EQUIFAX, INC.


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"Products" offered by EQUIFAX, INC. with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - Checking account
Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Checking or savings account -
Checking or savings account - CD (Certificate of Deposit)
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Checking or savings account - Savings account
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Personal line of credit
Consumer Loan - Vehicle lease
Consumer Loan - Vehicle loan
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Gift card
Credit card or prepaid card - Government benefit card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - Federal student loan
Debt collection - Federal student loan debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Medical
Debt collection - Medical debt
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Mortgage debt
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt collection - Private student loan debt
Debt collection - Rental debt
Debt collection - Telecommunications debt
Debt or credit management - Credit repair services
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Debt or credit management - Mortgage modification or foreclosure avoid
Debt or credit management - Student loan debt relief
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Foreign currency exchange
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Mobile or digital wallet
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order, traveler's check or cashier's
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Refund anticipation check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Traveler's check or cashier's check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Virtual currency
Mortgage - Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Mortgage - Conventional fixed mortgage
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - FHA mortgage
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC)
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Mortgage - Other type of mortgage
Mortgage - Reverse mortgage
Mortgage - VA mortgage
Other financial service - Refund anticipation check
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan -
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Title loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Other advances of future income
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Title loan
Prepaid card - Gift or merchant card
Student loan - Federal student loan servicing
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Student loan - Private student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Lease
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Title loan

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Complaint ID: 8132786

Date Received: 2024-01-09

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: I received a copy of my credit report and found late payments from XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. This information is not true and contacted the company to correct the issue. I have never missed any payments and they failed to correct the issue. Also found XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX had late payments from XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, and XX/XX/XXXX Also found XXXX payments we incorrect for XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: KS

Zip: 66062

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132778

Date Received: 2024-01-09

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account information incorrect

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act this creditor has violated my right under 15 USC 1681 section 6 o 2 states I have right to privacy ( 15 USC 181 ( section 6 0 4 a section 2 ) it also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions under 15 USCS 1666b a creditor may not treat a payment on a credit account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any reason. This is for my XXXX XXXX Account

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132777

Date Received: 2024-01-09

Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 a states " There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. '' Equifax and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies, and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared which is backed by 15 USC 6801 which states It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. '' ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 states that " In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, XXXX and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they most definitely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, XXXX, ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise, is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. '' ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) Never informed me either written or otherwise of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) states '' Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. '' This account is an adverse item they are reporting without my permission which is against the law. 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A states " A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. 15 U.S. Code 1681e states '' Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. Equifax, XXXX and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of your reporting services. Also, according to the IRS charge-offs are considered certificates of indebtedness and thus considered income and it is illegal to report income to consumer reporting agencies.

Company Response:

State: TN

Zip: 38305

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132776

Date Received: 2024-01-09

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Consumer Complaint: i was view my report notice so problem on my consumer report notice some account not belong to me so inquiry XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Dept of EdXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: TN

Zip: 374XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132765

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: I strongly desire not to have this on my credit report. It is not belong to me. It is fraud!

Company Response:

State: SC

Zip: 29527

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132764

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft

Consumer Complaint: To the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I am writing to express my concerns and seek assistance regarding an issue with Equifax and a report from the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) involving a potentially fraudulent account under the name " XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. '' I have no knowledge or association with this company, and I have previously contacted Equifax to dispute this account 's legitimacy. Despite my efforts, Equifax has informed me that they have conducted a " full investigation '' into this matter. However, based on my understanding of federal regulations, particularly 15 U.S. Code 1681d - Disclosure of investigative consumer reports, their investigation process does not align with the standards described therein. I have repeatedly requested Equifax to provide concrete evidence or proof that links me to this account, yet they have failed to do so. This situation has left me with no choice but to consider legal action as a last resort. My experience with Equifax raises serious concerns about their business practices. I believe that their actions not only pose a threat to individual consumers like myself but also potentially jeopardize the integrity of the banking system. Therefore, I am reaching out to your bureau for assistance and intervention in this matter. I am seeking clarification on what specific steps Equifax took in their investigation to ascertain the account 's validity. Furthermore, I request your help in obtaining the necessary proof from Equifax that establishes my alleged connection to this account. This situation has caused me significant distress and inconvenience. I trust that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will take my concerns seriously and provide the necessary support to resolve this issue. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 75056

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132763

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: There is information that on my consumer report that is a result of identity theft. I did not provide written permission of instructions for the identified transactions to be reported on my consumer report. I am requesting that the reporting of this information be blocked and deleted. As a federally protected consumer I'm seeking proof of the alleged debt, under the doctrine of estoppel by silence, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, I may presume that no proof of the alleged debt, nor therefore any such debt, in fact exists. In a good faith effort to resolve this matter amicably, I demand for proof of the debt, specifically the alleged contract or other instrument bearing my signature in wet ink, as well as proof of your authority in this matter. Absent such proof, you must terminate this collection action and correct any erroneous reports of this debt as mine. For the record, I state again that as I have no account with you, nor am I your customer, nor have I entered into a contract with you, I must ask for the following information : 1 ) Please evidence your authorization under 15 USC 1692 ( e ) 15 USC 1692 ( f ) and USC 1692 ( g ) in this alleged matter. 2 ) What is your authorization of law for your collection of information? 3 ) What is your authorization of law for your collection of this alleged debt? 4 ) Please evidence your authorization to do business or operate in the state. 5 ) Please provide proof of the alleged debt, including specifically the alleged contract or other instrument bearing my wet signature. You have 7 days of this notice to respond. Your failure to respond, on point, in writing, hand signed, and in a timely manner, will work as a waiver to any and all of your claims in this matter, and will entitle me to presume that you sent your letter ( XXXX ) in error, and that this matter is permanently closed. Your continued silence is unacceptable. Either provide the proof or correct the record to remove the invalid debt from my credit files with the three-primary credit-reporting agencies. You are currently in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Act. I can't obtain housing or employment due to the violations on my credit file. Failure to respond within 7 days of this letter will begin my small claims action against your company. I will be seeking { {$5000.00} } in damages for the following : 1 ) Defamation 2 ) Negligent Enablement of Identity Fraud 3 ) Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act After obtaining the judgment against your company, I will obtain a Writ of Execution from the Sheriffs office in your county and I will begin the process of attaching property or funds to satisfy the judgment. For the purposes of 15 USC 1692 et seq., this Notice has the same effect as a dispute to the validity of the alleged debt and a dispute to the validity of your claims. I am requesting that the reporting of this information be blocked and deleted. My request to block is not being made in error ; nor is my request to block being made on the basis of a material misrepresentation of fact by me relevant to the request to block the identified transactions. You are in violation under 15 U.S.Code 1681i ( 5 ) removal of XXXX XXXX XXXX and 15 U.S.Code 1681 ( e ) ( b ) Compliance procedures maximum possible accuracy & section 604 15 us code 1681 B. The identified transactions are not information related to any transaction by me as the consumer ( see attached )

Company Response:

State: GA

Zip: 30324

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132762

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: I appreciate you making the effort to update and repair some of the data on my credit report, but there are still some items that need to be fixed. The 3 Credit Bureaus must verify these items by Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ). I'm hoping that these disputed items will be fixed as soon as possible XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: NJ

Zip: 075XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132750

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: This account NEEDS to be showing In Dispute. I have disputed this many times and it should be showing that. Furthermore, Equifax stated this was verified by the creditor via their response on XX/XX/XXXX via CFPB, verbatim. However, they have not accurately reported said verification. As you can see, with the report as of XX/XX/XXXX, I am showing a last verified date of XX/XX/XXXX. This is negligent and inaccurate reporting to my requested investigations. If it was verified, it needs to be updated. Also as requested, if it was in fact verified, per the FCRA I would need to have received investigation results and proof of verification showing alleged late payment, but this creditor did not provide that. This displays at least 3 major reporting violations. I would be happy to submit an FTC report to report non compliance with federal reporting laws. As you can also see in the highlighted report, XXXX did not even show what month they are stating the payment was late for. This is yet another error. _____________ This issue that has occurred was I traded my vehicle in. The new vehicle dealer was in possession of the car as it belonged to them. I sold it to them to obtain a new vehicle. This alleged late payment is completely inaccurate.

Company Response:

State: WY

Zip: 82718

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8132743

Date Received: 2024-01-10

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: This is my first endeavor to tell you that I am a victim of identity theft and I complain to question specific records in my document coming about because of the wrongdoing. The records I am questioning connect with no exchanges acquiring any possession of goods, services or money that I have made or authorized. Assuming no one cares either way, block the noteworthy of any information in my credit record that came about due to an alleged fraud or extortion. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State:

Zip: 85040

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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