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Consumer complaint received 2015-05-04
Product: Prepaid card — Mobile wallet
Issue: Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (AZ)

Experienced identity theft fraud involving my PayPal account. Someone obtained my PayPal password and used it on XX/XX/XXXX to make an eBay purchase ( not from my account ). Paypal reversed this charge and password was changed. Despite this, on XX/XX/XXXX my account was again used to make XXXX eBay purchases for computers, shipping to a name/address unknown to me. On filing claim, PayPal positively closed XXXX case in the amount of {$2100.00} but on other virtually similar case for {$2200.00}, PayPal closed case upholding the transaction. As of XX/XX/XXXX, they are still planning to submit an ACH bank account withdrawl from me for {$2200.00}. This despite calling their fraud department twice to appeal and sending them further documentation, which I had informed them included police report and FTC complaint. Not only am I suffering from identity theft fraud, but PayPal is treating me as the criminal instead of the victim. I simply can not understand their actions here despite informing them via phone this violates Fed Regulation E as pertains to fraudulent transactions. This is complete fraud! The transaction did not come from my eBay account and was not shipped to me or to a person I know. I 've been a member of PayPal since XX/XX/XXXX and never had such transactions on my account in the past 15 years! Since this occurred, I have filed XXXX, AZ police report, filed FTC identity theft complaint, filed FBI Internet Criminal Activity Report ( IC3.gov ), placed a fraud alert on my credit bureau files, and notified my bank. I would like help in communicating/discussing with PayPal at higher levels than their front line customer service agents which appear unable to understand or resolve the issues. I 'd like PayPal to remove the XXXX fraudulent charge as they have the other XXXX.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-17
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: Skyline Financial Corp. (TX)

I am a XXXX in XXXX, Texas and this complaint is on behalf of myself and my client as well. 
My client was applying for an FHA mortgage with a company called Skyline Loans. The mortgage broker was XXXX XXXX, XXXX # XXXX. The problems were many, but the notable few were as follows : 1. Very shortly after requesting a preapproval from the lender, he mentioned to my client that he recommends the agent ( myself ) to pitch in a non-specific amount into closing costs for a reason both I and my client are unaware of. He then asked me for this amount -- an unknown amount. This was of course an odd request of the client. 
2. I then emailed XXXX to ask why and if this was necessary and a typical practice of his company. This email was met with a general lack of respect and professionalism. I have the emails to prove this. 
3. After this email conversation with XXXX, and after the house was well into contract, XXXX then offered alternative representation to my client with agents he knew that would gladly pitch in some still unknown amount to his closing costs. This of course was not well met with the client, and of course, myself. 
4. I never once mentioned any problems I was having with XXXX until after the deal was closed to my client. However, Shortly before closing date, my client called me late at night and complained to me for quite some time about the general lack of professionalism he received from his mortgage broker ( XXXX ) and that the promises he was assured of in the beginning and even throughout the process have not been kept, and the structure of the deal had even worsened significantly. The client felt there were blatant misrepresentations and told me he " has the emails and text messages to prove it, '' which he very much does. 
5. He once again told the client that the agent would need to pitch in parts of the commission towards closing costs to secure the deal. This is just days before closing. I called XXXX the next morning to alert him of the client soon the make a decision about switching lenders and BEHOLD, suddenly there was a forgotten large amount of lender concessions to apply to the deal that had been conveniently forgotten about. 

The deal closed, but the obvious self-interest at the expense of the client and general lack of professionalism are enough to form this compliant in hopes to alert any member of the public about this broker 's business practices.
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-25
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Unsolicited issuance of credit card — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (VA)

I recently purchased an item on Ebay and as with most purchases, had to pay with Pay Pal. I hit the button to go to Pay Pal, completed what I thought was the information to get into my account, which I use infrequently and completed my transaction. Yesterday I received a notice from PayPal Credit welcoming me to PayPal Credit and informing me that I owed them {$89.00} for my purchase. I called the number on the form letter and was told that I had signed up for PayPay Credit during my transaction. I told the gentleman that I wanted the account closed immediately and there was very little push back from the person. My sense, frankly, was that I was not the first person to have been deceived in the process of trying to get to my PayPal account.
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-25
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: PNC Bank N.A. (VA)

I have been a customer of PNC for over 11 years now and have had no complaints until the last few months. I have spoken to several customer service and supervisors over the last 2 months and hope that this letter will get to someone that can take care of the problem. 
In XXXX I became aware that escrow had been added to my mortgage without my permission or any kind of warning or contact from PNC. After talking with several customer service representatives they informed me that a letter was sent to XXXX XXXX 's XXXX XXXX XXXX Va. XXXX informing me that my taxes were not paid and on the mortgaged property of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Va. So I never got the letter because my address is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX VA XXXX. 
After doing some calling and finding out why these tax bills were not sent to my mailing address we found that the county was sending the bill to the old address we lived at 2 years ago and the forwarding was expired. I have since called the County and changed the billing address to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. 

On XXXX XXXX we sent and check for {$1300.00} to take care of the taxes paid and another check for {$1100.00} for the mortgage loan we established in XX/XX/XXXX. The checks were check numbers ck # XXXX {$1100.00} and ck # XXXX {$1300.00} both cashed on XX/XX/XXXX. At this point we need to take care of changing our loan back to the {$1100.00} that was signed and agreed on in XX/XX/XXXX and all escrow needs to be removed from my loan. 

We have never been late on a payment and have automatic deposit set up for PNC Mortgage. I feel they should have sent a certified letter to let us know this change was taking place. Please help us resolve this issue
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-20
Product: Money transfers — International money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (NY)

Paypal processes payments between buyers and sellers, and they claim to be protecting the buyer against fraudulent sellers ( misrepresented used goods ). When there is a problem, they do n't review the case carefully, and they lacksadaisically inform the buyer that s/he needs to foot the bill for the return shipping and tracking information, even when it is between foreign countries. They have an insurance program to cover these types of disputes, but they do NOT make any of the information available to the buyer. They try to trick the person into paying the bill. I think they are indifferent and lazy, and in this way they passively foster and foment fraudulent activity among predatory sellers. 
Buyer beware, do not use paypal outside of ebay because ebay will protect you buy paypal will absolutely not. PAYPAL = negligence
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-03
Product: Bank account or service — Savings account
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low — 
Company: ARVEST BANK GROUP, INC. (OK)

XX/XX/2015 I open a bank account at arvest bank in XXXX, oklahoma I feel that I was over charge for overdraft fees. The bank also told what amount I had in my bank account to a pastor who claim that I belong to his church and I only visit this persons church one time. I feel that arvest bank had no right to treat me like that.
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-30
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Problems when you are unable to pay — 
Company: QC HOLDINGS INC (VA)

I have a {$700.00} loan from XXXX XXXX XXXX owned by QC Holdings. I took out the loan back in XXXX and have been paying {$220.00} a month due on the XXXX of every month. Last month they went into my bank account by electronic check. I called this month to make payment arrangements to pay full amount on XXXX/XXXX/17. I spoke with regional manager XXXX XXXX at # XXXX. I told him I was revoking authorization of the company going into my account. I was told that I could not do this as it was a requirement to get the " line of credit '' and I could not make arrangements and if I did not pay by XXXX/XXXX/17 on XXXX/XXXX/17 the company would send an electronic check to my bank. I contacted by bank who informed me that because it was not posted as ACH it may be hard for them to stop electronic check.
Consumer complaint received 2020-10-06
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: KEYCORP (NY)

I got my XXXX Report on XX/XX/XXXX and 5 fraud charges are on it that do no belong to me and there are some co signers on some..I XXXX   XX/XX/XXXX {$6500.00} KeyBank Home Equity XX/XX/XXXX {$150000.00} XXXX   XXXX CC {$3500.00} XXXX CC {$10000.00} XXXX XXXX CC {$8900.00}
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-01
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC (IL)

I have a mortgage with Green Tree Servicing LLC. 
In XX/XX/XXXX my house was going to be foreclosed. I was told that I needed to raise {$62000.00} to keep it. I had to sell everything I had and borrow money from friends and relatives to get that money. I was told this was going to cover everything, including attorneys fees, late fees, escrow negative balance, taxes and everything else. After I sent in the payment, they raised my mortgage payment from {$810.00} to over {$1500.00}. I was told it was raised due to escrow. I asked them why was I being charged for escrow when I had paid for it. They responded that the {$62000.00} all went to interest and there was not enough money to cover escrow. 
XX/XX/XXXX I received I letter stating that I had paid {$40000.00} in interest. I called Green Tree and asked where were the other {$22000.00} I paid in XXXX, also where did the other XXXX payments of {$1500.00} during the year of XX/XX/XXXX go to. I never received a clear response. I hired an attorney and they sent us an incomprehensible statement which did not add up to all the monies paid. We asked detailed information that stated exactly how much went to interests, how much went to fees, how much went to the principle etc. Their response was that they did not have that information available for us and that was it. My concern and plea for your help is to find out where that money went to and also why did they lie to me about the escrow. Why am I now paying over {$1500.00} a month on a mortgage that is {$90000.00}. Now I am again behind on my payments and again with the threat of loosing my house. What do I do?
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-29
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC (OR)

