Consumer complaint received 2024-07-19 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: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
A dispute was sent to the credit bureaus on Friday XXXX XXXX. It is XX/XX/year>, it has been more than 4 business day and unauthorized accounts are still reporting on my consumer report. I have sent my dispute of identity theft to the credit bureaus XXXX Equifax and XXXX. THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. I have provide a copy of my social security card, id, utility billing statement, and a ftc report from the federal trade commission. The credit bureau says that my ftc report is invalid because it doesnt have a page number, then the supervisor says the page number doesnt matter on the ftc report and that they dont accept ftc reports from identitytheft.gov. Its making no sense because on https : //reportfraud.ftc.gov/faq/faq-search/Identity % 20theft it directs me to identitytheft.gov to file a report for identity theft. And on the credit bureau Equifax website it says to report identity theft by going to identity theft.gov. I have supplied everything by law. I reviewed a copy of my credit report and I noticed that there are unauthorized fraud accounts listed on my report. I have previously reached out to the credit bureau to rectify this affair but they have been negligent in complying with my request. I have provided a copy of a FTC REPORT, California state drivers license, and a copy of social security card. Please use the laws and codes that all credit reporting agencies are bound to follow by law as listed and explained below. I dont take my rights being violated lightly but a serious matter. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 states that " In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax XXXX and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, XXXX ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) Never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) states '' Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. '' This account is an adverse item they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law. 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A states " A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. 15 U.S. Code 1681e states '' Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. Equifax and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of your reporting services. 15 USC 1681i ( 5 ) ( B ) ( ii ) ( ili ). 15 USC 1681 ( q ) ( 3 ) Identity theft.- The term " identity theft '' means a fraud committed using the identifying information of another person, subject to such further definition as the Bureau may prescribe, by regulation.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation