Equifax Receiving Unwanted Marketing/Advertising Complaints

Review and analysis of over 51 complaints against Equifax

Equifax consumers have reported over 51 official complaints related to Receiving unwanted marketing/advertising. Out of the 51 consumer complaints against Equifax, 12% were disputed by the consumer (i.e. the consumer was not happy with how Equifax responded to their complaint) and 100% were processed in a timely manner. 2% of consumer complaints against Equifax resulted in the consumer receiving monetary compensation (e.g. money, cash reimbursement, etc.) and 20% resulted in non-monetary compensation.

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

December 2, 2016 - I received a prescreened credit card offer from - - for which I am not eligible. Their offer said to call - to stop receiving prescreened offers so I called the number, which represents all - credit bureaus, and the automated system asked for inappropriate information such as social security number, date of birth, home phone number, etc. Consumers are continuously warned not to give out these identifiers because of privacy and identity theft concerns so I hung up. Why are credit card companies asking for this information just to opt out of a prescreened offer? A better way is to ch...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

April 29, 2016 - I have disputed the - inquiry 's on my reports 3 months ago I never got any notice of. Resolution at all. All of them are still on there. Some of them are on there -. I 'm supposed to have a fraud alert on all reports but noone checks with me before they hand out my report 's to everyone. I do n't authorize any companies except -. I 'm upset because the company 's did nothing to fix this problem. I never received any information on my disputes. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

March 31, 2016 - - - submitted a hard inquiry to Equifax Credit Bureau on -/-/2015. I have no knowledge of this company. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

March 31, 2016 - - reported a hard inquiry on -/-/15 on my Equifax Credit Report. I have no knowledge of this company. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

March 30, 2016 - - submitted a hard inquiry on my Equifax report to obtain a credit card on -/-/2014, which I did n't apply for. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

March 30, 2016 - - reported to Equifax Credit Report on the following dates to obtain information for a hard inquiry : -/-/-, -/-/-, -/-/- and -/-/-. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

March 30, 2016 - Equifax Credit Bureau reported - hard inquires from - on -/-/-, -/-/- and -/-/-. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

December 16, 2015 - My husband and myself have been fighting identity theft for months and it seems we have gotten everything take care of except " inquiries '' i have made no inquiries on my credit report and there should be no new inquiries for me other than target. Any other inquiries for my credit are fraudulent and i have mailed about this before ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

November 4, 2015 - When I finally locate the on-line credit dispute electronic form it will not honor the completed electronic dispute log-in page. This is a clearly intentional!! The CFPB should interrupt this website and advise customers to go directly to the paper process as the website is not functional & gt ; But you already know this!! if some consumers are successful then it is a lottery thing. What are you doing about the credit agencies deliberate switch and bait marketing scheme whereby they clutter their website with much marketing/sales propaganda what are you doing about the credit agencies deliber...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

October 23, 2015 - my daughter is only - years old. She has already received scholarship notifications. My wife shredded them. My daughter knows how to use the internet, better than I can. Equifax does not answer the phone. I will mail photocopies of the documents you require, as well as attach them to what ever this is. Thank you ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

June 5, 2015 - My Credit Report issued by any and all credit agencies included a list of all businesses who have check my credit and ordered a copy of my Credit Report. There were a total of - businesses in the list during the year 2014 alone. None of the businesses had my permission to obtain my Credit Report. They acted illegally in obtaining my Credit Report. During said time, I was shopping for better insurance on my home and car on the internet. I was also shopping for a refinancing of my home mortgage with a small amount of cash out '' of my equity to pay enormous medical bills not covered by my he...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

May 4, 2015 - My identity was stolen and I reported it to Equifax at the end of -. The other reporting agencies were notified. I have received at least - unwanted offers for credit cards since then. Why has n't this stopped??? It is more than 4 weeks later. ...

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Equifax Credit reporting credit monitoring or identity protection receiving unwanted marketing/advertising

April 27, 2015 - I AM RECIEVING PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT ME OWING A DEBT AND WHICH I DISCOVERED THAT IT TO BE A FRAUD EVENT TO GET MONEY FROM MEFROM ME. THEY ARE GETTING MOST OF THIS INFORMATION OFF OF MY CREDIT REPORT BECAUSE THEY KNOW MY BANKING NAME, MY PAST EMPLOYER AND MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND I WOULD LIKEFRO ALL THIS TO STOP. ...

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