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Complaint sub-issue: Trouble with how payments are being handled

XX/XX/XXXX began with FedLoans as my servicer. Contacted company multiple times to get information on when my monthly payment amount and qualifying payments would be determined. Was informed I needed to wait until XX/XX/XXXX to recertify unless I wanted my monthly payments to go up significantly.XX/XX/XXXX payment tracking began and my calculated qualifying payments were determined to be XXXX. This is half of what I have actually paid. FedLoans said I still had payments that were not figured into this and would be added in at a later date.
XX/XX/XXXX I began the recertification process to switch from IBR to REPAYE. The company gave me the option of paying a single payment on the standard repayment plan ( approximately {$3000.00} a month ) or a {$5.00} forbearance that also qualified. I paid the {$5.00} fee to recertify. A month later I received a bill for just under {$3000.00}.
XX/XX/XXXX I called the company back and they admitted they saw the {$5.00} I paid, but that it was never applied to anything. I again paid {$5.00} and was reassured that this time it would be done correctly and that the recertification would move forward. Almost two months later, I again received a bill for nearly {$3000.00} under the standard repayment plan which is not what I enrolled in.
on or around XX/XX/XXXX I called to find out why I was on the standard repayment plan. I was told that the XXXX $ forbearance request had never been processed and that it would now be processed. I was then told that I could not request another month of forbearance because it would ( somehow ) interfere with the processing of the {$5.00} fee. When I informed the representative I can not afford a {$3000.00} a month payment, she said not to worry because the credit agency is not notified of delinquency until 90 days of nonpayment. This to me is unacceptable.
During this entire period I have been accruing massive amounts of interest on my loans that capitalizes. Every time I call I get different information, and the person I talk to is quick to tell me that whoever I spoke with before had given me wrong information. I was also told it can take up to 90 days to process my recertification. I am now on month 5. All the while accruing about {$1000.00} in interest each month. I am on the verge of seeking legal action.
The purpose of doing this program was to have my loan balance forgiven after 10 years. With a monthly payment of almost {$3000.00}, I would have my entire balance paid in LESS than 10 years, so you can see that it makes NO SENSE to even switch to fedloans or do PSLF if I had the ability to make such payments.
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Equifax did not properly secure my protected personal information from intrusion through any appropriate method, such as patching, 2-factor authentication at the point of service, segmentation of data, etc. As such, it appears my full name, Social Security numbers, birth date, addresses, and possibly driver 's license number are cross-matched to each other and in the hands of criminals who can use this data to breach any number of accounts in perpetuity such as my banking and financial data, medical data ( including immunization records ),  legal complaints, political data, and any other number of sensitive accounts. 
Further, I am unable to secure these accounts because they ask for the very personal information that is breached in order to verify my identity and approve a change. 
Equifax is currently offering a limited credit monitoring service, which is n't available as a default. It requires 2/3 one 's SSN plus last name and a waiver of class-action recourse in order to DETERMINE is one is affected by the breach. This is insufficient to the need created by their negligent protection of my information, which I did not give them myself, but which they curated as their business from other businesses.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act everything has to be 100 % accurate on my consumer reports. The Credit Bureaus have stated that my account was properly investigated and verified on several occasions ; but how is this possible if the Account Status, Date Opened, No of Months ( Term ), Last Reported, Date Last Active, Date of Last Payment, and Payment History are not accurate? This is grounds for deletion / removal under the following : 15 U.S.C 1681 602 [ 15 U.S.C 1681 ( a ) ( 4 ) ] 623 [ 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ] 611. Procedure in case of disputed accuracy [ 15 U.S.C. 1681i ] See attached and have a nice day.
Complaint sub-issue: Account terms

I have a student loan payment each month. During a time of financial difficulty, I failed to make the monthly payment for 90 days. This is not in dispute. The issue is this single monthly payment accounts for XXXX separate student loan accounts on the fedloan site. So this XXXX slip up hit my account for XXXX late payments ( 60 days late ) and then XXXX delinquent payments ( 90 days late ) which took my score from XXXX to XXXX. How am I supposed to recover from that and it 's not like you can make a partial payment on the fedloan site. XXXX hits to my credit score from XXXX missed payment over a 90 day period ( XXXX at 60 days past due and another at 90 days past due ). When contacted, fedloan stated they can not make changes to this reporting. I was late, so sorry, but maybe I should pay my bills.
Complaint sub-issue: Account information incorrect

I requested to have this secured credit card account closed back in XXXX of XXXX. According to U.S Bank XXXX this account would be close and their would n't be a balance left on the account because it was a secured card and you can not charge no more than what you have available on the card. My credit card limit was {$300.00} and I could n't charge no more than {$300.00} on this card. After closing the card and them crediting my account {$300.00} it left me with a {$0.00} balance and all of sudden a month later they let a charge go through for {$200.00} and something dollars, and the charge was not related to me at all and I told them it was not my charge it was fraudulently and they reinsured me it would be fixed and I left it alone trusting them to take care of the charge that was not mine. Months and months goes by never heard back from them so I 'm assuming everything was okay only to find that this company reported to the credit bureaus I owed them {$290.00} which is not fair and very untrue.
Complaint sub-issue: Other problem getting your report or credit score

" I requested my annual credit bureau report from 3-credit bureaus, especially EQUIFAX " EFX '' recently in XX/XX/2018 in order to make corrections nonagreeable charges, such as secure credit card and dispute inaccurate information against XXXX XXXX XXXX for XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX , XXXX ''. 

" There are other reasons such as " Other problem getting your report or credit score '' ... The EFX telephone agents and managers are engaging in deceptful practices by choosing to ask random questions about my past and present history after advising that it will help them ( she ) to process this request via phone. Then after successfully finishing, I am asked to mail two photo ID 's again to them for their needs '. 


" Each time, I am declined credit, I have contacted the 3-credit bureaus with this request but " Unable to get your credit report or credit score '' from at least mentioned, EQUIFAX INC. " EFX ''. Fraudulent enquiries and inaccurate REPORTINGS via third-party unknown EQUIFAX XXXX XXXX located at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, GA XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX.
Complaint sub-issue: Billing problem

A Certified Payment in the amount of {$18000.00} Which was to cover the total balance left on an auto loan agreement that I have with Ally as award me my clean and clear title was received by Ally Executive Offices on XX/XX/2022 receipt # XXXX. However I continue to receive threatening calls and text from their customer service department from a person name XXXX XXXX alleging that I still owed money on the loan. After speaking with Customer Service and demanding that they find my payment. I received a letter a letter from Ally Executive Offices Stating that the matter is under investigation. Nevertheless as of current date I still continue to receive harassing threatening calls in addition I am not in receipt of my clear and clean title despite having already paid this balance in full. At this point it feels as if my payment has been stolen by perhaps an employee at Ally Bank and I am being tricked into paying more money.
Complaint sub-issue: Debt is not yours

I am writing to delete the following information in my file. The items I need deleted are listed in the report. 

I am a victim of identity theft and did not make the charge. I ask that the items be deleted to correct my credit report. 

I reported the theft of my identity to the Federal Trade Commision and I also have enclosed copies of the Federal Trade Commisions Identity Theft Affidavit. Please delete the items as soon as possible.
Complaint sub-issue: Account information incorrect

XXXX XXXX is reporting an inaccurate late payment on my credit report.
Complaint sub-issue: Problem with personal statement of dispute

In XX/XX/XXXX, I was having trouble getting refinancing on our current home mortgage with Midland Mortgage. I spoke with several lenders and they said our payments were showing late for many months. I pulled our free credit report and sure enough they are showing I was late for so many months. I pay our mortgage 2x a month breaking out the payments based on our pay periods. I have been doing this for a couple years now as jobs have changed. In XXXX we filed for a hardship program and we were awarded this program. They told us that we wouldn't be reported to the credit bureaus if we complied with all guidelines. Which we did. It is still showing on our credit report that we are 120 days late which isn't true due to the program we followed, this raised our interest rate and pushed the loan out 3 months longer. 

XX/XX/XXXX when Covid hit NC I was furloughed and had to go on unemployment. Took a few weeks to get that up and running, in the meantime my husband was working so it took a little longer to pay the mortgage so yes we were a little late on that one.

We didn't file a Covid 19 hardship issue as that wasn't the case for us we were able to stay on track. The mortgage is always paid with in the month and if after the XXXX the late fees are paid as well and we were putting an extra XXXX down on principal. 

On XXXX XXXX I sent them a letter after I spoke with them and they told me either to write or fax why we need this corrected on our credit report. 2 weeks later we get a response saying they report according to the fair credit reporting act. ( Thats XXXX ) I looked at all 3 agencies, and Transunion doesn't even show anything but 2 mos of XXXX, Experian shows many late payments past 30 days, XXXX has missing months. They don't report correctly at all and not fair. I pulled my bank info as I send the payments the day of payday they are wired to them via the bank and there isn't a missing payment in each month. When I pulled their payment statements, it doesn't match mine and all I see is applied to ie : XX/XX/XXXX? I want this corrected. We are in the process of selling our house and need to purchase a new one. This company are crooks, I didn't ask for them they took over our original mortgage when we purchased this in XXXX. They don't respond when you call, all you get is send letters.. They don't communicate and they are rude..
Complaint sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

After reviewing my most recent report, I discovered some items for which I had never applied or received any correspondence. A bill sent without a signature does not suggest that the debt is legal, and anyone can claim ownership of a bill. Be warned that this is an effort to violate FDCPA 1692, which is a federal statute.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

I recieve a alert from my credite product that i pay for ever month that a new account was reporting on my credite report. I look into it and this account showed up XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account # XXXX and stated open Dtae XX/XX/XXXX for a amount of XXXX. I called in to XXXX and open a dispute on XX/XX/XXXX and came back verified on the XX/XX/XXXX so from what I see they didnt do anything to investergate now i want this account deleted from my account as soon as possible. I also have a problem with another account reporting wrong that account is XXXX XXXX XXXX account # XXXX this accont was not mines and reporting as charge off and 10 payment late and this is incorrect please have them to delete, Equifax is reporting Inquirier that are do to Fraud and they are XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, And XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement

I had disputed charge with my bank Citi. They sent me the following : Thank you for contacting Citi ( R ) Cards. This letter is in response to your inquiry about the transaction described below made with card number XXXX : Date Amount Description XX/XX/2017 {$5000.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX WA Due to the amount of time that has passed since this charge was first billed to your account, we are no longer able to assist you in this matter. We previously issued a conditional credit to your account for the amount in question pending the outcome of our investigation. Now that the investigation is complete, we have rebilled your account for this charge along with any related fees and interest charges. All adjustments will appear on your statement within 2 billing periods.
Complaint sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Equifax says that none of my information matches their information I want them to send me proof of what information they have that does not match. I have never given out false information. I believe they are doing the same thing they always do and that is pull the information by the address and not by the name and address. They have done this in the past and my mom would get the entire family living here credit info on her report. 

I complained about that because they used to give out the full credit card number and at the same time tell you to never give your card number to someone you do not want to have it. They WOKE UP and then continued to pull the info the wrong way but now only the last numbers are showing. 

They need to give me what info they have before I supply any info
Complaint sub-issue: Threatened to arrest you or take you to jail if you do not pay

ASG Sollutions called my husband ( first  time ) and said that on Friday he is going to be served papers at work if we do not pay our balance due.   I offered to make payments and tried explaining to her that I had  XXXX  and then was involved in a very bad accident and I can no longer work, our  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  daughter lives with us and we are responsible for her as she can not work due to   XXXX   XXXX   (  XXXX ,  XXXX ,   XXXX   ).   I tried to explain to her that my husband is the o nly one wo rking, we are behind on our other bills as well and we do not have the means to repay this debt at this time unless they would accept  XXXX  month ( we owe  XXXX   ) She refus ed and said it has to be  XXXX  per month for 6 months and they have to have my bank card number to automatically take it because they " do n't trust us ''.   I told her if we had to pay that amount ( which we can not ) that I would not be able to buy food and she said " You should have thought about that ''.   I do n't know what to do, I asked her repeatedly not to go to my husbands job or he will be fired and she said they can go anywhere they want and use any means available to get their money.   She also said that once we are sued they will garnish my husbands wages for over  5,000.00 with all   court costs and things included.   I try to reason with her but she gets very loud and just talks over me.   WE NEED HELP as they are going to my husbands job o n   XXXX  / XXXX /2017.
Complaint sub-issue: You never received your bill or did not know a payment was due

Last year PNC bought my bbva credit card. I have Not received any statements from PNC. When I called in XXXX they manually generated one and said they would send more, that is the only statement I have ever received, they claim they sent them and it must be the post office, this is not believable that I would receive one manually generated statement and no others for almost one year, I have called multiple times with no resolution, I call every month to make a payment by phone only then finding out my minimum payment due. I asked for an address to send a written notice of billing errors and they claim they have no such address for billing claim errors.
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

i went to dealer told me they was only going to XXXX end getting a lot of inquires XXXX XXXX ( Bank ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Auto ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Auto ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX ( Miscellaneous ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX ( Miscellaneous ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Auto ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Auto ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Bank ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( Finance ) XX/XX/XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX ( Auto ) XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

hello my name is XXXX XXXX, and I recently pulled my credit report and noticed that the following accounts are reporting inaccurately. there are 6 things thats need to be removed from my credit report : 6 Us dept. of Education accounts, if you look at them everything is reporting differently on all 3 credit bureaus, you, XXXX and transunion
Complaint sub-issue: Need information about your loan balance or loan terms

I have been enrolled in Public Service Loan Forgiveness program since XXXX and the U.S. Department of Education/Fedloans.org will not tell my how many qualifying payments I have made. I worked for the XXXX XXXX XXXX from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX as a XXXX and since XX/XX/XXXX as a XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, my loans are Federal Direct loans, I am in an Income-Contingent repayment plan and my employment is certified every year. I meet all of the requirements but their customer service repeatedly told me I had no qualifying payments. After my last inquiry, I emailed customer service again in XX/XX/XXXX and asked why. I received a reply that they needed to conduct a manual review but to continue making payments and they would get back to me. I finally received a " reply '' today which told me nothing.
Complaint sub-issue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Repeated calls at work, repeated calls on personal phone. I tried to resolve situation by offering a payment plan once a month, they wouldn't do it. I revoked the ACH well before my first due date and they started to harass me and turned the debt as " defaulted '' to some XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX whom is not licensed to practice is WI. Furthermore, this online loan agency is not licensed to give out Payday or installment loans in the state of WI, thus making this online loan that was given out illegal and void.
Complaint sub-issue: Trouble with how payments are being handled

I had 3 private student loans with American Education Services. I recently paid one off and refinanced the other two. The loans are known to AES from their disbursement date : XX/XX/XXXX,  XX/XX/XXXX, and XX/XX/XXXX. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I paid off the XX/XX/XXXX loan. On XX/XX/XXXX, I received a letter confirming the payoff of the XX/XX/XXXX loan. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, the balance of all of my AES private loans was approximately : XX/XX/XXXX :  {$0.00} ( paid in full ) XX/XX/XXXX : {$9300.00} XX/XX/XXXX : {$8600.00} On XX/XX/XXXX, I refinanced the XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX loans. The total payoff was approximately {$18000.00}. The new bank forwarded to AES a payoff amount of {$18000.00} delivered to AES on XX/XX/XXXX. 

AES misapplied all of my money. I very clearly took the steps necessary to fully pay off the XX/XX/XXXX loan through the AES website. I had the new bank follow the payoff instructions on the AES website to refinance the other two. As of the date of this complaint, AES did not fully close my XX/XX/XXXX loan and charged me {$56.00} in interest since the XX/XX/XXXX payoff date and my most recent inquiry about the loan on XX/XX/XXXX.

AES also misapplied the {$18000.00} intended to close out the remaining two loans by applying approximately {$13000.00} to the XX/XX/XXXX loan that only had a balance of {$9300.00}. The XX/XX/XXXX loan now shows AES owes me a credit of {$4200.00}. 

Additionally, AES misapplied the remaining amount from the {$18000.00} to the XX/XX/XXXX loan, causing the balance of the XX/XX/XXXX loan to show I owe AES {$4000.00}. 

I called AES multiple times to inquire how I could owe {$4000.00} on the XX/XX/XXXX loan while being owed a credit of {$4200.00} on the XX/XX/XXXX loan. AES is unresponsive, claiming I need to wait a few days for their " system '' to be updated. No such update has occurred. 

I also am unsure how I owe interest on a loan that was paid off two months ago.
Complaint sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act 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 602 A Section XXXX : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1666B : A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose
Complaint sub-issue: Old information reappears or never goes away

On XX/XX/2018 I discovered that two Bankruptcies were reinserted into my credit file. Equifax is required by law to notify me within ( 5 ) days of Re-Inserting a previously deleted item. I did NOT receive any such notifications. Please delete this item that was originally removed XX/XX/2018.
Complaint sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, Account # XXXX, Amount {$210.00} has violated my rights. 

15 U.S. Code 1681 states : Before the expiration of the 5-business-day period beginning on the date on which a consumer reporting agency receives notice of a dispute from any consumer or a reseller in accordance with paragraph ( 1 ), the agency shall provide notification of the dispute to any person who provided any item of information in dispute, at the address and in the manner established with the person. The notice shall include all relevant information regarding the dispute that the agency has received from the consumer or reseller. 

My name is XXXX XXXX. I am really getting tired of having erroneous information on my credit. The way the credit bureaus disrespect me, the way they disrespect my privacy, is outrageous! I will definitely take further action if this account is not removed!
Complaint sub-issue: Old information reappears or never goes away

Late payments for loans over 10 years old from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX not properly reporting the amount owed and still showing the card is maxed out when it's not.