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Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Consumer Name : XXXX XXXX, Consumer SSN : XXXX Consumer Date of XXXX This CFPB complaint has been filed to request pursuant to FCRA 605B ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ) that you, the TransUnion credit reporting agency , block information appearing on my consumer credit report that is the result of identity theft and fraud within 4 business days of you receiving this complaint. This fraudulent, inaccurate, and false information consists of 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 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX These accounts have resulted in several fraudulent hard inquiries and fraudulent collections appearing on my consumer FICO credit report. I've attached a list of the hard inquiries in question as well as a copy of the consumer FICO credit report maintained by you which shows the aforementioned fraudulent items. I do not recognize the aforementioned accounts, collections, or hard inquiries as reported. The aforementioned accounts, collections, and hard inquiries appearing on my consumer credit report maintained by you were not opened, made, or initiated by me. All of the aforementioned accounts, collections, and hard inquiries are the result of identity theft and fraud. I have attached a copy of FTC Identity Theft Criminal Complaint as proof from the US Federal Trade Commission that all of the aforementioned consumer credit accounts, collections, and hard inquiries are the result of identity theft and fraud.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I am disputing the XXXX XXXX charge-off entry reported on my credit reports with XXXX XXXX and Equifax. The account, identified by the number ending in XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, has a reported balance of {$2000.00}. This charge-off entry is inaccurate, and I have not been provided with any documentation or notice of this charge-off. There was no prior communication from XXXX XXXX informing me of this debt being charged off, nor was I given an opportunity to dispute the balance directly with them. This has caused significant harm to my creditworthiness and financial reputation. I suspect that this charge-off could have originated from either a clerical error or, more likely, a data breach, leading to inaccurate reporting. I have not been given any proper documentation or validation of this debt, nor any chance to correct this mistake before it was reflected on my credit reports.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
My credit reports are inaccurate. These inaccuracies are causing creditors to deny me credit. You have the duty to report accurate information about consumers. Please investigate these accounts and inquires and update these accounts accordingly to avoid future litigation.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
I am a victim of XXXX  The information listed below, which appears on my credit report, is the result of that XXXX 
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Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Consumer Name : XXXX XXXX Social Security Number : [ Private ] Date of Birth : [ Private ] Subject : Request for Blocking of Fraudulent Information Under FCRA 605B ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ) Dear [ Credit Reporting Agency ] , I am submitting this formal complaint in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), specifically 605B ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ), to request that you block certain information from my consumer credit report. This information is the result of identity theft and must be removed within four ( 4 ) business days of your receipt of this request.

The disputed information includes a personal credit card account that was fraudulently opened in my name, as well as several unauthorized hard inquiries and collections that have subsequently appeared on my consumer FICO credit report.

I do not recognize these accounts, collections, or inquiries, and I did not authorize or initiate any of them.

These entries are fraudulent, inaccurate, and not reflective of any legitimate financial activity on my part. They are entirely the result of identity theft.

To support this request, I have included the following documentation : A list of the fraudulent hard inquiries in question A copy of my consumer FICO credit report showing the disputed accounts, collections, and inquiries A copy of the FTC Identity Theft Report ( Complaint # [ Private ] ) verifying that I am a victim of identity theft and that the above items were fraudulently created Please act promptly in compliance with FCRA 605B and block all fraudulent accounts, collections, and hard inquiries as outlined above from my credit file. 
Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Consumer Name : XXXX XXXX Social Security Number : [ Private ] Date of Birth : [ Private ] Subject : Request for Blocking of Fraudulent Information Under FCRA 605B ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ) Dear [ Credit Reporting Agency ] , I am submitting this formal complaint in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), specifically 605B ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ), to request that you block certain information from my consumer credit report. This information is the result of identity theft and must be removed within four ( 4 ) business days of your receipt of this request.

The disputed information includes a personal credit card account that was fraudulently opened in my name, as well as several unauthorized hard inquiries and collections that have subsequently appeared on my consumer FICO credit report.

I do not recognize these accounts, collections, or inquiries, and I did not authorize or initiate any of them.

These entries are fraudulent, inaccurate, and not reflective of any legitimate financial activity on my part. They are entirely the result of identity theft.

To support this request, I have included the following documentation : A list of the fraudulent hard inquiries in question A copy of my consumer FICO credit report showing the disputed accounts, collections, and inquiries A copy of the FTC Identity Theft Report ( Complaint # [ Private ] ) verifying that I am a victim of identity theft and that the above items were fraudulently created Please act promptly in compliance with FCRA 605B and block all fraudulent accounts, collections, and hard inquiries as outlined above from my credit file. 
Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I am disputing the late payment entries reported on my TransUnion credit report, specifically XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX * ). Both of these accounts show late payment reports despite the fact that there was no legitimate late payment or overdue balance. These entries are likely due to a data error or possibly a data breach that has caused incorrect reporting of these accounts. There are no records or statements showing that I missed any payments for these accounts, and I was under the impression that both of these accounts were being handled appropriately.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
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.
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
I am filing this complaint in response to a fraudulent XXXX collection account being reported by XXXX XXXX XXXX on my Equifax credit report. I did not authorize or open this account, and I have already submitted an FTC Identity Theft Report citing a national data breach in which my personal information was compromised. 

This account is a result of identity theft and must be permanently removed and blocked under 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ( FCRA 605B ). Additionally, the continued reporting of this account violates 15 U.S.C. 1681e ( b ) due to failure to ensure maximum accuracy, especially since XXXX has already deleted this account from my report after conducting their investigation. If one bureau found it to be invalid, the others must follow suit to maintain consistency across all consumer reporting agencies.

Equifaxs refusal to delete this inaccurate and fraudulent item is a violation of my rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ), and identity theft protection laws. I demand permanent removal of this fraudulent tradeline. please note verification is NOT validation. 

Attached is my supporting documentation, including : My FTC Identity Theft Report My government-issued ID My Social Security card Proof that XXXX  deleted this account from their system I request that this account be permanently deleted and blocked from reporting, and that Equifax credit bureaus reflect consistent, accurate, and lawful information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
My account with EXPERIAN was never late! I have had exceptional payment history all payments were placed on Autopay. This late payment that is reporting is a result on a systematic error on their end processing my payment. 


This was clearly a billing error made my the company and is not a reflection of my payment experience which violates USC Code 1681eb. This error has caused severe hard to my reputation, my character, my mode of living and to my family!

I demand the late payment to be updated.

They are not in compliance with the following law. 15 USC 1666b and its requirements set the standards and the guidance for a creditor to treat a payment as late, yet they are reporting a payment as late and they did not comply with the law!

15 USC 1666b ( a ) Time to make payments A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose, unless the creditor has adopted reasonable procedures designed to ensure that each periodic statement including the information required by section 1637 ( b ) of this title is mailed or delivered to the consumer not later than 21 days before the payment due date.

EXPERIAN Never Sent the periodic statement along with the disclosures from section 1637 ( b ).

I have requested proof that this information was mailed or delivered 21 days before the payment due date and this information was requested in good faith pursuant rule 1002 and It was never provided. 


This is unfair, illegal, fraudulent, and not equitable to me as a consumer! 


Update the late payments from my consumer reports

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1681e ( b ), you are required by federal law to maintain procedures ensuring maximum possible accuracy in the preparation and reporting of consumer credit information. Upon reviewing my credit reports, I have identified inaccuracies pertaining to the collections accounts : Auto Loan account opened at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX account is shown in collection and late payment shown only on Experian and Equifax but not shown on TransUnion which is being inconsistently reported among the national credit bureaus.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
Finding unauthorized accounts, credit inquiries, and false personal information made or reported without my knowledge or agreement completely stunned and grieved me. I've tried to get clarification from the creditors, but they have blatantly refused to give it to me. I demand that the creditors act immediately and be transparent. The creditors must submit pertinent application materials, show proof of express authority for each query, and give comprehensive details about each account and inquiry, including dates, purposes, and the kinds of credit products involved. To see what I'm complaining about, please refer to the attached file!

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
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: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I am filing a formal complaint against Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion for willful non-compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), specifically 15 U.S.C. 1681i and 1681e, and for using unverified third-party information to report a bankruptcy on my credit profile. 

Background : I discovered that all three major credit reporting agencies are reporting a bankruptcy ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  on my credit report. I disputed the bankruptcy entries on all three reports, citing that the court itself does not report to the credit bureaus and therefore can not verify the information directly. 

In response to my disputes, I received generic verification letters stating that the information was " verified '' not by the bankruptcy court but by third-party vendors ( e.g., XXXX or similar data aggregators ). This practice violates FCRA Section 1681i ( a ) ( 2 ), which requires credit bureaus to conduct a reasonable reinvestigation and verify disputed information with the source of the information.

Violations : 1. Violation of 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) The credit bureaus failed to conduct a proper reinvestigation and relied solely on third-party vendors that do not have firsthand knowledge or legal standing to verify court records. 


2. Violation of 15 U.S.C. 1681e ( b ) They failed to follow reasonable procedures to ensure the maximum possible accuracy of my credit file, as they are not verifying directly with the source of the public record the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

3. Violation of Rule 9037 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Rule 9037 restricts publicly accessible bankruptcy information and redacts personal identifiers. The information that credit bureaus allegedly use is not supposed to be published in a format that ties me specifically to the case making any attribution to my credit report highly questionable and a violation of privacy standards. 


4. False Verification Claim The credit bureaus claimed they verified the bankruptcy, despite written statements from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court clearly stating that they do not verify or report bankruptcies to consumer reporting agencies.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Getting a credit card — Application denied
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
Wednesday, XX/XX/year> To whom it may concern, I am filing this discrimination complaint against American Express for failing to offer me credit on one of their BASIC credit cards XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX I have an OUTSTANDING credit history and a current credit score of XXXX according to XXXX which is the credit bureau that AmEx uses to evaluate creditors. My theory is that since I pay off all of my bills/credit cards/lines of credit by the due date, which I have done for the past 40 years, that AmEx believes that they will not make any money off of me with regard to interest charges, late fees, etc. and thus will not issue me the card. 

Upon my initial declination of the card via an over the phone application with XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX  on Friday, XX/XX/year>, I was told I would be sent an e-mail explaining the reason for my declination which I NEVER received. I later found out that the reason I was declined was due to too many recently opened accounts ( I have opened 5 TOTAL accounts ; i.e., credit cards/lines of credit ; in the past 2 years including 3 accounts within the past year ). 
Additionally, the confirmation e-mail that I receive during the application process included sections regarding Financial Information, Rewards and Benefits and Welcome Offer Details. According to XXXX XXXX XXXX, the e-mail was also supposed to include the Terms and Conditions which it did not. I mentioned this to him and also stated I was not concerned about those issues at the time sincewellmy ability to handle credit and my bills. 
I was told to contact XXXX regarding my credit situation, and they confirmed all was well and that I had EXCEPTIONAL credit in EVERY ASPECT ( even my closed accounts were all EXCEPTIONAL/PAID/NEVER LATE ). 

I applied ONLINE today and was again denied credit. 
So I called AmEx again today and spoke with XXXXXXXX XXXX  ) about getting a credit card and was denied once again. 

Here are the details regarding my credit report from 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 XXXX Account Status for ALL OPEN ( as well as past closed accounts ) : EXCEPTIONAL/NEVER LATE I appreciate your efforts regarding looking into this issue and hope to hear back soon. 
Regards, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
You have reported inaccurate and unauthorized accounts on my credit report, which is a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S. Code 1681i ) requiring a proper reinvestigation of disputed items, and 1681e ( b ), which mandates maximum possible accuracy. These false entries are damaging and unjust, especially since Ive never opened or authorized these accounts. If you fail to investigate and correct this, I may pursue legal action under the FCRA and FDCPA ( 15 U.S. Code 1692e ) for deceptive and misleading reporting.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
You have reported inaccurate and unauthorized accounts on my credit report, which is a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S. Code 1681i ) requiring a proper reinvestigation of disputed items, and 1681e ( b ), which mandates maximum possible accuracy. These false entries are damaging and unjust, especially since Ive never opened or authorized these accounts. If you fail to investigate and correct this, I may pursue legal action under the FCRA and FDCPA ( 15 U.S. Code 1692e ) for deceptive and misleading reporting.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief