Consumer complaint received 2025-02-03 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: FL

Complaint narrative:
I Received A copy of My Credit Report and Saw Incorrect Addresses Reporting On My Credit File This Is Incorrect & Needs To Be Fixed IMMEDIATELY AND THERE ARE Accounts That Don't Suppose To Be There REPORTING I RECIEVED A LATE PAYMENT ON A ACCOUNT THAT I PAYED ON TIME AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED TO CURRENT. I've Notified The Creditors And also The Credit Agencies. Please help me with these FRAUD ACCOUNTS to Be Deleted/REMOVED And With the late payment. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THESE ARE THE ACCOUNTS : XXXX XXXX Balance : {$4900.00} XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  BALANCE : {$48000.00} Late Payment INACCURATE XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX account # XXXX Date XXXX XXXX XXXX ACCOUNT # XXXX XXXX BALANCE : {$2000.00} XXXX XXXX ACCOUNT # XXXX OPEN : XXXX BALANCE : {$2600.00} Under FCRA XXXX XXXX : XXXX XXXX XXXX The creditor of any account under an open XXXX consumer credit plan shall transmit to the obligor, for each billing cycle at the end of which there is an outstanding balance in that account or with respect to which a finance charge is imposed, a statement setting forth each of the following items to the extent applicable : ( 1 ) The outstanding balance in the account at the beginning of the statement period.

( 2 ) The amount and date of each extension of credit during the period, and a brief identification, on or accompanying the statement of each extension of credit in a form prescribed by the Bureau sufficient to enable the obligor either to identify the transaction or to relate it to copies of sales vouchers or similar instruments previously furnished, except that a creditors failure to disclose such information in accordance with this paragraph shall not be deemed a failure to comply with this part or this subchapter if ( A ) the creditor maintains procedures reasonably adapted to procure and provide such information, and ( B ) the creditor responds to and treats any inquiry for clarification or documentation as a billing error and an erroneously billed amount under section 1666 of this title. In lieu of complying with the requirements of the previous sentence, in the case of any transaction in which the creditor and seller are the same person, as defined by the Bureau, and such persons open end credit plan has fewer than 15,000 accounts, the creditor may elect to provide only the amount and date of each extension of credit during the period and the sellers name and location where the transaction took place if ( A ) a brief identification of the transaction has been previously furnished, and ( B ) the creditor responds to and treats any inquiry for clarification or documentation as a billing error and an erroneously billed amount under section 1666 of this title.

15 USC 1681B Permissible Purposes A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report for employment purposes only if ( A ) the person who obtains such report from the agency certifies to the agency that ( i ) the person has complied with paragraph ( 2 ) with respect to the consumer report, and the person will comply with paragraph ( 3 ) with respect to the consumer report if paragraph ( 3 ) becomes applicable ; and ( ii ) information from the consumer report will not be used in violation of any applicable Federal or State equal employment opportunity law or regulation ; and ( B ) the consumer reporting agency provides with the report, or has previously provided, a summary of the consumers rights under this subchapter, as prescribed by the Bureau under section 1681g ( c ) ( 3 ) [ 1 ] of this title.

15 USC 1681Q- any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be find under TITLE 18, Imprisoned for not more then 2 years.

15 USC 1681N Any person who obtains a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose shall be liable to the consumer reporting agency for actual damages sustained by the consumer reporting agency or {$1000.00}, whichever is greater.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief