BEE-spoke-data/consumer-finance-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC
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:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX, NC XXXX Re : Disputing errors on credit report Dear CFPB, I am writing to request a correction of the following information that appears on my Equifax, XXXX, XXXX consumer report. Im the victim of identity theft and I dont recognize one or more of the accounts on my report. I request that you investigate the following items : ACCOUNTS : Dispute 1 : XXXX XXXX  opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 2 : XXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 3 : XXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 4 : XXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 5 : XXXX  XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 6 : XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 7 : XXXX/XXXX  opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 8 : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 9 : XXXXXXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 10 : XXXX XXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 11 : XXXX XXXX XXXX opened on XX/XX/XXXX INQUIRIES : Dispute 12 : XXXX XXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 13 : XXXX XXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 14 : CXXXX XXXXXXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 15 : XXXX XXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 16 : XXXX XXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX Dispute 17 : XXXX XXXX made on XX/XX/XXXX I contacted those credit agencies directly and asked them to remove their credit account and/or inquiry from my credit report. I request that you investigate the following items on my credit report to determine who authorized the item. If you find my allegation to be true once your investigation is complete, please remove these items and send me an updated copy of my credit report at the address listed above. 
If you find the account and/or inquiry referenced above to be valid, please send me a description of the procedures used in your investigation within XXXX business days of completing the investigation. 

Thank you for your assistance in this matter, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
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: Investigation took more than 30 days

Complaint:
I submitted a credit repair request to a company, but they failed to respond within the 30-day timeframe required by law. This failure to respond has negatively impacted my credit and caused difficulties for me. I am now considering submitting a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ), in order to address the situation and protect my rights as a consumer.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-12-06
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: Account status incorrect

Complaint:
On XX/XX/XXXX I have requested to be opted out from this company reporting of my nonpublic personal information to any third-party nonaffiliates per 15 USC 6802 and the Privacy Act of 1974. Also per IRS publication, a charged-off is considered a certificate of indebtedness and has to be reported as income. Income can not be reported on my credit report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MD
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 car loan doesn't belong to me the subject : XXXX XXXX sr ( without prejudice )

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-08
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 win the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List or accounts below nas violated my rederally protected consumer rignts 10 privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 
Account name : XXXX XXXX Account name : XXXX XXXX XXXX  Account name : XXXX XXXX Account name : XXXX XXXX XXXX  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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-12-06
Company: National Credit Systems,Inc.
State: NC
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not yours

Complaint:
On XXXX XXXX l sent Nataion Credit lnc certified mail .Not to contact me until they verified the said debt.They haven't sent anything to me, verification of any sort..They wrote me a letter threating to report said debt to credit bureau.Threating me to make it difficult to get credit or housing.Harrasing me

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MI
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:
Regardless of the multiple written requests, the ITEMS listed below are still reporting on my credit report which is a violation of FCRA. The Bureaus failed to comply with Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC sections 1681i within the time declared by law, they failed to properly investigate the matter by using a third party as their verification provider and have continued reporting the unconfirmed & unverified information. Given all my attempts to address it directly with 3 CREDIT BUREAUS, they are willfully negligent and non-complying with federal statutes & I need this matter handled immediately. Please remove the items below in my file : XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MD
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 is my Follow-up endeavor to tell you that I am a victim of identity theft and I complain to question specific records in my document coming about because of the wrongdoing. The items I am questioning connect with no exchanges acquiring any possession of goods, services, or money that I have made or authorized. Assuming no one cares, either way, block the noteworthy of any information in my credit record that came about due to alleged fraud or extortion. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MD XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MD XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MD XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, DC XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, MD XXXX Date Updated : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX DC XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Balance Owed : {$420.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance Owed : {$840.00} XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance Owed XXXX {$440.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX Balance Owed : {$3400.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance Owed : {$0.00} XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance Owed : {$590.00} XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY
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. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681.

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 2023-05-08
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NY
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:
XXXX XXXX XXXX has listed a collection on my credit report but I do not know why it is listed as it is not my account.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
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 submitted a letter to the 3 Credit Bureaus to update this suspicious information. I think you have not validated these accounts in accordance with Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), and I will pursue legal action against them. This was already included in my prior complaint, and I'm including it again. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
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:
This is my NUMEROUS request that I have been a victim of identity theft and that no one seems to care, that I want to dispute specific records in my credit file that do not belong to me, or that I have signed any agreement. The accounts I'm challenging have nothing to do with any transactions I've done or authorized to gain products, services, or money. Please remove the following items XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NC XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance : {$0.00} XXXX  XXXX Balance : {$6300.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Balance : {$0.00} XXXX XXXX Balance : {$200.00} XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NC XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance XXXX {$0.00} XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance : {$1000.00} XXXX XXXXXXXX Balance : {$6300.00}

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA
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 submitted a letter to the 3 Credit Bureaus to fix these erroneous accounts. I think you have not validated these accounts in accordance with Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), and I will pursue legal action against them. These were already included in my prior complaint and I'm including them again. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-18
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
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 checked my credit report and found that some of the data were incorrect. The three credit bureaus are required by Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) to verify these items ( A ). It is not permitted to report these items as unverified information without giving any supporting documentation within the legally permitted time frame. My credit report lists the following issues as needing investigation and correction due to inaccurate reporting in my file. 
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Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-19
Company: EQUIFAX, 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:
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 XXXX and I am filing this complaint for falsely reporting misleading information. There is no third party involved. Please review the uploaded letters.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-12-06
Company: Experian Information Solutions 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. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681.

I will attach a file below that states all of the accounts that were affected by this claim.

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 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 2023-06-19
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX
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 XXXX. I have never had this account. I have never had an account number. This is a fraudulent account that the three bureaus refuse to address because they get paid by the company. If you can not report fraud to the credit departments, then who?

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 2022-12-06
Company: FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.
State: OH
Product: Vehicle loan or lease
Sub-product: Lease
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Complaint:
FORD MORTOR CREDIT COMP is reporting an acvount on my credit report that has an incorrect open date and that is against FCRA RULES/LAW. It show an open date of XX/XX/XXXX. It also shows that my last payment was XX/XX/XXXX which is not true and also gaint FCRA RULES/LAW.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-05-19
Company: TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: FL
Product: Vehicle loan or lease
Sub-product: Loan
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Investigation took more than 30 days

Complaint:
I made payments to Truist bank on my truck monthly without incident. Then, there was an unfortunate accident in XX/XX/XXXX that totaled my truck. My insurance company XXXX promptly processed my claim and paid off the loan XX/XX/XXXX. I continued getting billed by Truist bank in XXXX and XXXX so I called and was told the payment wasn't received. The insurance company sent an invoice in response showing the payment cleared. Truist requested a photo of the endorsed check. XXXX provided a photo of the check matching the invoice endorsed and date stamped by Truist Bank XX/XX/XXXX. Truist assured me they would look into getting it fixed. In XXXX my husband was diagnosed with XXXX XXXX XXXX. He needed XXXX to be followed by XXXX My other vehicle is older and has had some mechanical problems that were also expensive on top of medical bills. I hoped the issue would be resolved so I could try to purchase a new vehicle. The XXXX XXXX who was qualified to do the XXXX was a XXXX XXXX drive from our home. It would be better to have a new, more reliable vehicle. My van broke down twice during this time. I continued being billed by Truist in XXXX and XXXX. They sent my account to collections and reported on my credit. I tried again to call and email Truist bank about the problem. They assured me it would be taken care of and give them another month. XXXX and then XXXX I was billed. My credit score was taking a nose dive. In XXXX, I reported to the credit agencies about the problem. The manager of the collections department at Truist Bank " reached out '' to let me know they " found '' the check. He confessed they put it into the wrong account of someone with my same first and last name. He promised that they would be getting the money into the correct account and it would be back dated to XX/XX/XXXX as paid. After that, I tried reporting to the credit agencies again but it is now XXXX and the problem is still not resolved. I do not understand how this isn't fixed yet. XXXX requested the payoff amount from Truist bank in late XX/XX/XXXX and paid that amount in full XX/XX/XXXX. Truist acknowledged their mistake since XX/XX/XXXX but it is now XX/XX/XXXX and I am still getting bills and late notices. My credit score has been ruined. I can not get a new vehicle to take my husband to his XXXX Everyday when we make the drive I pray we will not break down again. Please do something to stop this and prevent it from ever happening again to anyone!

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 monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2022-12-06
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: MT
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

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 2023-06-19
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: LA
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 XXXX XXXX please do not deny my complaint by stating that I filed this by some other means than myself. This is done 100 % by me. The stuff on my credit report is wrong and Under 15 U.S. Code 1681b Permissible purposes of consumer reports I never gave any written consent to report anything on my consumer reports no consent is fraud.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2023-06-04
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: IL
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:
THE CREDIT BUREAUS ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE FCRA, the unverified items listed below still remain on my credit report in violation of Federal Law. You are required under the FCRA to have a copy of the original creditors documentation on file to verify that this information is mine and is correct. In the results of your investigations, you stated in writing that you verified that these items are being reported correctly Who verified these accounts? You have NOT provided me a copy of ANY original documentation ( a consumer contract with my signature on it ) as required under Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) & Section 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ). Furthermore, you have failed to provide the method of verification as required under Section 611 ( a ) ( 7 ). Please be advised that under Section 611 ( 5 ) ( A ) of the FCRA you are required to ... promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified.

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