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Consumer complaint received 2016-03-01
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: ALLY FINANCIAL INC. (GA)

My vehicle suffered a total loss in XXXX 2014. My primary insurance paid the amount of {$10.00}, XXXX on a loan balance of XXXX, XXXX which left a remaining balance of XXXX. My GAP paid {$760.00} after a year, waiting for an updated valuation report on the vehicle. Ally now claims I owe {$320.00} because they applied the initial payment to principal as opposed to the total loan payoff. I dispute this amount since XXXX insurance payouts exceed the payoff.
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-10
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Convergent Resources, Inc. (VA)

convergent outsourcing sent me a bill for a past due amount of XXXX for a XXXX account # XXXX and offered me a settlement for XXXX I email them and told them I was disputing the account as I have not had a XXXX account in over five years also I called them and told them to crease contracting me as XXXX cancel my services because their cell phone was not working and I sent the cell phone back to them
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-21
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (CA)

It is listed on my credit report on Equifax that XXXX XXXX ( XXXX XXXX ) as a current open account and not being paid. I have disputed this issue repeatedly with Equifax , Equifax stated that if it does not state XXXX XXXX in the bankruptcy papers, then they will not list the debt as included in BK. Per. Chapter XXXX bankruptcy it does n't matter if the debt is listed by original creditor, or the creditor that bought account, or turned over to another collection agency, the debt still must be noted per. United states Bankruptcy court that they debt is being discharged through chapter XXXX bankruptcy. Equifax states that if it does not state original debt then they do not have to acknowledge that the debt is included in chapter XXXX bankruptcy. They continue add on my credit report that XXXX XXXX is open and never paid even though it is under the most recent credit that handled the account for recovery for XXXX XXXX is listed by that creditor under chapter XXXX bk documentation. Also the date since the account was listed when I filed a rebuttal was XX/XX/XXXX, when I called they then update it XX/XX/XXXX for XX/XX/XXXX. That is illegal, and a lie, they debt has been listed on my credit file since XX/XX/XXXX. Plus this account is listed under the recovery service at the time the chapter XXXX was filed, they refuse to acknowledge or even note on this XXXX bill listed as ( XXXX ) that this account is old, and also listed in my chapter XXXX bk, and should not be in open unpaid debt. I have called and disputed this issue the last 4 months. There last response was if it was listed that fixed it. But how did you fix it when some accounts are still not listed as closed. Equifax should staty abreast with legal status regarding chapter XXXX bankruptcy codes and regulation. I 'm, tired and whether disputing, calling, or forwarding documentation they will not fix any of your credit file. I 'm tired I even want to get an attorney and sue.
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-01
Product: Mortgage — Other mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CA)

We purchased a new home in XXXX, XXXX on a contingency basis. Our current home in XXXX has not sold and therefore we can not go forward with the closing on the new home. On the XXXX of XXXX we received from the builder a Cancellation Notice, and were told that they sold our future home to someone else. We refused to sign the Cancellation Notice, due to the fact that the form was too vague and misleading, and asked the Builder to rephrase it, and/or delete the last sentence. They refused. The Notice states : by signing this Notice we 're giving up the property ( showing addrss. ). Then also states that signing this Notice of Cancellation does not provide Buyer the guarantee that the Seller will refund all Earnest Money Deposits. We 've contacted First American Title, Agent said to us that the form is too vague, and that normally the Notice should include and disclose the total amount to be refunded, ( the builder refuses to do that ). We then contacted a local Attorney in XXXX. He suggested that there was no need to delete the last paragraph, but just the word NOT would be sufficient. The form was then signed inside First American Title 's office and sent to the builder by the agent. We asked the agent if she could refund our deposit of {$17000.00}, she answered no, unless the builder ok 's it, she further said that she represents both, the Seller and the Buyer, but it seems that First American Title is very biased toward the builder. The Nevada XXXX XXXX XXXX even asked me if I asked First American Title for the refund, I answered yes, and was refused. First American Title also told us that the new home can not be sold, until we sign the Notice of Cancellation. This morning, I called the agent and asked her if the new home was sold and occupied, she refused to answer she said, since she can not discuss any Escrow matters with anyone. Can you please try to help us in recovering our deposit back?
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-22
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC. (NJ)

I am lodging a complaint against Midland Funding LLC XXXX XXXX, and XXXX as they are motioning for wage execution for a debt that I do not owe. I have explained to them that the debt was not mine, and they have not presented evidence to counter that. I have written to the court to dispute this, and they are still attempting to go forth with the motion despite my insistence on the fact that I did not make whatever purchases they are accusing me of, and are attempting to collect my wages.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-02
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: ENOVA INTERNATIONAL, INC. (VA)

I took out a loan with Cashnet USA back in 2014, long before I knew that the loans were void in my state. I took the loan out to cover a short in regular bills. They began charging my account right away, and I ended out having to reborrow the amount that I had to pay in fees, just to keep up, after the first few payments. It became a cycle. The loan finally exhausted my funds completely, and I had to close my account to be able to make my regular monthly expenses. I found help last year from a company and a group that helped me understand that the loan was void. I paid the company to help me with payday loan issues, but they took money without actually working things out with CashnetUSA. The other was a non-profit group that helped me with the payday loan help company, and CashnetUSA. I think my balance at that time was {$300.00}, or so, though with the Line of credit loan, it was always hard to tell. Because the loan was void and unenforceable, I tried to move on, and I tried to get the money back through my bank, but that was not successful. So I just went back to paying my bills, and trying to recover from the hole the loan had left in my budget. Since then, I have had phone calls, emails and letter from Cashnet USA, telling me that I am behind. I do not wish to have them calling me anymore, but from previous contact with them, I was afraid to call them again, for fear of harassment by them or another entity.
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-09
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (TX)

I purchased my home on XXXX XXXX, 2014 and signed a HUD for a FHA mortgage. I paid an upfront premium and I have paid monthly premiums since my XXXX payment. In XXXX, I discovered that FHA had not insured my loan. I contacted my loan servicer, Dovenmuehle Mortgage, and I was told that I would not receive a refund because HUD was holding my payments. I received a follow-up call from HUD in XXXX and was told that my premium had been refunded back to my servicer, Dovenmuehle. I have contacted Dovenmuehle multiple times regarding the status of my premium refund and information on monthly payment updates and was promised a call back and no one has called. I also called XXXX HUD departments and no one can find a case number or information on my situation.
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-31
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Using a debit or ATM card — 
Company: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (NY)

To whom it may concern. 
I have Checking, Savings, and Mortgage accounts with Chase Bank. 
On XXXX/XXXX/15, a day prior for leaving for XXXX I called Customer Service and notify them about my travel plans. I told Customer Service that I 'll be renting a car in XXXX XXXX XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/15. I wanted to make sure my debit card will work. Customer Service representative promise to unblock my accounts for use in overseas. So I went. 
However, upon my arrival in XXXX my card did not work. I found myself in embarrassing situation, when clerk of a rental car company was swapping my Chase Card and getting " insufficient finds '' status. 
I felt like a criminal with everybody 's looking at me, like I 'm trying to cheat the company and people for their money. 
I start making collect call to US Chase bank using phone number provided on a back of my card. I have no other ways to research other phone numbers ; I was in XXXX with no internet access. 
I reported to Customer Service that my card is n't working ; funds are not getting released to Rental Company. Customer service apologized for inconvenience and released the funds from my account this second time. 
These are all happens while I stay on a phone with XXXX Chase bank, calling from overseas. 
Few days later, I received a phone bill from XXXX XXXX XXXX with {$85.00} long distance charge. I wrote Chase. They refused to credit my account. 
Let me point out that I only make XXXX phone call to fix the problem with Chase card, the XXXX problem Chase did not solve when I ask them to. They mistake cost me time and money, not to mention extremely unpleasant situation at the rental office. 
This is not the first time it happens. I 've been in a lot of situation with Chase, when I could not trust information provided to me by Customer Service, incompetence is too high, so I have to call again and again to verify information they give me from the first time. 
This time it cost me additional {$85.00}, which I beleve should be coming from Chase funds, not mine. 
I did everything in my power to avoid charges. I refuse to cover Chase mistakes.
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-08
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Shellpoint Partners, LLC (CT)

We received a trial modification from XXXX Mortgage in XX/XX/XXXX. We made all XXXX payments to XXXX on time. We received a letter from XXXX stating they were transferring our loan and if we did n't get the final modification before it transferred on XX/XX/XXXX our new investor would be sending it to us. Long Story short it has been since XX/XX/XXXX since we have been dealing with Shellpoint Mortgage and to this date we have not received anything from them except for foreclosure warnings and extra fees etc. from them. When I call they tell me to just ignore the, We have continued to make all our payments to Shellpoint everymonth Since XX/XX/XXXX without any statement etc. from them. I have ALL documentation from the lender including XXXX apology letters from them about this matter. I have asked assistance from the State of CT Banking Commission and a HUD Counselor. They have advised me to file a complaint with you as well. They have written and called Shellpoint for the last several months and the matter is still not resolved. This matter is very lengthy I have all letters going back from XX/XX/XXXX from we were approved for a modification, letter dated XX/XX/XXXX from XXXX regarding the transfer of our Mortgage.
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-31
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. (CA)

RCS. Residential Credit Solutions. Fails to post payments and insists they were not received ..after loan from an other bank is sent to them it takes months yo get any account number or statement. Phone service will tell you that statements are not required to be sent out..but how can you make a payment if you have no were to send it..they answer that is your problem..after many attempts at trying to resolve this issue they say your late and going to be foreclosed on..they leave you no option in the end but to agree to a payment plan with huge payments and high fees associated with it..this is a scam to try to put you into foreclosure ..rude people to deal with ... .I am not alone in this there are many complaints on line with others..why can a business get away with this obvious illegal behavior..
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-12
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — Investigation took too long
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NJ)

I am forced to complain once again about Equifax 's unacceptable result of investigations of my previous complaints in XXXX and XXXX. Judgmengt still on my record, only as " satisfied ''. It is not correct as it was REVERSED and as such rendered void. Furthermore, initial XXXX 2014 judgment with with case ID # XXXX was dismissed. XXXX and XXXX deleted this record while only Equifax still reports it as satisfied/released. I demand that Equifax immediately removes this public record.
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-06
Product: Debt collection — Payday loan
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action — Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay
Company: Secure Capital Management, Inc. (TX)

I received several phone calls from XXXX XXXX stating that I owed XXXX XXXX and he was wanting me to settle this debt before they end out a summons to take legal action against me. I informed XXXX that I paid my loan and that I have the document to prove that the loan was paid. He asked me to email the documents and I refused and asked for his address. He gave me a XXXX. XXXX. He continues to call and demand payment and has stated that the loan must have been sold and that I had additional payments to make. The loan amount he stated is not what I paid and the loan was paid over 1 1/2 years ago.
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-08
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Credit decision / Underwriting — 
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (CA)

I..XXXX..am DISPUTING THIS CF-GOV CASE # XXXX ; where as the discrepencys of Wellsfargo training there hired venders, and there Employee 's trasspassing on my real proporptys, violating the Us protection Privacy Law 's of the United State 's of american over the phone , and there Contacting systems locacated in out of US State, And World wide.. : These employee 's state they donot have to give the State or Federal tax Id # 'x or proof 's of acklly working for Wellsfargo, or are not required to have a State Number with they are targeting consumers on the collection 's on Mortgages, or they state they also do n't have to give there Federal Finance Registrations ID numbers independently operating against FHA/HUD, Or VA Loans. The Crimes of changing the these Loan Address 's to aquire other people 's real propertys, I really belieave these are Federal crimes., And the US Government is not doing anything about it to protect the US Consumer 's privacy 's or inforcing compensation 's for hardships placed on Consumers from there opperating praces in a fuadulate manor also know as racketering, and international laundring of fund transfer 's. // case # XXXX -- -- WELLSFARGO-XXXX ! ... ./ used-court : to rob me, restraine me from my propertys-they moved, took my house items then, lefted i went to court/they did-not appear/judge cooper dismissed the case and told me to return home? I was never helped in paying this loan from XX/XX/XXXX to XXXX and my personal propertys were never returned, nor did the Insurance compenstae me me at that time ; XXXX XXXX '' When she lefted : On return : XXXX XXXX Sheriffs break out the glass doors : my bank account informations address 's had been stollen ; changed to a XXXX address of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, ILL.,XXXX, had been paying also a on a $ 300,000ins-policy that was on the mortgage payments on me : have been spearheaded-buy peoples that have been fruading me, free legal attorneys-AZ, Bank accounts, XXXX retricted me from having an account in the-bank-over XXXX were taken. ; XXXX XXXX per the US Passport agency:
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-12
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Onity Group Inc. (SC)

We have contacted you in the past regarding Ocwen Loan Servicing. They continually add an escrow onto our account which we have never wanted nor authorized. After the CFPB contacted them, they promised the problem was fixed and we would n't have this problem again. Well, this month they have added an {$840.00} escrow onto our account. We pay our own insurance and taxes. They are trying to tell me that it can not be taken off and that we have to pay the XXXX and submit a request for a refund. I told them I will not pay a dime that I do n't owe them. Please help me with this situation. I feel like Ocwen is trying to purposefully cause me to fault my loan and cause me to lose my home for their financial gain. My name is XXXX XXXX XXXX, Account # XXXX, address XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX, SC XXXX last XXXX of ss # is XXXX. Thanks, XXXX XXXX
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-01
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Stearns Ventures, LLC (CA)

