BEE-spoke-data/consumer-finance-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-05
Company: Credit Counsel, Inc.
State: GA
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Medical
Issue: False statements or representation
Sub-issue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Complaint:
On or about XXXX XXXX, 2016, I received a phone call from XXXX XXXX of Credit Counsel , Inc. XXXX XXXX indicated that he was representing his client XXXX XXXX in an attempt to collect {$2700.00} for an unpaid workman compensation debt. I had not received any correspondence via mail before this phone call. I knew of XXXX, the workman comp bill and the amount of {$2400.00}. XXXX XXXX indicated that by XXXX XXXX, 2016 I needed to get back with him and submit the {$2700.00} On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I contacted XXXX XXXX and informed him that the amount he quoted was incorrect. He stated that this was the amount he was authorized to collect and received from XXXX. He stated that it was late fees and other charges. I called XXXX XXXX and was told that {$2400.00} was the amount owed on the claim. XXXX XXXX stated that he was " going to sue me and get more than I owed ''. He went on to demand immediate payment, stated that he was looking at my credit report and I needed to get the money from my XXXX. I informed XXXX XXXX that I did not have a 401 k and he immediately called me a liar. He continued the bullying tactics by threatening to file a lawsuit and sue me in court. 
I was taken aback by the unprofessional behavior, threats, and name calling. I inquired later on in hopes to contact a supervisor to resolve this matter as well as report XXXX XXXX 's behavior. I was given the name of a supervisor, XXXX XXXX. I attempted to contact him and my call was intercepted by XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX stated that no one named XXXX worked there, he was the supervisor and I was wasting his time. He transferred my call to another gentleman that stated he was the supervisor. He demanded payment of {$2700.00} and if I was n't wanting to talk about submitting full payment, I was wasting his time. I had never been involved with a collection agency and this did not seem appropriate. 
I submitted a debt validation letter to Credit Counsel , Inc. and requested validation. I received paperwork indicating {$2400.00} was owed, several health insurance claim forms and to arrange full payment from XXXX XXXX. I did not received any other documents or information I requested. After I submitted the validation request, cease and desist letter, I still received a voice mail from XXXX XXXX of Credit Counsel , Inc. stating that was representing XXXX and attempting to collect a debt. This was clearly a violation and disregard to requesting to be contacted by mail only. The employees of Credit Counsel , Inc. did not cease and desist contacting me by phone.

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 2015-06-02
Company: Med-1 Solutions, LLC
State: IN
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Medical
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action
Sub-issue: Sued w/o proper notification of suit

Complaint:
I was served with a notice of small claims court for a debt. I called the company and settled the debt making monthly installments for the next XXXX years. I am currently paying XXXX $ a month. I was assured that the court case would be dismissed as we settled outside of court. However, I received a Entry of Judgement notice in the mail last night. So they obviously never dismissed the case.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2020-06-11
Company: Stuart-Lippman and Associates, Inc
State: NC
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other debt
Issue: Written notification about debt
Sub-issue: Didn't receive enough information to verify debt

Complaint:
Today, I received a letter stating that I supposedly owe XXXX to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. There was no known prior notice of any supposed debt. After reviewing my call records, I see that a call was received on XX/XX/2020. There was no voicemail message left. 

XXXX XXXX violated 15 USC s 1692 ( g ) ( a ) that says " Within five days after the initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt, a debt collector shall, unless the following information is contained in the initial communication or the consumer has paid the debt, send the consumer a written notice containing -- ( 1 ) the amount of the debt ; ( 2 ) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed ; ( 3 ) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector ; ( 4 ) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector ; and ( 5 ) a statement that, upon the consumer 's written request within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor. '' The company has violated the above federal law when it failed to provide written notice within five days, as required. This company seems to have had numerous issues with its debt collection practices, which makes this situation very questionable. I can not possibly validate information when information is not made available in a timely manner as required by federal law.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-05-15
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: SC
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 these accounts presented, have 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 an account without my written instructions. 


XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, MI XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Account XXXX XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, SC XXXX XXXX XXXX, SC Account # XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, SC XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  Account # XXXX .... 
Account # XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX, SC XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, SC XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX .... 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, SC 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 2016-03-20
Company: Continental Finance Company, LLC
State: FL
Product: Credit card
Issue: Billing disputes

Complaint:
I pay have a credit card through consumer finance. Every month they are reporting me delinquent on payments. They are damaging my credit, and non of the payment I have made have ever been 30 days past due.

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 2016-12-02
Company: SLM CORPORATION
State: PA
Product: Student loan
Sub-product: Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Sub-issue: Keep getting calls about my loan

Complaint:
I am writing this letter to address a series of student loans bills that I 've incorrectly received as a result of a misunderstanding with Sallie Mae regarding my enrollment status at XXXX University. It is my hope that upon reviewing my testimony that you will be able to help me in resolving this problem. 
My current predicament is the result of an unknown error which occurred during my XX/XX/XXXX semester. I attended classes with XXXX and received grades all throughout the semester. It was only brought to my attention just after the semester had ended, while preparing for my XX/XX/XXXX semester, that the university had no record of my attendance during the XX/XX/XXXX. Evidently, in XX/XX/XXXX when I had applied for a loan for the XX/XX/XXXX semester, Sallie Mae had never transferred the funds to XXXX University, and consequently the university did not recognize my attendance during that time. Despite the appeals from my professors, the university deemed that they had no record of my enrollment after XX/XX/XXXX, resulting in XXXX and Sallie Mae proceeding to begin billing me for student loan payments under the assumption that I had withdrawn from school. In XX/XX/XXXX, upon learning of the full extent of this clerical error, I was unable to pay the XX/XX/XXXX bill and was forced to cancel the semester. At this time, I was completely locked out of the university 's system until the bill was paid or semester was canceled, and was therefore unable to register classes in time to meet the XX/XX/XXXX start date. After making a complete assessment of my standing with the university through many meetings, I immediately re-enrolled as soon as I was granted access with XXXX to resume classes in the XX/XX/XXXX and have remained a XXXX ever since. 
I have attempted to rectify this situation with Sallie Mae and XXXX through repeated written correspondence and phone calls and have even made multiple deferred payments. These efforts were successful with XXXX, as they recognized the error and cleared things up swiftly. Sallie Mae, on the other hand, has ignored my requests to resolve this and has instead incorrectly charged off the two loans mentioned above to a of debt collection agency. 
Additionally, this situation has negatively impacted both my credit history and my father 's who is a co-signer on the loans. 
It is my understanding that student loan bills would cease at this time until after my graduation given that I am XXXX at XXXX University, and have been since the XX/XX/XXXX. It is my hope that upon reviewing my testimony you will be able to help me in resolving this problem so that I do not continue to be wrongfully billed for these loans. Thank you.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2021-11-20
Company: PNC Bank N.A.
State: CO
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Other banking product or service
Issue: Managing an account
Sub-issue: Problem accessing account

Complaint:
XXXX XXXX to PNC Branches visited in Colorado : XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) Beginning XX/XX/2021, I have been unable to access both my business and personal accounts with PNC Bank after the transition from XXXX. I can not transfer any funds between the accounts. I have visited XXXX branches a total oXXXX XXXX  times. I have spent countless hours at the branches trying to identify the linking problem I was having. Come to find out, my daughter and I identified the trouble : My XXXX XXXX XXXX daughter has XXXX user ID 's and XXXX has access to my personal money market account, a joint account I have with my husband, my personal checking account, as well as several lines of credit and XXXX additional accounts. My daughter and I have XXXX joint account - PERIOD. She should not have access to my personal accounts ( checking, line of credit or money market accounts. This seems like a breach of my personal privacy. Multiple supervisors and escalations departments in personal banking, online banking, and business banking have been unable to fix this. I only have access to my money market account and a business account when I login with my personal user ID. My last conversation was over XXXX hour and XXXX minutes. No resolution. They will not send me to someone who can fix this XXXX  WEEKS LATER! What I have been told is that " they are working on it '' and " we will contact you '' and " these need to be linked ''. The bank branches have each told me that so many clients are experiencing this. That is a red flag and I am out of patience. This is a breach of my personal privacy. Who else is able to access my accounts other than my daughter? That is terribly scary. This PNC transition has been a flawed mess. This is unacceptable and has become a detriment to my business since I can not transfer funds between the different accounts. Given it is the yearend, I am very concerned that I can not make transfers and access my money in a timely manner. I am not willing to frequent the branches. They are unable to rectify this situation.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2021-11-20
Company: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
State: TX
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Fees or interest
Sub-issue: Problem with fees

Complaint:
I filed a CFPB complain to POPULAR CREDIT SERVICES on XX/XX/2021 ( Complain ID : XXXX ) regarding the charge of annual fee to the credit card after the account was closed. POPULAR CREDIT SERVICES responded to the complain on XX/XX/2021 confirming that the account as been closed and I will receive a credit for the pending balance related to the annual fee ( please see case XXXX for detailed response from the company ). However, POPULAR CREDIT SERVICES never credit my account to zero out the annual fee ( {$140.00} ) as it stated. As a result, my account is now considered delinquent ( even after closure ) and has been incurring late charges and interest charges, and this has been reported to the credit bureau which affected my credit score significantly!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-05-30
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: WA
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:
My husband and I submitted investigation requests to Equifax and XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX. More than 30 days have past, and we have yet to receive responses.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-11-01
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:
Im submitting a complaint to you today to inform you I was the victim of identity theft. I researched how to remove the fraudulent items in my report and found that I need to visit FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION or https : //www.ftc.gov to file a report Per FCRA section 605b Credit Reporting Agencies are required to remove any item listed on an id theft report. Please find the ATTACHED documents to assist in blocking the erroneous information which is being posted to my report. 

Here is the list of items that do not belong to me or were opened without my permission. 

US DEPT ED XXXX Balance : {$1800.00} ; US DEPT ED XXXX Balance : {$3200.00} ; 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 According to FCRA Section 605B ( a ) the CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES shall block any information in the file of a consumer that the consumer identifies as information that resulted from alleged identity theft, not later than 4 business days after the date of receipt.

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 2019-12-13
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: GA
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Trouble using your card
Sub-issue: Can't use card to make purchases

Complaint:
Paypal claims that I have an available credit line with them, but have also told me that I can not use it. They claim that it is due to security risks yet offer no alternative for me to lift the security measures. THEY OFFERED NO SOLUTION except that I should use a credit card of my own.

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 2017-09-08
Company: EQUIFAX, 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:
Attention : Credit Bureau Disputes Department Over 30 days ago I wrote to your institution advising you of negative account information on my credit report which was flat out incorrect and erroneous. I researched the information and after not having the creditors able to validate any of it, I only then reached out to you by mail to get these items removed. Much to my disbelief you claimed that these items were largely valid and would remain on my credit report. The same creditors you claim to have contacted are unable to verify the accuracy of the account information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-13
Company: MRS BPO, LLC
State: IL
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Non-federal student loan
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt
Sub-issue: Right to dispute notice not received

Complaint:
I 've requested all billing and payment statements on all student loan accounts from MRS Associates since I have paid from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX. I 've corrected my address several times but nothing ever changes. There are XXXX accounts that went to collection from XXXX and I have yet to receive any documentation of payments, interest rates and charges, and payments made.

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-12
Company: Hylan Asset Management, LLC
State: DC
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Payday loan
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint:
Thank you for taking the time to investigate this case. I seek your assistance in stopping the illegal practice of " phantom '' payday loan collections by XXXX XXXX and Hylan Asset Management. In regards to my case, I have secured a release from Hylan Asset Management and do not require individual assistance. However, I strongly encourage a full investigation of these companies due to their violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act, wire and mail fraud statutes, and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. 

I am certain that XXXX and Hylan are knowingly running a " phantom '' payday loan scam by attempting to collect payday loans that did not originate and are not valid. I am certain that I am a victim of this scam. If you desire, I can provide a full financial disclosure demonstrating beyond a preponderance of the evidence that I did not received these funds, nor solicit such loan. Throughout this ordeal Hylan and XXXX have been unable to provide any proof of a promissory note, loan origination, or collection attempts. Further, according to XXXX the original creditor was " XXXX XXXX. XXXX '', however written communication also shows a disputed payday loan from " XXXX XXXX, XXXX '' or " XXXX ''. XXXX and Hylan have been unable to accurately describe the disputed debt in their communication. This is further evidence of a " phantom '' payday loan scam. 

Enclosed is all written communication between the parties. Research indicates that XXXX and Hylan have a very high percentage of clients claiming that these loans are " phantom ''. As both of these companies are within your jurisdiction, I can not emphasize enough the importance of stopping this unfair, deceptive, and abusive conduct. Their conduct is illegal and prays on vulnerable populations. 

Thank you for your assistance with this important matter.

Company public response: Company believes complaint caused principally by actions of third party outside the control or direction of the company
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2020-06-11
Company: Sequium Asset Solutions, LLC
State: OH
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 have been looking at my credit report and it was brought to my attention that there are several errors and fraudulent accounts that I have no contracts with these companies. I do not recall doing business or applying for accounts with the following : XXXX-XXXX  XXXX # XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX  # XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX, XXXX # XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX, XXXX  XXXX XXXX # XXXX, SEQUIUM ASSET SOLUTIONS INC # XXXX.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-09-29
Company: Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.
State: FL
Product: Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan
Sub-product: Title loan
Issue: Vehicle was repossessed or sold the vehicle

Complaint:
on XX/XX/2018 my car was reposes by the loan holder, Santander usa on XX/XX/2018 i made a payment via XXXX XXXX  quick pay in the amount of {$4200.00} to paid off the loan plus all the towing and storing charges Since then Santander usa have refused to release the car, I have in my possession the free and clear tittle and registration of the car under my name I have made several attends to get my car back and the customer service always tell me that they are working on it

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation