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: 8082808

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: My information was sold and purchased illegally because I was a victim of the Equifax data breach. I want these items deleted from my credit reports effective immediately. I am attaching proof that Equifax has admitted that I was in fact a victim of this data breach and Equifax has done nothing. Please help me delete these illegal accounts from my credit reports.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77489

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082756

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Unable to get your credit report or credit score

Subissue: Other problem getting your report or credit score

Consumer Complaint: I was recently subjected to adverse credit action by XXXX XXXX ; and as a result, I requested my credit report from all three credit bureaus, including XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX. Equifax and XXXX were unable to provide me any credit report despite providing a credit score to the lender. I have mailed my request and attached copies of identity documents in support of my request, but I have not heard from the two bureaus after mailing. I was advised over the phone by Equifax and XXXX that it would not be advisable for me to further access my credit file online, as there exist certain metrics ( XXXX block? ) that further prevent access to my credit report after any additional attempt.

Company Response:

State: WA

Zip: 984XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082749

Date Received: 2023-12-30

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

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

Consumer Complaint: They are violating the fair credit reporting act and the consumer laws. I did not give them written consent to report on my behalf. They are keeping fraudulent information on my reports. Account : XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX Account : XXXX Credit Account : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 760XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082745

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: In Accordance with the fair credit Reporting act XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account number XXXX, has violated my rights. 15 USC 1681 Section 602 states I have the right to privacy. 15 USC 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without written instructions. 15 USC 1666B A creditor can not treat a payment on an account under an open-end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose. 15 U.S Code 1681a- Definition ; rules of construction- Exclusions. - Except as provided in paragraph the term " consumer report '' does not include- any report containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report.

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: 61604

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082737

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: XXXX ACCOUNT XXXX XXXX DATE OF LAST ACTIVITY ARE INCORRECT DATE OPENED ARE INCORRECT DATE CLOSED ARE INCORRECT LAST PAYMENT ARE INCORRECT PAYMENT HISTORY ARE INCORRECT Last but not least, I have contacted XXXX XXXX about the charge off and they have sent me my 1099c ( 2022 tax year ). Since this is recognized as taxable income. This account should not continue to report as debt any longer as well.

Company Response:

State: MA

Zip: 02747

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082729

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: I believe this Account belongs to someone else Ive never done any business with XXXX XXXX XXXX I believe I may have been part of a breach

Company Response:

State: MI

Zip: 48083

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082714

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: I currently have a virtual XXXX credit card that was used in the past for a payment of a laptop. The account has been paid in full since XX/XX/XXXX. I have never been late with repaying the card. In fact, my account has never reflected any late payments until XX/XX/XXXX. These late payments currently reflect that they originated in XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX, but took XXXX months before appearing on my account! When I inquired about these late payments, I was told that a new banking institution took over in XX/XX/XXXX from XXXX and now manages the accounts. I asked this new company to provide me with my transactions to show I was late in XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX. They told me they could not provide any information to me because they have no history of the accounts prior to XX/XX/XXXX! In fact, they said that any history before XX/XX/XXXX should no longer be used on my credit report. This new banking institution that has taken over my account has blatantly falsified late payments on my account.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 791XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082713

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: Equifax continues to show how XXXX they are. They have opened several investigations without my knowledge or consent. These investigations were opened on XX/XX/2023, XX/XX/2023, and XX/XX/2023. At no time did I authorize any investigations be opened on my behalf, nor did I dispute anything with Equifax on those dates The customer service representatives also deceive, LIE, about removing items that are or were in dispute and XXXX XXXX unless it comes to trying to sell you XXXX of Equifax 's products. They are slow to respond or update things on my credit profile as well.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 34472

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082712

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: The equitable rights, rights of action, title, and interest of the estate belong to the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX living trust ; the name is registered, common law copyrighted, and is the private property of the trust ; any chose-in-action listed in the report is executed by the Beneficiary also being the private property of the trust including all accounts, credit, and securities. Anyone found holding any legal title in the Street Name belonging to the estate is assumed to be a Trustee of this trust, whether express, implied, or constructive. Regarding the matters of estates and trusts, equity has exclusive jurisdiction. There appears to be a conflict of interest between the Trustees interest and the beneficiary, a usurpation of the beneficiarys rights, a dereliction of duty, the beneficiary does not monetarily benefit from the sale and use of the estate property in the furnished reports, nor is any of the present adverse consumer reporting beneficial to the beneficiary and presently favors the financial interest of the Credit Reporting Agency and its members as Data Furnishers : To my knowledge, as beneficiary, there is to be no adverse reporting of an estate trust by any credit reporting agency, especially without consent or a written instruction or request from the consumer 's beneficiary. I reserve my rights to financial privacy rights as beneficiary, a man ; I provide this written request and instruction to remove the following adversely reported items and listed inquiries contained improperly in the consumer report without consent, authorization, and deficient any reporting notice to the beneficiary by either the National Credit Reporting Agency or the Data Furnisher, both being Trustees over the estate : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) inquiries without permissible purpose or consent : Creditor Name Type of Business Date of inquiry Credit Bureau XXXX XXXX XXXX Equifax XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Equifax XXXXXXXX XXXX Mortgage ReporterXXXX 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 XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Equifax XXXX - XX/XX/XXXX Equifax XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Any adverse items listed and reporting late payments are not in compliance with Title 15 U.S. Code 1666b ; none of the Data Furnishers of listed open-end credit plans have NOT provided or demonstrated any evidence that statements were provided at least XXXX days before the date specified for payment and any reported late payments by said data furnishers need to be removed from the consumer report. Furthermore, it is a Maxim of law that Equity follows the Law, that equity will not suffer a wrong without a remedy nor allow a statute to be a cloak for fraud or unfair and deceptive trade practices involving the unauthorized practice of law by a corporation. The Laws and Regulations according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Title 15 U.S. Code 1681 section 602 a states " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. '' Equifax, XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumers Beneficiary. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared which is backed by Title 15 U.S. Code 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. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) is a financial institution by definition under that title. Title 15 U.S. Code 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. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, XXXX, XXXX and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked as of this notice. Title 15 U.S. Code 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. '' The Furnishers of information to credit reporting agencies have never informed me by notice of my right to exercise my non-disclosure option. Not only that but Title 15 U.S. Code 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. '' Title 15 USC 1681a ( d ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ( i ) provides the term consumer report does not include ( i ) report containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report ; The listed accounts and inquiries are adverse items reported without notice or my permission, producing an effect that prevents access to my estates extensions of credit as the beneficiary, denied rights of action, chose-in-action, a conflict of interest against equity and the law. Title 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. Title 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, 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 invoking my right to opt-out, my beneficiary interest rights, and my financial privacy rights, NOW so mote it be ; I am opting out of your reporting services regarding ANY adverse reporting of choses-in-action in a conflict of interest with the Beneficiary and Trustee. Regulations further provide Credit Reporting Agencies are ONLY exceptions to the notice and opt-out requirements provided in 12 CFR 1016.15, with the consent or at the direction of the consumer, provided that the consumer has not revoked the consent or direction ; Regarding estates and trusts equity case law has provided : In cases of trust, where the trustee has violated his trust by an illegal conversion of the trust property, the cestui que trust has a right to follow the property into whosesoever hands he may find it, not being a bona fide purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice. Where a trustee has, in violation of his trust, invested the trust property or its proceeds in any other property, the cestui que trust has his option either to hold the substituted property liable to the original trust, or to hold the trustee himself personally liable for the breach of the trust. The option, however, belongs to the cestui que trust alone and is for his benefit, and not for the benefit of the trustee. If the trustee, after such an unlawful conversion of the trust property, should repurchase it, the cestui que trust may, at his option, either hold the original property subject to the trust or take the substituted property in which it has been invested, in lieu thereof. And the trustee, in such a case, has no right to insist that the trust shall, upon the repurchase, attach exclusively to the original trust property. Where the trust property has been unlawfully invested, with other funds of the trustee, in other property, the latter, in the hands of the trustee, is chargeable pro tanto to the amount or value of the original trust property. What constitutes notice of a trust? An agent, employed by a trustee in the management of the trust property, and who thereby acquires a knowledge of the trust, is, if he afterwards becomes possessed of the trust property, bound by the trust, in the same manner as the trustee. Where, upon the face of the title papers, the purchaser has full means of acquiring complete knowledge of the title from the references therein made to the origin and consideration thereof, he will be deemed to have constructive notice thereof. A co-proprietor of real property, derived under the same title as the other proprietors, is presumed to have full knowledge of the objects and purposes and trusts attached to the original purchase, and for which it is then held for their common benefit. XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) When a trustee abuses his trust -- converting trust property into new forms -- the cestui que trust has the option to take the original or the substituted property, and if either has passed into the hands of a bona fide purchaser without notice, then its value in money. If the trust property comes back into the hands of the trustee, that fact does not affect the right of the cestui que trust. The principle is that the wrongdoer shall derive no benefit from his wrong, and that profits which he makes belong to the cestui que trust. XXXX will accordingly so mould and apply the remedy as to give them to him, giving, however, the party thus charged proper credits for money which he has paid, but which, if things had all been regularly transacted, the cestui que trust should have paid, making proper allowances for rent, interest & c., and putting things on such a footing as under the circumstances does the most complete justice. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Where property held upon any trust to keep, or use, or invest it in a particular way is misapplied by the trustee and converted into different property, or is sold and the proceeds are thus invested, the property may be followed wherever it can be traced through its transformations, and will be subject, when found in its new form, to the rights of the original owner or cestui que trust. It does not alter the case that the newly acquired property, instead of being purchased with the proceeds of the original property, is obtained by a direct exchange for it. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) Where a trust fund has been perverted, the cestui que trust can follow it at law as far as it can be traced. - United States v. State Bank, 96 U.S. 30 ( 1877 ) I declare under penalty and perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Title 28 U.S. Code 1746. /s/ XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Living Soul , Beneficiary Non-person, Non-Statutory, All rights reserved. ( E-sign Act ) XXXX

Company Response:

State: CT

Zip: 06106

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8082711

Date Received: 2023-12-30

Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: XXXX continually allows people to access my credit file unauthorized. I specifically requested to sign up for the {$25000.00} settlement several times they have REFUSED me. Last time I spoke to them they claimed my credit score was XXXX and now I was refused a loan because of there credit report stating I have no credit file. They need to fix my credit, put an extended fraud alert and stop giving unauthorized people access to my score. I am pressing criminal charges against them!

Company Response:

State: MO

Zip: 65804

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-30

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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