Consumer complaint received 2025-01-17 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: GA

Complaint narrative:
The law states that 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. I am a victim of identity theft. Theres no way a charge off account can be my account. Remove these fraudulent accounts immediately or I will proceed to pursue legal actions against the company reporting. 

The law also states that : ( a ) COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONSUMER GENERALLY Without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction, a debt collector may not communicate with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt ( XXXX ) at any unusual time or place or a time or place known or which should be known to be inconvenient to the consumer. In the absence of knowledge of circumstances to the contrary, a debt collector shall assume that the convenient time for communicating with a consumer is after XXXX oclock XXXX and before XXXX oclock XXXX local time at the consumers location ; ( XXXX ) if the debt collector knows the consumer is represented by an attorney with respect to such debt and has knowledge of, or can readily ascertain, such attorneys name and address, unless the attorney fails to respond within a reasonable period of time to a communication from the debt collector or unless the attorney consents to direct communication with the consumer; or ( XXXX ) at the consumers place of employment if the debt collector knows or has reason to know that the consumers employer prohibits the consumer from receiving such communication. 

( b ) COMMUNICATION WITH THIRD PARTIES Except as provided in section 1692b of this title, without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector, or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction, or as reasonably necessary to effectuate a post judgment judicial remedy, a debt collector may not communicate, in connection with the collection of any debt, with any person other than the consumer, his attorney, a consumer reporting agency if otherwise permitted by law, the creditor, the attorney of the creditor, or the attorney of the debt collector. 
( c ) CEASING COMMUNICATION a consumer notifies a debt collector in writing that the consumer refuses to pay a debt or that the consumer wishes the debt collector to cease further communication with the consumer, the debt collector shall not communicate further with the consumer with respect to such debt, except ( XXXX ) to advise the consumer that the debt XXXX further efforts are being terminated ; ( XXXX ) to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor may invoke specified remedies which are ordinarily invoked by such debt collector or creditor; or ( XXXX ) where applicable, to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor intends to invoke a specified remedy. 
If such notice from the consumer is made by mail, notification shall be complete upon receipt. 

( d ) CONSUMER DEFINED For the purpose of this section, the term consumer includes the consumers spouse, parent ( if the consumer is a minor ), guardian, executor, or 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  are all fraudulent accounts that have been disputed previously and requested contracts with signatures. The creditors never sent the requested information instead resold the accounts to another debt collector to place back on my credit report. The accounts are FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTS and need to be removed from my credit reports EXPEDITIOUSLY!!!! I will proceed with civil actions if this is not corrected within XXXX business days.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation