Consumer complaint received 2024-08-14
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (WA)

To whom it may concern, As a consumer, I request all the steps your agency took to ensure these items were 100 % accurate under 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( 7 ) Method of verification- Description of reinvestigation procedure. A consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer a description referred to in paragraph 15 USC ( 6 ) ( B ) ( iii ) - a notice that, if requested by the consumer, a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information shall be provided to the consumer by the agency, including the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted in connection with such information and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available ; by not later than 15 days after receiving a request from the consumer for that description. I contacted your company to inform you that I am a data breach/identity theft victim. I also contacted the Federal Trade Commission and filed an attached FTC Report. I demanded that you please block and remove all information from my credit report and send me an updated copy of the credit report. However, the following items are still on my credit report. I need your serious work on this. Once again, Under 15 USC 1681c-2 c ( a ) the credit reporting agency must block and remove any alleged pieces of information the consumer considers identity theft within XXXX business days of receiving a complaint consisting of the information below. In addition, Please send the following information used to validate the validity of the invalidated items below : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  Account XXXX The Equifax data breach messed with my info, and now I'm seeing some sketchy stuff on my credit report. These claims aren't verified, and by the rules, you can't report them as legit without proof. I want evidence you're following compliance standards for this account. The FTC is looking into this, so take those unverified claims off my report. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX Account XXXX The Equifax data breach messed with my info, and now I'm seeing some sketchy stuff on my credit report. These claims aren't verified, and by the rules, you can't report them as legit without proof. I want evidence you're following compliance standards for this account. The FTC is looking into this, so take those unverified claims off my report. 

XXXX XXXX Account XXXX This is so unfair and deviant from Standards! - 18 U.S. Code 1028A - Aggravated identity theft. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX  Account XXXX Please send me the docs that prove that I was ever late. If you can't prove that you had proof, you need to remove these late remarks. 

XXXX XXXX  Account XXXX Please send me the docs that prove that I was ever late. If you can't prove that you had proof, you need to remove these late remarks. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX Account XXXX " This is a violation of 15 U.S. CODE 1666B . Was never late, delete this 30-day late remark from the payment history. 15 USC 1681b ( a ) ( 2 ) - Permissible Purposes ( a ) in general subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other ( 2 ) in written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account XXXX Please remove inaccurate reported late payments and update to paid as agreed XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account XXXX Not all bureaus are reporting this account the way you are reporting this account. It shows a lot of inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Please remove this inaccurately reported account from this report.