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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem. I am in the process of trying to clean up my credit reports and raise my scores. I've disputed and have successfully had several negative items removed from both my Transunion and Experian reports with no issues whatsoever and have raised both of those scores a good bit. However, the problem is with Equifax. I absolutely for the life of me cannot access my credit report on the Equifax web site. I can view my Equifax report via Credit Karma, but in order to file disputes, you need to actually do it from the Equifax web site. I have successfully answered all of their security questions dozens of times, but it keeps telling me the online delivery is unavailable. I think I also had this problem last year when I tried to access it, but I eventually gave up. However, after having great success removing negative items and raising my scores with the other 2 bureaus, I'm 100% motivated and determined to do the same with Equifax. I did go through the free annual credit report web site and I did mail in a copy of my ID and request form to have my Equifax report mailed to me, but I really want to be able to access it online and file the disputes that I need to file. Has anybody else had this issue with Equifax? If so, how did you finally resolve it? I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Equifax data breach a while back. Either way, I'm really starting to pull my hair out over this. Any advice/tips on how to fix this issue before it makes me completley insane would be greatly appreciated!
Have you been sucessful in creating an account at TrustedID?
I've been using it since the breach without any issues to monitor my EQ data online on a daily basis.
I've previously had a login with Equifax, but I created it many years ago and I don't remember what it is. I even tried the forgot username/password option, but it would not let me reset them. I wonder if I can sign up through trusted ID even though I already have a login with Equifax from years ago....
Okay, I successfully registered through TrustedID and I am able to view my Eqiufax report on there, but I don't see any place to file disputes.
I think I'm going to do my disputes through mail as well. It makes sense that it would have a higher chance of success. The majority of negatives on my Equifax are old medical bills that were sold off to some third party collection agency...ugh. I was successful in getting almost all of them removed from Transunion and Experian, so I'm hoping to get them off my Equifax as well! I don't understand why Equifax has to be the only one to make this such a huge hassel!
I don't like regular mail and would prefer calling (1-800-203-7843)
I have a lot of experience with disputing with equifax. First of all you are 100% correct with the other two companies making very easy and equifax being a pain. What I have learned with equifax is that you can only pull your file online once, whether it's using the equifax dispute or using annualcreditreport.com
Once you have pulled a free report you have to wait 30 days for equifax to allow another pull, otherwise you will continue to get "the information doesnt match" error. I tested my theory last month and sure enough it turned to be true. I pulled using the dispute feature on equifax and it worked, the very next day I pulled again again but got the "info doesnt match" error. I waited exactly 30 days, pulled again using the dispute feature and boom there it was, my report. Not sure why they dont have that message just say "only one report every 30 days"