On XX/XX/2023, I initiated complaint # XXXX with the CFPB regarding potential fraudulent actions related to a hard inquiry on my Equifax credit report. As a response, the XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX sent me a letter confirming that the hard inquiry was not initiated by me. They stated that they would send this confirmation to the Equifax credit bureau and requested me to wait for up to 30 days. 

As of XX/XX/2023, the hard inquiry still appeared on my Equifax report. I contacted the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX to verify if they had sent the confirmation to Equifax. On XX/XX/2023, an associate from XXXXXXXX XXXX  contacted me by phone and confirmed that the request to remove the hard inquiry had been sent to Equifax in XX/XX/2023. 

On XX/XX/2023, I initiated a dispute regarding the hard inquiry with Equifax. However, as a result of the dispute, I received a message instructing me to contact the agency that initiated the hard inquiry and ask them to report the changes to Equifax. This seems to be an infinite loop, suggesting that either one of the mentioned institutions did not send a confirmation or did not accept it.