Consumer complaint received 2022-10-13 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: Texas Guaranteed
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
A debt on my credit report is abuse, deceit and unfair debt collection practice. This debt on my credit report has caused me to get denied certain necessities in life ( XXXX. Home, employment, car ). While checking my credit report I noticed that you all furnished an account on my credit report without my consent which has cause to get denied for multiple necessities in life ( XXXX. Home, employment, car ). 
There are laws in place to prevent your company from furnishing information on a consumers report. 
15 USC 1692a ( 2 ) states ; the term " communication '' means the conveying of information regarding a debt directly or indirectly to ANY person through any medium. Therefore, furnishing of the consumer report ( giving information regarding the alleged debt ) by your company is " communication '' as stated by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ) As my rights state per 15 USC 1692c ( C ) I'm giving you formal notice to stop any further communications regarding this account immediately. This includes but is not limited to Consumer reporting Agencies ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX ) Please do not respond saying you are not governing by FDCPA or you are exempt. You are in fact a " debt collector ''. 
15 USC 1692 ( 6 ) The term debt collector means any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another. Notwithstanding the exclusion provided by clause ( F ) of the last sentence of this paragraph, the term includes any creditor who, in the process of collecting his own debts, uses any name other than his own which would indicate that a third person is collecting or attempting to collect such debts. For the purpose of section 1692f ( 6 ) of this title, such term also includes any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. The term does not include ( A ) any officer or employee of a creditor while, in the name of the creditor, collecting debts for such creditor ; ( B ) any person while acting as a debt collector for another person, both of whom are related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, if the person acting as a debt collector does so only for persons to whom it is so related or affiliated and if the principal business of such person is not the collection of debts ; ( C ) any officer or employee of the United States or any State to the extent that collecting or attempting to collect any debt is in the performance of his official duties ; ( D ) any person while serving or attempting to serve legal process on any other person in connection with the judicial enforcement of any debt ; ( E ) any nonprofit organization which, at the request of consumers, performs bona fide consumer credit counseling and assists consumers in the liquidation of their debts by receiving payments from such consumers and distributing such amounts to creditors ; and ( F ) any person collecting or attempting to collect any debt owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another to the extent such activity ( i ) is incidental to a bona fide fiduciary obligation or a bona fide escrow arrangement ; ( ii ) concerns a debt which was originated by such person ; ( iii ) concerns a debt which was not in default at the time it was obtained by such person ; or ( iv ) concerns a debt obtained by such person as a secured party in a commercial credit transaction involving the creditor. REMOVE ACCOUNT ( s ) IMMEDIATELY

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation