davidheineman/consumer-finance-complaints-large huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (OR)

It appears that in XXXX, 2017, Equifax improperly handled the financial and personal information of many people, and it appears that I am one of the people exposed. My SSN, name, address, credit card numbers, and other identifying information was released and could be used to damage my credit score and make me liable for damages.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
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 — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MA)

I am another victim of the Equifax security breach. Due to their inadequate security measures, myself and millions of others were placed at unnecessary risk. Additionally, I was not notified of the breach by Equifax and had to do my own research to determine whether I was affected. Now, in order to keep myself safe, I will have to pay them to freeze my credit profile and then pay them again any time I want it temporarily unfrozen. Finally, Equifax attempted to surreptitiously trick myself and all other affected consumers into waiving their rights to a lawsuit by planting an arbitration clause in the terms of service of the identity protection they offered in the wake of this breach.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NJ)

I am XXXX of the people affected by the recent Equifax hack, and I want to file a formal complaint against the company for not only jeopardizing my information but failing to report the leak for several months.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Old information reappears or never goes away
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (DE)

I opened this account in XX/XX/XXXX with XXXX, in the amount of {$3600.00} this account is now showing up with another lender ( XXXX XXXX ) I have not had any contact or activity on this account with anyone from XXXX since at least XX/XX/XXXX ( best guess ). I have not signed any new papers or taken any new loans with either XXXX or XXXX, XXXX. This needs to be removed.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Debt collection — Payday loan debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: BTH Management (TX)

I have been contacted by XXXX XXXX regarding an alleged debt that they are saying I owe. I have no idea about this debt and I am very frustrated that they have put this on my credit report. They have sent me a contract with typed name on it which is not a signature. Anyone could have typed this template contract up. They have still not responded to my letter that has been sent to them asking for a mac address id where this alleged electronic signature was generated from. XXXX XXXX have been very rude when I have been asking about this alleged debt. The contract says XXXX but my credit report says XXXX XXXX XXXX which is two different companies,
Consumer complaint received 2023-07-04
Product: Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan — Installment loan
Issue: Charged fees or interest you didn't expect — 
Company: Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc. (AR)

On XX/XX/2022 I obtained an installment loan with XXXX XXXX  of XXXX and my loan was sold to another company named Tower loans and my balance doubled. I did not review any notification that XXXX XXXX  was closing down and that my loan was being transferred to another company. I need help removing these excessive and unauthorized charges.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Problem with product or service terms changing
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (CA)

XX/XX/XXXX - Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency ... Some XXXX and XXXX residents were also affected. '' - Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers license numbers ... Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed. '' - Criminals took advantage of a " U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files '' from midXX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX of this year ... The intruders also accessed dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 consumers. '' - The company set up a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, that consumers can use to determine whether their information was compromised. Its also offering free credit-file monitoring and identify-theft protection. ''
Consumer complaint received 2023-07-04
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement — Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (TN)

I paid off my capital one Mastercard in XXXX of XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I noticed a charge from XXXX for {$9.00} on my card. I called XXXX and they said my phone number was coming up in their system as someone elses name ( name Ive never heard before ). I told them they are charging my account without permission, as I have never used XXXX. They suspended the account pending a review and told me I would have to notify Capital One and dispute the charges to get my money back. I called Capital One on XX/XX/XXXX and they cancelled that card, and mailed me a new card, and credited my account for all the charges that went back 8 months to XXXX of XXXX. They said they were going to look into it. I received my new card in the mail on XX/XX/XXXX and went online to activate it and noticed all the XXXX  Charges were put back on my card the same day they were credited ( XX/XX/XXXX ). I called Capital One customer service and after 20 minutes of being transferred to 3 different departments and explaining my issue, I finally had someone tell me that Im outside the window for reporting the charges as fraudulent, and I have to call XXXX and deal with them directly. The Capital One ads and app all say they provide a fraud protection so you dont have to worry about paying for things in cases of fraud. Well this is fraud and it amounts to {$1800.00}. And they just stuck it to me and told me to figure it out. Since I already paid the balance off, there is nothing I can do to get a refund. Ive called XXXX and they are giving me the run around too. Seems like all the corporations got their money and Im stuck paying for the fraudulent activity. I told Capital One to close all my accounts immediately. After 20+ years of doing business with them and paying their high interest rates, they refuse to make things right over {$1800.00}. This proves that their fraud protection guaranty is as fraudulent as the fraudulent charges I was forced to pay.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (IN)

Equifax did not take the proper precautions when storing consumer information, then waited six weeks after discovering the hack before informing the public. According to Equifax, I may have been affected by the incident. Equifax may have exposed my social security number, driver 's license number, and many other pieces of personally identifiable information without my consent.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (TX)

Due to the recent Equifax breach, they failed to adequately secure my social security number driver 's license information, date of birth, address, and all other related information that someone would need to steal my identity. Equifax has breached over 100 million people 's trust due to their lack of care and security concerns. I am now faced with the consequences of their inability to adequately protect the information that they have in their files. At minimum we should be allowed to have our information deleted from the system. I am not going to suffer a potential Financial loss if someone uses my information as it has been confirmed my information was breached by Equifax. I will also suffer a loss due to me having to now pay for my credit reports to be monitored. I can not trust their systems.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MO)

Equifax did not implement appropriate protections for consumer credit reports and their personal information. Information about the breach of public trust follows : " Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency. '' " Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers license numbers ... Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed. '' " Criminals took advantage of a " U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files '' from mid-XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX of this year ... The intruders also accessed dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 consumers. ''
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (WI)

Equifax mishandled my data, and now, due to extreme negligence on their part, that information and the information of 143,000,000 other people is available to whomever would want it. 

Further complicating this matter, Equifax knew about this breach well before notifying anyone. As this is the case, I do not know the date when this took place, and it may have  even occurred 3 months ago. 

Their website has determined that I am a victim of this breach, but they did not reach out to me, leaving me further vulnerable to this action.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
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. (OK)

I sent a letter asking XXXX to remove the incorrect names and addresses from my report. I also requested that several of the inquiries, Collections listed were not mine and/or not authorized. The information is still listed on my report and I never received a response from XXXX. 

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Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (PA)

Equifax mishandled critical personal information, putting me and millions of other people at risk. I have been indicated as being potentially affected according to the equifaxsecurity2017.com website that lists affected users. They failed to notify users fast enough to take action to protect themselves ( what little can be done now that so much critical information is now exposed ).
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Problem canceling credit monitoring or identify theft protection service
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (OH)

According to https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.comXXXX I may have been impacted by the Equifax data breach made public XXXX 2017. I have been forced to implement a credit freeze and will need to continue to monitor my credit in the future due to their mishandling of sensitive information.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

Equifax allowed my personal information to be stolen. Their own website confirmed it. They also waited months before telling people and in that time I 've had fraudulent charges on my debit card AND credit card. This is unacceptable. OHH, and the top 3 executives for Equifax sold their stocks only after finding out that their system had been breached. HOW CONVENIENT!
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan — Installment loan
Issue: Struggling to pay your loan — 
Company: MARINER FINANCE, LLC (MD)

I was out of work on worker 's compensation so I began to fall behind in payments in XXXX of this year. I kept open communication until I was able to make a payment, but I was still struggling with the payment. I had the same issue with other creditors, but they were more lenient than XXXX XXXX. Once I was able to make a payment I was told that I needed to sign a form to stop legal proceedings on my account. I signed the form and made the payment, but I was still struggling to catch up on my financial debts. I continued to keep open communication and explained that I started a new job which changed my pay frequency so it was even harder to get caught up on my finances. I then received a letter dated XX/XX/XXXX, stating that a judgment was granted in the favor of the plaintiff. I thought this was in error because I never received a court date. I continued communication with XXXX XXXX. Then onXX/XX/XXXX, I received a letter statin that my wages would be garnished and I contacted XXXX XXXX. I was told that I signed a consent form so they did n't have to take me to court. The consent form did not state that there would be no court date if I defaulted in payments. I then received my paystub and my wages had been garnished for {$530.00}. Because of this my car insurance was cancelled and I am really struggling more to satisfy my financial obligations.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MN)

Equifax information services has grossly mishandled my personal identification information, which puts me and hundreds of thousands of other people at risk of identity theft. 

