AdiOO7/consumer_complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint: After receiving a few phone calls at work ( he left a message ) and on my cell phone from XXXX XXXX of the law office of XXXX XXXX in XXXX Ca I decided to call him back. He told me I had a debt and owed XXXX from a XXXX loan I had taken out a few years ago. He then gave me XXXX options 1. pay XXXX today and make small payments on the rest. 2. make larger monthly payments to pay it off. 3. pay smaller payments but would need to pay XXXX today for a down payment to start the repayment process. I explained to him I would need more time to come up with XXXX. He told me that was not an option because I have already taken a long time to repay them back. He also told me it would be embarrassing if he had to serve me legal papers at my place of work since I am refusing to settle this today. I told him I was not refusing to settle, I just needed more time. He began to get rude and began to ask why cant someone like my husband or anyone help me pay this. I explained, I did not have a husband or anyone that would help me. I told him it is too hard for me right now because I have a baby and another son. He then replied, " so you have a new baby with no husband ''. He said that sarcastically. He also said he knows how much money I made and said he knows I can make the payments. I again explained to him I was not able to pay just yet. I asked if I could call him back. He confirmed my place of employment as if he was going to send someone to come by. Before hanging up I asked to speak to the attorney he had mentioned earlier he said I could speak to him at court. I was trying to see if we would be able to settle something in the near future, but he did not seem to want that. after a few minutes went by I called him back because I felt very threatened and nervous about him/someone coming to my place of employment. When I called him back I told him to not call or go to my work ever again. He replied by saying they will do whatever they want to resolve this. I then asked for their address. He replied by saying that I do not need their address anymore because they have already made a decision about what to do with my case. I said I want your address any way. He gave me XXXX XXXX in XXXX Ca XXXX. I then asked for their fax. XXXX XXXX then hung up on me. Also in the middle of the conversation I asked him how much was the loan I took out, he replied XXXX or something like that, but I now owe over XXXX from interest. I feel threatened and nervous about job loss. I also think he refused to settle anything with me because he did not want to give me more time. 

Company response: Company believes complaint caused principally by actions of third party outside the control or direction of the company
Consumer complaint: I recently notified my banking institution, Merrill Lynch, that my husband and I were traveling outside of the country and wanted to use our debit cards while traveling. The bank was courteous and notated the accounts of our impending travel. I was able to use my debit card while in XXXX and had a wonderful life-altering experience. Upon our return to the States, our accounts were frozen without any notice. We contacted the bank and were told a multitude of possible reasons by several representatives to include the following:1. I attempted to login to my account while XXXX2. My husband carried a negative {$17.00} balance on XXXX of his personal accounts that was not tied to my personal account3. Our accounts were XXXX XXXX Accounts and we were n't conducting any share purchases. 
Of note, we XXXX held our accounts with Merrill Lynch for over two years without issue. Ultimately, my issue is not the bank 's ability to terminate our banking relationship. My issue is that the bank has put a hold on my assets without any legal justification. I have been told by several Merrill Lynch Representatives that I can not access my funds until the Operations Team Lead, XXXX XXXX XXXX, lifts the hold on my account. In the interim, I have no access to my money. The hard-earned money that I got up and went to work for has been seized for more than forty-eight hours because a too big to fail financial institution arbitrarily decided to terminate our banking relationship. This situation has left me void of funds to file my taxes timely, pickup prescriptions XXXX and the like ; yet no one seems to feel this situation warrants immediate action. Additionally, any transactions that were due to hit my account will be returned. Again, no one sees an issue with this banking institution 's ability to bounce transactions in my name. Last I heard, XXXX XXXX XXXX 's name is not currently being dragged through the mud with a insufficient funds sign attached to it. I am utterly appalled and quite frankly disappointed that in this country, consumers can be treated in such a vile way. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: Quality Loan Service, trustee for XXXX, has been holding up closing on a transaction, first by withholding a payoff, and now by not responding to our request for notice of error for the most recent payoff obtained. We obtained a payoff statement valid through XXXX and in anticipation to close XXXX ordered a new payoff in writing to them on XXXX. This payoff was not received until XXXX after numerous requested from both our law firm and the closing agent Attorney 's Title. The payoff quote was received and only valid for 2 days. The quote happened to incur a {$3000.00} new fee that we were requesting be looked into and since the request per XXXX XXXX XXXX ( b ) they have not yet responded. With the addition of this fee we are unable to close. We were anticipating closing based on the per diem and they have taken so long that fees just continue to accrue. Numerous phone calls to this trustee result in a voicemail and multiple emails are not responded to. The second lien is being shorted and the longer it takes for this trustee to respond, the more fees they are able to collect ultimately costing the consumer money. We need this looked into immediately. 

Company response: Company believes complaint caused principally by actions of third party outside the control or direction of the company
Consumer complaint: I lived outside the United States for XXXX years until XXXX 2014, for this reason I had no existing credit rating, even though I was born here and had a social security card. I now find that while I have a XXXX passport, drivers licence and registered to vote and for health insurance ... ..I can not get a mobile phone contract because Experian is giving the impression that someone else is using my social security number. I have uploaded documents to their site, mailed them documents. After waiting for two months and no response from Experian whatsoever, I was only able to finally contact them via XXXX and was then directed to a call center in Texas that took more than XXXX minutes of hold time to actually speak to a representative. He told me I would have to go to the Social Security Adminstration for 'verification ' of my number. I called them and they say the do not issue XXXX. I am between a rock and a hard place. I have no delinquencies. I have XXXX active credit cards but it seems they do not report to Experian. There seems to be no solution on offer ... .and I appear to have a false black mark on my record. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: These are computer generated phone calls at least XXXX times a day even on saturdat.they leave me a message and have my last name spelled wrong.so then they say they are a consumer credit counseling co.and someone is trying to sue you.but when i called their number they answer as portfolio credit collection agency lying about who they are.i am on social security XXXX and are being treated by a XXXX from the veterens adm.for XXXX XXXX and the constant phone calls are making it difficult to get better 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: In XXXX, my friend purchased a {$300.00} MasterCard gift card ( plus {$5.00} in " fees '' ) at a local grocery store ( XXXX ). According to the packaging, it was issued by the US Bank National Association. She gave it to me later in the month or early XXXX. In XXXX, I decided to use it. The instructions said to to register it online prior to making an online purchase. I attempted to do so at XXXX - the site listed on the packaging. The site told me they could n't find the card so I called the customer service number - XXXX. According to customer service, the card was not activated at the point of purchase and I was directed back to the store. I went to the store ( WITH the receipt for the gift card ) where the baffled manager said he could n't help me and HE called the customer service number and they advised him I should call back with instructions. I returned home, called the number, and the rep told me I would have to fax the receipt, along with a copy of the gift card ( front and back ) to the attention of " Gift Card Activation '' at XXXX. She said it would take 7-10 BUSINESS DAYS to activate the card. I did this on XXXX XXXX. On the XXXX day, the card was STILL not activated. I called AGAIN and the rep told me they would " escalate '' the matter -- but refused to find out if even the fax was received as that was a " different department. '' When transferred to a supervisor - she told me the same thing. ( But how can you " escalate '' something that is ALREADY late on your part?! ) She took my phone number ( which was already on the fax I had sent ) and said someone would call me back in 24-48 hours. After 48 hours passed without a call, I called them. The supervisor then explained that it was n't 24-48 hours in day time -- it was 24-48 hours -- BUSINESS HOURS. ( Have you EVER heard THAT? ) Which, he told me, would be five more days before I would hear about ANYTHING. This is OUTRAGEOUS! I asked him for the name of the company he worked for and he said, " Card Services. '' I asked for the physical address so I could put it on the complaint form to the XXXX Attorney General. He refused to give it to me and could only tell me that the business was located in XXXX. So, after being told the card would be activated in 7-10 business days, it was n't. Now I am " lucky '' enough to have this matter " escalated '' so it MAY be five MORE days before a single person calls me and will probably tell me " they never received anything. '' 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: I have an equity line for {$38000.00}. Last year in XXXX 2014 I received a notice from my current lender - Wells Fargo, that this equity line was coming to term & payment in full was due XXXX 2014. The letter said that if I was unable to pay this I should contact them. I did repeatedly & tried to make payment arrangements but they kept saying that they could not accept anything but the entire balance. Since XXXX 2014 I have gotten letters listing options ( one of which is to make payment arrangements ) but when I call they tell me that payments are not an option. So why send the letter saying that? 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: I have signed up for a personal XXXX XXXX credit card from US Bank. In the agreement I signed up for it clearly states that I will receive a XXXX free night AFTER PAYING THE {$75.00} FEE. However, soon after paying the fee I learned that US Bank has decided to not provide this benefit as promised. I called US Bank today to ask if there was anything available to compensate for this but was told the best I would be offered was XXXX pts or they could cancel my card and give me the annual fee back. They also stated that the new benefit was a free night in a XXXX hotel after XXXX dollars spend. This is nothing in comparison to the benefit that I signed up for. I did not accept this as it was not satisfactory because I would loose the benefits I have earned from he card and also it does not address the impact to my credit score associated with card applications. I do n't understand why US Bank feels that it can bait people into signing up for a product with the promise of great benefits and then switch the benefit to something else that is not even close to as lucrative. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: I applied for a mortgage refinance with Bank of America in XX/XX/XXXX. Recieved conditional approval on XX/XX/XXXX. After several weeks of communicating with XXXX XXXX, Loan Officer, and XXXX XXXX, Home Loan Specialist, they XXXX abruptly stopped responding to my e-mails and phone calls. My loan was ultimately cancelled for " failure to respond to requests ''. After several weeks of calls and e-mails, I was put in contact with XXXX XXXX, VP Operations, who had XXXX XXXX contact me. XXXX XXXX informed me that despite the fact BOA was in error, I would be required to reapply for the loan, which I did. The XXXX application was conditionally approved on XXXX. Even though XXXX XXXX had promised to do everything possible to expedite the new application, the scenario in processing the new loan was almost identical to the original application. The XXXX loan was also cancelled due to " failure to respond to requests ''. Ironically, the cancellation happened on the same day that I faxed the latest information BOA had requested. For the last two weeks I have been in correspondence with Processing Manager XXXX XXXX, who also promised to " get personally involved '' in closing this loan. Her assurances, like those of everyone else I have been in contact with at BOA, have been worthless. I am at this time waiting to hear from her as to the status of this application. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: Was issued a credit for XXXX in XXXXXX/XX/2015 for a fraudulent transaction. Apparently the fraudulent transaction never posted but Bank of America 's credit did. Now, in XXXX, XX/XX/2015, Bank of America decided to charge XXXX dollars back to my card to make up for the credit. My credit card # changed after the fraud and I no longer have access to those statements. However, I do believe the XXXX dollar fraudulent transaction posted and this credit is being reversed for no reason. Also, it is too late and random of an occurrence for them to justly charge me now. This should have been caught months ago. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: Received threatening letter stating that the collection agency would consider going after my tangible assets for an old medical bill. 

Company response: Company believes the complaint is the result of a misunderstanding
Consumer complaint: I contacted Citi on XXXX XXXX at XXXX at XXXX. The representative was unable to locate my account when searching by the account number, numbers at the bottom of a bill, my social security number or my full name. She thought this was very strange and I was very upset. I advised her that I have been paying this bill every month and I am extremely concerned that I pay them {$80.00} per month ( or more ) for an account that they are showing no record of. How can a creditor collect a debt from you that they can not even track in their system? 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: When I type in my personal information I always get an error message saying the information does n't match the information XXXX 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: I got a letter in the mail from Pioneer Credit Company that that had an actual check for a loan that they created pending deposit of the check or cashing the check. If this got lost in the mail this could 've hurt my credit. Anyone could 've cashed this 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: Reporting incorrect information on XXXX credit reports.This is not my account and I have sent XXXX letters as well as telling them to removethis account from my report. Auto Credit has been reporting this false information for over 7 years. 

Company response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Consumer complaint: I found fraudulent activity on my credit report in XXXX, 2015. 
I disputed the information with the XXXX credit bureaus and filed a fraud alert. 
I also called the XXXX creditors to report the fraud. ( XXXX, Barclays, and XXXX XXXX. ) The companies said the accounts were being closed due to fraudulent activity. I have never heard anything else back from them. I have tried to call back and am unable to reach anyone with a record of my dispute. 
The fraudulent activity is still being reported to all XXXX credit bureaus and I have tried to dispute this information again. The companies ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX ) do not investigate the fraudulent activity. They call the creditors to verify it is my account and then close my dispute. They are not investigating the fraudulent charges on my account. I have not made any purchases on these accounts. ( XXXX, Barclays, XXXX XXXX ) nor any payments. My credit file shows payments being made on these accounts as well, and I have checked my banks statements for the last two years and have not made any payments on any of these accounts. 

I received XXXX transaction history report from XXXX which was about XXXX pages long and I did not make any of the purchases on the report. 

I have not heard anything else from any company. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: Thank you so much for responding to my complaint. But nothing in that response said anything that happen in XXXX. Yes I was approved for my XXXX modification in XXXX after I filed Bankruptcy. In XXXX I received my check back from you guys and I called and the rep from Bank of America ( bofa ) said they could n't find my Modification ( Mod ) paperwork. They said they can not accept any more payment until they find it. As we wait for the process. I received a call stating that they found it and also I 'm APPROVED for a Principal reduction. She also stated that she will be sending my paperwork for me to sign. 
Question : Where is the paperwork, I 've called every XXXX days until the end of XXXX and everyone kept telling me it 's on it way. Also XXXX time I called they said the department is closed down. So it will take a little longer. Now since this was going on of course the payments are falling behind. Yes I filed a complaint to my Attorney General office about speaking to so many different people and getting different answers. That 's why in XXXX they gave me XXXX person to speak too. So my question to Bank of America why you guys gave me the run around and then you knew by me applying for a XXXX modification within XXXX years that I was going to be denied. Also when I was already approved for themodification that you guys lost but then found. Why you guys did not give me the proper paperwork for the Principal reduction. I really think for the year of XXXX sounds very odd. And I was misled as a customer seeking for help. XXXX bank of American should had kept my check and not sent it back. Can you please explain to me what happen in XXXX. I was paying on time after my bankruptcy. I know you guys transferred me to XXXX but it started with you guys. And I feel they need to clear this up. 

Company response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Consumer complaint: National Credit Systems of XXXX Georgia at XXXX is harassing me for {$2700.00} ( ref # XXXX ) for an unpaid lease at apartment XXXX Oregon, managed by XXXX XXXX dated XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. I never signed a co tenant lease with XXXX. I signed a tenant referral for a relative in XXXX for apartment XXXX for XXXX XXXX, which the lease was completed in XXXX. The relative moved to a larger apartment and signed a new lease which I was not needed as a reference. This was also a low income HUD building. A new management took over the building named XXXX that hired National Credit Systems to harass me due to ill standings with my relative. 

Company response: Company disputes the facts presented in the complaint
Consumer complaint: On XXXX XXXX, 2015 PennyMac informed us in writing that : '' If you prefer to pay your escrow shortage of & XXXX, XXXX in full, your new monthly payment would than be {$1.00}, XXXX. '' We paid in full ; however, we just received our payment for XXXX and the amount is for {$1800.00} vice the {$1.00}, XXXX as stated in previous written letter. 
I called, but no help, only that they would " run an analysis '' and called a another person, XXXX, but no return call. 

Company response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Consumer complaint: XXXX from Kay Jewlers contacted my employer about my debt and disclosed personal information about the debt in an attempt to collect it. 

Company response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Consumer complaint: My wife and I initiated a refinance through our existing mortgage lender, Pacific Union Financial. We started the refinance process with plenty of time for the loan to close prior to a 30 day late. We have never experienced a 30 day late in all of our years as homeowners. We were assured by the loan consultant that our loan would close/fund within 30 days. Although we signed all loan documents on XXXX XXXX ( with plenty of time for the loan to close/fund prior to end of month ), the loan did not close until XXXX XXXX, 2015. I have documentation in writing ( e-mail from escrow office to loan consultant ) explaining that a mistake was made in terms of the payoff amount and this caused a delay in closing our loan. Nevertheless, Pacific Union Financial reported my wife and I to the national credit agencies as being more than 30 days late in our mortgage payment resulting in a severe impact to our credit rating. I wrote a letter to Pacific Union Financial on XXXX XXXX, 2015 but was surprised to receive a response on XXXX XXXX stating that they were denying our request to correct this issue. This was an irresponsible reaction given that the mortgage lender was provided with the written documentation clearly showing that a mistake was made in the processing of our refinance. 

Company response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law