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Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Equifax has incorrect information listed on a closed loan stating it was an auto loan. It was not an auto loan but a medical loan. I have disputed this twice. Both times they have refused to correct the issue and lowered my credit score approximately XXXX points each time. This can only be explained and seems to be for no other reason other than retaliatory for making the disputes.
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX, PA XXXX XXXX Re : Letter to Remove Inaccurate Credit Information : To Whom It May Concern : I received a copy of my credit report and found the following item ( s ) below to be errors. 
This letter is a formal complaint that inaccurate information is list on my credit report. 
The below information in my credit profile is having damaging effects on my credit standing. As you are no doubt aware, credit reporting laws ensure that bureaus report only accurate credit information. The inclusion of this inaccurate information is a mistake on either your or the reporting creditor 's part. Because of the mistakes on my credit report, I have been wrongfully denied credit, which was highly embarrassing and has negatively impacted my lifestyle. 
The following information needs to be verified and deleted from my credit report as soon as possible : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Equifax Information Services LLC XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX, GA XXXX XXXX Re : Letter to Remove Inaccurate Credit Information : To Whom It May Concern : I received a copy of my credit report and found the following item ( s ) below to be errors. 
This letter is a formal complaint that inaccurate information is list on my credit report. 
The below information in my credit profile is having damaging effects on my credit standing. As you are no doubt aware, credit reporting laws ensure that bureaus report only accurate credit information. The inclusion of this inaccurate information is a mistake on either your or the reporting creditor 's part. Because of the mistakes on my credit report, I have been wrongfully denied credit, which was highly embarrassing and has negatively impacted my lifestyle. 
The following information needs to be verified and deleted from my credit report as soon as possible : XXXX XXXXL XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX XXXX Re : Letter to Remove Inaccurate Credit Information : To Whom It May Concern : I received a copy of my credit report and found the following item ( s ) below to be errors. 
This letter is a formal complaint that inaccurate information is list on my credit report. 
The below information in my credit profile is having damaging effects on my credit standing. As you are no doubt aware, credit reporting laws ensure that bureaus report only accurate credit information. The inclusion of this inaccurate information is a mistake on either your or the reporting creditor 's part. Because of the mistakes on my credit report, I have been wrongfully denied credit, which was highly embarrassing and has negatively impacted my lifestyle. 
The following information needs to be verified and deleted from my credit report as soon as possible : XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

The Credit Bureaus stated my account was properly investigation but how is that possible if the open date is wrong, the last date active is wrong, and last date is not accurate. This is ground for removal and my rights were violated under the law 's.

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: Reporting company used your report improperly

In accordance with the fair Credit Reporting Act the list of accounts I have below have also been attached in my letters and FTC Report, have violated privacy federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

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 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 15 USC 1681 section 602 A states I have a right to privacy.

15 USC 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish any account without my written instructions.

15 USC 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) states no consumer reporting agency may report any items of information or adverse items other than criminal convictions record which predates the report by more than 7 years.

15 USC 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) states a person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the Information is inaccurate
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

To Whom It May Concern : I recently received a copy of my credit report and I noticed some accounts on my consumer report that should not be on there. 
This agency is in violation of 15 USC 1692g. They were to notify me of this in writing 5 days prior, I was not notified. As the original creditor, only I can validate this debt. I do not validate this debt. Therefore, the following accounts must be deleted from my report immediately : The reporting of these account ( s ) is/are violations of 15 USC 1681 , and the Fair Credit Reporting Act [ 15 USC 1681 ( a ) ( 2 ) ( B ) ] : ( 2 ) Exclusions.Except as provided in paragraph ( 3 ), the term consumer report does not include ( B ) any authorization or approval of a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly by the issuer of a credit card or similar device. 


Sincerely, XXXX XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

I have reached out to all of the three credit bureaus and they all said this account was accurate, but upon my investigation and research there are lot of inconsistencies and incorrect information. 

