Consumer complaint received 2023-03-10
Company: SECURITY SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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:
My name is XXXX XXXX, Around XXXX of XXXX I discovered a number of accounts on my credit report that turned out to be fraud and were opened online and in person in several banks/credit unions and department stores without my knowledge causing my credit rating to sink. I started to contact all institutions one by one and submitting documents to explain the situation including police and identity theft reports from government agencies. Most fraud departments were very helpful and resolved the matter within 30 days. I am now in the XXXX month with a number of complaints and correspondence with Security Service Federal Union without any results. Firstly, they took over 4 months to respond to a number of emails/mails and phone messages. A so called " fraud specialist '' named XXXX XXXX XXXX from SSFCU finally took my call and said they were backed up and apologized for delaying my requests to view my case and asked me at this point to re-send my police report.. I did once again and after several months of trying to get ahold of him another member named XXXX XXXX in management ) took my call and essentially told me that I myself was my identity thief.. Yes, she said my voice sounded like the person opening the accounts, she also told me I was on video opening this account in their bank.. I've never been in this bank. She then tried to justify her claims by asking me for my personal information i.e. address/phone/email/dob, and of course everything matched. I told her once again that the information probably matches because my identity was comprised including my email, but she wasn't listening. She asked me what the names of my parents were and claimed that matched as well. Now I'm no expert, but if my information was utilized by a thief it is obvious that the same information is going to be used to open whatever accounts the suspects were looking to establish. In conclusion I am asking for help, since I wasn't able to resolve the matter with this banks own fraud department and found many levels of incompetence, malpractice, false accusations and even discrimination. I felt I was talking to someone who was in fact supposed to help me was asking me if I'm sure I was a victim of identity theft and if that was possibly myself. If anyone knows what its like to go through the mere fact of trying to clear things with financial institutions and then having the very banks fraud department telling me the my email matches the account in question should understand that this department needs new staff and/or is mismanaged.. I will make further reports of this experience to all other agencies registered with state and government and will seek legal counsel if it isn't resolved. 
XX/XX/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