I demand that they rectify this by making credit freezing free of charge and refunding anyone who has already paid for such services. The " equifaxsecurity2017.com '' website indicates that I have been affected and it is unacceptable to require that I file a police report when they already know that I ( and many, many others ) are impacted. The fact that this is a paid service is actually a perverse incentive for them to " accidentally '' release some information and then charge consumers for their protection. That sounds vaguely like a tactic employed by the mob for some time. 

The fact that they did not notify anyone quickly enough, and themselves admit that they will not notify everyone is a gross dereliction of duty.
Consumer complaint received 2021-08-02
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: Onity Group Inc. (CA)

I have requested mortgage assistance from XXXX and continue to be in the process 2 and a half years later. I am continuously being asked for the divorce decree, which my mistake was sending my originals to them. To this date I have not received my originals back, and am still being asked to provide my divorce decree. I ask them where is my divorce decree original documents and of course they do not know. Furthermore I have sent the documents that I am continuously asked for just so that at the end I end up being asked for further divorce documents. I am exhausted all I want to do is resume making my monthly mortgage payments. As a homeowner in California whom has given them the paperwork they ask of me over and over and over and over and over and over again it makes the difference.
Consumer complaint received 2023-10-31
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (GA)

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 

Account Name : XXXXXXXX XXXX Account XXXX Account Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Account XXXX Account Name : XXXX  Account XXXX has violated my rights. Or a list of inquiries : 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy.

15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.

15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
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 — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (CA)

Equifax was hacked, and according to their website, my data may have been compromised. I 've tried calling them ( today, on X/X/2017 ), but have been unable to get through. They 've signed me up for a slot to apply for their one-year credit protection, but the hackers have data that could affect me for the rest of my life. One year is not long enough. Additionally, they discovered this hack in XX/XX/XXXX, and I 'm only hearing about it now in XX/XX/XXXX. This is all unacceptable, and this company needs to be held accountable.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

I am a victim of the XX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Equifax hack, according to their online tool : https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/XXXX
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (CA)

My personal information, financial information, social security number, address, and other crucial identifiable info may have been leaked to third parties without my consent due to gross negligence on Equifax 's part on securing their data.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

Equifax found out in XXXX that they had been victim of a hack that exposed my personal, identifying information as well as my credit report. My information has been confirmed to be included in the hacked information. I have been a victim of identity theft in the past, and the most recent incident was around XXXX, when the hack took place. Equifax should have notified us as consumers about the hack as soon as they knew ; instead, they chose to sell their stock and hold onto this information until they deemed it necessary to let the cat out of the bag, exposing me and millions of others to potential theft and loss of funds. I have personally lost several hundred dollars in fees and interest to people who stole my identity since this breach took place.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MD)

I am one of the potentially impacted persons from the Equifax security breach in XX/XX/XXXX/XX/XX/XXXX of 2017. Equifax compromised my report, and took over a month to notify ( though never notified me directly up to this point, and had to hear about the breach from a third party source ). The only restitution offered is credit-file monitoring and identity-theft protection that required me to enter the last six of my social and my last name on a website they setup ( potentially requiring me to further compromise my data in order to get access to the monitoring ).
Consumer complaint received 2024-10-22
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc. (OK)

XXXX XXXX  and XXXX reported business loans on my account for years. On XX/XX/year> told me to dispute it. I did and it was removed, but this issue caused me harm on my personal credit because I was turned down for loans and had to pay higher interest rates even though my score was XXXX plus.
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (KY)

I am one of the victims whose information was taken from Equifax in the cyber attack over the past few months. Due to the website being overrun, I was unable to view my credit report with them ( which also took credit for my one report a year ). Additionally, they have another site that lets you check if you have had your information taken or not, https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/, which I checked to verify and is NOT under their website 's domain. They make it as part of the terms and conditions that you ca n't sue the company in class-action, which is ridiculous since you need to check if you are a victim or not.