In accordance with the Credit Reporting act XXXX XXXX Account 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: Information is missing that should be on the report

My mortgage with XXXX was on my credit report through XX/XX/XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX it disappeared even though the loan is still open and in good standing
Complaint sub-issue: Public record information inaccurate

Checking over my Credit Report & I have noticed that there are quite a few bankruptcy accounts that should not been on my report. I have mailed XXXX Equifax XXXX  & other third parties like XXXX XXXX  regarding reporting this inaccurate information in response they gave me the run around with little to no information to say something is validated. So I contacted the the bankruptcy court itself & here is statement showing that they do not report or share information with creditors or bureaus. So please remove these bankruptcies & the accounts attached to them now! 


Accounts included : XXXX  XXXX XXXX  ( 4 ) accounts XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Public Records ( 2 ) accounts
Complaint sub-issue: Frequent or repeated calls

XXXX I purchased a dishwasher from Best Buy on XXXX. It was to be delivered XXXX but because of a miscommunication with a third party delivery service it was finally delivered on XXXX, badly dented. I refused it and cancelled the purchase and credit card with Best Buy XXXX. 
The purchase was made by opening a no interest card issued by Citi card. Since I had already been billed, I contacted best buy to make sure the purchase and card were cancelled. A fellow named XXXX with the XXXX XXXX assured me that everything was closed. Then I started receiving phone calls from Citi card requesting payment, and that I as accruing late payments on a {$200.00} debt. 
When I contacted Best buy to figure out if a had this debt I was referred to Citi card, and was told that they couldn't find my account and to contact Best buy. A lady named XXXX ( XXXX XXXX member ) finally figured out by listening that I was being scammed and didn't owe anything and the account was closed. 
The scammer calls and asks the same questions that Best buy customer service members ask, except that they push to get the first XXXX digits of your credit card, not the last XXXX. The accent of calls are foreign sounding and callers are male and female.
Complaint sub-issue: Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan

On XX/XX/XXXX I received a call from XXXX with XXXX XXXX XXXX offering a Department of Education program that would reduce my payments up to 75 % and possible loan forgiveness. A program which I was pre-approved for the loan repayment reduction.Her advice was to act quickly because the program expired that Friday, XX/XX/XXXX. The call back number XXXX left on my voicemail was XXXX. A number that went to XXXX XXXX at XXXX XXXX. Whom i spoke with on XX/XX/XXXX. Her extension is XXXX.

I gave her my information as requested, including annual income and was provided with a loan repayment offer. The offer included administrative fees of {$1300.00} and monthly payments less than {$100.00} while getting the loan out of default and paying all remaining payments. A term of 10 years, nine months and no mention of recalculating the payment amount if my financial situation changed. As a result of that call an FSA ID had been set without my knowledge or an email address associated with it. Without answers to security questions or an email account associated with my FSA ID I was locked out of my account.

My concerns are as follows.

What if any is the relationship between XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX?

How did XXXX XXXX XXXX obtain my cell phone number which was not part of my personal profile with the Federal Student Loan database?

How was my FSA ID established without an email address associated with it?

The tactic of urgency used by XXXX in her voicemail to respond within 5 days because the pre-approved offer would not be available.

Complaint file with Department of Education, case # XXXX.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

The XXXX XXXX with account number XXXX appears to be a charge-off account with a specific balance of {$510.00}. The information itself is already an error because a charge-off account should have NO balance. Another thing is that the account was reported twice in one of the Bureaus. As per FCRA, the bureaus and the furnisher are to provide 100 % accuracy and they are required to give responses and supply documents to confirm the account.
Complaint sub-issue: Trouble with how payments are being handled

