Consumer complaint received 2021-10-01
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (MD)

( SSN # ), ( Lawsuit Presented into the courthouse against XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX ) Please do not reply this automated notice, you are requested to reply at - XXXX This email is in reference to notify you that ________ has been blacklisted ; defaulter 's social security number and banking accounts are under investigation through major credit bureau XXXX. Defaulter would be receiving the court papers at mailing USA within the next seven business days once we a file lawsuit against you as the person has failed to pay off the debt as per the agreement, therefore this case has been presented for lawsuit into the courthouse after several attempts to resolve this case with defaulter without any courthouse interference.

Note : Defaulter was offered several chances to take care of this debt but ____________ committed false commitments with the company during resolution procedure and attempted fraud continuously, therefore we have decided to finally present this case for lawsuit into the courthouse on XX/XX/XXXX. One copy of this lawsuit will be forwarded to the major credit bureaus in order to seize all mortgage and banking assets in order to collect the total outstanding balance of {$1000.00} and lawsuit charges along with courthouse and attorney fees as mentioned below : Filed Lawsuit Charges Summary : Total Outstanding Balance : {$1000.00} Courthouse and Attorney Fees : {$680.00} Lawsuit Amount : {$12000.00} Major Credit Bureaus File Processing Fees : {$480.00} Legal Stamp Charges : {$280.00} Agreement Breached Charges : {$170.00} Financial Institution & Bad Debt Banking Charges : {$160.00} Defaulters Record : First Name : Last Name : Phone : Address : Requested Loan Amount : {$500.00} Approved Loan Amount : {$300.00} Creditor : American Credit Express Case Information : Initial Loan Disbursement Amount : {$300.00} Case No : XXXX - XXXX Settlement Amount : {$290.00} Total Outstanding Balance : {$1000.00} Legal Notice Issued On : XX/XX/XXXX Final Lawsuit Filed On : XX/XX/XXXX Charges against FDCPA ACT - 811 ( 15 USC1692I ) Case Type - Fraudulent Act ( FC/SC ) Lawsuit Under Consumer Fraudulent Activity Immediate Effect Seizure of all Banking Accounts & SSN According to our records you have not settled a debt with us, you have 24 hours from the date of this letter to submit payment and/or evidence that your debt is paid in full, otherwise the civil division will automatically refer your debt to the department of the treasury for collection of amount ( {$3100.00} ), to a credit service bureau and possible to the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) for tax refunds offset . A fee of up to 28 percent of the debt may be added to the outstanding balance in addition. There may be interest on the unpaid balance that will be assessed yearly. The interest rate is determined by the U.S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ( U.S TREASURY ). Interest and penalty charges may continue to accrue until your debt is paid in full. You may enter into an acceptable written payment agreement, refer to the enclosed for details.

Once your debt is submitted to the IRS, the U.S treasury will reduce or withhold any of your eligible federal payments by the amount of your debt. The process known as offset, is authorized by the debt collection ACT of 1982 and the debt collection improvement ACT of 1966. U.S treasury is not required to send you notice before your payment is offset. Federal payment eligible for offset include your income tax refunds : your salary pay, including military pay ; your federal retirement including military pay ; your contractor/vendor payments ; certain federal benefit payment ; including certain loans to you, that are not exempt from offset.

If you make or provide any knowingly false or frivolous statement, representations or evidence, you may be liable for penalties under the false claims ACT ( 31 U.S.C. paragraph 3729-3731 ) or other application statutes, and/or criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. paragraph 286, 287, 1001 and 1002 or other applicable statutes.

One copy of your court papers will be forwarded to the correspondence references which were used by you when you committed the loan. 

NOTE : Kindly present all of your documents into United States District Court ( Address : XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, United States ) on the courthouse date which will be delivered to you as we have already filed a lawsuit into the courthouse on XX/XX/XXXX. 

COURTHOUSE : United States District Court ( Address : XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX, XXXX, XXXX  XXXX, United States ) Your courthouse reference case number is # XXXX which is under the hand of courthouse attorney XXXX XXXX XXXX. 

This case was filed under fraudulent section ( C ) chapter 19 into the courthouse and will be executed as per the agreement in order to pay off this account under the guidance of the courthouse. 

Important Note : ______________ is no longer eligible to apply for any credit or loan through any lender in the United States. 

Kindly make sure to have all necessary documents into the courthouse on the courthouse date which will be delivered to you through the courthouse within two to seven business days. 

Kindly email us immediately if you still want to hold this account by paying off your settlement amount of {$290.00} on XX/XX/XXXX else be presented into the courthouse as stated this case has been filed for lawsuit into the courthouse on XX/XX/XXXX in order to collect the total sum due {$1000.00} along with lawsuit {$12000.00} and applicable attorney fees. 

We believe that this was not your intent and that these steps are unnecessary. We sincerely request you to reply us through the email to resolve this matter quickly or call us at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. 

( This is a written communication electronic acknowledgement from American Express Inc. and is solely intended for only XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX ) American Express Inc. 
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