BEE-spoke-data/consumer-finance-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-20
Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
State: PA
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service
Sub-product: Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam

Complaint:
On XXXX XX/XX/2023, my family and I enquired about a rental property on XXXX XXXX. We verified the " landlord 's '' contact information and the profile information seemed to be consistent with the property details. A 3rd party phone number reached out from XXXX from XXXX. 

The property add was taken down once we filled out the " application '' and were " approved '' for the background check. We checked the Pennsylvania law for the application fee and it seemed to be consistent with PA-law. Before paying, we asked if we would be refunded if we were not approved for the property. My sister submitted a complaint with the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. Through XXXX XXXX XXXX, another person 's identitaty was used for the property and we were dubbed into paying an application fee of {$200.00} with a promise for a refund. 

The property is not on the market for rental, and the {$200.00} was not refunded by the owner as promised. 

Additionally, they insisted that a tour of the property would promptly be arranged after a deposited of {$1000.00} for the security deposited was transferred through XXXX. On XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, I wire transferred the money to a different account from the previous account that were given : " XXXX XXXX '' and I was not refunded the money for the security deposit in spite of the " contract '' saying the security deposit was refundable under the " delivery of possession '' section. Immediately when I suspected the fraud I reported it my bank, Citizen 's bank, the file a claim. This happened the day of. Citizens found my claim to not be credible, in spite of the fact that I could present phone transactions, a false " contract '', and my prompt reporting. I tried to present everything the following day to my near by branch, but the accountant insisted that they didn't deal with claims or investigations. I'm very displeased with the customer service as I had been a loyal customer for nearly 15 years. My sister 's bank, XXXX, took in a detail account for her scammed {$200.00} and did an actual investigation.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-13
Company: M.A.R.S., Inc.
State: AZ
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint:
Mars has placed XXXX collections on my credit profile that are un merited. I do not owe any money to Mars or XXXX. These charges were already investigated and proven to be fraudulent. I requested from XXXX a validation of the debt and they were un able to provide the requested information.

Company public response: Company disputes the facts presented in the complaint
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-20
Company: Genesis FS Card Services, Inc.
State: FL
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Advertising and marketing, including promotional offers
Sub-issue: Confusing or misleading advertising about the credit card

Complaint:
I am receiving unsolicited offers to apply for a 36 % interest rate credit card. Milestone MasterCard. There are two " unsubscribe '' links at the bottom of the email. Both just re-direct you to their website. I XXXX  the card to see if I could find a contact number to get off their email list. The automated message asks you to enter your full nine digit SS #. That's a red flag. They now have my email address and my cell ( that I called from ). I entered a fake number. Finally connected to a live person who, I am not making this up, had a XXXX accent. He insisted that he could not assist me unless I provided my SS #. 

This operation sounds like a phishing scam and needs to be shut down.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2021-06-07
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: HI
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Opening an account
Sub-issue: Unable to open an account

Complaint:
Starting off I must say that this is one of the worst and most offensive and ridiculous experiences I've had with a bank! 
A little over a month ago I successfully opened a checking account, which I funded several days later. I also received a XXXX email asking for multiple documents for proof of identity. I sent those documents and the submission was cleared. I later find out that the Citi Bank account had been closed and sent to their fraud department who sent me a letter stating that they didn't want to have a banking relationship with me because they could not verify my information, which is highly suspicious and sounds made up. I had been locked out of my account and needed to talk to a department, which is only open from XXXX to XXXX HST. When I was able to call at these ungodly hours they told me, with some condescension, that the account had been closed prior to receiving the XXXX documents. All of this drug on for over a month. They advised me to reapply for a new checking account since the other account couldn't be opened. A few days ago I completed an entirely new application, which had been cleared and approved with new account numbers. I funded the account the next day. I also opened a savings account, which I was going to link to the checking to clear the service fee with an online bill pay. I tried to login today after seeing an email from XXXX this morning notifying me of a generated account statement, which I thought was odd since I just opened the account, only to find out that the savings account had been closed. I tried to login to checking account and the online banking account was gone along with access to my checking account and my money! 
I am completely blown away at how truly bad this situation is, how much this company has degraded, and at the staggering number of even worse reviews and complaints I read before levying this complaint! 
With that said ... XXXX YOU'RE DONE!! I won't make any further attempts to open any more banking accounts with you and will do my best to NEVER do business with you ever again!! 
The only outstanding issue now is for you to RETURN MY MONEY!! I'm just glad my case doesn't involve anywhere near as much money I read about in many other instances of problems with you in other similar situations!

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 2023-11-02
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MA
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
I'm really not sure what happened. I have mailed off letters to the credit bureaus continuously and thus far I have not gotten a response. My name is XXXX XXXX and I am filing this complaint for falsely reporting misleading information. There is no third party involved. Please review the uploaded letters.

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 2023-07-31
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA
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 Account # XXXX, has violated my rights. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 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 instructions. 15 U.S.C 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. 15 U.S.C 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2019-03-12
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IN
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:
XXXX : Account # # XXXX I have attempted to dispute this account various times and each time the dispute returned as verified, reported accurately. I have even mailed in a method of verification for this account and have recieved nothing but an updated credit report each time. No response as to how, why or what they used to verify this account is accurately reporting, let alone that this account able to be reported to my credit file per FCRA. I have mailed this company multiple times asking for validation and each time the they have either failed to respond or have not produce anything showing such. 

You will see in my letters dated XXXX XX/XX/XXXX and XXXX XX/XX/XXXX that I have repeatedly made these offers. XXXX on every occasion has either overlooked or ignored my requests to exercise equity in redemption and by refusing to acknowledge that right they have refused to accept payment in the process. That settled the matter legally and financially on XXXX XX/XX/XXXX however as a courtesy I gave them another 17 days to respond which they did not. This settled the matter, once and for all, on XXXX XX/XX/XXXX. 

It seems to me that there is no original instrument of indebtedness in existence, which again settles the matter legally and financially. As of the date of this letter XX/XX/XXXX, I still have not received an instrument of indebtedness. I hereby request that you would remove Acct # XXXX. 


Also attached are a copy of the letters i sent, as well a certified mail receipts and return receipts showing that these letters were sent and received.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-08-08
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Complaint:
I sent my letter last month on XX/XX/2023. I told the credit bureaus to investigate every information on the accounts I have listed below. Also, I have attached the letter I sent out. 

According to the FRCA the term " Investigate consumer report '' means a consumer report or portion thereof in which information on a consumer 's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates of the consumer reported on or with others with whom he is acquainted or who may have knowledge concerning any such items of information. 

They stated my account was verified but how is that possible if they did not do a proper investigation according to the law? Also, all information on these accounts is still not reporting 100 % accurate. According to the FCRA 15 USC 1681- everything has to be 100 %. I have the credit report showing the inaccuracies. 

Listed as follows- XXXX- not mine- not verified! must be removed! 
XXXX  XXXX XXXX-Account # XXXX not verified/ not accurate- must be removed! 
XXXX not mine/ not verified! must be removed! 

Inquiries- Must be removed- never approved by these companies. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 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 2020-12-02
Company: Resurgent Capital Services L.P.
State: FL
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt was result of identity theft

Complaint:
To Whom It May Concern LVNVFUNDG XXXX Your company have violated the provisions of section 605B, 623 ( a ) ( 6 ), or 615 ( f ), You have no prooofs to offer to support a dispute, and thus your asserton in the form of a polcie report is being used to obtain blockage, not contest the accuracy of its reportin Stating that you have reason to determine that you have made a misrepresentation of material fact relevant to the request to block ; c ) XXXX  has reason to determine that you obtained possession of goods Respond As a victim of identity theft ( meaning Identity theft is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, such as Social Security or driver 's license numbers, in order to impersonate someone else ) I have provided relevant information about my Identity Theft Report. FCRA 605B ( b ), 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ( b ). Such notification by a CRA triggers two obligations for the furnisher. First, under FCRA section 623 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ), you must not allowed the furnisher may not continue to report that information to any CRA. FCRA 623 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ), 15 U.S.C. 1681s- 2 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ). Second, under FCRA section 615 ( f ), it may not sell or transfer that debt to anyone else who would try to collect it. FCRA 615 ( f ), 15 U.S.C. 1681m ( f ) .As required by section 611 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681i, a copy of which is enclosed, I am requesting that the item ( s ) be removed [ or request another specific change ] to correct the information. You have no way to ascertain the legitimacy of my action without investigating the items in question Please send me all document regarding such record, court documents ] supporting my position. ] Please reinvestigate [ this/these matter ( s ) ] and [ delete or correct ] the disputed item ( s ) as soon as possible Thank you. 

XXXX, XXXX SOC SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, FL XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-20
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
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:
In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

Account name : XXXX XXXX Account number:XXXX  Account name : XXXX XXXX XXXX Account number:XXXX Account name : XXXX  Account number:XXXX  Account name : XXXX XXXX Account number:XXXX  Account name : XXXX  XXXX Account number:XXXX Account name : XXXX Account number:XXXX has violated my rights. Or list of inquiries 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy.

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 instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.

15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2023-08-08
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: LA
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:
XX/XX/2023 The consumer noticed that the accounts appeared on their credit report and the investigation never returned the information I was requesting about the accounts. The account are XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. This company is violating my consumer right to privacy according to 15 USC 1681b 2. The company also has NO permission to report ANYTHING using my info according to 15USC 1681 4. The FCRA ( federal law ) says that as a consumer, you are legally allowed to challenge the validity and accuracy of these addresses. And when I challenge these addresses, its called opening a dispute. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681g I have the right to demand that you disclose to me all the documents that you have recorded and retained in your file at the time of this request concerning the accounts that you are reporting in my credit report. Please dont respond to my request by saying that these accounts have been verified. Send me copies of the documents that you have in your files that were used to verify them. Under the FCRA 15 U.S.C. 1681i, all unverified accounts must be promptly deleted. Therefore, if you are unable to provide me with a copy of the verifiable proof that you have on file for each of the accounts listed below within 30 days of receipt of this letter then you must remove these accounts from my credit report. If you do not have any documentation in your files to verify the accuracy of these disputed accounts, then please delete them immediately as required under Section 611 ( a ) ( 5 ) ( A ) ( i ). By publishing these inaccurate and unverified items on my credit report and distributing them to 3rd parties you are damaging my reputation and credit worthiness.

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 2019-04-12
Company: Continental Finance Company, LLC
State: FL
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem when making payments
Sub-issue: Problem during payment process

Complaint:
I've been an account holder with XXXX/Continental since XX/XX/2017. I have had an auto payment setup on this account to draft over what my minimum monthly payment is for a while. During this time, the auto debits had always been withdrawn from my account under the name Continental Finance. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, the auto payment was made on my account. This time, the auto draft came from a company called XXXX XXXX XXXX. Due to an issue that I had with this company back in XX/XX/XXXX, a block was placed by my bank to stop any ACH transactions to be withdrawn from my account. Being that all my payments have been listed as Continental Finance, I was not aware that this payment was returned. I was told by my bank that the auto draft was attempted twice by this XXXX  XXXX XXXX  company. 

My credit card company, XXXX  Continental, had never contacted me to inform me of a returned payment ; and furthermore, that my account was past due. I have no voicemails, emails or any communications from them. I had attempted to sign on at the beginning of XX/XX/XXXX when I receive my pay to schedule a payment on this card. For a couple of days, their system was down. This was also confirmed by a representative on one of many calls made to rectify this matter. It wasn't until I received an alert from one of my credit monitoring sites that i fell behind on one of my cards.

This is totally unfair. Had I known that my payment wasn't made, I would've rectified the situation immediately. 

This is deceptive since this company has been able to benefit from late fees on this account since the cancelled the auto drafts due to them processing it under a different company name and I didn't even realize that my XX/XX/XXXXpayment was late had I not finally become able to access my accounts online. 

This is abusive for the simple fact that I am supposed to close on my home in the next week and this recent late payment has put me in jeopardy of loosing out on my home and furthermore, losing out on my deposit on hand with the builder who built my new home. 

Their acts and practices benefit them solely as they can collect fee 's and additional interest for their gain while not taking a moment to send me an email, text or phone call letting me know my account was late. They have been no help and have not returned any phone calls requested from someone on a resolutions team.

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 2018-03-06
Company: ALLY FINANCIAL INC.
State: LA
Product: Vehicle loan or lease
Sub-product: Loan
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Complaint:
This account was paid in full from a insurance claim from XXXX XXXX. Ally financial received the settlement check from XXXX XXXX and signed over the title to the vehicle to XXXX XXXX XXXX. Now that everything has been paid out and XXXX XXXX has owner ship of my vehicle, Ally said that I have accrued finance charges on my account that is still open. I explained to Ally that this is incorrect because my vehicle was paid in full by XXXX XXXX, you received the settlement check from XXXX XXXX and signed over the title to XXXX XXXX. Ally does not even own ownership to my vehicle any longer XXXX XXXX owns it due to a insurance settle from total loss of vehicle. Please see attached documents from XXXX XXXX and a paid in full letter from Ally. All that I want is Ally Financial removed off my credit report on all three credit beaus due to its reporting 120 days pass due and they no longer own my vehicle and I do not owe Ally Financial any money. XXXX XXXX XXXX paid Ally financial in full

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 2023-11-02
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
I disputed an item on the report that has been removed from other reports as it is not legal to be on there because I don't know who that is. They are still on there. Experian also mis represents my score as other scores are significantly higher XXXX point difference. They are misrepresenting me and ruining my score which is going to be disputed constantly until my problem is fixed

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