Consumer complaint received 2024-09-12 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: FL

Complaint narrative:
Name : XXXX XXXX Address : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX FL XXXX Re : Account # - XXXX To whom it may concern : This letter is being sent to you for VALIDATION OF DEBT ON THE ABOVE REFERENCED ACCOUNT as noted in my Credit Bureau Report. Be advised that this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec 809 ( b ) that your claim is disputed and validation is requested.

This is NOT a verification or proof of my mailing address, but a response for VALIDATION made pursuant to the above names Title and Section. I respectfully request that your offices provide me with competent evidence that I have any legal obligation to pay you. 
Please provide me with the following : *What the money you say I owe is for ; *Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe ; *Provide me with copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe ; *Identify the original creditor ; *Provide that the Statue of Limitations has not expired on this account ; *Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state ; *Provide me with your license numbers and Registered agent At this time I will also inform you that if your offices have reported invalid information to any of the 3 major Credit Bureaus ( Equifax, XXXX, XXXX XXXX ) this action may constitute fraud under both Federal and State Laws as well as, *Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act *Violation of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act *Defamation of Character If your offices are able to provide the proper documentation as requested in the following Declaration, I will require at least 30 days to investigate this information and during such time all collection activity must cease and desist. 

Also, during this validation period, if any action is taken which could considered detrimental to any of my reports, I will consult with my legal counsel for suit. This includes any listing of any information to a credit reporting repository that could be inaccurate or invalidated or verifying and account as accurate when in fact there is no proof provided that it is. 
If your offices fail to respond to this validation request within 30 days from the date of your receipt, all references to this account must be deleted and completely removed form my credit file and a copy of such deletion request shall be sent to me immediately. 
I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your offices to my home or to my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer generated calls and calls or correspondence sent to or with and third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter by USPS.

It would be advisable that you assure that your records are in order before I am forced to take legal action. This is an attempt to correct your records ; any information obtained shall be used for that purpose. 
Best regards, Certified Mail Return Receipt

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation