Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Information belongs to someone else
Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. has violated my rights. Or a list of inquiries : 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : 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. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TX
Zip: 752XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Information belongs to someone else
Consumer Complaint: XXXX XXXX ( Original Creditor : XXXX XXXX XXXX ) Account # : XXXX Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Balance : {$120.00} XXXX Account # : XXXX Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Balance : {$340.00} XXXX XXXX Account # : XXXX Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX : {$2200.00} -XXXX XXXX Account # : XXXX Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX : {$2200.00} 15 US Code $ 1681c-2 a consumer reporting agency shall block the reporting of any information in the file of a consumer that the consumer identifies as information that resulted from an alleged identity theft, not later than 4 business days after the date of receipt. It has been 30 days and you are in violation of this law because I am a victim of identity theft! These accounts should not be furnished on my consumer report as they are in VIOLATION! Under 15, US Code 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports ( a ) in general subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances, and no other : ( 2 ) In accordance with the WRITTEN INSTRUCTION of the consumer to whom it relates. I never gave any consumer report an agency WRITTEN CONSENT to report anything on my consumer report, which violates my rights as a federal protected consumer. As a consumer, I am demanding the deletion of the accounts listed immediately!
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TX
Zip: 77093
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Improper use of your report
Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly
Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. I told Experian, XXXX, and XXXX to reinvestigate these accounts : Account : # XXXX Account : # XXXX, Account : # XXXX, Account : # XXXX. However, they stated everything was complete and accurate. But how is that possible if the open date, date of last activity and much more is incorrect. According to 15 USC 1681i ( 5 ), they are supposed to modify accounts that aren't reporting correctly. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: OH
Zip: 443XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft
Consumer Complaint: Please eliminate these deceptive accounts from my credit report as I never authorized anyone to use my account. Kindly remove this incorrect account.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 10009
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: This has been an ongoing issue for me with XXXX XXXX I opened this account for credit a building opportunity. During the pandemic, I begin to experience hardships that I knew would potentially affect my credit and account. I called creditor to make an accommodation under the CARES ACT, and I requested for the account to be closed to prevent any damage to my credit profile. I paid the account as agreed. On my credit profile it is now showing late payments. I've contacted the credit reporting agencies numerous times for inaccurately reporting late payments on this account. Per 15 USC 1666B a creditor may NOT treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer plan late for any purpose. I have paid as a agreed and no late payments should be reflecting on this account.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NC
Zip: 28216
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft
Consumer Complaint: It is crucial to acknowledge that I did not provide authorization for these accounts, and their presence is causing me considerable distress.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MD
Zip: 208XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Improper use of your report
Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly
Consumer Complaint: To the CFPB : 15 USC 6805 Enforcement. ( a ) In general Subject to subtitle B of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [ 12 U.S.C. 5511 et seq. ], this subchapter and the regulations prescribed thereunder shall be enforced by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal functional regulators, the State insurance authorities, and the Federal Trade Commission with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to their jurisdiction under applicable law, ALL ACCOUNTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 ( 5 U.S.C subsection 552a ) Important Definitions ( 4 ) the term record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph ; This includes consumer reports. ( b ) Conditions of Disclosure. No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, unless disclosure of the record would be ( 12 ) to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with section 3711 ( e ) of title 31. They need prior written instruction of the individual to whom it relates. Section 3711 ( e ) of title 31 States ( 1 ) When trying to collect a claim of the Government under a law except the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ), the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency shall disclose to a consumer reporting agency information from a system of records that a person is responsible for a claim if ( E ) the head of the agency has established procedures to ( iii ) get satisfactory assurances from each consumer reporting agency that the agency is complying with all laws of the United States related to providing consumer credit information. There are accounts that are reporting as Charge offs. CHARGE OFFS ARE CONSIDER CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTNESS AND 1099-C ARE FILED. When a debt is charged off by a creditor, it means the creditor has given up on attempting to collect the debt and has declared it as a loss for tax purposes. When a creditor charges off a debt, they're required to file a 1099-C form with the IRS, which reports the amount of the canceled debt as income. This means that I may owe taxes on the charged-off amount, even though I didn't receive any money from the creditor. According to the IRS Publication 4681 ( XXXX ) Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions and Abandonments. Under introduction it states : Generally, if you owe a debt to someone else and they cancel or forgive that debt for less than its full amount, you are treated for income tax purposes as having income and may have to pay tax on this income. Also, under General Rule it states : Generally, if a debt for which you are personally liable is forgiven or discharged for less than the full amount owed, the debt is considered canceled in whatever amount it remained unpaid. Generally, you must include the canceled debt in your income. A debt includes any indebtedness : For which you are liable, or Subject to which you hold property. Per the IRS, charge offs are considered income and income can not be reported on my credit report. They MUST be REMOVED! EXPERIAN is reporting the following charge off FROM XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX This account is in violation of 15 USC 1681 ( a ) Accuracy and fairness of credit reporting The Congress makes the following findings : ( 1 ) The banking system is dependent upon fair and accurate credit reporting. Inaccurate credit reports directly impair the efficiency of the banking system, and unfair credit reporting methods undermine the public confidence which is essential to the continued functioning of the banking system. ( 3 ) Consumer reporting agencies have assumed a vital role in assembling and evaluating consumer credit and other information on consumers. ( 4 ) 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. This same account is in violation of the following 15 USC subsection 6802 Obligation with respect to disclosures of personal information. ( a ) Notice requirements- Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, unless such financial institution provides or has provided to the consumer a notice that complies with section 6803 of this title. ( b ) Opt Out ( 1 ) In general A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless ( a ) such financial institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer, in writing or in electronic form or other form permitted by the regulations prescribed under section 6804 of this title, that such information may be disclosed to such third party ; ( b ) the consumer is given the opportunity, before the time that such information is initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed to such third party ; and the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option 16 CFR 313.1 Purpose. This part governs the treatment of nonpublic personal information about consumers by the financial institutions listed in paragraph ( b ) of this section. This part : ( 1 ) Requires a financial institution in specified circumstances to provide notice to customers about its privacy policies and practices ; ( 2 ) Describes the conditions under which a financial institution may disclose nonpublic personal information about consumers to nonaffiliated third parties ; and ( 3 ) Provides a method for consumers to prevent a financial institution from disclosing that information to most nonaffiliated third parties by opting out of that disclosure, subject to the exceptions in 313.13, 313.14, and 313.15. 16 CFR 314- Standards for safeguarding customer information. Also see 15 USC 6801 ( b ) 6805 ( b ) ( 2 ) I have not given XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX permission to furnish my information to third parties and I was not given notice of such furnishings. 15 USC subsection 1681b- Permissible purpose of consumer reports. ( a ) In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 1 ) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order, a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a Federal grand jury, or a subpoena issued in accordance with section 5318 of title 31 or section 3486 of title 18. ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. AGAIN, I DID NOT GIVE WRITTEN CONSENT TO FURNISH ANY OF THE ABOVE ACCOUNTS ON MY CREDIT REPORT. 15 USC subsection 1681c- Requirements relating to information contained in consumer report. ( 5 ) Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven year. WITH THE EXPECTIONS OF CONVICTION OF CRIMES, NOTHING SHOULD BE FURNISHED ON MY CREDIT REPORT. 15 U.S. Code 1681e - Compliance procedures ( a ) Identity and purposes of credit users 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. These procedures shall require that prospective users of the information identify themselves, certify the purposes for which the information is sought, and certify that the information will be used for no other purpose. Every consumer reporting agency shall make a reasonable effort to verify the identity of a new prospective user and the uses certified by such prospective user prior to furnishing such user a consumer report. No consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report to any person if it has reasonable grounds for believing that the consumer report will not be used for a purpose listed in section 1681b of this title. ( b ) Accuracy of report Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares a consumer report it shall follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information concerning the individual about whom the report relates. By violating section 1681b for permissible purpose and 1681c for information contained in consumer reports they are also violating compliance procedures under this title. 15 U.S. Code 1681n - Civil liability for willful noncompliance ( a ) In general Any person who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this subchapter with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of ( A ) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or damages of not less than { {$100.00} } and not more than { {$1000.00} } ; or ( B ) in the case of liability of a natural person for obtaining a consumer report under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose, actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or { {$1000.00} }, whichever is greater ; 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 - Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies ( 1 ) Prohibition ( A ) Reporting information with actual knowledge of errors 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. ( B ) Reporting information after notice and confirmation of errors A person shall not furnish information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if ( i ) the person has been notified by the consumer, at the address specified by the person for such notices, that specific information is inaccurate; and ( ii ) the information is, in fact, inaccurate. As you can see, All the forementioned accounts must be removed from my credit report due to several violations.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MO
Zip: 63137
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Improper use of your report
Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Consumer Complaint: I have an inquiry on my experian credit Report from XXXX Bank that cost me XXXX points on my credit report that was on XXXX, XXXX which was erroneous, unduly, and I have no knowledge of and I would like it DELETED IMMEDIATELY!!! Off of my credit Report
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30236
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
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 filed a dispute for incorrect information on my credit report. I received an email from the credit bureau stating that they are assuming the disputes are coming from a 3rd party. They in fact did not come from a 3rd party. l even called them to verify it was me and they still refused to process my disputes. I wasted money on mailing my disputes out. I sent personal information to verify my identity through mail, just for them to not thoroughly investigate.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: IN
Zip: 46229
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2024-01-22
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: I am writing to bring to your attention a serious matter concerning the inaccurate reporting of charge offs and the unauthorized furnishing of my personal information by XXXX, XXXX, and Experian on my credit reports. I believe that their actions are in violation of my rights as outlined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), specifically under sections 15 USC 1681i ( 5 ), 15 USC 1681a ( 2 ) ( b ), and 15 USC 1666b. I would like to address the issue of inaccurate charge offs being reported by XXXX, XXXX, and Experian. Upon reviewing my credit reports, I have noticed discrepancies in the dates of opening and closing of these accounts. These inaccuracies not only misrepresent my credit history but also have a significant impact on my overall creditworthiness. I believe that this violates my rights under the FCRA, specifically under section 15 USC 1681i ( 5 ), which mandates that consumer reporting agencies must investigate and correct inaccurate information upon receiving a dispute which has not been done for years of disputes. I have reason to believe that XXXX, XXXX, and Experian have been reporting this information without my written consent, as required by section 15 USC 1681a ( 2 ) ( b ) of the FCRA. I have never provided explicit authorization for the furnishing of my personal information to these agencies and their actions are in direct violation of my rights. According to section 15 USC 1666b of the FCRA, any person who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed by the FCRA may be subject to civil liability, including actual damages, punitive damages, and attorney 's fees. I kindly request that you investigate this matter thoroughly and hold XXXX, XXXX, and Experian accountable for their actions. The violations mentioned above, I kindly request that you take the necessary steps to remove these inaccurate charge offs from my credit reports. I expect that appropriate fines and penalties be imposed upon XXXX, XXXX, and Experian for their non-compliance with the FCRA. I look forward to receiving a prompt response and resolution to this dispute. Accounts XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$970.00} Reporting inaccurately- Please Delete XXXX XXXX- Reporting inaccurately no acknowledgment of this account- Please Delete XXXX XXXX- Reporting inaccurately- Please delete XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Reporting inaccurately {$0.00} ( Sold ) still reporting with inaccurate reporting dates and closing date. Please delete XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Reporting inaccurately XXXX XXXX Reporting inaccurately Self/ lender bank {$200.00} Reporting inaccurately
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TX
Zip: 75703
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2024-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A