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Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (NY)

Wells Fargo sent me a letter stating that I have an outstanding water board bill and that if I do n't pay it, they will pay it from my escrow account and then adjust my monthly payment. Problem is I do n't have an outstanding water board account. No one could tell me what a water board account was and I was told it was different from my water bill. When I inquired as to where they got this information, no one was able to give me a straight answer and they gave me the run around. I do n't know what to do.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't temporarily postpone payments
Company: AES/PHEAA (OH)

XX/XX/XXXX I applied for a hardship economic deferment on every educational loan I possessed. This deferment was granted for the consolodated subsidized and unsubsidized loans adminstered by AES, but AES denied this deferment for XXXX private signature loans they were administering on my behalf. As I was in XXXX XXXX outside of phone contact and with limited internet connection, I organized electronic communication to follow up with my loan deferment process as I would not be able to have access to standard postal letters. XX/XX/XXXX, I was able to return to the United States and retrieve my postal mail where I discovered a letter never delivered electronically to my account which stated that my deferment request was denied for the XXXX private student loans administered by AES. When I contacted AES to inquire why this notice was not sent to me electronically as I was in XXXX, or inquire as to how I was able to fix this mistake, I was informed that AES had closed that account and sold the debt for those obligations and could not comment on how or why electronic communication was not sent to me, why I was not contacted, or why the deferments were denied. When I asked how XXXX loans administered by AES could be denied a deferment when XXXX other loans administered by AES were granted the same deferement for the same period, I was told they could not comment as they had closed those accounts. In XX/XX/XXXX, I once again applied for a deferment from AES which was denied, while the same deferment was granted for the same period with the same information for loans administered by XXXX. When I contacted AES to inquire how a federal loan could be denied a deferment when the same deferment was applied to other federal educaitonal loans, through the same program, with the same information, I was informed that they could not comment on why and I should just reapply. I believe that AES is purposefully and systematically seeking to deny deferment requests in the hope that individuals will not notice or be able to contact AES services so the loans could be placed into default and claimed under federal insurance programs. I am seeking assistance as I have returned from XXXX and would like to address the issue of the XXXX loans which were denied deferment, subsequently placed into default, and are now an issue on my credit, to which AES has consistently refused all comment or willingness to address. I left with a debt that I am not able to address and a company who is not interested in working with me to create an adequate method for repayment, which is now affecting my credit and backgrond investigations for future employment.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (MD)

I purchased kitchen non-stick pans from XXXX ( owned by XXXX ) XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX, but due to quality of the product, I returned the items back to the merchant in XXXX XXXX with proof of return tracking. I have contacted the merchant to get the status of the return, but got no response. So I contacted my credit card ( JP Morgan Chase ) to dispute those charges under the Fair Credit Billing Act about the quality of the goods and return and expecting credit. However, my credit card company sent me an letter that those charges were valid as significant time has passed and merchant is not under any obligation to provide the credits to my credit card account. I explained to them there is no time limit for the quality of goods or service under the Fair Credit Billing Act and merchant 's return policy indicated that I could return any time ( no return time period restriction ). However, my credit card company made a final decision in merchant 's favor. Would you mind providing any advice on how to proceed with this? I have already returned the item, and I do n't get the refund. I 've contacted merchant, but the merchant is out of business and based on the credit card issuer 's letter, merchant is not willing to honor the refund to my credit card account. Thank you for your assistance.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: FIRST HORIZON BANK (MI)

On a monthly basis First Tennessee/First Horizon currently ( as of XXXX XXXX ) continues to report late payments to my credit bureaus, for a Home Equity Line of Credit Mortgage loan that was charged off by First Horizon in XXXX. I have repeatedly disputed the accuracy of the amount of the balance that First Horizon has been reporting and requested them to provide closing documents that demonstrate the disbursement of funds to reconcile this balance. First Tennessee has responded by informing me that it is not their responsibility to provide these documents and they have stated that they did not distribute funds at the closing, that would have been done by the title company. The mortgage company that was directly involved was First Horizon Home Mortgage, which is a subsidiary or affiliate of First Tennessee. The title company directly involved in the closing was XXXX XXXX, which was brought into the transaction by First Horizon. I have attempted to track down the requested disbursement of funds documents by contacting XXXX XXXX ( this company is no longer in business ) and First Horizon in XXXX, MI ( this company is no longer in business ). The State of Michigan XXXX shows that First Horizon had not had a license since XXXX, but did show as an affiliate of First Tennessee in XXXX ( eliminating the requirement to be licensed through Michigan ). The closing with First Horizon that is being referenced occurred in XXXX of XXXX. As I have been in contact with First Tennessee attempting to reconcile the balance, they confirmed that First Tennessee closed all of the First Horizon offices in Michigan, but still refused to provide documentation related to the disbursement of funds during this closing. In conversations with First Tennessee, representatives have failed to even acknowledge the first mortgage that was a part of this transaction. This is important because the first and a portion of the second mortgage account for the dollar amount that was due to XXXX Bank ( holder of the loan at the time of the closing ), that are not being accounted for, in addition to other fund disbursements that First Tennessee is not accounting for. The route cause of this problem is the fact that First Horizon suggested that this transaction be completed by splitting the mortgage into a first ( mortgage ) and second ( home equity line of credit mortgage ) to avoid having a " Jumbo '' loan. I have since found out that the total of the loan in question would not have been above the amount that would have qualified as a " Jumbo '' loan had it not been split into a first and second.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't decrease my monthly payments
Company: AES/PHEAA (UT)

I am writing in to the CFPB in regards to my Federal loans I have through Fedloan Servicing. I currently owe {$48000.00}. I feel the information that was given to me by several agents at Fedloan Servicing was invalid, and deceiving. This is in direct violation of UDAAP and I have been deceived into consolidating my student loans for a lower monthly payment, doing a low income payment plan to lower my monthly payments to something that is more affordable and manageable for somebody with my income which is roughly $ XXXX-XXXX. In which case my monthly payment increased and are higher that what I would have been originally paying my monthly payment before I consolidated my student loans was about $ XXXX, now I am paying double {$410.00}. The agents told me by applying for a Income Pay as you go Payment plan would lower my monthly payment and consolidating my loans would do so as well. This information is not correct and very misleading. The information I was provided by several agents several calls that I have made since XXXX XXXX to current date XXXX XXXX. I have had to use my forbearance to weight for them to process my information only to have my payment increase rather than what I was communicated. Being in the financial industry and knowing about student loan debt, banking practices amongst other financial institutions this is something I felt would fall under UDAAP and something I would like the CFPB to look further into so college graduates like myself do n't have to go through this experience. If I had known that applying for this payment plan and consolidating my loans would cause my payment to increase I would have never done it to begin with. When I had applied for my repayment plan to decrease and lower my monthly payments I was told I would have to use my XXXX taxes. Being married and filing joint taxes my husbands income would be taken into account. Even though he does not have student loan debt and is not helping me pay back my student loans. Given his income is greater than mine this caused my monthly payments to be higher than what I would have been approved at on my own. So I applied for income sensitive repayment plan because I could not afford a monthly payment over {$400.00}. In which case I was rejected due to that fact that I was already in another payment plan that would last 12 months. Now I am financial hardship trying to figure out how to pay this amount without using my husbands income to help me. I feel all the information I was provided by several agents was misleading, incorrect and deceiving.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Contacted me instead of my attorney
Company: Harris & Harris, Ltd. (IN)

COLLECTOR CALLED MY CELL PHONE 16 TIMES IN VIOLATION OF TCPA, ALSO FAILED TO VALIDATE DEBT AND WENT ON MY CREDIT REPORTS IN VIOLATION OF FCRA AND FDCPA! ALSO, CALLED AND COLLECTED FOR XXXX XXXX TO WHOM THEY SHARED WITH ME IN VIOLATION OF DODD-FRANK ACT.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Credit decision / Underwriting — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (NY)

XXXX 2015 I began a process to get a home equity line of credit from XXXX XXXX Bank in XXXX New York. They found out that Bank of America, who had taken over my loan from now defunct XXXX XXXX XXXX. While BOA did pay the loan off, they never got a lien release, therefore the new bank would not grant a home equity loan. I have worked with numerous people in Bank Of America and after 9 months, they produce an ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE from a representative of the defunct mortgage company. HOWEVER ... THEY DID NOT USE THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE and has been rejected by The XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX Bank as it still shows that I have a lien that does not exist! 
It is now almost 14 months to resolve this!! I have tried to contact Bank of America but have not received a return call. 
The missing paragraph in the assignment of mortgage is : " THIS ASSIGNMENT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION XXXX OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW BECAUSE IT IS AN ASSIGNMENT WITHING THE SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET '' I am at my wits end to get Bank of America to fulfill their responsibility so I can move forward with my loan application. If this had happened during the sale of my home, it would have caused me to lose the sale for sure! 
It took them 9 months just to get the rep from XXXX XXXX XXXX to sign the incorrectly worded assignment as it is.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

XXXX XXXX falsely reported a late payment on my mortgage after changing my billing in mid bill cycle during an escrow analysis. They increased by mortgage by XXXX in the middle the month and demanded a payment of that amount without my knowledge of the change until the night it was due. I called and they agreed it was a problem and that they would work on readjusting the payment and that this would not affect my credit, they also tried to get me to do loan modifications etc, and refinance while I waited. They adjusted the payment to a mere XXXX my previous payment, which I promptly paid. They then reported me for month that they changed my mortgage as being late even thought they told me they were changing the payment and that this would not happen several times on the phone. I was not interested in waiting around for a refinance, I just wanted to figure out a way to sell the house and get away from it and make my payments on time which I did after they changed the bill. They tried levying insurance on property that I did not need to add extra bills as well. They could never explain the escrow analysis and why they tried to destroy my credit and lied. Equifax did not do a good job of looking at the facts and the evidence. They should immediately remove this. I am not alone, this is a practice that has affected XXXX XXXX customers. I never pay my mortgage late in 10 years. They are predators. Equifax should use due diligence in their investigations and really look at the evidence and payment histories of those that are in question. Mine was stellar. There are XXXX complaints just like mine, not coincidental, I 'm sure.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (NY)

I filed for a Chapter XXXX Bankruptcy which included my home. It was clearly indicated that I was forfeiting the house and not reaffirming the mortgage loan. The BK was discharged in 2010. My attorney advised me to move out of the home promptly which I did. The lender sent me a letter stating that they are going to foreclose on the home, which they still to this date have not done leaving it in limbo with me as the " owner on title '' still. The Home Owner 's Association is now suing me for about {$20000.00} that I was even aware for years. The lender is still reporting the debt and it is reflecting on title work for the property even though it was clearly included in the Bankruptcy.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't decrease my monthly payments
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC. (NY)

My wife and I took out XXXX XXXX XXXX from XX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX. We were under the same belief that many have that these loans would fund the education that would lead to the higher paying jobs, thus enabling us to repay the loans and have the life we had worked hard to create. After graduation we were told our repayment plans would be more than the income we were making and opted for a hardship forbearance. Once this expired we were still within the same financial structure and unable to pay the requested amount. Navient was formed and our loans were transferred to them for servicing. They were even more difficult to deal with! My wife had her parents cosign on XXXX of her XXXX loans and, as a result, Navient refused to offer income based assistance due to the income her parents bring home. We explained to Navient that these are out loans and we are happy to repay them but we need to be within a reasonable payment. They are requesting over XXXX % of our gross monthly income in the form of payments and are unwilling to budge. We were told that these are private loans and are not eligible for any assistance outside of what they feel we should have. This is extremely frustrating because we are already paying them {$370.00} for my wife 's loans and mine are in an educational forbearance. Once these come out, they want an additional {$1000.00} per month. That does n't include the XXXX loans they are unwilling to include in the consolidation for my wife due to the consigned. They want an additional {$800.00} for those XXXX loans- more than the combined total for all the other loans! When all is said and done, they want {$2200.00} per month from us. Our monthly income is only $ XXXX. That means over half of it would go to them. That does n't include the Federal loans we pay. Navient has been completely unwilling to work with us despite multiple attempts. The worst part is we have been paying on them for nearly 6 years and the total amount due today is actually more than when we took the loans out due to the 'interest only ' repayment plans and the fact that interest continued to accrue during forbearance. It is almost criminal that these companies are able to lock students in to these loans with no chance of assistance!
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Settlement process and costs — 
Company: SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC. (TN)

