Consumer complaint received 2024-08-02 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: AL

Complaint narrative:
To whom it may concern, As a consumer, I request all the steps your agency took to ensure these items were 100 % accurate under 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( 7 ) Method of verification- Description of reinvestigation procedure. A consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer a description referred to in paragraph 15 USC ( 6 ) ( B ) ( iii ) - a notice that, if requested by the consumer, a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information shall be provided to the consumer by the agency, including the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted in connection with such information and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available ; by not later than 15 days after receiving a request from the consumer for that description. I contacted your company to inform you that I am a victim of data breach/identity theft. I also contacted the Federal Trade Commission and filed an attached FTC Report. I demanded that you please block and remove all information from my credit report and send me an updated copy of the credit report. However, the following items are still on my credit report. I need your serious work on this. Once again, Under 15 USC 1681c-2 c ( a ) the credit reporting agency must block and remove any alleged pieces of information the consumer considers identity theft within 4 business days of receiving a complaint consisting of the information below. In addition, Please send the following information used to validate the validity of the invalidated items below : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX The unknown collection account reported negatively impacts my creditworthiness and violates my rights under federal law. Additionally, as a victim of the Equifax data breach, I am concerned about the security of my personal information and the accuracy of my credit report. I demand the immediate deletion of the unknown collection account from my credit report and request a thorough investigation into the matter. 

The items below should all be removed from my consumer report under 15 US Code 1681 ( c ) ( 1 ) ( A ) ( B ) ( i ) ( 3 ). These inquiries are incorrect, unverified, and unauthorized. I did not consent to these inquiries, nor did I authorize any entity to access my credit report for these purposes. Please investigate and remove these inquiries from my report as they do not have a permissible purpose and are negatively impacting my credit. 

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Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief