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Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

15 USC 1681 Section 602 states I have the right to privacy. 15 USC Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions. 15 USC 1666B : A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open-end consumer credit report plan as late for purpose.
Complaint sub-issue: Debt is not yours

Your full name : XXXX XXXX Current address : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX . XXXX, XXXX  XXXX, Mo XXXX SSN:XXXX Date of birth:XX/XX/XXXX Date:XX/XX/XXXX New information request : Dear Creditor, Im not sure why your company is still reporting this inaccurate account to the credit bureaus, but I have a new information request based on the account. 
Creditor : Account : Please show me proof that your reporting is 100 % accurate. I would like to know that my rights are not being violated. Because the reporting of this item is not following the reporting procedures stipulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, I request an immediate deletion. 
Please pay attention :
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

My credit report shows closed and over 180 days delinquent. The government has been paying since Covid relief started. How can it be delinquent? Also, my loan was with XXXX XXXX and was sold to XXXX without notification or ability to get in touch with this company. Even if the government wasnt paying student loan payments, I couldnt pay because I have no way to contact this third party company. I am requesting this delinquency be removed for the above reasons.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

About 4 months ago i started receiving calls from multiple unknown numbers, they were debt collectors asking about accounts i have never heard about. I recently received notifications stating that my information has been exposed in recent data breaches. In result of my information being exposed my identity is being used to commit fraud, and used to obtain fraudulent services. I have no idea who could have stole my identity but i am being seriously affected negatively.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Hello my name is XXXX XXXX and I have been reaching out to all three credit bureau 's via mail trying to resolve this debilitating issue for the past 7 months to no available. I have been disputing this/these accounts with The credit reporting agencies who are inaccurately reporting information on my consumer report without my consent. They are in violation of 15 USC 1681 e ( b ) where I am supposed to be promised accuracy in my report based on federal law. The companies have not been responding which is extremely frustrating and at this point Im not sure what else to do. 

I wrote to them on the following dates : XX/XX/2022 XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Problem with balance transfer

On XX/XX/XXXX, I used the Discover online system to check the balance of my Discover balance transfer, which is due XX/XX/XXXX. I was unable to find the total on the website or on my statement. Because the information was not available online, I used the online email system to request my balance transfer remaining balance. The reason that I was checking is because since XX/XX/XXXX, my payments towards this balance transfer have been anywhere from {$1500.00} to {$5000.00} monthly. This was done to ensure that my total balance transfer was paid in full by the due date. I was expecting to be close to paying this off, if not having paid it off in full already. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, Discover responded and informed me that only the minimal balance of my balance transfer was paid out of each {$1500.00} to {$5000.00} monthly payment. Many months, the minimal balance is only {$120.00}. If only the minimal balance is being applied to the transfer balance, this is a company practice that guarantees that I would not fulfill my obligation of paying off the balance transfer by XX/XX/XXXX. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I responded asking what I needed to do to be able to dictate that enough of my monthly payment was applied to my balance transfer to ensure that the balance was paid off in full by XX/XX/XXXX. Discover responded with the same canned text without answering my question. 

Of note, my balance transfer of {$10000.00} ( acquired XX/XX/XXXX ) has a remaining balance of {$5800.00}, despite my making {$20000.00} in payments since XX/XX/XXXX. 

I am filing this complaint for two reasons. I believe that Discover 's  practice of applying my payments to only the minimal balance of the balance transfer is deceptive and intended to trick the consumer into missing the deadline for full payment, which allows them to charge all of the interest that was previously withheld. My second reason is because Discover needs to be held responsible for correcting this process so that a less saavy consumer would not be taken advantage of. 

Of note, nowhere on the website or my statement does it display my balance transfer total as opposed to my total balance, which was why I contacted them in the first place. This is also intended to hide their deceptive practices and needs to be remedied.
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Equifax improperly handled their data security, allowing over 140 million credit report accounts, including account numbers, addresses and social security numbers, to be accessed by unknown third parties for an undisclosed amount of time. They have failed to notify affected customers in a timely manner and have not provided any clear method of protection of consumers or plan to correct this catastrophic error. Hundreds of millions are now at immediate risk of identity theft and fraud.
Complaint sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

I just don't think this is still right. I felt I am being taken advantage by someone I didn't know and being ignored by the agencies where I sent the disputes. What happened is last month I received my credit report and noticed that lots of items that I didn't recognized and it isn't mine, so dated XX/XX/2022 I sent letters regarding with those items to be remove and was very patient waiting for their response but up until now ( XX/XX/2022 ) I haven't received any from them. This is unacceptable. According to this article : FCRA 611 ( 15 U.S.C. 1681I ) ( A ) the investigation should be within 30 days only and an extension of 15 days makes 45 days, it was almost 50 days now from the time I sent letters but nothing came into my mail, email and even phone number when I indicated all these info for them to communicate to me. This is frustrating and causing me a lot of stress.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

XXXX   XXXX  services provided documentation to remove this account from my credit file Equifax refuses to remove the account. Equifax does not read the letters provided in order to correct the credit. If this error does not get removed from my credit file asap, i will file court proceedings against them. i have further attached the documentation.   it has been over 6months since the last filed complaint that was never cleared.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

I am a victim of identity theft, I never authorized these accounts. These acounts hurting my credit score and I being victimized by the bureaus.
Complaint sub-issue: Received bad information about your loan

As of XXXX XX/XX/2021, Sallie Mae has made weekly attempts to communicate with me either via letters or email communication about a student loan on which Im a cosigner. These communications treat the cosigner as the primary borrower, which, despite what Sallie Mae claims, is not the purpose of the cosigner. The purpose of a cosigner on a loan, any loan, is to serve as a backup to the primary borrower should the primary borrower be unable to or not make payments on the loan- the lender having sought repayment from the primary borrower first. 

On XXXX XX/XX/2021, I initiated an online chat conversation with one of Sallie Maes representatives to discuss what efforts Sallie Mae has made in contacting the primary borrower. All the representative could assure me of was that the primary borrower had received the same communications that I had received. 

I asked for the representative to confirm the primary borrowers contact information, including email and address on file. The representative refused to give me any of this information, despite the fact that I am the cosigner on the loan. 

You can not hold a cosigner financially responsible to the same extent as the primary borrower if you are not willing to share the same amount of information with the cosigner about the primary borrower on the loan. 

The agent then instructed me to view the communications stored in my profile to understand what the primary borrower would have received. This was an impossible task as nowhere on the online portal is there an ability to view or reference any communications sent by Sallie Mae. I do not have an option in my portal to view any messages, letters, or any other types of communications made by Sallie Mae to me. 

It is therefore impossible for me to determine if Sallie Mae has made any verifiable attempt to contact the primary borrower, and is therefore acting as a predatory lender in attempting to coerce the cosigner of the loan to begin repayment. 

Sallie Mae, in their role as the lender, is expressly breaking their obligation to attempt to collect payment from the primary borrower before defaulting to the cosigner. They, in effect, place the entire onus of responsibility of financial education and repayment solely on the cosigner.
Complaint sub-issue: Old information reappears or never goes away

XXXX XXXX is reporting a collection account as closed. This CRA continues to validate and allow this company to report this on my report. It is even showing past due. This account is inactive and closed and should be removed from my report. The CRAs and XXXX are violating the FCRA. Ive submitted an account summary with my disputes and each CRA is apparently using an e-Oscar system which is not correct. 

XXXX cant even validate the account. The attached letter shows they cant validate the account. I mailed the letter below on XX/XX/XXXX and emailed it on XX/XX/XXXX and I received the attached letter a few days later. 

To Whom It May Concern : I am XXXX XXXX and Im writing regarding the above referenced accounts and transactions. 

This vehicle was repossessed by XXXX XXXX in the State of Georgia on or about, XX/XX/XXXX, and resold on or about XX/XX/XXXX. The first date of delinquency was XX/XX/XXXX. 

Under the laws of the State of Georgia Respective rights of buyer, seller, etc., following repossession of motor vehicle sold under a retail installment contract are covered under Georgia Law, specifically Code Section 10-1-36 of the Official Code of Georgia. UCC 10-1-36. Disposition of motor vehicle repossessed after default ; right to recover deficiency and State XXXX and XXXX statutes a deficiency can not be claimed unless all of the required notices were properly and timely given, and all of the allowable redemption and cure time limits were adhered to. 

Please provide copies of the legal notices and proof of the commercially reasonable manner of the resale of the subject vehicle. 

If no such proof is provided within 14 days from receipt of this notice, the alleged claim of a deficiency will be considered null and void, and any continued collection activities, or continued reporting of this invalid claim on my credit reports will be considered a violation of the FDCPA and FCRA. This was originally mailed on XX/XX/XXXX and I havent heard back from you. 

In addition, if you singularly or severally fail to comply with the above requests, I reserve the right to seek damages against all parties, under all available State and Federal statutes and UCC - 9 remedies.
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

I AM SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ACCOUNT WITH A XXXX LATE PAYMENT REPORTING. I DO NOT RECALL BEING LATE AS MY PAYMENTS ARE MADE ON TIME AND ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH ON LATE PAYMENTS, DUE TO COVID 19 & THE HEROS ACT LAW, THESE XXXX LATE PAYMENTS SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTS AND I ASK THAT THEY BE REMOVED EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE XXXX LATE PAYMENTS ARE FOR XX/XX/2022, XX/XX/2022 AND XX/XX/2022. I RECEIVED ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE OF THE ERRORS AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCOMMODATIONS THAT TOO IS A REASON THESE FALSE LATE PAYMENTS SHOULD BE REMOVED. THIS IS DAMAGING MY CREDIT REPUTATION AND I AM BEING DENIED CREDIT BECAUSE OF THESE MISTAKES.
Complaint sub-issue: Debt was paid

All collection accounts and charge off accounts have {$0.00} balances. Each collection agency agreed to contact the bureaus and request the accounts be removed from my credit profile. It has been over 45 days and the accounts have not been removed and several balances have not been updated.
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

Firstmark Services who is under a loan servicer called XXXX XXXX have incorrectly reported incorrect information on all three credit reporting agencies. They reported that I was 120 days past due with my loans, which I am current. I have been paying my student loan payment of {$76.00} every month, which I have proof that it has been taken out every month for about 4 to 5 years. Two weeks ago, they reported incorrect information on my credit report that I was 120 days past due, which I was not and I am on the phone with them now and they do not know why that happened. They caused my credit score to decrease to almost 200 points from an XXXX. I am HIGHLY upset because the company had a system error or something. I want this correct immediately.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

I have advised Equifax on several occasions that the information being reported on my credit file is inaccurate and may be a result in an error and/or identity theft. The following address ( es ) do not belong to me XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX. The XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX account does not belong to me. Equifax has yet to prove how they received this inaccurate information and have not corrected the information following my proof that the information is inaccurate. Please help me get this matter resolved.
Complaint sub-issue: Didn't receive advertised or promotional terms

I applied for a Sallie Mae Accelerate card in XXXX, XXXX and was approved immediately. I waited for the card to arrive and after a month I called because I hadnt received it so they sent another one. I received that one in XXXX. The card promised a {$200.00} reward if I spent {$1000.00} in the first three months after you open the account. I took that wording from the online ad that is still up. I started using the card in XXXX and by early in XXXX I had fulfilled the {$1000.00} commitment. Since The account had been opened in XXXX I figured XXXX would be three months from XXXX so I called the company to find out when I would receive the reward. I was told midXXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX I called again and was told I would get it at the close of my XXXX billing statement which was XX/XX/XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, the first day of my next billing cycle, I called again because I still hadnt been issued the reward. I was told at that point that I wouldnt get it until the end of the billing cycle in XXXX. I have a {$0.00} outstanding balance and I spent well over {$1000.00}. Their promise to reward a {$200.00} bonus was fraudulent and Im being scammed by this company.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

This company is refusing to remove inquiries I did NOT authorize. Although I may have accounts with some of these companies I did NOT authorize inquiries on the dates that are shown on my report.
Complaint sub-issue: Account terms

I have submitted proof that certain accounts are not mine and these accounts have not been taken off. I have also disputed XXXX Credit Card account because it says I have paid late but I have submitted proof that I was not late on the account. There are other accounts I have disputed as well but they do n't verify the information and they do n't even look at the proof I have submitted. This is frustrating. I would like to buy a house and with this incorrect information on my credit report it is impossible to do so. I have submitted the same proof to all 3 credit agencies but it is clear that they do not even take time to look at the proof. According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), they are required by federal law to verify - through the physical verification of the original signed consumer contract - any and all accounts that have been posted on a credit report. Countless times I have fought with the credit agencies but have made very little progress. Even with the proof I have submitted it is still ignored. There are also other accounts that I never opened. I am trying to be proactive and tackle this before I hire an attorney to go after these credit agencies. Because the XXXX website only shows payments made during the current year I am unable to print off the proof of on time 2015 payments.
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

The Credit bureaus are reporting erroneous information on my credit file
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

Account name : XXXX XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX  XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX  XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX  XXXX # XXXX, Account name : XXXX 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 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.

15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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: Contacted your employer

On XX/XX/2022, XXXX XXXX from XXXX XXXX XXXX called my work phone and left a threating message on my voicemail which is attached below. Per XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX " Harassment and Call Restrictions Debt collectors can not harass or abuse you. They can not swear, threaten to illegally harm you or your property, threaten you with illegal actions, or falsely threaten you with actions they do not intend to take. They also can not make repeated calls over a short period to annoy or harass you. '' After speaking with XXXX XXXX, I advised him that he threatened me on my work voicemail which is not a legal tactic and told him to never call my work line again. He the threatened me once again and said " I don't care of your embarrassed like I said have your boss or owner available to be served at your work location. '' After being extremely emotional, distraught, embarrassed, and traumatized at work he advised me that I would settle the XXXX debt, however when he sent me over the paperwork it had the incorrect amount listed. 

I emailed several times... 
Email thread below ... From : XXXX fam XXXX Sent : Thursday, XX/XX/2022 XXXX PM To : R XXXX XXXX Subject : Fwd : Payment Plan letter for # XXXX Good afternoon,, I spoke with XXXX today and the agreement was not based on the XXXX it was based on the $ XXXX amount. 

Please see below and refer to the phone conversation. I am requesting that my agreement is revised based on the information provided as agreed upon in the phone conversation. I asked him to provide me that in writing beforehand and he refused and then changed the amount in the agreement. I also requested that he provided me the documentation regarding the auction of the vehicle so I can confirm payments have been applied. Please provide me the agreed upon agreement A.S.A.P. Thanks in advance for your assistance. 

XXXX XXXX corrected the amount and sent over a new agreement, also attached below. After making a few payments I noticed that the account reflected incorrectly. 

Email below... XXXX fam XXXX Attachments XX/XX/2022, XXXX AM to R ... Can someone also please correct this? This amount is incorrect on the payment site. I appreciate your help with this. 

Response ... R XXXX XXXX Sat, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX AM to me The website doesnt reflect reduced payoffs. Settlements can only be dont through the banking department. As you make payments the balance will get reduced and manual letters will get sent out. Thats what the disclosure means under the account information. XXXX XXXX XXXX The amounts are still not correct, and the additional payments were added which was not agreed upon, and then decline notices were sent out. Also attached, XXXX XXXX, called me once again at my work on XX/XX/2022 and advised that he is closing my account simply because he wanted a card on file. However, XXXX XXXX his manager advised me that I can make payments online. After several threatening phone calls, incorrect amounts, and additional payments added not authorized. I'm requesting that my account is paid in full and deleted from all 3 credit bureaus. Documentation is attached below.
Complaint sub-issue: Account status incorrect

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  Account Number : XXXX Home Address : XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX, MD XXXX I called XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX between the XXXX and the XXXX. I requested and was approved for a loan extension for the months of XXXX and XXXX. I was told that I will receive the documents to sign via USPS mail. 

I received the documentation on XX/XX/2020. I signed the documentation, scanned it and sent it to the email provided on the paper. 

Today XX/XX/2020 I get a notification that XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  has reported me 30 days late for the month of XXXX. 

In addition to me being approved and submitting loan documentation my XXXX payment is NOT 30 days late at this current time. My XXXX payment is due on XX/XX/XXXX and today is XX/XX/XXXX which is ONLY 25 days. There is no reason for me to be 30 days late at this current time ( especially since an extension was granted ). 

Attached are : Screenshot of submitted email, screenshot showing 30 days late on my credit. Also the approved and signed extension agreement.
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

/I called and disputed this account on XX/XX/22 to have this item removed and the Lexis Nexis still has not removed this account I have allotted them the required 30days and the dispute has not been settled and needs to be removed immediately! According to 15 USC 1681 section 602 A states : I have the right to privacy. According to 15 USC 1681 section 604 A Section 2 states : A consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions. With that being said I have not given them written instruction or permission to report such information and neither has the courts! 

My reference number for the dispute is XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

I have a fraud alert placed on my credit file that indicates anyone who runs my credit needs to call me and that was n't done with the following inquiries :   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   XXXX ,  XXXX  and this violates my rights as a consumer.