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I dutifully entered everything they asked for, because, you know, they're Equifax and they undoubtedly have it already. Then they said I needed a "verification code" and gave me the option of half a dozen phone numbers and email addresses to choose from... none of which remotely resembled anything I've ever had (the email addresses all contained my surname and appeared to be randomly generated).

When I clicked the "none of these work for me" link at the bottom, I was presented with:

"Sorry, We are unable to log you in.

Your account is temporarily disabled. Accounts may be disabled when you attempt to log in with incorrect information or fail to complete a security challenge."




Same here. Great. I wonder what other lies they believe about me.

On the one hand, I'm probably glad the data is shit? But on the other hand, folks consuming the data might not understand that.


Was the email they offered to send the code to f**k@corpdomain.com? I tried this with my current and former employer and got seemingly the same email username "f**k", and seemingly random phone numbers. Another long-time employer had no email at all. Definitely seems they're just making things up.


we ought to be able to "correct" our own data and mislead anything seeking an advantage


This happened to me as well. bunch of random @yahoo addresses (I don't have one of those) and rando phone numbers, none of which were mine. Welp.... who knows wtf they have in there then, I guess.


Could this indicate past attempts by fraudsters to adopt your identity?


More likely to be a fake match so that people can't check whether records are in their database.


For me, the domain at the end of the email it wanted to send a verification code to seemed to belong to my company.


You entered data in a pop-up frame - how are you confident it is Equifax that you were providing your SS and birthday ?


Same problem here, really shows how good their security and data gathering is.


Also me with this issue.




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