sub-issue: Debt was result of identity theft

I had a XXXX 's credit card account for several years. In XX/XX/XXXX My wife and I divorced and as part of the settlement I paid off all credit card debt including XXXX 's. I did not use the card after that time. Because there was a XXXX balance on the account, I did not expect to receive any statements. In XX/XX/XXXX I was prompted to pull my credit report when a credit card I actively use sent me a notice they were lowering my limit. To my dismay, I discovered that XXXX  's as well as XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX all had balances on them and were 90 -120 days delinquent. I contacted all of these companies and discovered my ex-wife had conducted an account take over on all these accounts. She changed the address, phone number and email address to her contact information. All statements and attempts to collect debt were going directly to her. I had no knowledge of this activity until I pulled my credit report. What she had done was essentially use the cards and pay the min payment until they were maxed out and then stopped paying. I worked with XXXX   XXXX and XXXX XXXX who both determined it was fraud and reversed all negative credit reporting as well as remove the balance as a debt I owe. I have tried to the same with XXXX 's and they refuse to work with me. In fact they charged me almost {$200.00} for me to order statements I never received since the address on the account was not mine ( again, fraud ). I had to have those statements so I could itemize all disputed items. Every transaction was completed online and shipped to an address I never lived. I filled out the fraud dispute and sent them a picture of my DL as requested. In the meantime they continued to charge me late fees and charged off the credit card balance. What started off as a {$600.00} balance has ballooned to over {$1000.00} due to fees and the amount of money they charged me for statements. They will not honor my fraud claim. I can even prove with lease agreements that I did not live at the address everything was sent to. The email address attached to my account was my ex-wife 's name. Its very clear this is fraud. I'm a United States XXXX XXXX veteran who served XXXX XXXX in XXXX and XXXX in the XXXX XXXX  XXXX. XXXX  's unwillingness to recognize this as fraud, remove the debt and reverse the charge off and all late payments that are a result of this fraud are not only impacting my XXXX, but my ability to qualify for a VA loan so I can purchase a home of my own.
Complaint sub-issue: Can't close your account

Citibank was offering a higher interest rate. So I took funds out of XXXX account and a cit. account. Transford 3 different amounts XXXX for XXXX XXXX for XXXX XXXX XXXX. Citibank lowered there interest rate. My problem is after having contact with many customer service people, it was so bad that I was concered that I got my self into a scam. I have a police report showing that I am truthful regarding that I. Looked up Citibank reviews and I am not alone on my feelings regarding this bank. This is a one month old account. I was so concered that I tried to transfer money out of the Citybank account back to XXXX. I called and they said you can only due XXXX a day and not over XXXX a month Every amount I put in was over there transfer daily amount which is now XXXX a day. I called back an talked to another customer service person if there was another way just cancel this account. and transfer my money back to XXXX He explained how to get on Citibanks site to do a wire transfer. I paid for my transfer on XX/XX/XXXX my transfer was for XXXX The next 3 days turned into a living XXXX. After many calls and hang ups I was told that they blocked my account I have no access to my money and no access to the computer site. After 3 days worth of calls and hang ups. I went to XXXX bank to ask if they could help in any way, they suggested that I file a police report. After more calls and hang ups I did go to the XXXX Police Department XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Ohio XXXX phone XXXX Fax XXXX I talked to Officer XXXX XXXX report num. XXXX. He and I were on the phone with Citibank for 2 hours calls and hang ups. Officer XXXX started getting concerned about this being a scam followed me back to my apartment because he wanted to see the Debit card and my paper work. More calls and hang ups. Towards the end of this call they told Officer XXXX that my transfer would go through in a few days. After all this I called about my wire transfer again on Sunday the XXXX because I was still very concerned. Talked to another customer service person that proceeded to ask me question after question which I was able to answer. They canceled my transfer. ; He put me on hold and when he came back he said I got one of the questions wrong so my account is still closed would not let me ask him any more about my account and he hung up. This may not even matter I am a senior on social security and small pension. This week I have not slept and I feel shaken inside. This is all all the savings I have.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

My XXXX XXXX bankruptcy was discharged on XX/XX/XXXX. XXXX and XXXX updated my credit file to reflect the discharge. Equifax did not so I disputed with Equifax on XXXX. Equifax reported that they verified the information as correct with a third party, XXXX. I contacted XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX and XXXX stated that they show the XXXX  XXXX disposition as discharged and their file was updated on XXXX. Since the information was incorrect still on my Equifax credit report, I disputed again with Equifax. This dispute was XX/XX/XXXX. With both of my disputes I provided the court document showing the discharge. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I received the dispute results and again Equifax claimed they contacted XXXX to verify the data and that the information was being reported correctly. I contacted XXXX again on XX/XX/XXXX and again they stated that they show the discharge. XXXX stated to call Equifax again. 

This is unacceptable. I provided information to Equifax twice showing the discharge and the third party verifies the discharge in their records. Equifax is not meeting their requirements under the FCRA to report a consumer 's information correctly.
Complaint sub-issue: No notice of investigation status/result

I disputed the bankruptcy listed on my report with Equifax. They responded but failed to disclose the source of their information. I provided documentation from the United States Bankruptcy Courts to Equifax and to the CFPB that the courts do not validate but instead it is done through a third party. Equifax lied in their response to me and to the CFPB in stating that the Bankruptcy Court had validated the data ( something that they do not do ). Here is their response on the CFPB complaint containing the lie : Equifax said : " Explanation of closure Equifax has reviewed your complaint and its records regarding your dispute. The Discharged Chapter XXXX Bankruptcy has been verified to be correct as reported on the credit file. Written confirmation has been mailed. 

Response *Equifax reviewed the complaint, its records and initiated a reinvestigation. 
*Equifax did not receive any additional communications from the consumer during the review of the complaint. 
*Equifax will mail the results of the reinvestigation within 30 days. '' As this is not correct and as failing to disclose the actual source of the data is an FCRA Violation, I demand that it be removed from my credit report!
Complaint sub-issue: Problem during payment process

I have n't received a response to emails to confirm if payments were suspended. When I received an email from the bank the payment was to be withdrawn from, I called and questioned what the email was for. I honestly thought the payment would be paid. The payment is from a savings account. The payment was returned. I communicated that if I had received notification in writing that I would n't be going through this. I was told that payments were suspended. It reminds me of when I was on the phone with a representative at XXXX and the female employee said something like I told you verbally. 

I emailed on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX, XXXX/XXXX/XXXX, and XXXX/XXXX/XXXX.
Complaint sub-issue: Investigation took more than 30 days

I filed a dispute with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX over 30 days ago .I informed XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX that I am disputing their claim.moreover I requested that XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX supply me with copy of the contract with my authentic signature and their authentic signature which makes the contract legal XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX never provided a copy of contract with my authentic signature or their authentic signature and continue to report this account to the credit reporting agency.this account should have been deleted off the CRA files.further more the fair credit reporting act regulates how creditors handle consumers dispute.the statue states that when a consumer disputes any item the creditor should conduct a reasonable investigation within 30 days to determine if the challenge item is correct.after 30 days have expired if creditor have not completed the investigation the disputed item must be deleted.finally XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX failed to report the dispute to the CRA which is a violation of the FCRA section 623 and carries a fine.
Complaint sub-issue: Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone

XXXX, Equifax and XXXX  are reporting 23 derogatory accounts on my credit report with no Creditor listed. I am unable to send out a validation request because I am unaware who is reporting these accounts or if these accounts even belong to me. I have sent 2nd dispute letters to Equifax, XXXX  and XXXX  since XX/XX/2021 asking them to investigate these accounts and I have not yet received a written response or see any updates on my credit report.
Complaint sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX has violated my rights. 

15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy.

15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

I have disputed the late payments on XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX   XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX accounts for months. The three credit bureaus wont reverse the late payment. Not to mention they will not give me an explanation as to why they wont overturn or fix this erroneous inaccurate claim that has lowered my credit score tremendously.
Complaint sub-issue: Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official

I received an affidavit notarized from XXXX, Ohio. I live in Tennessee. The affidavit claims a litigation specialist working for XXXX XXXX XXXX has full access to the USA Department of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I have a copied document with incomplete information regarding myself. The document has the last four digits of my social security number, birthdate, and certificate ID. The document is digitally signed by the director of Department of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX. According to the Tennessee Secretary of State website : XXXX XXXX XXXX is a Tennessee XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and its registered agent is the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX . Does the Department of XXXX allow others to impersonate a Director of  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I have never served in the military. When I applied for my Discover Card I fully checked the box that Im a civilian. The document I explained above was used by XXXX XXXX XXXX to ascertain whether I was in the military and used in a sworn statement, notarized in Ohio, and used to summons me to court. Tennessee law requires an affidavit to proceed in collections servicing. XXXX XXXX XXXX impersonation of a XXXX XXXX XXXX is absolutely amazing.