Consumer complaint received 2024-12-15 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX, I noticed an unfamiliar/unauthorized/unvalidated account on My XXXX credit report named " XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX On XX/XX/year>, I provided " XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX' a notice containing the following : " Provide all of the following information and submit the appropriate forms and paperwork back to me along with the Affidavit signed in accordance with your 28 United States Code Section 1746 within thirty days from the date of your receipt of this request for validation and proof of claim : i. Alleged Name and Address of Creditor : ii. Name on File of alleged debtor : iii. Alleged Account Number : iv. Amount of alleged debt : v. Date that this alleged debt became payable : vi. Date of original charge off or delinquency : vii. Amount paid if debt was purchased : viii. Please attach a copy of any signed agreement debtor has made with debt collector, or other verifiable proof that debtor has a contractual obligation to pay debt collector ; ix. Furnish a copy of the original promissory note/agreement redacting my social security number to prevent identify theft and state that your client named above is the holder in due course of the note agreement and will produce the original for my own and a judges inspection should there be a trial to contest these matters ; x. Produce the account and general ledger statement showing the full accounting of the alleged obligation that you are now attempting to collect ; xi. Identify by name and address all persons, corporations, associations, or any other parties having an interest in legal proceedings regarding the alleged debt ; xii. Verify as a third party debt collector, you have not purchased evidence of the alleged debt and are proceeding with collection activity in the name of the original maker of the note ; xiii. Verify you know and understand that certain clauses in a contract of adhesion, such as a so-called forum selection clause, are unenforceable unless the party to whom the contract is extended could have rejected the clause without impunity ; xiv. Verify you know and understand that credit card contracts are a series of continuing offers to contract and as such are non-transferable ; xv. Provide verification from the stated creditor that you are authorized to act for them ; xvi. Verify that you know and understand that contacting me again after receipt of this notice without providing procedurally proper validation of the debt constitutes the use of interstate communications in a scheme of fraud by advancing a writing, which you know is false with the intention that others rely on the written communication to their detriment a violation of your 18 United States Code Section 1341. '' In XXXX, I provided XXXX with notice of dispute of the unvalidated account. 

On XX/XX/year>, I provided the CFPB with notice of the unvalidated account. 

On XX/XX/year>, I received an update from XXXX regarding the disputed account stating, " This item has been removed from your credit report. '' On XX/XX/year>, I received an XXXX credit report claiming the unvalidated account is in collections.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief