Consumer complaint received 2024-09-03 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Problem with personal statement of dispute
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
Equifax XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Please be advised that this is my SECOND WRITTEN REQUEST asking you to remove the unverified accounts listed below that remain on my credit report in violation of 15 U.S.C. 1681. You are required under the FCRA to have properly verified the accuracy of an account listed on my credit report. In the results of your first re-investigation, you stated in writing that you verified that these items are being reported correctly.

Where are the documents that you used to verify these accounts? What is the name of the person in your company who verified these accounts? What documents did they use to verify them? Please provide me with the name of that individual, their business address, and telephone number. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, defines Verify as, 1 ) " To prove to be true ; to confirm or establish the truth or truthfulness of ; to authenticate. '' 2 ) to confirm or substantiate by oath or affidavit ; to swear to the truth of. '' and Verification as, Confirmation of correctness, truth or authenticity, by affidavit, oath, or deposition. Affidavit of truth of a matter stated and object of verification is to assure good faith in averments or statements of a party.

What this means is that your company must be willing and able to produce a document in your files that proves the account ( s ) in dispute belong to me and the information being reported is accurate and you must be able to do this in a court of law if I file a lawsuit against you. Someone in your company must authenticate the documents in your files that were used to verify the disputed accounts and to do this they must have 1st hand knowledge of the alleged account ( s ) and all that has ever transpired for the alleged account ( s ), under oath and under the penalty of perjury.

As I am sure that you are well aware, current Federal case law states that, Consumer Reporting Agencies bear grave responsibilities to ensure the accuracy of the accounts they report on and their responsibility must consist of something more than merely parroting information received from other sources. The Courts have also ordered that a Reinvestigation that merely shifts the burden back to the consumer and the credit grantor can not fulfill the obligations imposed by 1681 ( a ) ( 4 ). You have ignored my request to provided me with the documents that you have in your files that you used to verify the disputed accounts which means that you have NOT verified or you can not verify any of these accounts and under Section 611 ( 5 ) ( A ) of the FCRA you are required to promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified. The law is very clear as to the Civil liability and the remedy available to me for negligent noncompliance ( Section 617 ) if you fail to comply with this 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. Federal courts recently have issued rulings about the use of consumer reports for the collection of an account under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) Delinquent child support obligation is NOT a credit transaction. '' As a result, the courts found that collection of this account was not a valid permissible purpose to obtain or report a consumer report. All Credit Reports for collection of delinquent child support judgements, fines and liens may no longer be permitted. 15 U.S.C. $ 1681b ( b ) ( 1 ) ( A ) - the Certification Requirement. Please provide the following As an example, for collectors of delinquent child support debt, judgments, fines, or liens, you must have in hand : 1. A written authorization from the debtor to obtain a consumer report, or Some type of contractual agreement with the consumer that rises to the level of a credit transaction under law. Please respond to this deletion notice within 30 days to avoid further actions, deletion of this account will satisfy compliance. CC : Attorney General Office, FTC, CFBP Upon removal of the above referenced items.
Please send me a copy of an updated credit report.

DELETE THIS CHILD SUPPORT, JUDGMENT ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY : Account Name : Dept. of Justice OREGON XXXX Account Number : : # XXXX Account # XXXX Account : : # XXXX Thank you, XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation