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Consumer complaint received 2015-07-30
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (LA)

In XX/XX/XXXX I purchased a home in XXXX XXXX with my VA loan financed through XXXX and serviced by Dovenmuehle Mortgage. I purchased Flood Insurance from XXXX with {$170000.00} Building & XXXX contents and a premium of {$1900.00} per year. On XX/XX/XXXX XXXX mailed a renewal notice to my lender. My lender, at its sole discretion, chose option B on the bill and purchased additional coverage without my consent. I did not catch this until XXXX when they tried to raise my mortgage payments. 
XXXX said they are required to provide XXXX options by XXXX. I think this is unethical. 
When I called XXXX the XXXX time they just told me the premium increased. They did not tell me they purchased additional coverage instead of renewing the policy I already had. They chose option B which is {$190000.00} building, {$26000.00} Contents with a {$2100.00} premium. I NEVER Authorized them to add coverage. When I questioned them more they told me it is their standard operating procedure to " pay the highest premium on the bill ''. Again, this is unethical. The way I see this is XXXX is mandating bill 's to be sent with an option to increase coverage, mortgage companies are " automatically '' purchasing the increased coverage, and the Insurance companies are getting rich off unsuspecting customers that trust their mortgage company is doing the right thing instead of padding their books and policies. This was not a force placed policy. It was only a renewal.
Consumer complaint received 2024-08-29
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (AZ)

I recently reviewed my credit report and noticed an account that was not reporting accurately. I had once late payment on an account that was in fact paid on time. The consumer reporting agencies have need to report all information with complete accuracy. This account has not been late on payment, Ive attached a copy of my report to this compliant. 
I'm now requesting you investigate and provide verifiable proof with records showing that I had late payments. If this information can not be verified I demand these payments be updated to paid on time immediately. Thank you for your understanding and prompt action. Account XXXX XXXX XXXX
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-28
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC. (MD)

I have a mortgage with PennyMac Loan Services LLC. My payment was originally {$750.00} for a {$100000.00} 30 year fixed rate loan at a interest rate of 4.5 %. After my first year at the house I received an annual escrow account letter stating that they had calculated wrong and were putting more in my escrow account than was necessary. They gave me a refund of {$1000.00} and told me my new monthly payment would be {$650.00}. I continued to pay my loan, on-time, for the next year. Since buying my home I have never been late for a payment and always rounded up and paid more than the minimum monthly amount. I always fax the company my tax bill when I receive it to ensure they have the information they need as well as my homeowner 's insurance. I received the tax bill this year and did just that. A few months after faxing the tax bill I get a delinquent notice saying my taxes have not been paid and I owed a late fee. So I called Penny Mac and they informed me it was their error and they did n't pay it. They said they would pay the bill and the late fee and the late fee would not go towards my bill as it was their fault. Later on this year I received another annual escrow account letter from PennyMac. They informed me that there was not enough in my escrow account, that I owed them {$4000.00} and a new payment of {$800.00} a month OR they could disperse the {$4000.00} payment and I could pay {$1100.00} a month. I was shocked and called the company assuming another error had occurred. They told me that somehow they forgot to put enough in my escrow account for taxes so they paid the bill and that 's why I owed them {$4000.00} plus my payment was going up. I told them this was unacceptable, that I could not pay a {$4000.00} out of pocket and that upping my payment from {$650.00} to {$1100.00} because of their error was unacceptable. The best they could do after being completely insistent was to spread the {$4000.00} out over 24 months and my monthly payment would be {$880.00}. They then told me I should call them when I receive a tax bill, not fax it, and wait on the line for a person and confirm with them that they have the tax bill. I can not believe this company and its errors. This dramatic difference in payment could be the difference for someone being able to afford to stay in their home or not, it could affect their decision to have a child or not, to take on a roommate or not, or take a trip, go back to school, etc. This company is so error-ridden and expects you to just handle whatever bill they recalculate after their errors. I am incredibly disturbed that they handle my mortgage.
Consumer complaint received 2017-11-16
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Personal information incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MD)

I have several complaints about Equifax. 

1- I have repeatedly filed several complaints ( over 2 years ) using Equifax 's online system to have them remove the suffix of XXXX off my report.. Every time I ask them to do this, they provide a confirmation number and tell me it will be removed in 30 days. They send me emails that say the fix has been completed, but it is STILL not fixed. Instead, my profession as a XXXX and an XXXX XXXX were omitted off my report. I did n't ask them to do this!! 

2. Prior to submitting the complaint to remove the suffix XXXX, my credit score was in the XXXX. After Equifax sent me a confirmation stating they removed the XXXX ( which they did not ), my credit score dropped from XXXX to XXXX without any reason on why. XXXX and XXXX both still reflect the accurate same score of the XXXX. 

3 - In XX/XX/XXXX, I requested that Equifax send me a monthly credit report. The charge of {$19.00} was more than I wanted for my budget, so I called in and requested they cancel the subscription. They convinced me to continue and they would reduce my price to {$9.00} a month instead. I accepted. In XX/XX/XXXX, I received a bill increasing my monthly subscription fee to {$19.00}. Customer service did not verbally explain to me or send me email stating that the price would increase to {$19.00}. It was explained that my regular monthly payment would continue at the {$9.00} until I cancelled it. 

My private data was breached and what appears with my name is not accurate using XXXX. I tried calling in to get these issues fixed but no one fixes them. I only get a confirmation number and I get switched around from customer service rep to customer service rep. 
These things are affecting my ability to buy.
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-26
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Onity Group Inc. (VA)

On XXXX/XXXX/2016 I made a monthly loan payment using phone system per Ocwen phone menu prompts On XXXX/XXXX/2016 I received an email that payment has been received But on XXXX/XXXX/2016 I received a letter saying that the payment was reversed due to no account found and ocwen added about {$160.00} as late and return payment charge. I have been using same account to pay ocwen. Had I not received a confirmation that your payment has been received from ocwen on XXXX/XXXX/2016 I would have contacted ocwen and made a payment. Providing inaccurate information via email and then assessing and demanding late payment is not a fair business practice. 

I made a payment already on XXXX/XXXX/2016 in the amount of XXXX instead of XXXX ( XXXX dollars more ) please credit this extra amount and please work on improving you system so that customers do n't get charged late payment and compromise their credit history too. 

Thank you
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-16
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CA)

In XXXX 2015 I opened a secured credit card account with Capital One Bank via an initial opening security deposit of {$300.00}. It took approximately 14 days for the processing of that initial deposit to occur. Since that time I have made XXXX consecutive payments, all made from the same account as the initial funding deposit. On XXXX/XXXX/15 I attempted to make a new deposit to the account, but due to a banking error on the payment end by XXXX, the funding account bank, it was rejected. After identifying the issue with XXXX, I had the error corrected and resubmitted another deposit of the same {$100.00} to Capital One for credit to my credit line. After receiving, and processing ( ie " cashing '' ) the deposit, Capital One placed a " fraud alert '' on my credit account, and froze all funds in the account. They cited as explanation the returned item from XXXX as " suspected fraud '' and have since been holding all funds while they draw interest on the money and I am left without access to any of it. The problem is that 1 ) no fraud existed as I clearly own the XXXX account 2 ) the same XXXX account has been repeatedly used to fund and make all payments on this account 3 ) my banking relationship with XXXX Bank is of absolutely no business of Capital One and the demands that they are making to information regarding that account are far outside of the scope legally required or necessary. I believe they are using this situation as a pretext to obtain information they can then use to track my financial standing at XXXX Bank without legal authority, pre-existing approval, or direct knowledge of their activity on my part.
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-28
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (MD)

I received my bank statement from bank of America on a XXXX that I recently opened. This card was supposed to help rebuild my credit. I put {$500.00} on the card. When I received the statement there was a {$39.00} annual fee that I was not informed about when I opened the account and a {$10.00} bank transaction fee? I called and spoke to several people as I kept getting transferred. First I 'm told I could have it waived. Then I 'm transferred to the wrong department and then told no it can not be. And no one could tell me where the {$10.00} transaction fee came from. I closed all my accounts. Horrible customer service. No wonder they 're listed as XXXX of the worst banks in XXXX.
Consumer complaint received 2017-11-16
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY (TX)

For my XXXX XXXX credit card, I did not get 2 months of e-statements. In additionally, I attempted to make an online payment but the payment did not process. I was not notified that the account was past due as courtesy and since payments are made on time. XXXX refunded the late fee ( see attached ) but would remove the negative reporting of past due 30 days to all 3 credit bureaus. 