This is the information sent to XXXX. I haven't gotten a reply, their links are not accurate, and when I have called I am advised to call my service provider, which is not in effect at this time. Reason : I need some help. My stress level is higher than I can manage, and my stress over my student loan situation is at the top of the list. I have companies contact me saying they are supposed to be my provider, however, then another one, and another continue to contact and I dont know which are legitimate. Additionally, the methods do not appear honest to me. I go through a lengthy phone process then I am told I have to decide immediately and sign their 15-page document. I ask for time to read the document and I am told you have to sign right now to get this offer and the person on the phone is going to read it to me as we go through. I would never sign anything without being given the opportunity to fully read and understand what I am signing. This is like working with a sleezy used-car sales team and I am not willing to do that. When you push us off on other companies we pay additional fees to them on top of the student loan payments. Then you move us to another company and we pay additional fees again. I dont know if I need legal counsel for this or if something can be worked out. I have been enrolled and re-enrolled with a new start-over date 4 times for my service student loan forgiveness plan because Im a XXXX. By now I should be almost finished with this program, and I have enough years as an XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX that I could have gotten the additional reduction of my loans by $ 14K if this had been handled correctly. At one point I was paying one company and another company garnished my wages. This inconsistency has to stop. As it is now I am about to be 60 and will have to work to almost 70 to get my loan forgiveness and there is no more time to add the additional forgiveness even though I have been teaching for 20 years in XXXX XXXX schools. Im over the XXXX I have had to deal with because I went through XXXX for my student loans. I need help. And I need it from XXXX, not some loan servicer who has proven my loans will not be managed correctly, who will charge me additional money that does not go toward payment, and who is not demonstrating transparency. Please advise.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

I have a closed account ( XX/XX/XXXX ) with a balance of {$100.00} under CITICARDS CBNA that was opened around XX/XX/XXXX. I don't have any payments that are due or received any e-mail or letter regarding this. 

I just got off the phone with CITICARDS and they looked up under my account ( I have one credit card ) with them and they saw no increase or {$100.00} that I am referring to. They also looked by my social security and nothing shows. 

Take a look at the screenshots to see this report come in to my account.
Complaint sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Someone tried to apply for some things in my name
Complaint sub-issue: Information is missing that should be on the report

My name is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX OH XXXX. 
I would like any and all fraud alerts or Credit Freezes removed from my credit report. I am having issues with my credit file reporting correctly. I have two XXXX XXXX  XXXX, XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX. I also have a XXXX XXXX accounts yet NONE are reporting and it is impacting my credit score. Not sure if there is an issue as to why its not reporting correctly.
Complaint sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

i didn't authorize these inquires and they refuse to remove them after i stated that.
Complaint sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

Hello I sent a letter regarding inaccurate and unknown things on my credit report to this day over 70 days ago on XX/XX/2021. I have not received a response yet. I feel like Im being taken advantage of and being ignored of my disputes. Being it has been so long without a response I would like for the items to be removed from my credit report. These accounts are adversely affecting my credit report and costing me thousands of dollars in interest every day and it has been over 70 days so they should be deleted promptly. The accounts, credit reporting and items in question are inaccurate and incorrect and should not be on my credit report because they are not accurate and do not reflect the correct information.
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

I have contacted Equifax, XXXX  and XXXX  to have items that has been paid off that was In collection to be removed out of collections. However they just updated the balance to just XXXX balance and the accounts are still in collection instead of being deleted. Also they have information that is reporting 30 days late that is not 30 days late like my XXXX  account. XXXX  put in a request to change the error on their behalf, but its yet to be changed on the reporting side. I also have a probleming with the scoring of my accounts. My scores will drop 30 to 50 points, I will pay the accounts out and they will only give me 10 points back. This is not right from what I have been read on fair debt information. Out of all the stuff I have taken care of, I should have had over 200 points back on my score, but it is not where it should be. My DTI is low and I should have been receiving more points than they have given me.
Complaint sub-issue: Didn't receive services that were advertised

I enrolled into XXXX XXXX at the XXXX XXXX location. I signed up for medical billing program around the year 2010. I was told I was approved for complete financial aid since I was a single mom and had no income. The grant was suppose to be approved for the program which was XXXX in financial aid. Then I found later that the school was closed permanently due to fraud. I tried contacting the school about my program and certification upon completion. It was unsuccessful, since then I have never received any notification about the closer or updatea about my certification they had promised and was unsuccessful finding a job. I also found out they have taken out not only federal loans under my name they also made extra personal loans which now I never agree or benefits from these loans. I am a victim of fraud from XXXX XXXX.
Complaint sub-issue: Talked to a third party about my debt

My personal information was used by someone in my house to obtain a XXXX system. My mother became ill and ended up passing away during this time the bill was turned over to collections to a third party collection company in XXXX. The bill was paid in full just as was promised with my income tax in XXXX. I am a single mother and struggling as it is. I am trying to obtain a home loan and they refuse to remove this from my credit report. They only reported that it was paid in full.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

I am writing this letter in response to your current investigation that took place in my credit record. Again I am a victim of identity theft and I write to dispute certain information in my file resulting from the crime. I have circled the account I dispute on the attached copy of the report I received. The account I am disputing do not relate to any transactions that I have made or authorized. Please remove this information at the earliest possible time. 


