Wrong person being blamed
Three tickets and an accident on his record sent his car insurance soaring One obstacle He didn t have any tickets or accidents The next predicament He couldn t get the agency that made the mistake to clear his record That s why he turned to Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser When Anthony reached out to us he was getting ready to graduate from Florida State University Anthony Rodriguez I was up in Tallahassee for grad school I did my master s in sports management up there But the Tallahassee resident is a South Florida boy Anthony Rodriguez Yes I did grow up in Miami born and raised From Miami in Tallahassee with a Texas difficulty Anthony Rodriguez It s showing on my record that I was involved in a car accident that wasn t mine The information about the crash on Anthony s record came from LexisNexis where insurance companies can get information about customers Anthony Rodriguez They confused me with someone else Another Anthony Rodriguez who s from El Paso Texas The Texas Anthony was in a car crash where he was revealed at fault and got one two three speeding tickets But it was all put on the Florida Anthony s LexisNexis record Anthony Rodriguez We both live in different states we have different driver s license numbers we have different dates of birth I mean it s ridiculous Anthony exposed out about the mistake in February when his family s car insurance rates went up Anthony Rodriguez I had complete coverage before so we couldn t afford that and I had to downgrade to personal injury protection coverage That was the only way to do it Anthony checked his Florida driving record and saw he had four points for the other fellow s accident He contacted his insurance company They mentioned LexisNexis had to clear it up He contacted them They sent him his records but didn t remove the crash from his overview Anthony Rodriguez They just had to look at the record which they provided me with and they can clearly see that there was a mix-up And so even though he had gone away to college he thought back to his childhood watching Help Me Howard Anthony Rodriguez We still watch it till this day and my mom she was the one who disclosed Listen Anthony why don t you reach out to Help Me Howard and Patrick Fraser maybe they can help you out ' Allr ight Anthony we ll try So legally Howard what can you do with a mess like this Howard Finkelstein We all make mistakes but once you ve been described your information is wrong legally you have an obligation to correct the error If you do not you could be responsible for any monetary damages your mistake causes I contacted LexisNexis They responded within minutes and recounted me they would talk to Anthony Two days later he got an email saying The auto claim and the moving violations have been removed from your LexisNexis records Anthony Rodriguez They decisively agreed to clear my record With his graduation behind him Anthony is now looking for a job and he can do it with a clean driving record after that email from Tallahassee to his hometown Anthony Rodriguez I m glad man You guys are heroes I appreciate what you guys have done for me Glad we could help you Anthony And give LexisNexis credit for moving briskly after I contacted them Now Howard mentioned that if they hadn t they would have been responsible for any damages they caused Anthony That law also applies to credit bureaus and agencies that keep information about your rental or health history If they won t fix a mistake file a complaint with the state or the Feds The links are under this Help Me Howard story Something graduated from a pain to a dilemma Driven to find a cure Make no mistake we can identify the right explanation cause we ve mastered working hard for you or so we tell ourselves With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN FOR MORE INFO Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauState of Florida