I had to call to get my account summary to updated to show payment reflected on my account ( see attached ). I made the payment on XXXX and had to call XXXX on XXXX to ask why my account summary is showing only XXXX available credit when the entire balance was paid off on XXXX of XXXX. I think XXXX is having online technical issues and its negatively impacting customers accounts. XXXX is not being transparent to customers and would prefer to allow false reporting be sent to the credit bureaus. XXXX said payment had to be released and I had to call. When I made the payment online it did state for me to call back or was I notified of the hold. And the payment taken from my bank account on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX and its showing in the recent transaction section payment made on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX.
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-29
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (MD)

I submitted a complaint thru CFPB regarding a fraudulent account Capital One is trying to collect on. The stated they verified it was mine sent me a bunch of bills could not supply me with a credit application with my signature or anything because it was submitted through the internet by someone who stole my identity. all they could supply was copies of the bills.
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-02
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't decrease my monthly payments
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC. (IN)

I have made numerous attempts with Navient to get my monthly payment reduced on a private student loan. Since this loan went into repayment again in XXXX 2015, I have maxed out all of my credit cards and now I can not pay them, I had to surrender my automobile and purchase a cheaper one ( but the payment is still high because of my credit score ). I am even to the point that I am considering filing Chapter XXXX Bankruptcy on top of the Chapter XXXX I filed 3 years ago. Everything was going well after Chapter XXXX until the Navient Private Loan went into repayment again. Navient says because I have a cosigner, they are able to make my payment, but my co-signer says they can not make the payment. I have gone through the financial worksheet with Navient and I only have a disposable income of $ XXXX/month to pay these loans. They claim my cosigner has enough income left that my payment is $ XXXX/mo. I have asked for forbearances and I have been denied. I have asked for help numerous times and I am always told there is nothing that can be done for me. I keep hearing about how Private Student Loan Lenders are working with customers, but Navient has failed to work with me.
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-15
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Delinquent account — 
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (OH)

My Capital One credit card ending in XXXX shows an available balance of {$84.00}. It was over the limit recently, but I made XXXX {$70.00} payments and had XXXX {$35.00} late fees waived. 

I can not use the card however. Capital One says it is past due and over the limit. Yet it shows {$84.00} in credit and no payment due. 

Also, I do n't understand how I only have {$84.00} in credit available, when I made {$140.00} in payments and had {$70.00} in late fees waived. 

I 've used the Capital One online chat service twice and can not get a satisfactory answer.
Consumer complaint received 2018-01-16
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: Servis One, Inc., Titusville, PA Branch (FL)

I, XXXX XXXX, acting as Power of Attorney for XXXX XXXX, am submitting this complaint on our behalf. My brother, XXXX, took out this mortgage, but I am the co-owner of this property and I am listed on the deed. I have lived in this home since it was purchased by XXXX for me and I also have a Power of Attorney signed by my brother that authorizes me to transact any business related to this property. I have enclosed a copy of that Power of Attorney to this complaint. I have made all the mortgage payments on this property, but began struggling to make my monthly mortgage payment since XX/XX/XXXX when the mortgage payment went from $ XXXX/month to approximately $ XXXX/month. I have been communicating with the servicer and applying for a loan modification since that time. I have submitted applications and supporting documents for 3 years now with no result. Recently, in early XXXX, I submitted what I believed to be a complete loan modification application to XXXX XXXX and I was awaiting the results when my loan was transferred to XXXX XXXX XXXX around XX/XX/XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, after my loan was transferred to XXXX, I received a solicitation from XXXX that my loan is qualified to apply for the " Mortgage Freedom '' program. The solicitation said the program did not require a paper application or any supporting documents. Since that time until the present, me and my HUD approved housing counselor have attempted to contact XXXX to discuss the Mortgage Freedom program. Unfortunately, we have received no response from my Single Point of Contact at XXXX, XXXX XXXX, nor any other representative from XXXX. We have left numerous voice messages that have gone unanswered. My home is currently in foreclosure and a sale date may be set soon. I need help now!
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-13
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Payoff process — 
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL (FL)

After finishing school and relocating, we became a few months behind on our statements with CareCredit/GE Capital Bank due to unemployment. Ultimately, we were past due over {$500.00}. Once stabilized financially, we contacted them several times to work out a payment plan because paying over {$500.00} was too much for us, but we stated to them several times that we were willing to pay back what we owed in smaller more reasonable amounts. They have refused to help us and insisted that we pay back the past due amount immediately. Even after talking to one of their financing specialists, they still stated they were unable to work with us and only referred us to a credit counseling agency. Until then, they told us they would continue to add late charges and interest for missing payments. We feel this is unfair, we have contacted them several times in attempts to make more manageable payments, while they refuse to assist us and continue to increase our past due amount that we are already having trouble paying.
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-06
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Communication tactics — Threatened to take legal action
Company: Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C (NY)

The collection agencies of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX an affiliate of Kirschenbaum Phillips & Roach, PC,, are garnishing my paycheck for a second time for interest, they alleged, that was never factored into the original garnishment to satisfy a XXXX credit card. I provided proof from my work payroll department that all of the debt had been paid in full from the original garnishment collected from XXXX thru XXXX. They insisted that an interest of $ XXXX still due. In XXXX I received another notice that interest accumulating from XXXX/XXXX/15 would be applied to the account. I want this to desist and Kirschenbaum XXXX., to stop hounding me for interest due upon the interest, etc.
Consumer complaint received 2022-11-13
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (TX)

I have filed multiple disputes with this company by the name of XXXX XXXX with the credit bureaus ( TRANSUNION, AND XXXX ) and which all of them were deemed as verified, and in my disputes, I have asked them multiple times to provide me with original documentation with original signatures that the debt is owed by me. The Credit Bureau have been unable to provide this information every single time, but still deeming this account as verified come back as verified this leaves me, without providing me the proper documentation I have asked for which is the law. This makes me believe the investigation was improper and incomplete.
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-04
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Need information about my balance/terms
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC. (NC)

The complaint is with Navient. 
Navient refuses to provide the outstanding balance on loans when interest is capitalized or payments are received. Their online service only provides the original loand amount and the current balance. However, when viewing transaction history, the total balance is not shown, only capitalized, charges, and payments. Upon calling to ask for balance amounts before and after payments, all supervisors refused to provide me with this information. I was instructed to take the original loan amount and manually go through the transactions line by line ( from origination date in 2007 to present ). 
The practice of refusing to show a running balance due per transaction hurts consumers, and can esily lead to unscrupulous or abusive practices, as the consumer is essentially 'flying blind ' on the total due per each transaction. 
Upon speaking with Navient, they were unwilling to provide a transaction history with all transactions listed and how the balance has increased or decreased. This should be mandatory to provide this information to consumers upon request. Please investigate the legality of this practice by navient.
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-03
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Balance transfer — 
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (TX)

After talking with multiple departments to combine my capital one credit cards to lower the interest rate, today I am frustrated with a customer service rep who addresses my concerns, with " Oh my god '' after I respectfully ask to speak to a manager. I was told that I could combine my credit cards from Capital one to the lower interest rate almost 3 weeks ago and that I would receive the confirmation in the mail, today XXXX, employee ID XXXX, supervisor that informed me that nothing could be done and the previous representatives was wrong. My complaint is gross miscommunication, unprofessional behavior, failure to provide accurate information/plans a consumer can participate. Speaking to a customer in a unprofessional manner such as I was today. Totally unprofessional and uncalled.
Consumer complaint received 2017-11-16
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc. (PA)

On XX/XX/XXXX I have contacted all 3 credit companies and the department of education about getting my student loans either completely off my credit report or partially off it. Reason being is because 2 are pass the statue of limitations. XX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX. They said that they will fall off in 10years. Ive asked them why 10years when its suppose to be 7years for it to stay on your credit report. Because its still on my credit report I simply can not get a house loan. All Im trying to do is move into a house with my kids and no one will assist in removing my student loans. I understand that I still will owe on the debt that I dont have a problem with but I cant not acquire credit with the student loans being on my credit report. The credit companies tell me they cant dispute them off and the student loan company says the same thing. No luck getting any assistance with this.
Consumer complaint received 2017-11-16
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES INC (OH)

Portfolio Recovery keeps calling a private phone number of mine repeatedly, multiple times a day, from phone numbers all over the U.S. Because they are calling from so many different numbers, I can not block them. They are also calling my work phone number, when they 've been informed that I can not receive personal phone calls at work.