WillisBack/dataset-financial-user-claim huggingface dataset:
Hi my name is XXXX XXXX, I am sending you this message in regards to my credit file. I received disturbing news that I have been a victim of identity theft. It comes to my attention that looking over my credit file that your company made several errors along with DEPT OF ED XXXX & XXXX XXXX. I have clue as to what is DEPT OF ED XXXX not XXXX XXXX. I am disputing both accounts as fraudulent and I would like for you to perform an internal dispute. I am not liable for the erroneous actions that your company has taken upon my file, I have attached a letter along with some documents in the attachment area. If this situation isnt resolved professionally, investigated internally as a dispute, and a new credit report with the removal of the errors your company added to my credit file. Please read the letter in the attachment area.
ERC on behalf of XXXX/XXXX keeps contacting me claiming that I owe XXXX {$440.00}. I stated on numerous occasions that Ive never had XXXX and for them to stop contacting regarding this matter because the bill doesnt belong to me. 

Ive this disputed this matter before.
Saw that there was an account I did n't recognize when I reviewed my credit report. XXXX/XXXX. I sent them a request for validation to prove it was mine because I do n't recognize them. They never answered. I sent it registered - I have proof they received my letter. However they never sent me a reply - after 30 days I sent the original letter as well as my proof of delivery over to XXXX, experian, and XXXX. They should delete this as this is not my debt. They say they have investigated and that it is mine. But how is that XXXXt/XXXX has listed a debt, they wont send me any information, how in the world can the agencies validate it? This debt is not mine, and if they can not provide me documentation proving this debt is mine, it needs to be deleted immediately by experian, XXXX, and XXXX. I am very frustrated and the inability to resolve this. Perhaps I should hire a lawyer. I will attach documents.
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NJ, XXXX TD BANK XXXX TARGETCREDIT XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX MN XXXX PHONE : XXXX ACCOUNT NUMBER : XXXX ...
To Whom It May Concern : I have contacted the debit card department and they confirmed that the account was closed and does not have any balance. This is reporting negatively on my credit report as Paid in Settlement {$39.00} written off. There was fraudulent transaction and it was disputed and I have paid the full balance. The representative over the phone clearly mentioned that there is no balance and this company still reports incorrect information on my credit report. This is hurting my credit score and my ability to get a home mortgage for my family with XXXX kids. Please delete this information from my credit report immediately.
Received a letter stating I owed a debt from Credit Collection Bureau. Starting receiving phone calls regarding the same debit from United Legal Group as well. I responded to the debit collection letter from Credit Collection Bureau requesting verification, and cease and desist communication via phone. Both companies did not respond back, the information was then placed on my credit report, and United Legal Group has begun calling. Received call on XXXX/XXXX/16, told them I requested verification and a cease and desist, and the rep " XXXX '' stated I needed to fax it in as well, I requested on the phone again about verification and cease and desist calling me, and she refused stating nothing will change till I fax over the information stating " We received your letter, however you need to fax it as well ''.
I have been a customer with SteinMart for several years. Recently, they issued a new " card '' which I did not realize had a different account number that my old account. I have financial software that I use to pay bills through my bank. When receiving bills in the mail, I have dutifully sent payment in full for each statement - unfortunately, to the old account number. The account is managed by XXXX XXXX in Georgia. When I began receiving threatening phone calls from people said to represent XXXX XXXX, I began to look into the problem and realized that the payments I had been making were not to the account number on the card. I provided documentation to XXXX XXXX that the debt was, in fact, paid. Just this week I received a check in the mail for over {$970.00} from them and a statement saying that there was a XXXX balance on the account. Nonetheless, the phone calls keep coming and today, I was threatened with being reported unless I provided {$25.00} by XX/XX/XXXX. I explained the above to the person on the phone ( receiving a check - which I have not yet cashed - and a statement showing XXXX balance ) but was told that did n't matter. I needed to come up with {$25.00} or else. I can easily afford to send them {$25.00}, but I feel like there is no coordination between the " debt collectors '' and others at XXXX XXXX who agree with me that I have paid my debt.
Someone from " SMS Recovery in New York ( although I only know that by calling back ) says they have legal papers to delivery and want to set an appointment to bring them to my daughter 's house ( they keep calling her, my wife, my other daughter, my son, my son-in-law .... ) otherwise they will have to bring them by where she works. We have no idea what they are talking about and will only give us additional information if my daughter gives them her personal information. The Caller ID that comes up whenever they call is a fax machine for XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX, Texas. I called the XXXX ( the number left by " XXXX XXXX '', answered by " XXXX '', who told me the company and location but refused any other info unless I let him talk to my daughter. Not happening!
I received a personal loan through Town Financial in XXXX XXXX, IA in or around approximately XX/XX/XXXX, I paid each month, then qualified for another {$800.00} loan to extend original loan out, this was approximately around XX/XX/XXXX,  this was to extend out my loan and be paid off in 24 months. I have been paying $ XXXX {$140.00} each month and have had a couple of late payments. The loan should have been paid off entirely at least 6 months ago. XX/XX/XXXX I was told I had XXXX balance, I have paid over {$900.00} since then. Town Finance harasses me ( I have phone records, voicemails and bank receipts/statements ) at least 5 times per month by calling me for days on end consecutively leaving messages stating they need a payment. I have requested my original and 2nd loan original documents be mailed/emailed to me and was told they would be as well as documentation of each of my payments. Town Finance has never provided this documentation to me after more than 1 request to do so. This company is a complete scam and takes advantage of the working poor and middle class. After complaining most recently to the Iowa Attorney Generals Office regarding Town Finance, ironically, I received a notice in the mail from Town Finance stating that they did an internal audit and have found that I have a balance due of XXXX and if I feel it to be any different to contact them. I do not owe anything, and in fact, they owe me money for overpaying and for fraudulent loan/business practices. I really feel that this company is really misleading in loans offered, interests rates on loans, late payment fees, and have been paid 2 times the amount of my loans that I owed. I want copies of my loan documents and want XXXX back that they owe me. Please help me and others to eliminate Town Finance from being able to prey on people any longer. 
Thank you, XXXX XXXX XXXX
I have no recollection of this credit inquiry. Nor do I have an account with this company. 

XXXX, MN XXXX This company DEFINITELY can not produce any documentation or signatures where I have applied for any credit them. I need this inquiry removed. Equifax never attempted to investigate the dispute. They deemed the inquiry valid without investigation.
Around XX/XX/XXXX I applied for and was approved for a Citibank Costco Visa card. On XX/XX/XXXX, I requested that my Citibank XXXX XXXX with the account number ending in XXXX be closed. At that time I tore up the card and discontinued it 's use. Please see the email attachment confirming closure of the credit card.
On or about XX/XX/XXXX I discovered that the card was not closed, and that a single recurring charge posted to the account. By the time I discovered the source of this charge, the card has been reported against my credit report as being over 60 days late twice.  Since the account was supposed to be closed, I did not monitor any activity on the card. I was not receiving any statements from Citibank either online or by regular mail. But this charge posted to the account and despite resolving this with Citibank.
I did receive a notice that I had a late payment on my credit card account. When I contacted Citibank, they pulled up my new Costco card and not the AAdvantage card  by mistake. They told me that the notice mailed to me regarding a missed payment was an error and to disregard. Again, since the AAdvantage account was supposed to be closed, that account was not checked. Had the Citibank representative practiced due diligence, they should have discovered the old AAdvantage account was not closed and the problem could have been resolved at that time.
This error has taken a significant impact on my credit. Citibank 's error dropped my credit score from and XXXX to a XXXX ( and at one point a XXXX ). I have been a Citibank customer since XX/XX/XXXX and up until this point I have never had a late payment with them. This late payment was not my fault. This late payment was due to CitiBank 's failure to properly close my AAdvantage account in XX/XX/XXXX. Had this account been properly closed, the single recurring charge would not have posted.
I had XXXX accounts disputed and they were removed from my report now a new company reported my old debt back on my credit report.
This complaint involves XXXX XXXX and their collection agency Perfect Collection. I signed up for XXXX 's services in XXXX 2017. The agreement was that this was a month to month contract, no obligations, cancel at any time. I paid for the equipment installed IN CASH. I later had to cancel their services due to faulty equipment, horrible customer service, and for being sold a subpar security system. I gave the company proper written notice and they acknowledged the termination of the agreement and the fact that I was under no further financial obligation. I just ran my credit report only to find out that the account was placed in collection as of XXXX 2017???? This is the WORST company I have EVER dealt with. How can this happen? I would like to request that someone look into their practices as they are fraudulent and overall their services are a complete scam.
I RECEIVED A COLLECTION NOTICE FROM AUDIT AND ADJUSTMENT I PAIDED THE COLLECTION IN WHICH IS WAS A MEDICAL COLLECTION..AMOUNT XXXX ON I WAS PAIDED MONIES BACK BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THIS COLLECTION SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM MY CREDIT REPORT SINCE IT WAS A MEDICAL COLLECTION.. I HAVE FILED A DISPUTE WITH EQUIFAX AND TO THIS DAY IT IS MARKED AS PAIDED BUT NOT REMOVED. ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAW A PAIDED MEDICAL INSURANCE BILL PAIDED BY INSURANCE SHOULD BE REMOVED..
They have not VALIDATED this claimed debt they are attempting to collect from me pursuant to FDCPA. Company claims to have purchased the debt but does n't offer any proof the purchased debt was VALID and MINE. No written agreement, no signature, no verification at all. 
Please remove this trade line from all credit bureau reports you have reported to as it is hindering my ability to obtain credit. 

Thank you.
The schools, XXXX in XXXX, XXXX and XXXX in XXXX XXXX but did a scam and hard sell on my son. He was actually not going to school but gave him the loans. My mother in law cosigned the loan. She is XXXX XXXX XXXX with XXXX, they were suppose to remove her years ago, from being a cosigner and never did. We kept asking and they kept changing the conditions. My son has ask for a reasonable payment so he could pay XXXX XXXX a month ) they refused and now it 's going into default but we have paid the {$260.00} to keep it from going and wondering why the payment ca n't be that. They keep threatening my mother in law with lawsuits and to take her house! This is crazy in the XXXX they can threatened a XXXX XXXX XXXX women like that. They have frightened her. NAVIENT does not work with anymore in an reasonable amt, they just keep increasing the amount owed. How can they keep a cosigner on for years and keep threatening her and why do n't they just accept a reasonable payment that a person could afford?
Pioneer Credit recovery called my sister, Mother-in-law, and sister-in-law asking for me. They identified themselves as debt collectors which I believe violated my privacy. After speaking to the debt collectors they reported only having my information for two days.
XX/XX/XXXX I had a notification stated a collection item for {$530.00} was added to my credit report by XXXX XXXX XXXX. Ive never received any correspondence from this company about the item. On XX/XX/XXXX I contacted XXXX and requested information on the supposed debt. Said it was for medical services provided to my daughter on XX/XX/XXXX. I told them I never received correspondence via mail to be able to disputed the debt. I asked XXXX where they mailed the information and the address they provided wasnt even mine. The reason being is they never had my correct address therefore I couldnt dispute. I asked them to immediately delete the item from my credit report and gave them my correct address so I can dispute the item and they stated no. They stated it was my responsibility to provide an updated address to them. Now how am I going to update my address to them when I dont know whats going on? Very unprofessional. My ex wife is responsible for the bill being she was the grantor by taking my daughter to doctor.
In XXXX of 2015 according to XXXX my account was closed out. Their attorneys continue to take money from me through XXXX County courts without XXXX consent. The law firm Finkelstein, Kern, Steinberg & Cunningham robbed me with Bank levies and garnishments after the case was closed and paid off.
I was attempting to settle a debt with Smith Debnam. I talked with XXXX on XXXX separate occasions for pay off. The first time it was {$2700.00} about XXXX weeks ago. Then I contacted XXXX again 3 weeks ago and he said it was {$2800.00} ( interest added ). I was waiting to get closer to when I could pay this debt, so I called XXXX XXXX. XXXX explained to me the debt was now {$11000.00}. Apparently what happened was the bank i was working with called Smith Debnam to get a payoff. Smith Debnam then realized more money could be available, so they changed my payoff to {$11000.00}. 
My problem is the loan will not be approved know because I do not have enough equity to pay the additional {$9000.00} needed for the loan to go thru. 
They also asked to see my Loan Estimate and Closing disclosure ... .and they would consider reducing the amount.
Pro collect initially contacted me about a debt I owed an apt complex, XXXX. I then contacted the apt complex and after discussing some errors, they reduced the amount from {$1600.00} to {$900.00}. The manager also sent me an email confirming that change. I sent it to pro collect and they refused to correct the error. I contacted the XXXX and filed a complaint, at which time Procollect stated they would correct the error. They did not. I contacted pro collect to settle the debt for the {$900.00} and pro collect responded by stating that the {$900.00} was a settlement offer only if I paid it in XX/XX/XXXX, which if you see the email from the apt complex does not state that it was a settlement, and it is dated more than a year ago, not last month. I offered to settle at {$900.00} on Wed XXXX XXXX and pro collect refused to accept {$900.00} on that date. I disputed the debt with the credit reporting agencies, and pro collect verified the debt as {$1600.00} after I submitted proof it was corrected.
last month XXXX collection trades appeared in my credit file that were deleted over a year ago because they were unable to verify the debt was actually mine. I went into the dispute section of equifax website last month to dispute these trades named XXXX and when I submitted my dispute it was if I never submitted it at all because my credit file still had the dispute botton instead of the normal this trade is under investigation you should have your results soon which tell me they are not willing to dispute these trades even tho they deleted them last year. These collections should not be there at all in my opinion. They were deleted because they either did not respond in time or just could not verify their investigation from the original creditor. What is the point of having a XXXX day time limit if they let these companies just do as they please anyway and the consumer has no say in this matter at all. There was no notice saying these trades were being reinstated or nothing. I want these items removed permanently and equifax should at least be warned of this and to not to do this again to another consumer. We have the right to challenge anything that is on our credit report that appears to be inaccurate and they are not allowing us to do that. they claim to investigate it but im sorry it takes more then just one day to complete an investigation
This USAA FSB account XXXX was Paid-in-Full in XX/XX/2014. I filed for Bankruptcy on XX/XX/2014. How can this account be listed as " Derogatory '' and " Payment Plan '' and " Chapter XXXX '' when it was clearly paid and closed a month prior to the filing of my Bankruptcy? Please delete the erroneous information as this account is " PAID '' and " OK '' and " CLOSED BY CONSUMER ''.
I received a letter stating I owed a debt and this was the first notice I have ever received on the matter. The letter just states that I owe a debt, it does not include a date of service or any helpful information to help me do my research. I have a family member who experienced the same thing and am starting to suspect this is a tactic to gain additional interest. I ca n't help but wonder how many other people are paying outrageous amounts of interest due to never being notified that anything was owed. Though at this point, I can not even verify I owe anything as I was n't given any information. The letter is from an attorney, which I believe is meant to be a scare tactic ; but the amount is so high, I just ca n't believe it is a true debt. I think their business practices should be looked at more closely. I sent the attached letter to the collector as well via certified mail. I waited a week to submit my complaint.
I received an unauthorized " Hard Inquiry '' on my credit report from a company called XXXX, who was affiliated with XXXX. 

We had been in the process of looking for a merchant services account, and came across them through a link on XXXX. 

I was originally told by a person at XXXX it was a soft inquiry, and got virtually almost no information past that from the sales person, stating it was no big deal. 

I was irritated to see it and tried to submit a complaint and dispute to transunion. 
Not only was I unable to upload a proper document to submit a dispute online, I was told by a phone representative that if I wanted to dispute it, I'd have to obtain a letter from the offending party at XXXX stating that they did it. 

When I told them that that is ridiculous, and that they are asking me as the victim of misuse of my credit information, to ask my perpetrator to tell on themselves as the only way to remove this from my report. 

They stated yes. 

I told them that was absolutely ridiculous and empowering misuse of peoples credit information, leaving the victim no way to remove misuse of their information on their report. They stated it was the only way they would do it, and I told them that's a violation of my credit reporting rights. 

That's like asking a XXXX victims XXXX to self confess to XXXX, as the only way the XXXX can be convicted. I think we'd all agree there is a serious flaw there, and that transunion is in violation of my credit rights it attempting to maintain this policy. 

I want the hard inquiry removed, and for transunion to be fined heavily for violation of my credit rights. 

I have already been a victim of both tax fraud, and identity theft, and find this to be absolutely infuriating and very upsetting. 

If I did not give someone authorization to do a hard inquiry on my report, I have every right to have them remove it. 

In a day where we are seeing data breaches at credit agencies, and large companies like XXXX, to behave in this manner toward a victim of credit information misuse is sickening, and I expect action taken against Transunion. 

Please help me in this matter.
I was shocked when I reviewed my credit report and found late payment on the dates below : 30 days past due XX/XX/XXXX2011 I am not sure how this happened, I believe that I had made my payments to you when I received my statements. My only thought is that my monthly statement did not get to me.
XXXX XXXX, 2017 submitted disputes to XXXX XXXX and Experian - as of today I have not been informed of the investigation results. I have not received an updated credit report, and I have not had anything that was disputed corrected.
After I became aware in XX/XX/XXXX that I was a Victim of Identity Theft and obtained a Police Report, I mailed them to all 3 major credit reporting agencies : Experian, XXXX & XXXX. However, Experian decided to cause me an unlimited amount of aggravation!! 

First, I 've initiated hundreds of disputes online, via mail, and over the phone. They never attempted to honor my request which by law based on the FCRA the CRA 's must legally not only remove the fraudulent accounts but also block them from reporting again should the creditor try to put them back on. 

It came to a point where Experian does now allow me to initiate disputes and they told me on the phone it 's frivolous, and they will never honor my request. 

Thanks XXXX it 's only Experian that does n't abide by the law and I give credit to XXXX and XXXX by removing them within 24 hours. 

I 'll be attaching a copy of my recent Experian report along with my police identity theft report which will show exactly the accounts that are fraudulent and Experian refuses to remove them. 

I have to add one more thing, there 's also 2 fraudulent account which is n't on my police report because at the time I got the police report was XX/XX/XXXX and the account which is not on the police report is PENFED CREDIT CARD, the reason is that it began reporting on XX/XX/XXXX. 

Lastly, these fraudulent accounts ( or at least most of them ) were opened using an address which is not associated with me as you can see on the report " XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX '' and I would like to quote what Experian told me ; and these were their words " WE ARE UNABLE TO REMOVE THIS ADDRESS FROM YOUR CREDIT REPORT SINCE THERE ARE ACCOUNTS ( MEANING THE FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTS ) THAT WERE OPENED USING THAT ADDRESS, AND THEREFORE WE DO N'T BELEIVE THAT THIS ADDRESS IS N'T ASSOCIATED WITH YOU ''!! 

Common ; they admitted these accounts were opened using this address which is not in any way associated with me, instead of using it as the number one proof that these accounts are fraud!
I have had an on going problem with this company. I have a 30 day late for XX/XX/XXXX which was not late. According to TFS my payments on this account were due on XX/XX/XXXX, the car was totaled out XX/XX/XXXX and the account was paid off as of XX/XX/XXXX which means the payment for XX/XX/XXXX was not late.
I requested validation upon receiving notice but the letter was lost in transit. Which I will attach proof of that. So I sent a new letter which they signed for and never responded. They continue to report the debt without validation which is illegal under 809 ( b ) of the FDCPA.