June 13, 2007
Equifax
1550 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed is a copy of
the lawsuit that I filed against you in (my county) court on March 22, 2001.
Currently the Pretrail Conference is scheduled for April 10th, 2001 at 9:30
A.M. in courtroom #33. The case number is (insert case #).
The reason the lawsuit
was filed was due to a completely inadequate response from your company. When
someone is the victim of identity theft, it is simply a nightmare trying to get
false information removed from a credit file. I have contacted all of the false
creditors listed on my credit file. I have challenged all of the false listings
on my credit file. Nothing ever happens to fix the situation.
Over 90 days ago I wrote
each the creditors in question and demanded proof that I am their customer. I
asked for proof of the alleged debt, including specifically the alleged
contract or other instrument bearing my signature. So far none of them has been
able to provide such proof to me. I have sent follow-up letters to each of them
and there is still no proof. I have attempted phone contact, but I simply get
transferred around and nothing ever gets accomplished.
I have fully
investigated my rights in this matter. Under the doctrine of estoppel by
silence, Engelhardt v Gravens (Mo) 281 SW 715, 719, I may presume that no proof
of the alleged debt, nor therefore any such debt, in fact exists. I have copies
of the certified letters and dates prepared to bring to court on April 10th.
Also, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, these disputed items may not appear
on my credit report if they cannot be supported by any evidence.
Under the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, if they cannot verify the debt within 30 days, then it must be
removed. Your letters to me claim to have ‘verified’ the debt, but this is in
fact not true under law. Simply contacting the alleged creditor and asking them
to match up numbers in their database is no sufficient verification for
identity theft. Of course the information matches up. Someone clearly used my
information without my authorization.
Now I am suing Equifax
for being such a pain in the posterior to me. I have provided more than
sufficient evidence to get these false accounts removed.
You may contact me
before April 10th at (my phone number) or at my address listed at the top of
this letter. This matter can be settled simply by your agreement to remove the
false information from my credit file.
I require a response, on
point, in writing, hand signed, and in a timely manner. If I get another
pointless letter from you saying that it has already been ‘verified’ then there
will be no more opportunity for negotiation. This will proceed in court until I
have successfully proven to a judge that this false information must be removed
from my credit file. I will also be aggressively pursuing the full judgment
that I can get against Equifax for violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
and Defamation.
I have already won a
similar lawsuit against Trans Union. Enclosed is a copy of that settlement. I
will agree to a similar settlement with Equifax if you contact me before April
10th. If you accept the same terns as Trans Union did, then I will dismiss my
lawsuit against Equifax and you will not need to appear in (my county and state).
The items to be removed
from my credit report are listed as follows:
(listed
6 accounts and account numbers)
I look forward to your
response.
Sincerely,
(my
name)