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Do the CA accounts on TU seem to be the same as the ones on EQ? Maybe EQ just scrambles all its creditor names, to be on the safe side.
@iltph wrote:
In my case it does appear to be a bug. I have never had any medical collections. The CAs show up properly for TU, but for EQ the names are just a bunch of letters/numbers.
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
The names will show, UNLESS they are medical collections.
That's my guess. Medical collection agencies don't show their names out of concern for possible HIPAA violations. So whenever you see that combination of numbers and letters, that's probably what it is.
The full reports will (should) show the names of the original creditor and of the CA.
Thanks, Jeff, and welcome to the forums! I will add that to my overstuffed brain.
@Anonymous wrote:
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
The names will show, UNLESS they are medical collections.
That's my guess. Medical collection agencies don't show their names out of concern for possible HIPAA violations. So whenever you see that combination of numbers and letters, that's probably what it is.
The full reports will (should) show the names of the original creditor and of the CA.
I had all those funky numbers and letters on a tax lien situation, they make no sense to me either, so I doubt it's just medical issues.
Same issue here, when I pulled my reports through MyFico - my TU it showed the funky numbers, on EX it showed ER Solutions! I was glad that it was on at least...saved me the research to find out who it belonged to!
@haulingthescoreup wrote:Thanks, Jeff, and welcome to the forums! I will add that to my overstuffed brain.
@Anonymous wrote:
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
The names will show, UNLESS they are medical collections.
That's my guess. Medical collection agencies don't show their names out of concern for possible HIPAA violations. So whenever you see that combination of numbers and letters, that's probably what it is.
The full reports will (should) show the names of the original creditor and of the CA.
I had all those funky numbers and letters on a tax lien situation, they make no sense to me either, so I doubt it's just medical issues.
Maybe this is the new trend with CA's. It seems odd that sometimes you see it on EQ and not on the others.
I wonder if it's a tactic to try to force consumers to actually contact the CA? It's hard to do much research on uwl80444, or whatever.