Consumer complaint received 2023-01-19
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MD)

This letter is to formally inform you that I recently received a copy of my credit report that your company publishes. Upon review of my credit report, I found a number of items that are inaccurate or questionable. The numerous accounts in question are listed below, please advise under the time allotted in the FCRA. 
Therefore, I am requesting that you please send me copies of the documents that you have in your files as of this date that your company used to verify the accuracy of the accounts listed below along with a complete compliant detailed breakdown of the three segments of the XXXX XXXX requirements including The Header Record, containing 18 fields, which ensures that the information was identified correctly by your bureau, The Base Segment, containing 49 fields, which provides the specific account information for me, The Trailer Record, Containing 47 fields, which summarized the data submitted to your bureau specific to my particular file. 
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681g, I am expressing my right to demand that you disclose your compliance with XXXX XXXX and disclose to me all of the documents that you have recorded and retained in your file at the time of this request concerning the accounts that you are reporting in my credit report. 
NOTE : Please don't respond to my request by saying that these accounts have been verified because I have never been sent proof of such. Instead, send me copies of the documents that you have in your files that were used to verify them. 
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 creditworthiness, and I will seek damages if they are not removed and you are unable to provide the necessary documentation.

It is my right that under the FRA 15 U.S.C. 16811, all unverified accounts must be promptly deleted. Therefore, if you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file for each of the accounts listed below within 30 days of receipt of this letter then you must remove these accounts from my credit report. Failure to comply with the deletion demand if you are unable to provide XXXX XXXX COMPLIANT DOCUMENTATION AND EVIDENCE will be met with complaint to the CFPB, the FTC and the Attorney General of the State of Maryland. Additionally, If you fail to comply with my deletion demand I am prepared to and will sue your company for the maximum civil, criminal and punitive damages available by law. 
Please provide me with a copy of an updated and corrected credit report showing these items DELETED. I demand the following accounts be properly XXXX XXXX XXXX  verified WITH EVIDENCE or removed immediately : ACCOUNT NAME XXXX - {$1600.00} ACCOUNT NAME : XXXX Account Number : XXXX Bank {$1900.00}