In case # XXXX, SPS does n't address anything that I submitted ; they just repeated that they thought that my transaction is not a rescindable transaction, and sent copies of everything that everybody already have copies of. 
They do not address my taking issue with them calling the XXXX mortgage payoff a " protective advance '' instead of a consolidation payoff because there was nothing to protect ... I was not in danger of foreclosure by XXXX XXXX, so there was nothing to protect. If what they say was valid, everybody anywhere who has a XXXX mortgage is in danger of their XXXX mortgage being paid odd just because the XXXX mortgage holder wants to, and then calls it a " protective advance ''. 
SPS did not address anything ' as I stated, they just provided copies of correspondence that I already have.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (CA)

I have had difficulties making my payments due to a decrease in income and because of my monthly expenses being to high. My hardship began back in 2012 when my significant other and I separated. The lose of his income caused me to fall behind on my expenses and even my mortgage. I am taking care of XXXX children with only XXXX income at this time. It is difficult to stay on top of my children 's expenses and household expenses. Before the situation was to hard to deal with I attempted to apply for a modification numerous times but was denied. I have been denied over and over again since 2012. This has caused an even greater hardship on myself. Not only have I lost my partner but I am constantly being reminded that I may loose my home. Due to my file being denied several times ; I keep falling further and further behind making it impossible to catch up. The current situation of possibly losing my home has caused so much XXXX on my family and I, that I am constantly sick. 
Please help my family and I keep the home where we have so many memories. Through this request I am seeking assistance in bringing the loan current, making my payment more affordable, and lowering the balance of my loan.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (CA)

This is in reference to my ongoing dispute with bank of America case number XXXX. A resolution specialist named XXXX left me a voicemail to return her call. On XX/XX/2016, I left her XXXX voicemails before she returned my call. She said she will " INVESTIGATE '' and she will call me back on XX/XX/2016 which she never did. During the conversation, I asked her for written correspondence instead for her " findings '' and SHE REFUSED. She refused to mail, email or fax as a form of correspondence, she said she will call, maybe to avoid incriminating herself in writing. She attached a document, a letter dated XX/XX/2016 a letter which was supposedly have been mailed to me which I have never received. Today is XX/XX/2016, and I presume that letter was written and attached to my ongoing case for the sole purpose of showing she " responded ''.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Rosen Management Services Inc. (WI)

I was contacted on Saturday about a loan I supposedly took out in 2011 from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX if I paid {$590.00} that day, the issue would be resolved even though I owed {$790.00}. When asked the original amount of the loan, XXXX could not give an answer - just advised somewhere between $ XXXX {$500.00}. When doing research on this Rosen Management, come to find out they have multiple complaints filed against them. A phone number for XXXX XXXX XXXX was found and called. They knew nothing about a loan, yet tried to sell me Protein Muscle Builder for body builders? I was then contacted today by a local number telling me legal action was going be taken if I did not pay my debts - basically calling me a deadbeat. When asked to send me the validation of debt paperwork, along with how to dispute this fraudulent activity, the gentleman declined. Per state of Wisconsin law, I have the right to request this information and it has to be sent within 5 days. Instead I was advised that my employment information had been verified and I can be expecting my wages to be garnished before being hung up on. This is not a legitimate company, and according to my attorney I have the right to request the above paperwork. Complaints have also been filed with the Federal Consumer Protection agency, along with the Consumer Finance agency.
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-25
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Communication tactics — Used obscene/profane/abusive language
Company: First National Collection Bureau, Inc. (TX)

FNBC ( XXXX ) has called me at work and on my cell phone XXXX times back to back in XXXX day telling me I owe XXXX. I asked for a validation letter and the lady told me " I do n't need to do that, you know what you owe and you are a piece of XXXX for not paying it back. I will come to your house and scare the XXXX out of your kids and let them think I am killing you until you pay this back. '' She would not give me her name. I hung up after the threat and that 's when they started calling my job over and over.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-28
Product: Debt collection — Federal student loan
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: Account Control Technology, Inc. (NY)

I was speaking a a XXXX XXXX about entering a debt rehabilitation program. I was explaining that I had no means to repay the debt at the moment but would appreciate if they could stop calling. I was later transferred to a supervisor named XXXX, she explained that this was a Federal loan and it had to be paid. She battologized the word " Federal ''. I explained to her that I have XXXX and the calls have been XXXX, that I would appreciate if they could lower the volume of the calls and I would pay the debt as soon as possible when I gain employment. She asked me for my debit card information and told me to speak with my family about helping me repay this debt without listening to me explain that I do n't have financial support at this moment. This incident left me scared, anxious and triggered a XXXX in me.