After my wife developed health problems disabling her, and I was asked to resign my employment due to the closure of the branch I was to work at, we began to get behind in our payments. My wife was diagnosed with XXXX XXXX and the work I found was only temporary and was not enough to feed us, pay utilities, and the mortgage. At the same time my mother in-law needed some help copping with the loss of her husband and her XXXX daughter. We made the decision to put the house up for sale and return to New Jersey. We had hoped to sell the house and avoid a foreclosure. Unfortunately we selected and ineffective realtor and signed a contract. We are now more the a year behind in payments. The mortgage company put a notice of foreclosure on the property and re-keyed the back door, ( this was in violation of our state law ) they had not received the documents to take this action at the time. The mortgage company has also informed the credit agencies that we are in foreclosure and we have never received documentation to this day that they are formally foreclosing on us. We consider this harassment because at our foreclosure avoidance hearing we specifically informed the parties that we are trying to avoid a foreclosure on our record and not one representative said that it was already appearing on our record, or would appear with out us receiving documentation. In fact we believed that if we do a deed in lieu we will avoid a foreclosure. We made it very clear that was our plan and we were not informed that it was n't an option.
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-18
Product: Mortgage — Other mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC (NY)

My husband and I have been trying to do a HARP refinance since XXXX 2015. Our current lender, Green Tree Servicing continuously blocks the process from going through. We were working initially with XXXX XXXX who basically gave up because Green Tree would not respond to their requests. Now we are running into the same issues with XXXX being unable to get them to move forward with the documents they need to move forward with our refinance. We are eligible for this refinance and would save us {$500.00} a month but Green Tree continues to block the process from moving forward to close.
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-06
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Unable to get credit report/credit score — Problem getting my free annual report
Company: Innovis (CO)

On XX/XX/2017 I filed an online request with Innovis Event # XXXX ( Proof of Address copy attached pg2 ) requested a free annual credit report. I never received the report. 
On XX/XX/2017 I called Innovis ' toll free line from a number they have in my credit file. I informed the CSR ( XXXX or XXXX ) that I had not received my report. We determined that it was not forwarded from my Arizona address to my Colorado address. He told me that they could only send the report to a verified address and said I could send a PO Box receipt for the new address by fax to Innovis with the event number. 
On XX/XX/2017 I sent a copy of my USPS box renewal notice with my name and current PO Box number to Innovis via fax. I also included a copy an envelope from my insurance company showing my name and the previous AZ address being forwarded to my current PO Box ( see Proof of Address - pg1 ). 
On XX/XX/2017 I received an unsigned letter from Innovis ( " Innovis Letter '' attached ) acknowledging that Innovis had received my fax of Proof of Address but required XXXX " of the acceptable forms of proof documentation reflecting your current mailing address ''. XXXX of the documents options that the Letter lists is a " Post Office Box Receipt ''. Since I already sent the official renewal invoice from my new PO Box , I have already verified the address as mine. 
It is unclear why Innovis believes that the US Post Office can not be trusted to properly vet persons that forward mail. I have not found that to be the case. In fact other major credit reporting agencies have not restricted forwarding of my credit report by the US Post Office to the same PO Box I have verified for Innovis. There is no justification for further delays in delivering my credit report to my verified mail address.
Consumer complaint received 2017-04-07
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: I.C. System, Inc. (MD)

I have sent 3 certified letters to this company requesting that they validate this account. I have never had this service & have knowledge of the at all. I requested a contract or some type of agreement between myself and the company be provided to me however, they have ignored an nagated every request. I spoke with XXXX XXXX id # XXXX and he told me to just file identity theft or fraud because that was the easiest route. All my attempts to resolve this matter with this company have failed. I want this account removed from all XXXX credit bureaus and their files if they can not provide me the necessary documentation, They only information they provide me was a last bill with a balance.
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-23
Product: Money transfers — International money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (WA)

I wanted to purchase a video game add-on from a seller on a website forum. We agreed to make the transaction through Paypal and once the money was received the seller was not responsive. He constantly avoided any questions I had. Overall, the whole deal was a scam. I am sure the seller has done this to many other unaware buyers. The overall amount lost was XXXX XXXX I would at the very least like the CFPB to contact this individual to make him stop scamming.
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-20
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (CT)

This was a promotional deal. The monthly statements were deceptive. The statement said no balance due when it was actually due and then they charged me 6 months of interest. In addition they had changed my payment method from being linked to a credit card to this credit account. 

I paid off on the phone immediately.
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-03
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Unsolicited issuance of credit card — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (CT)

On XXXX XXXX, 2016 I received a PayPal Credit Card Statement in the mail reflecting a balance of {$100.00} of which {$64.00} were late fees. That evening I called PayPal Credit to understand 1. how this account was opened up, since I never authorized it in the first place and 2. what transaction may have triggered the open of this credit card account. I spoke w/ 6 different PayPal individuals that evening. In summary there was a {$43.00} online transaction in XXXX 2016 which I do take accountability for where I selected the " PayPal '' icon as I would with any online PayPal transaction. Individuals I spoke with said I was " auto enrolled '' in the PayPal Credit Card via that {$43.00} transaction. I have had a regular PayPal account for years which is directly linked to my bank 's checking and credit card account. The PayPal Credit Card account noted above is not linked to my existing PayPal account. In summary, my complaint is that I NEVER authorized the opening of this PayPal Credit Card which currently has {$64.00} in late charges and the attached Statement is the only document I ever received from them. In addition PayPal stated if I do n't pay the ( {$64.00} ) in late fees on a credit card account I NEVER authorized, they would report my non payment of the late fees to the credit bureaus.
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-02
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: I.C. System, Inc. (CA)

I have been receiving several calls and mail from " I.C. System, Inc. '' with regard to an 'equipment balance due ', naming the creditor as XXXX . However, I never had such a charge from XXXX. I moved from XXXX to XXXX but returned my equipment on time and in person and am still a customer of XXXX ( with perfect payment history at that ). How do I stop these calls and ensure my credit file is unaffected? 

The listed account number is XXXX and I.C. System Reference No : XXXX Balance due : {$130.00}
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-01
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC (TN)

I tried to refinance my manufactured home last year with my mortgage company only to find out that when we first purchased our home the title was never transferred to our name. Now Green Tree Finance Company refuses to produce the title so we can get the title put in our name and detitled so we can refinance. My mortgage company XXXX XXXX refuses to help me in this process. I now forced to hire an attorney which we can not afford.
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-16
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: TRANSWORLD SYSTEMS INC (FL)

XXXX. I had intended to purchase a home warranty through XXXX XXXX with the purchase of my new home. I placed multiple calls to them and had a few conversations with various persons who promptly transferred me on to another person who did not answer. I left many voicemails during the period of XXXX XXXX thru XXXX XXXX. Through continued attempts by pushing option " XXXX '', I was promised return calls and the XXXX I received said my warranty would not cover the issue for one reason or another. At one point they even said someone came out for a second and said there was no drain clean out so it would again not be covered. I was workingfrom home and could not have missed I could not have missed them had they come. Furthermore the drain cleanout is at the front of the home, visible from the road. 
I had what appeared to be a pool leak. After many many calls they agreed to send out a pool person who was to contact me before coming. I was present at the home but he did not call. He did not look at my pool or at anything besides the pump which was, and still is operating just fine. I have a witness to this encounter. 
The company left me a message that this also would not be a covered repair as he reported that I had a leak in the solar panel. That is on the roof. He never looked at it. And that my pump had overheated and therefore it would also not be covered. My pump still is working fine. I never reported a pump issue. 
As I said I made many attempts to discuss the issues but they are obviously not staffed well enough to answer the calls and the person that no one can reach only works til XXXX Pacific time ... 
I opted not to purchase the warranty due to very poor, dishonest service and contractors. I never bought the warranty. They have attempted to bill me for XXXX and sent XXXX to collections, which is now XXXX. I am now being contacted by Transworld Systems Inc, repeatedly and they have yet to demonstrate that I purchased the warranty.
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-12
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Aargon Agency, Inc. (HI)

The original debtor XXXX claims that I owe on a past electric bill while living in XXXX back in XX/XX/2012. I explained to the original creditor as well as the current debt collector that I have not ever lived in XXXX, and to provide me proof that I owe a debt. That is, to show me, any past checks, and/or receipts paid to this account. I have not received anything from neither creditor, yet they are claiming I owe {$250.00}. This is not my debt. Furthermore, the company named in this complaint has had several complaints filed against them for unethical business practices.