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: 8050626

Date Received: 2023-12-23

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: This is XXXX XXXX do not deny my complaint by stating that I filed this by some other means than myself.This is done 100 % by me. The stuff on my credit report is wrong and Under 15 U.S. Code 1681b Permissible purposes of consumer reports I never gave any written consent to report anything on my consumer reports no consent is fraud.

Company Response:

State: LA

Zip: 703XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050625

Date Received: 2023-12-23

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'm really not sure what happened. I have mailed off letters to the credit bureaus continuously and thus far I have not gotten a response. My name is XXXX XXXX and I am filing this complaint for falsely reporting misleading information. There is no third party involved. Please review the uploaded letters.

Company Response:

State: LA

Zip: 703XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050617

Date Received: 2023-12-23

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've found that my credit report has erroneous information multiple times, including now. According to Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ), the three credit bureaus must check these items ( A ). It is unacceptable to list these accounts as information without verifying them within the legally mandated time frame. I require an investigation, a correction, or an immediate update of the following erroneous information on my credit report : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company Response:

State: NJ

Zip: 07024

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050615

Date Received: 2023-12-23

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: Date open XX/XX/ Amount {$660.00} I told them it was all fraud no one got back to me

Company Response:

State: GA

Zip: 30067

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050487

Date Received: 2023-12-23

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Old information reappears or never goes away

Consumer Complaint: I bring to your attention the apparent compromise of my credit with your organization. It has come to my notice that, despite being accompanied by an FTC fraud report ( # XXXX ), certain items have not been removed as required. Upon reviewing my records, I observed that these inaccuracies, which are not associated with me, persistently and detrimentally impact my credit file. My commitment to thorough research and persistence compels me to address this matter, and I am determined not to be hindered by any unwillingness to comply with the law. In accordance with Section XXXX of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), your legal obligation is to expeditiously remove items identified as resulting from identity theft. The disputed items, namely : -- -- -- -- -- -- -XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX -- -- -- -- -- -- -EQUIFAX : XXXX XX/XX/XXXX -- -- -- -- -- -- XXXX : XXXX XXXX ( XXXX Creditor : XXXX XXXX XXXX ) XXXX Balance : {$2000.00} XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX. I am attaching the newly required FTC Report with reference # XXXX, along with my Driver 's License, Form XXXX, and Proof of Billing, serving as verification of my sole address. Kindly proceed with the removal of these items from my credit report promptly.

Company Response:

State: CA

Zip: 90008

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050224

Date Received: 2023-12-23

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. Account name : # XXXX, Account name : # XXXX, Account name : # XXXX, Account name : # XXXX, has violated my rights. 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:

State: TX

Zip: 79936

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8050160

Date Received: 2023-12-23

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, has violated my rights 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 166b A Creditor May not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any reason

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 11238

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-23

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8049496

Date Received: 2023-12-22

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: It is illegal and a violation of my privacy in ordinance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and Consumer Credit Protection Act to report transactional history. This is also reporting as a charge off a charge off is considered a certificate of indebtedness which is INCOME and this needs to be updated.

Company Response:

State: MS

Zip: 38671

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-22

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8049428

Date Received: 2023-12-22

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

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

Consumer Complaint: According to 15 USC 1681 accounts shall report accurately and the attach documents prove these accounts with the account numbers should be removed immediately from all three credit bureaus. These accounts are hindering me and my family from moving forward in life.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 78253

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-22

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8049376

Date Received: 2023-12-22

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: I am a victim of identity theft please remove this fraud inquiry from my credit report.

Company Response:

State: SC

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-12-22

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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