I purchase my home in XX/XX/XXXX, now this current lending company took over my mortgage loan from another mortgage company early last year. XX/XX/XXXX. My mortgage payment at that time was {$1300.00}. In XX/XX/XXXX my house payment was reduced to {$1100.00}. I assumed it was perhaps my MIP insurance had dropped off as I had heard after 5 years FHA dropped it. I, however assumed, and did n't confirm the lower mortgage payment. I then received this Annual Escrow Disclosure Statement. Now, I have a {$2100.00} escrow shortage! Not only that, my house payment is now to be {$1500.00}! I have attempted to resolve this issue at least 6 times. Spoken to as many representatives. All of them can only recite the data on this disclosure statement! No one has addressed my concerns. How did I, after 6 years of ownership end up owing a shortage of {$2100.00}? Who initiated the change in my mortgage payment? Why was the change made? Why is my new mortgage payment {$400.00} more a month? I checked with my county tax, FHA MIP premiums, both of which the premium remains the same, or less! 
I asked to speak to someone in the Escrow dept, and was told the escrow department does not accept call. The representative said she would email someone in the escrow department and have them return my call. This was 4 days ago. Someone from the escrow dept sent me an email stating the very same information the representatives stated! 
I do n't know where to turn for help? I do not have the {$2100.00} they say I owe, nor can I afford another {$400.00} per month increase in my mortgage payment. Its worrisome how a mortgage company can dictate shortages, and increases without proper explanation to the consumer. I ask for assistance in this matter. 
I simply do not understand how
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-02
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A. (MI)

This is in regards to a Home Depot credit card. I went into the store to make an {$11.00} purchase and was approached at the register by one of the store employees who represented herself as being one of the people in charge of signing up customers for credit cards. She told me that if I filled out a credit application that the purchase I was making would be free of charge, simply for making the application. I gave her the information to fill out the card and was cashed out at the register. Since the purchase was so small and had been represented as free of charge, I did n't bother to check the receipt for how the transaction was actually done.I do n't have great credit, so I was n't sure if I would even be approved, but I was. The first statement came in the mail and had an outstanding balance of {$1.00} and change plus a finance charge or {$2.00}. I immediately called the company to tell them of the deceptive practice, to cancel the card and refuse payment. Over several months, I have called and written to the company regarding this matter, even using the email option provided by Home Depot ; getting no satisfaction. I just keep getting bills with additional finance charges and late fees. I can see that eventually this to will be added to my credit report as a bad debt. Per your instructions, I am sending a copy of one of the bills I have received, but it is an older bill.
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-12
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Contacted me after I asked not to
Company: FIRST HORIZON BANK (CA)

On CFPB Complaint # XXXX, dated XXXX, XXXX, we repeated a request for First Tennessee Bank to stop collection calls. The first request came in a CFPB complaint dated XXXX/XXXX/XXXX though not as explicit. First Tennessee Bank responded XXXX XXXX, XXXX, saying that " ... have stopped calls going forward. '' The calls have continued. 
I 'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this complaint. Their diligence in harassing us caused me to reread our agreement for this XXXX mortgage loan. This was never a credit card loan ; it was a XXXX mortgage loan secured by the equity in our home. The loan was written in XXXX, we paid monthly payments faithfully for six years until we lost employment and all severance pay was gone ; additionally, by that time, property values had fallen and the house could not be sold for enough to cover the XXXX and this XXXX mortgage. The loan became " unsecured ''. The loan documents speak of maintaining the property, loss of employment and the bank 's ability to forgive this loan. We can not understand why they have chosen us to be unworthy of forgiveness. When we contacted them in writing, XXXX, XXXX, our credit score was XXXX. We explained our inability to make additional payments because of loss of employment. Not once did they respond to us saying that an appraiser would be assigned to determine the home 's value as stated in their agreement. In fact, we heard nothing from them except to say that a 40 - 60 % repayment was their minimum if the house was sold. Our Realtor said that could not be done given the market. We have used money from our pockets and money from this loan to continue to upgrade this property ( pictures are attached ). When we purchased the home, it had a shack roof. California outlawed because of fire hazards, so we replaced the roof with a 15-year comp roof. Not shown is the banister that we added to the stairs leading to the bedrooms. Not shown is the new wood stove. We have also attached portions of the signed agreement with First Horizon that substantiate our statements.