A little backstory that happened to a friend of mine:
Let's say his name is Alex. Alex is a responsible person who has always been conscientious with their finances. Recently, he applied for a loan to purchase a new car. To his shock, the loan application was rejected due to a mistakenly reported as deceased on credit report.
Puzzled by this unexpected outcome, Alex decided to investigate further. He obtained a copy of credit report from one of the major credit bureaus (TransUnion). To his horror, the credit report showed that he is deceased. According to the report, Alex had supposedly passed away several months ago.
Alex was puzzled and upset by this false information. He is, of course, not deceased and quite alive. Fearing the possible consequences of declaring him deceased, including financial chaos and identity issues, Alex immediately contacted the credit bureau to correct the error.
Weeks later, there was no response and the credit bureau never corrected the reporting error. Question: How can Alex prove by other means that he is alive and how can he remove this deceased identity marking from his credit report?