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While Wells Fargo doesn’t prepare credit reports, it is actively involved in the credit report process. Wells Fargo supplies consumer information to the major consumer reporting agencies - Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. It also offers credit monitoring with its Credit Close-Up program. When its info is inaccurate, you should take action.

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How to Dispute a Credit Report and Win

Of course mistakes happen. But when they appear on your credit report, you have to take action. That usually means filing a dispute with the consumer reporting agency (CRA) that prepared the credit report. Sometimes, those CRAs don’t always do what they should (and what the law says they must). Here’s how to file a successful dispute.

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How to Dispute a Background Check

Background checks have become a standard part of many momentous life events. New employers, new landlords, and new schools all use them to make sure they are giving access to trustworthy people. But too often, errors in background check reports have devastating results for people whose backgrounds get misreported. Here’s what to do.

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U.S. Bank Credit Report Dispute

While U.S. Bank does not create the credit reports upon which lenders rely to gauge the creditworthiness of loan applicants, it does have responsibilities under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). One of those responsibilities is investigating and responding to disputes over inaccurate information. Here’s what consumers should know.

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How to Start an Equifax Dispute

Whether you found the mistake during a regular review or after you applied for a loan, disputing an error on your Equifax credit report is essential. Getting the dispute process started can be confusing. Equifax’s website tells you how they want you to start the dispute process. Here’s how the attorneys at Consumer Attorneys think you should start.

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You authorize CA to investigate your potential consumer law claim(s) under state and federal consumer protection statutes. You authorize CA to contact third parties on your behalf for the limited purpose of investigating your potential consumer law claims. “Third parties” include but are not limited to consumer reporting agencies, creditors, lenders, debt collectors, rental agencies, employers, courts, and law enforcement agencies.

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CA agrees to investigate your potential consumer law claims in good faith. By signing this agreement, you agree to give CA the exclusive right to investigate your potential consumer law claim(s) for the next 180 days (“Exclusive Investigative Period”). For the duration of the Exclusive Investigative Period, you agree that you will not communicate with any other law firm or legal representative about your potential consumer law claim(s). You agree to forgo any previously scheduled consultation or case review until CA’s Exclusive Investigative Period concludes.

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CA agrees that the Exclusive Investigative Period may not extend beyond 180 days without your prior written consent.

At any time between the date of this agreement and the expiration of CA’s Exclusive Investigative Period, CA may inform you of the outcome of its investigation. If CA’s investigation reveals that you have an actional consumer law claim, CA may ask you to sign a formal retainer agreement. If CA’s investigation does not reveal an actionable consumer law claim, or if CA determines to decline representation for any other reason, you will receive an e-mail that states CA will not represent you in any further pursuit of your potential claim(s).

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Nothing in this agreement should be construed as a promise or guarantee that CA will represent you in a consumer lawsuit at any point in time. CA reserves the right to decline to represent you for any reason permitted by relevant laws and ethical rules.

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You agree to provide all relevant information, communications, documents, materials, and all other similar instruments to CA and its representatives during the Exclusive Investigative Period. You understand that your failure to provide all relevant information, communications, documents, and materials to CA during the Exclusive Investigative Period may hinder, delay or otherwise frustrate CA’s investigation of your potential consumer law claim(s).

You agree, under penalty of perjury, to provide complete, accurate, and truthful information to CA. All documents and communications, oral or written, past or future, provided to CA during the Exclusive Investigative Period and anytime thereafter are presumed by CA to be true, complete, and accurate.

Fees and Costs Incurred During Exclusive Investigative Period

CA agrees that you will not incur any out-of-pocket fees or costs during CA’s Exclusive Investigative Period. However, if CA agrees to represent you in a consumer lawsuit, CA may recover the fees and costs incurred during the Exclusive Investigative Period from the Defendant pursuant to a future settlement or judgment.

You agree that CA has a right to place a lien on any future monetary recovery obtained by client related to the claims identified during CA’s Exclusive Investigative Period or as a result of CA’s investigative efforts. If you refuse to cooperate with CA in the formal pursuit of the consumer law claim(s) it identifies during or after the Exclusive Investigative Period, you agree that CA has the right to recover the fees and costs it incurred while investigating your potential consumer law claim(s).

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CA will send you any and all documents that require your signature. You authorize CA to affix your electronic signature to requests, disclosures, or other forms that CA deems reasonably necessary to the investigation of your potential consumer law claim(s) upon receipt of your approval or after the 7th day after the document was sent to you, whichever comes first. Your electronic signature will be used on any and all other subsequent documents that will need signature, affirmation, acknowledgment, or any other forms of authentication in reference to this matter under the above referenced procedure.

¹You also agree to give CA the exclusive authority to investigate potential violations of state-specific consumer protection statutes.

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