This account inaccurate or incomplete because the account is unknown to me. Also, the information you provided on some account is DELETED from other bureaus and I have doubts in their accuracy and the reported payment history on some account is a mystery to me, I dont remember I missed a payment. As required by section 611 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681i, a copy of which is enclosed, I am requesting that the adverse information on the items be removed to correct the information in my personal credit report. XXXX XXXX XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

By the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, I am writing this letter to request that the listed accounts which I believe appearing to be inaccurate and incomplete be immediately investigated and corrected on my credit file. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : {$2300.00} You are reporting a deleted information compared to other Credit Bureaus. This account was already deleted from other Credit Bureaus and you have no rights to continue reporting this account. Under the Fair Credit reporting Act, Credit Reporting must be accurate, I need you to report this accounts correctly and accurately. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : {$3500.00} - I would like to confirm the payment history and status of this account. I believe this account is reporting inaccurate information. I was never late on this account because I always make my payments on time. I keep my own payment records and the record you present do not match with what I have. I request a thorough investigation for this account and update for legal and lawful accuracy. Thank you. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : {$21000.00} - Please investigate the way this account reports information. I do not recall being late on the dates this account presents. I always make my payments on time and I was never late. As per FCRA, reporting of account information must be accurate. I need this account investigated and updated immediately for lawful accuracy. Thank you.
Complaint sub-issue: Problem with personal statement of dispute

Under USC 1681s-2b I would like for your office to please send me physical documents that discover did in fact provided and notified you after their investigation on accounts XXXX I have reached out to XXXX for them to send me that information they refused or can not provide physical. That the required noticed was in fact entered. I have asked your office multiple times to do an investigation and send me physical proof but each time you fail to send me physical proof! I have enclosed enclosed physicality proof that this information was never entered so I will need for you to send me physical proof or delete these account immediately from my credit file and provide a updated credit report when done so. Again I need physical proof.
Complaint sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

You are in direct violation of FCRA 623 ( a ) ( 5 ). Negative re-aging debt on a credit report is changing the delinquency status of an account to fool the credit bureaus into thinking its more recent than it really is, which is what you are doing by reporting the account as such and updating it monthly. I am very well versed in credit law and the practice of re-aging accounts. As you are no doubt aware, a collection is tied to the original account before it is charged off.You report that this account was opened - and therefore you are re-aging this account, which is illegal - so you are in violation of the FCRA, with fines of { {$1000.00} } per incident. I am requesting that you investigate this matter under the FCRA : * FCRA 623 ( a ) ( 8 ) Ability of Consumer to Dispute Information Directly with Furnisher * ( E ) Duty of person after receiving notice of dispute. After receiving a notice of dispute from a consumer pursuant to subparagraph ( D ), the person that provided the information in dispute to a consumer reporting agency shall -- * ( i ) conduct an investigation with respect to the disputed information ; * ( ii ) review all relevant information provided by the consumer with the notice ; * ( iii ) complete such person 's investigation of the dispute and report the results of the investigation to the consumer before the expiration of the period under section 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) within which a consumer reporting agency would be required to complete its action if the consumer had elected to dispute the information under that section ; and * ( iv ) if the investigation finds that the information reported was inaccurate, promptly notify each consumer reporting agency to which the person furnished the inaccurate information of that determination and provide to the agency any correction to that information that is necessary to make the information provided by the person accurate. In addition to the investigation, I am going to have to insist that you remove this illegal account from my 3 credit reports ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) or you should expect an intent to sue in the mail, because I will have no choice but to take legal action.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

I was trying to cosign for my cousin to get a new vehicle and the car salesman told me my credit was too low. I told him to show me my report and print me out a copy. There are items on my credit that need to be removed as soon as possible. These items are fraudulent accounts. XXXX XXXX {$1600.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX {$370.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX {$1000.00} XXXX   XXXX XXXX  XXXX {$28000.00}