Consumer complaint received 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Investigation took more than 30 days
Company: Kikoff Inc.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Re : This is not a regular dispute. Take action immediately you are in violation. 
NOTICE OF PENDING LITIGATION SEEKING RELIEF AND MONETARY DAMAGES UNDER FCRA SECTION 616 & SECTION 617 This letter is a formal complaint that you are reporting inaccurate and incomplete credit information. Pursuant to 15 USC 1611 { KIKOFF & XXXX XXXX  } is criminally liable I'm bothered that you have incorporated the data beneath in my credit profile and that you have neglected to keep up sensible methods in your activities to guarantee most extreme conceivable exactness in the credit reports you distribute. Credit announcing laws guarantee that agencies report just 100 % exact credit data. Each progression should be taken to guarantee the data detailed is totally precise and right. The accompanying data in this way should be re-researched. 
Please accept this final written OFFER OF SETTLEMENT BEFORE LITIGATION as my attempt to amicably resolve your continued violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act regarding your refusal to delete UNVERIFIED information from my consumer file. I intend to pursue litigation in accordance with the FCRA to seek relief and recover all monetary damages that I may be entitled to under Section 616 and Section 617 if the UNVERIFIED items listed below are not deleted immediately. A copy of this letter as well as copies of many letters sent to you previously will also become part of a formal complaint to the Federal Trade Commission and shall be used as evidence in pending litigation provided you fail to comply with this offer of settlement. 
Despite MY written requests, the unverified items listed below still remain on my credit report in violation of Federal Law. You are required under the FCRA to have a copy of the original creditors documentation on file to verify that this information is mine and is correct. In the results of your investigations, you stated in writing that you verified that these items are being reported correctly? Who verified these accounts? 
As you are well aware, federal law requires you to respond within 30 days, yet you have failed to respond. Failure to comply with these federal regulations by credit reporting agencies are investigated by the Federal Trade Commission ( see 15 USC 41, et seq. ). I am maintaining a careful record of my communications with you on this matter, for the purpose of filing a complaint with the FTC should you continue in your non-compliance. I further remind you that, as in XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX. XXXX ( XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX, 1995 ), you will be liable for your willful non-compliance. 
I also enclosed the Letter that you Failed to Respond to.

Its very obvious that your agency doesnt know what the FCRA is because from the looks of my credit report and all the errors I see you are disregarding it so heres my breakdown.

1.The Fair Credit Reporting Act is the primary federal law that governs the collection and reporting of credit information about consumers. Its rules cover how a consumer 's credit information is obtained, how long it is kept, and how it is shared with othersincluding consumers themselves.

2. What is a FCRA violation? Creditors give reporting agencies inaccurate financial information about you. Reporting agencies mixing up one person 's information with another 's because of similar ( or same ) last name or social security number. Agencies fail to follow guidelines for handling disputes.

3. My rights under the fair credit reporting act Verify the accuracy of my report when it is required for employment purposes. 
Receive notification if information in my file has been used against me in applying for credit or other transactions.

Disputeand have the bureaus correct and deleteinformation in my report that is incomplete, inaccurate, and unverifiable.

Remove outdated, negative information ( after seven years in most cases, 10 in the case of bankruptcy ).

I demand these items be deleted immediately. I entered the items and the outcome I desire below because you are in violation and these items are not 100 % accurate and they are either INACCURATE, Unverifiable and Invalidated. I recently applied for extended credit and was denied I am in distress because of your mistakes.

The law is very clear as to the Civil liability and the remedy available to me ( Section 616 & 617 ) if you fail to comply with Federal Law. I am a litigious consumer and fully intend on pursuing litigation in this matter to enforce my rights under the FCRA.

I demand the following accounts be verified or deleted immediately. 

KIKOFF XXXX XXXX  *This agency is in violation of 15 U.S.C. 1692G. They were to notify me of this in writing 5 days prior, I was not. As the original creditor, only I can validate this Debt. I do not validate this debt. Therefore, the following accounts must be deleted from my report.

Please note that you had 30 days to complete this investigation and you failed, as per the Fair Credit Reporting Act Section 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), If you can not verify the information within the 30-day time period, you must delete all of the disputed accounts from my report.

Be advised that the description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information is hereby requested as well, to be provided within ( 5 ) days of the completion of your re-investigation and I am keeping a careful record of your actions, including your Method of Verification.

Failure to respond satisfactorily within 30 days of receipt of this letter may result in a small claims action against your company, seeking {$5000.00} per violation for : 1. ) Defamation 2. ) Negligent Enablement of Identity Fraud 3. ) Violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 4. ) Financial Injury 5. ) PENALTY OF PERJURY 6. ) Violations of 15 U.S.C 1692g 7. ) 15 U.S.C 1692a abusive practices 8. ) 15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports 9. ) 15 U.S. code 1681 4A B2 Misleading False Reporting My contact information is as follows : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX SSN : XXXX P.S. Please be aware that dependent upon your response, I may be detailing any potential issues with your company via an online public press release, including documentation of any potential small claims action. I am also including a copy of my complaint to the organizations below : CC : XXXX XXXX Assistant Director of Enforcement Consumer Financial Protection Bureau XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, D.C. XXXX CC : Law Firm XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CC : Attorney Generals Office CC : XXXX XXXX XXXX CC : State Senate CC : Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation CC : Comptroller Of The Currency CC : Federal Reserve System CC : Credit and insurance CC : Federal Trade Commission CC : State Regulatory agency CC : California Regulatory agency Division of consumer complaints

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation