Consumer complaint received 2024-08-26 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: MN

Complaint narrative:
To whom it may concern, As a consumer, I request to know 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 previously contacted your company to inform you that I am a data breach/identity theft victim. 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 - By the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This unverified and inaccurate account has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX- Please send me the docs that prove that I was ever late. If you cant prove that you had proof, you need to remove these late remarks. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX - By the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This unverified and inaccurate account has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX Not all bureaus are reporting this account that way you are reporting this account. It shows a lot of inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Please remove this inaccurately reported account from this report. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX - Not all bureaus are reporting this account that way you are reporting this account. It shows a lot of inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Please remove this inaccurately reported account from this report. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX Not all bureaus are reporting this account that way you are reporting this account. It shows a lot of inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Please remove this inaccurately reported account from this report. 

Listed below are the Inquiries that are being challenged : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap! 

XXXX XXXX - XXXX This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. Under the FCRA, Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. 15 U.S.C. 1681q. This conduct has violated my privacy and I am very upset by the privacy invasion. DELETE this from my report asap!

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief