Consumer complaint received 2024-02-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Other personal consumer report
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to formally dispute certain inquiries listed on my XXXX credit report. I have reviewed my credit report, and after careful examination, I have identified the following inquiries that I believe to be inaccurate and/or unauthorized : Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXX via XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Important dates Inquiry date : XX/XX/XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX  XXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX  XXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXXXXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, FL XXXX XX/XX/XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXXXXXX XXXX  Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Important dates Inquiry date : XX/XX/XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX, XXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXXXXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, VAXXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXXXXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, VAXXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX, XXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, VA XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX Important dates Inquiry dateXXXX XXXX XXXX Removal dateXXXX XXXX Additional details Business typeFinance other than personal Contact info Address XXXX XXXX XXXX, VAXXXX Phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MN XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX via XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MI XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry Type Individual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX  XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX MN XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual Alleged Creditor # XXXX and the ALLEGED date of the NOT PROVEN COMPLIANT inquiry deficient of true Permissible Purpose that REQUIRES immediate and permanent deletion : XXXX XXXX XXXX  XX/XX/XXXX Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, CA XXXX Phone ( XXXX ) XXXX Inquiry TypeIndividual XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX via XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX I hereby state that these inquiries are either inaccurate or were conducted without my knowledge, consent, or authorization. I have enclosed supporting documentation to substantiate my claim, including [ I compel you to demonstrate the mandated physically verifiable proof of adequately achieved permissible purpose from the exactly lawfully identified me and or any entity legally able to render such authority or else annul via full deletion of the entire unproven derogatory allegation ( s ) of inquiry claim made versus me deficient of federal reporting compliance unjustly or proof thereof.

To date, there is no testimonial certificate of facts that irrefutably display that I did indeed knowingly and agreeably authorize anyone employed by this company to make any inquiry and view my XXXX credit report on this ( these ) specific dates alleged if any dates ever at all. It is my contention that either the Original Creditor ( s ) have ( has ) violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act Section 1681b ( c )., or can not or will not demonstrate evidence of doing so compliantly to reporting standards as requisite by consumer reporting regulatory laws and practices. Might it be that in reality that they were not legally entitled to make these potentially fraudulent inquiries? Obviously you can see as I do and also as would any deciding court should I seek suit versus you that this is a serious breach of my privacy much less my consumer and potentially my civil rights. Make addend corrections now to relieve yourself of foul position of non compliance to reporting obligations so to retain or return to appropriate status of certified metro 2 compliant reporting more over 100 % provable true, correct, complete, and timely reporting. 

Let there be no mistake that I am requesting that the alleging entities currently unproven to be compliant to immediately mail me a copy of my signed authorization form that gave them the right to view my credit within XXXX ( XXXX ) business days so that I can verify its validity.If need be I will require that you advised them that if they can not provide me with proof that I authorized them to view my credit report then I am within my consumer and civil rights in my demanding that they contact the credit bureaus, including you XXXX, immediately so to adequately make rectifiable removal of everyone even each any and or all of the deficient of compliant unauthorized and or fraudulent hard inquiries which clearly lack demonstrated permissible purpose as required.

To that end, further I am also requesting that they remove any and all of my personal information from their records in case it is needed to locate the potentially injurious and fraudulent inquiry in their system.

I am asking that you require them to please send me written confirmation that they have complied with my requests and further for you to advised them that their failure to comply with my requests within five ( 5 ) business days will be my undoubted evidence used in Federal Court of their willful noncompliance [ 15 U.S.C. 1681n ] and that I will be seeking statutory damages, punitive damages and the cost of the action and reasonable attorney fees for each and every fraudulent inquiry.

I insist that you do whatever is in your power to ensure that The ( these ) alleged Original Creditor ( s ) comply ( ies ) with my requests and to avoid other Consumers from experiencing the same kind of abuse of their privacy rights.

{ 15 U.S.C 1681 ( a ) ( 2 ) an elaborate mechanism must be developed to investigating and evaluating the credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity character and general reputation of consumers.

I demand with this declaration of complaint that you please validate this information with these Original Creditors and provide me with copies of any documentation associated with these accounts bearing my signature. In the absence of any such documentation bearing my signature, I formally request that all accusations of inquiries be immediately deleted from the credit file you maintain under my Social Security number. Additionally, any derogatory accounts associated with said unproven or not compliantly reporting or fraudulent inquiries should be immediately extracted from my consumer credit reports, particularly if not fully certificated physically to be 100 % true, accurate, complete, timely, mine, my responsibility, or compliant to metro 2 data field formatted reporting standards as is mandated by obligations of my state and the federal reporting laws related to the matter, namely the FCRA and FDCPA.

Please note that you have a maximum of 30 days to complete this investigation, as per the Fair Credit Reporting Act section 623 ( a ) ( 3 ), and you can bet your bottom dollar that I am keeping careful record of your actions and or mishaps, whether willful or in ignorance. I am certain that you know already but please allow me to remind you that your failure ( s ) to respond satisfactorily within 30 days of receipt of this certified letter will result in a small claims action against your company. I will be seeking {$5000.00} ( or the maximum allowable suable monetary award I can seek ) in damages for XXXX or more of the following : XXXX. ) Defamation XXXX. ) Negligent Enablement of XXXX XXXX XXXX. ) Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act XXXX. ) Unlawful reporting of unproven derogatory information deficient of compliance proof upon a consumer compliance check, dispute, complaint or challenge of compliance! 

You will be required to appear in a court venue local to me and very likely to my favor as an obvious victim of your willful disregard of the consumer reporting regulations thereby inflicting unjustified injury to my consumer credibility and reputation, in order to formally defend yourself. My mandated reportable personal identifiers aka contact information is as follows : I kindly request that XXXX initiate an investigation into these disputed inquiries as per my rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ). Please contact the respective companies that made these inquiries and verify their legitimacy, accuracy, and authorization for accessing my credit information. 
Furthermore, I request that you provide me with a written explanation of the investigation results within the legally mandated timeframe of 30 days. If the inquiries are found to be inaccurate or unauthorized, I expect them to be promptly removed from my credit report. 
Enclosed with this letter, please find copies of the following documents to support my dispute : I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and your commitment to resolving disputes fairly and accurately. Please ensure that all communication regarding this dispute is sent to my address listed above. 
Thank you for your cooperation. I look forward to a timely resolution of this inquiry dispute. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information. 
Sincerely,

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief