Consumer complaint received 2024-02-26 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Tx XXXX This letter is to inform you that I received a copy of my credit report that your company publishes and after reviewing it I found a number of items on the report that are inaccurate and/or not belonging to me. The accounts in question are attached on a separate page. 
Please send me a copy of the documents that you have in your file as of the date of this request, that you used to verify the accuracy of the accounts that are attached. 
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681, I have the right to demand that you disclose to me all the documents that you have on record and retained in your file at the time of this request concerning the accounts that you are reporting on my credit report. Send me copies of the documents that you have and Please do not respond to my request by simply saying that the accounts have been verified or updated, but please send me the documentation that you used to verify that accounts in question. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation and/or do not have the documentation in your files as of the date on this letter then DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY as required under Section 611 { a } { 5 } { A } { i }. By publishing these inaccurate and unverified items on my credit report and distributing them to 3rd parties you are damaging my reputation and damaging my creditworthiness.

Under the FCRA are U.S.C 1681i, all unverified accounts MUST BE PROMPTLY DELETED. Therefore, if you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file for each of these inquiries from my credit report. Please provide me with an updated credit report showing items removed. 


Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, if they can not verify the debt within 30 days, then it must be removed. Your letters to me claim to have " verified '' the debt, but this is in fact not true under law. Simply contacting the alleged creditor and asking them to match up numbers in their database is no sufficient verification for identity theft. Of course the information matches up. Someone clearly used my information without my authorization ADDRESSES THAT I NEVER LIVED XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX, IL XXXX INQUIRIES THAT I DID NOT AUTHORIZE XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Equifax XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, Ga XXXX This letter is to inform you that I received a copy of my credit report that your company publishes and after reviewing it I found a number of items on the report that are inaccurate and/or not belonging to me. The accounts in question are attached on a separate page. 

Please send me a copy of the documents that you have in your file as of the date of this request, that you used to verify the accuracy of the accounts that are attached. 

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681, I have the right to demand that you disclose to me all the documents that you have on record and retained in your file at the time of this request concerning the inquiries that you are reporting on my credit report. Send me copies of the documents that you have and Please do not respond to my request by simply saying that the accounts have been verified or updated, but please send me the documentation that you used to verify that accounts in question. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation and/or do not have the documentation in your files as of the date on this letter then DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY as required under Section 611 { a } { 5 } { A } { i }. By publishing these inaccurate and unverified items on my credit report and distributing them to 3rd parties you are damaging my reputation and damaging my creditworthiness.

Under the FCRA are U.S.C 1681i, all unverified accounts MUST BE PROMPTLY DELETED. Therefore, if you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file for each of these accounts from my credit report. Please provide me with an updated credit report showing items removed.

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, if they can not verify the debt within 30 days, then it must be removed. Your letters to me claim to have " verified '' the debt, but this is in fact not true under law. Simply contacting the alleged creditor and asking them to match up numbers in their database is no sufficient verification for identity theft. Of course the information matches up. Someone clearly used my information without my authorization NOTE : ATTACHED IS PROOF OF IDENTITY WHICH IS SOCIAL SECURITY VERIFICATION AND ID FOR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SENT CERTIFIED MAIL THANKS IN ADVANCE XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Pa XXXX This letter is to inform you that I received a copy of my credit report that your company publishes and after reviewing it I found a number of items on the report that are inaccurate and/or not belonging to me. The accounts in question are attached on a separate page. 

Please send me a copy of the documents that you have in your file as of the date of this request, that you used to verify the accuracy of the accounts that are attached. 

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681, I have the right to demand that you disclose to me all the documents that you have on record and retained in your file at the time of this request concerning the inquiries that you are reporting on my credit report. Send me copies of the documents that you have and Please do not respond to my request by simply saying that the accounts have been verified or updated, but please send me the documentation that you used to verify that accounts in question. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation and/or do not have the documentation in your files as of the date on this letter then DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY as required under Section 611 { a } { 5 } { A } { i }. By publishing these inaccurate and unverified items on my credit report and distributing them to 3rd parties you are damaging my reputation and damaging my creditworthiness.

Under the FCRA are U.S.C 1681i, all unverified inquiries MUST BE PROMPTLY DELETED. Therefore, if you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file for each of these accounts from my credit report. Please provide me with an updated credit report showing items removed.

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, if they can not verify the debt within 30 days, then it must be removed. Your letters to me claim to have " verified '' the debt, but this is in fact not true under law. Simply contacting the alleged creditor and asking them to match up numbers in their database is no sufficient verification for identity theft. Of course the information matches up. Someone clearly used my information without my authorization Accounts that I didnt authorize and had no knowledge of or reporting accurately, police report and FTC report is on file, Please DELETE THEM Account Name XXXX XXXX open______XXXX_____________________________ Account Number XXXX Reason for dispute_IDENTITY THEFT___ Account AmountXXXX Account Name XXXXXXXX XXXX______________ Date open_______XXXX________________________________ Account Number___XXXX______________________ Reason for dispute_ IDENTITY XXXX Account XXXX Account Name__XXXX XXXX XXXX_______ Date open_______XXXX_______________________________ Account XXXX Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFTXXXX Account Amount_____XX/XX/XXXX_______________________ Account Name_XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX_ Date open______XXXX_________________________________ Account Number____XXXX_____________________________ Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFT___XXXX Account Amount___XXXX_______________________________ Account Name XXXX __ Date open______XXXX__________________________________ Account Number__XXXX Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFTXXXX Account Amount__XXXX______________________________ Account Name__XXXX _____ Date open________XXXX_________________________________ Account Number__XXXX________________________________ Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFT__XXXX Account XXXX Account Name__XXXX__________________________________ Date open____XXXX_________ Account Number__XXXX Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFTXXXX Account XXXX Account Name__XXXX_________________________________ Date XXXX Account Number_XXXX Reason for dispute_IDENTITY XXXX Account XXXX Account Name_XXXX XXXX XXXX__________________________________ Date open_______XXXX__________________________________ Account XXXX Reason for dispute__IDENTITY THEFT_XXXXXXXX Account XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief