BEE-spoke-data/consumer-finance-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2022-03-18
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: IN
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: Written notification about debt
Sub-issue: Didn't receive notice of right to dispute

Complaint:
To Whom It May Concern, Please be advised that I have received your computer-generated letter stating that you have ceased investigation of my credit reports because, in your opinion, you believe that I have used a third-party credit repair agency. Not only do I believe this to be a stall tactic on your part to grant you an additional 30 days to comply with my original request, but I believe it to be a blatant violation of the FCRA. 

You were advised by me on XX/XX/2022 by certified mail that I questioned the accuracy of a few items on my credit reports. That request was written by me and mailed by me- not a third-party agency. It appears obvious to me that you are abusing your power under the FCRA to escape a complete investigation. 
Here again is the incorrect information being reported : 1. FDCPA 807 False misleading information FDCPA 8012 furnishing deceptive forms. This agent is in violation of 15 USC 1692g Because they were to notify me of this in writing 5 days prior I was not. As the original creditor only I can validate this debt. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX Account Number : XXXX This Account is inaccurate and I'm seeking litigation. Please delete at once. 

Additionally, there is NO law that states a consumer can not use a third party, so using that as your excuse is an irrelevant. In fact, the United States Congress has found the whole process so overwhelming that they afford consumers the right to use a third party on their behalf if the consumer so chooses. This is why your statement is so shameful.

I reserve the right to sue a credit bureau for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and I believe I can prove that you did not use reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of my credit reports and now you are stalling the process even further. 

I realize disputes can be expensive and it is your job to stall them, but you do so at great risk. Please take notice that this letter dated XX/XX/2022 is formal notice to you that I am requesting that you continue forward with my original investigation request and please send the results to me within 15 days. I therefore legally and lawfully refuse your " form letter '' thus giving you only 15 days not 30 more.

I am annoyed and outraged at your accusation and I have researched my rights in regards to my credit file. Please expedite my original request immediately.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-07-19
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AL
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
This letter is to inform you that I recently received a copy of my credit report that your company publishes and after reviewing it I found several items on the report that are inaccurate. The accounts in question are listed below. I sent letter off on XXXX XXXX ; I told the credit bureaus to investigate every piece of information on the accounts I have listed below. Also, I have attached the letter I sent out and here. 
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), you are required by federal law to verify - through the physical verification of the original signed consumer contract - any and all accounts you post on a credit report. Otherwise, anyone paying for your reporting services could fax, mail or email in a fraudulent account. I demand to see Verifiable Proof ( an original Consumer Contract with my Signature on it ) you have on file of the accounts listed below. Your failure to positively verify these accounts has hurt my ability to obtain credit. Under the FCRA, unverified accounts must be removed and if you are unable to provide me a copy of verifiable proof, you must remove the accounts listed below. Please provide me with a copy of an updated and corrected credit report showing these items removed. 
I demand the following accounts be verified or removed immediately. 
Account Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account Number : XXXX Account Number : XXXX Account Name : XXXX XXXX  Account Number : XXXX Account Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX Account Number : XXXX Account Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account Number : XXXX * Please remove all non-account holding inquiries over 30 days old. 
* Please add a Promotional Suppression to my credit file. 

On removal of the above noted accounts please provide me with a copy of an updated and corrected copy of my credit report showing that these accounts have been removed. Thanking you in advance for your anticipated quick co-operation on this matter. 
Thank you,

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2021-12-02
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: PA
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Closing your account
Sub-issue: Company closed your account

Complaint:
I submitted a complaint with the attorney general on or about XX/XX/21. Case # XXXX. The complaint was in regards to the secured card Ive had with a DISCOVER for over a year. A response was sent from the XXXX office ( XXXX XXXX ) stating the companys right to hold the deposit at their discretion. I followed up with both the XXXX and DISCOVER asking that my deposit be returned Pursuant to XXXX XXXX Code XXXX. Transactions involving finance charges shouldnt involve cash. I asked that my credit be switched to an open-ended account Pursuant to XXXX code XXXX. I also reminded DISCOVER that any adverse actions against me because of this request is a violation as I am a federally protected consumer. On XX/XX/21 I received an email stating my account had been closed at my request. My complaint and response specifically stated that I wanted to keep my account active. I never requested my account be closed. A few calls have been made to DISCOVER in regards to this matter. The only response was that of the adverse action taken on XX/XX/21.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-01-24
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: VA
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Managing an account
Sub-issue: Problem using a debit or ATM card

Complaint:
I had submitted these unauthorized complaints to Bank of America multiple times over the years I've had an account with them. I had notified them of the times when my debit card information had been stolen and used. When I was tired of the horrible customer service with Bank of America in 2018 and closed my account, they told me these unauthorized disputes I filed would be refunded via a separate check, and I confirmed with customer service multiple times before closing the account. To this date, I never got the unauthorized disputes processed and after visiting a branch in XXXX, VA, the bank even wanted to charge me over {$200.00} for accessing the old statements and filing the disputes which is outrageous when they are the ones who failed to process these unauthorized disputes months or years ago. I have proof of phone records, eMessage and email correspondence. Please investigate into this.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-11
Company: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
State: PA
Product: Credit card
Issue: Other

Complaint:
For many years, my former husband and I had insurance and a joint credit card with USAA Federal Savings Bank. We separated in XX/XX/XXXX. Prior to our separation, we never carried a balance of more than a XXXX dollars on our credit cards. During the separation, USAA required us to have SEPARATE accounts for our insurance -- so they knew we were separated. My former husband testified under oath that he had closed all joint accounts. Several months AFTER our divorce was final in XX/XX/XXXX, when I applying for a mortgage, I learned that the account was still active and had a balance of over {$9000.00}. ( I later learned that, after the divorce, my former husband had transferred that amount from another card in his own name. ) I wrote multiple letters to USAA, requesting information re this account and sent them copies of court documents re my former husbands statements. USAA refused to send me any information re this account. 
Soon after that, USAA sent me statements for {$5000.00} -- -under a new account with a new account number and in my name alone! USAA had their agents calling me multiple times a day but continued to refuse to send me any information re the initial account or how they had come to assign me to a new account. I hired an attorney who filed subpoenas for all documents r/t both USAA accounts. USAA refused to comply with the subpoenas. They are based in XXXX and I lived in XXXX. They are a huge conglomerate and I am one individual. My attorney advised me to ignore their requests for payment. That amount went into collections and was eventually cancelled. The cancelled amount was then considered as income by the federal government and I was required to pay federal taxes on it. After many years, the notation re that account was removed from my credit history and, as it was prior to USAA 's unethical and possibly illegal practices, my credit was excellent. Since that time, I have disposed of most of the records r/t this issue. Although, if needed, I could contact the attorney who worked for me on the case. 
Throughout this entire time, I kept my home and auto insurance with USAA. They never told me there was a problem or that I was considered a " restricted customer ''. I bought a car in XX/XX/XXXX and they were happy to insure it. 
I am in the process of buying a new home and called USAA to get a homeowners policy. However, after 12 + years of being a good customer, they are telling me that they can not offer me any more insurance products -- -UNLESS I pay off the disputed balance of that USAA Savings Bank credit card. Considering the facts that that debt was written off and I had to pay federal taxes on that amount, I think that is ridiculous, unfair and poor business practice. I hope it is illegal.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-17
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IN
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint:
In accordance with the fair credit reporting act, XXXX XXXX XXXX ending in XXXX, and XXXX XXXX XXXX ending XXXX, and XXXX XXXX XXXX  card ending in XXXX, has violated my rights below under the fair credit reporting act laws below. 

.15 u.s.c 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. Also 15 u.s.c 1681 section 604 A section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructins. Also .15 u.s.c 166b A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any reason.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2019-07-15
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: MI
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems
Sub-issue: Credit card company forcing arbitration

Complaint:
I wish to sue Discover about its siding with XXXX over two charges on my bill. Discover sided with a company that falsely advertises its inspectors are certified by a couple of associations, that gave us incorrect information about an obvious issue with an air duct, that doesn't honor its own satisfaction guarantee, that said it would send out both inspectors it has on the 2nd house but only one of  them arrived on inspection day, and that is unprofessional/condescending to its customers. 

Unfortunately, Discover is hiding behind forced arbitration which favors big business. Discover needs to remove forced arbitration clauses from its terms of service.

At any rate, I do not agree to Discover 's forced arbitration policy for my account.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-04-05
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
Please see attached of credit report showing inaccurate accounts. Please see the violations and remove. As per Fair Credit Reporting Act and Amendments 4 and 5 of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution for the united states of America, I am entitled to see the origin of the information, which is the original contract or writ of inquiry that contains my signature or a judgement authorizining the reporting of inquiries on my estate 's report for the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not limit constitutionasl provisions. Ignorance of the law is no excuse from the law. 
At present it is required that upon your failure and inability to validate the following inquiries and with a writ of inquiry or letter of authorization or letter of attorney each bearing original wet ink signatures from myself the XXXX, the information is to be deleted and expunged from the consumer credit report within XXXX calendar days. Notice of intent to lien for constitutional violations and criminal racketeering violations as per 18 U.S.C. 1962 and 1963 pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1 & 3 & 13.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-04-05
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: CA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
These accounts do not belong to me, please remove it.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-21
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA
Product: Credit card
Issue: Billing statement

Complaint:
I have an argument with Bank Of America ( BOA ) on payment crediting date on their credit cards. 

The situation is very simple. I have an XXXX credit card with BOA. A transaction of {$32.00} was posted on XX/XX/2017. Around XXXX PST XX/XX/2017, I submitted a payment of {$32.00} on BOA online banking website. Coincidentally, the statement date for my XXXX credit card is XX/XX/XXXX. So I would expect the statement balance to be XXXX because the {$32.00} was submitted XXXX PST on that day. However, this is not the case after I see what BOA online banking shows today ( XX/XX/XXXX ). The statement balance is {$32.00}. So I called BOA about the problem. After I was transferred to the right person, he was trying to explain that credit card balance will not be updated until the payment is completely processed, which I agree. However, statement balance should be XXXX after the payment is submitted before the cutoff time. I do n't care how much time BOA is working with XXXX to get money electronically as a customer. So my call with BOA ended up being very unhappy for both sides. In my case, this is about statement balance and statement date. What if it is payment due date? Would I be assessed interests if yesterday were the payment due date and I made payment that day XXXX PST? This is not fair for statement balance because that is what interests are calculated from. 

Currently I am holding around XXXX credit cards with different issuers, including XXXX, XXXX, XXXX and XXXX. All these issuers will take the last day payment into account for calculating statement balance even if I make a payment on Saturday, as long as the payment submission time is before the payment cutoff time. I do believe that BOA 's behavior is kind of predatory on customers because it accounts for additional time over which customers have no control. 

I would kindly ask BOA to correct the statement balance to XXXX and report an update of statement balance to all the credit bureaus.Otherwise I would prefer to end the credit card relationships with BOA for its predatory behaviors.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-12-19
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: IN
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: Store credit card
Issue: Getting a credit card
Sub-issue: Card opened as result of identity theft or fraud

Complaint:
ACCOUNT DETAILS Account Name SYNCB/LOWES Account # XXXX Original Creditor - Company Sold - Account Type Revolving Charge Account Date Opened XXXX XXXX, XXXX Account Status Closed Payment Status Charge-off Status Updated XXXX XXXX, XXXX Balance {$17000.00} Balance Updated XXXX XXXX, XXXX my social is XXXX im XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-17
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account status incorrect

Complaint:
This is my third dispute. XXXX is still reporting inaccurate information to Transunion which is causing great financial hardship to me and my family. I submitted my initial dispute via the CFPB regarding this illegal reporting to my credit report on XX/XX/XXXX. on XX/XX/XXXX Transunion responded to my CFPB complaint stating that the account was " updated and verified ''. However, after further investigation into the matter, I have discovered that the Account Status has not been updated to " Account in Dispute ''. Failure to properly report is a violation of FCRA law. 

Section 623 of the FCRA and Regulation V generally provide that a furnisher must not furnish inaccurate consumer information to a CRA, and that furnishers must investigate a consumers dispute that the furnished information is inaccurate or incomplete. 

A proper investigation has not been conducted, it has been almost 60 days since the initial dispute and this is causing great hardship to my family. 

Please delete XXXX XXXX ( account XXXX ) from my credit profile as it has been illegally reporting negatively on my credit report for years now. 

I have attached a copy of my credit report proving that the " account status '' has not been updated to " account currently in dispute '' as per XXXX 's initial response. This is a violation. 

XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2022-04-04
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

Complaint:
I am distressed that you have included the information below in my credit profile and that you have failed to maintain reasonable procedures in your operations to assure maximum possible accuracy in the credit reports you publish. Credit reporting laws ensure that bureaus report only 100 % accurate credit information. Every step must be taken to assure the information reported is completely accurate and correct.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-07-05
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
I called your department after I purchased a credit report with XXXX on XX/XX/2022. After receiving a copy of my report, I saw some UNVERIFIABLE information that on my personal profile, I noticed that there were CHARGE OFF accounts on my credit report. This is disappointing because I have been paying XXXX to get a report every month and I have been disputing fraud accounts on my credit report all this, on my personal profile but still youre not taking any actions. I have never with these accounts listed below, so please help me remove these charge off, from my personal profile. A copy of my Utility Bill, drivers License, and my Social Security Number are all included in this written request. Please help me resolve this issue as soon as possible. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. Im requesting that you follow the law by removing this inaccurate information and please provide me with a free updated credit report within 30 days. If I dont receive a return response within 10 days, I will file a complaint with the Attorney General, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau XXXX and the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Please immediately respond. Please do not email me a common verification. Please do not add me to the list of people who complain about your delay tactics. Im very persistent & will not let your unwillingness to comply the law stop me. I'll re-attach my Bank statement, drivers License, and my Social Security Number as verification of my ONLY address.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2021-09-16
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: OH
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
I have been disputing 2 separate accounts on my credit report since XX/XX/21. Since the initial letter that I sent on XX/XX/21, I have sent 3 more letters on 3 separate occasions requesting a real investigation be completed into these accounts. The second letter was sent on XX/XX/21, the third letter on XX/XX/21 and the forth letter on XX/XX/21. I have yet to received a substantial response about these accounts. My last letter I sent on XX/XX/21, I requested the method of verification for these accounts and have not been provided that information which is a violation of my rights with the FCRA. I feel like my request are being ignored. There are clearly errors regarding both accounts if anyone really took the time to do a real investigation. I have the right to complete and accurate credit report. And it is worth mentioning that I was affected by the XXXX Data Breach which is all the more reason that my credit report be completely accurate.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation