milesbutler/consumer_complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 07/16/2015 about Debt collection (Credit card) with SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL (GA).
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action
Sub-issue: Sued w/o proper notification of suit

Complaint: This complaint is regarding a debt of which I XXXX XXXX advised the company XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. that I would pay a settlement or a portion of the amount owed by my son XXXX XXXX. My son XXXX XXXX gave XXXX permissin to speak with me regarding his account. Arrangements were made on XXXX/XXXX/2015 after receiving notification from local law offices that a judgement had been filed against my son however, we never received notification via mail of the judgement from XXXX In order to to settle the debt which the original amount owed was {$2600.00} however, the settlement I agreed upon was made for total of {$1800.00} a difference of {$800.00} taken off the original balance. The agreement made included giving XXXX permission to debit my checking account beginning XXXX/XXXX/2015 in bi weekly in the amount of XXXX to conclude when the total balance of {$1800.00} was paid off. I requested documentation of the settlement agreement with the current settlement balance owed on several occasions XXXX/XXXX/2015 and again on XXXX/XXXX/2015 speaking to several representatives who all told me they would not provide me with a letter outlining the agreement. XXXX representative told me on XXXX/XXXX/2015 that XXXX " did not put the current settlement balance on documentation just in case a consumer defaulted on the payment agreement then they could go back and recoup the original amount so they just left the original balance on all documentation. " I requested this documentation be placed in writing based on the companies past track record of unethical businesses practices under the FDCPA including continued collection on debt paid or not owed. Again after spending two hours on the phone I was not able to get the agreement in writing. I called the FTC regarding the issue and thus filed a complaint. I put the company on notice that I was filing a complaint with CFPB and I would be placing this in writing via certified mail that due to their refusal to give me something in writing of the settlement agreement and current balance owed that they were to cease debiting my checking account. I advised that once I received the written notice of the agreement that I would resume payments as agreed. XXXX XXXX should have been notified of any or all legal actions by XXXX prior to this company filing judgement thus, giving him an opportunity to clear up the debt however, proper notification was not made to him.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 12/14/2017 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with Experian Information Solutions Inc. (NJ).
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint: I have been disputing erroneous items on my credit report with this credit bureau and they have not done a good job with investigating these errors. Also, Ive been working with a credit repair agency ( for over 6months ) to repair my credit. I have been following all the recommendations and the credit bureau has been decreasing my credit score.  Ive tried to file complaints ( XXXX ) with the credit bureau about my concerns and no one has helped. This credit bureau is hurting my chances for applying for loans to help with debt consolidation so I can provide for my children. I am crying out for help with this situation.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 04/28/2017 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with Experian Information Solutions Inc. (VA).
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Old information reappears or never goes away

Complaint: M y credit score is affected by " the number of delinquent accounts '' which does n't make any sense to me. I do n't remember having a late payment in recent history. In fact, my FICO report shows that I 've made 100 % of my payments on time in the last 24 months.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 01/19/2018 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with Experian Information Solutions Inc. (CA).
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Complaint: There are many mistakes appear in my report without my understanding.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 07-06-2016 about Bank account or service (Other bank product/service) with HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, THE (MI).
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management

Complaint: This is in response to company 's reply to case number XXXX : We were not advised of ANY of things the company mentioned in their response to my complaint. The company of record which I desired a business line of credit for was Base Operations, an 8 year old company at that time that had XXXX XXXX XXXX as well as XXXX XXXX and XXXX Business credit lines reporting at the time of the request. I was looking for a business line apart from my personal consumer credit profile, not BASED on it. While had expected my company 's credit to be hard pulled and maybe a soft pull on me to verify ownership, I never expected a hard pull on my personal consumer credit report. I strongly recommend reconsideration and respectfully request and update.

Company response to consumer: Closed
Consumer complaint received 04/15/2017 about Mortgage (FHA mortgage) with Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (CO).
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker

Complaint: I applied for a home mortgage and everything was approved so we started looking at houses. We put in one offer but wasnt accepted. We found another house and went to put in a offer on it and i was told by my mortgage company that they lost the approval and could not get it back. Thdey told me they dont know what happened and could not figure it out. I have been waiting 2 days to hear from them and have not heard anything from them at all.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 09/13/2017 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (WA).
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes

Complaint: Due to recent data breaches at XXXX I froze all my credit accounts with the four major credit reporting companies. I did not want to do this. I did not agree to allow my PII to be stored on servers that do not meet industry standards in security. Yet, I still have to pay {$10.00} plus tax in my state to add a layer of protection to my data due to the negligence in the safe keeping of my personal data. I do not think this is fair and would like to be reimbursed for the freeze/thaw requests that are now being advised in order to protect my identity and credit that is being stored at a company that I have no consumer choice in selecting. 

I would like a refund in the amount of {$11.00} from XXXX and {$10.00} from Transunion. I would also like to have all future freeze/thaw fees waived since they are being recommended as essential data security protection by industry experts and CFPB in light of the latest data breach. Lastly, I would like to request that credit reporting companies handling sensitive consumer data follow industry standards regarding its encryption and protection and that the chosen practices are audited regularly for compliance.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 11/23/2015 about Debt collection (Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)) with Diversified Consultants, Inc. (OH).
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt
Sub-issue: Right to dispute notice not received

Complaint: A recent overview of my credit report revealed that Diversified Consultant, is appearing on my credit file. So I sent notice to this company that they validate the debt and send me a copy of the application that was used to open this account. No response back to the debt validation letter. Diversified Consultant is continuing to report negative information on my credit report, even after they have failed to provide validation.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 01/20/2017 about Student loan (Non-federal student loan) with Navient Solutions, LLC. (CA).
Issue: Can't repay my loan
Sub-issue: Can't decrease my monthly payments

Complaint: School XXXX Lender NAVIENT PRIVATE LOAN TRUST Disbursement Date XXXX/XXXX/2005 Original Principal {$8600.00} COSIGNER XXXX XXXX XXXX I asked for a student loan for career training on the promise that I would have a " good paying job before I finished the 6 month course '', but the reality was different, had to look for a another job not related to training.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 07-12-2017 about Debt collection (Other debt) with ProCollect, Inc (NC).
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Sub-issue: Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged

Complaint: This is NOT my account. It was opened fraudulently in my name. It is some kind of utility bill iXXXX XXXX XXXX Texas. When I received the first notice of this bill/account, it was by mail. I immediately contacted the collection company and told them this was fraud and explained i had been the victim of identity theft. They continued to harass me to try to get me to pay the bill, despite the fact that i was providing policy incident information, had already reported to the credit bureaus that the XXXX XXXX  addresses were fraudulent, and despite the fact that they were mailing this notice to my home address in North Carolina - so i clearly dont live in XXXX XXXX. They told me they would mail me a " packet '' to complete and expected me to mail all kinds of personal identification and affidavits through the mail. I told them that was not going to happen as that is exactly how identity theft happens, but that i would provide them the police report information and they could use that to investigate and see that this was fraud. They refused and continued to press me for payment. They then threatened to report this to the credit agencies and damage my credit. I told them they could not do that as this was not a valid debt and i disputed it within the 30 day window. They reported it anyway and follow up attempts to get them to remove are not working.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 12-05-2017 about Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan (Title loan) with Westlake Services, LLC (NY).
Issue: Vehicle was repossessed or sold the vehicle

Complaint: Westlake financial services cancel my loan for a used car on XXXX XXXX XXXX because the dealership that i went through submitted a secondary loan contract with my signature unknowing to me. When XXXX from the Westlake verifications department called me on XXXX XXXX, I told her I did not send a second loan contract in. The next few days after I received the Adverse action notice from Westlake, which i have uploaded with my complain. 

My concern is that i did n't commit any fraud and my loan was denied because of the dealership actions, that Westlake knew before they sent out the adverse action notice. And i 'm also really concerned that they said I was denied because of Credit. This has cost me money to retain a lawyer at Westlake 's request, to obtain any paperwork between Westlake and the dealership from them, but they told my attorney I was not a customer and i needed a subpoena to have those documents sent over. So I filed a complaint with The XXXX. Of XXXX Services, and Westlake then turned over my paperwork without that subpoena they requested prior. 

The time in which the loan was canceled/denied, was only 14 days after purchase date. The most significant time frame for expirations on loan are 30 days. 

The loan had already gotten to the verification Department twice in two weeks. Credit was not a reason for the denial. How can this be the reason in your Adverse action Notice sent out? This is not acceptable to me and it should not be acceptable with CFPB.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 08/26/2016 about Credit card () with U.S. BANCORP (NY).
Issue: Billing disputes

Complaint: I have a Fidelity XXXX XXXX credit card which was changed to Fidelity VISA with Elan Financial Services. The Fidelity interface automatically takes you into your credit card where you can see transactions, pay bills, etc. I set up an automatic payment for the entire balance. Some weeks later, it stated the payment had not been set up. I went back into see what was going on, and experienced problems with the interface. I set up the payment again as it did not show my automatic payment set up weeks earlier. Subsequently, my credit card was charged twice and then I was assessed a {$25.00} fee by Elan and my bank when the second payment bounced. I attempted to resolve the matter but the bank will not credit the fee and I am left with charges for something that was not caused by me. Elan made all kinds of excuses and claimed it was my fault, even though they acknowledge that there website does n't show prepayments ( Fidelity 's interface does ). So, all new customers are left hanging, and with messages like the one I received indicating no payment has been set up when it was, and then leaving the customer thinking it must be set up again. Elan also failed to transfer payments set up on the old card XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, but transferred the balances to the new card. So, payments were made to the old XXXX XXXX card ( for balances incurred on that card ), but the balance had been moved to the new card, so the money was taken but not applied to the right card. In short, this organization ca n't find its XXXX for its yin yang and consumers are being penalized for the mismanagement of money.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 12/17/2015 about Debt collection (Medical) with Alpine Credit, Inc (CO).
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt
Sub-issue: Not given enough info to verify debt

Complaint: This letter is being sent to you in response to the above reference account that Alpine Credit Inc, has reported and listed on all XXXX major credit reporting agencies ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX ). Please be advised that this is not a refusal to pay, but written notice sent in pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15USC 1692g Sec. 809 ( b ) that your claim is disputed and VALIDATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. 
This is not a request for " Verification '' or proof of my mailing address, but a request for " VALIDATION '' made pursuant to the above named Title and section. I respectfully request that your offices provide me with competent evidence. 
Please provide me with the following : What the money you say I owe is for ; Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe ; Provide me with copies of any documents that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe ; Identify the original creditor ; Prove the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account ; Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state ; Provide me with your license numbers and Registered Agent At this time I will also inform ALPINE CREDIT INC that your offices have reported invalidated information to all three of the major credit bureaus ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX ) this action constitute Fraud under both federal and state laws. Due to this fact, the negative mark that has been found on all three of my credit reports by your company, or companies that you represent. I will not hesitate in bringing legal action against ALPINE CREDIT INC for the following : Violation of the Fair Credit reporting Act Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Defamation of character VIOLATION OF THE COLORADO FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT LAWS.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 04/19/2017 about Bank account or service (Checking account) with TCF NATIONAL BANK (MN).
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals

Complaint: I received a letter from TCF National Bank and a questionnaire to be completed in regard to money transferred to another bank. The amount of the funds transferred totaled {$900.00}.   They requested from me : " What is the purpose of the transactions? '' " Who are the beneficiaries/originators of the funds? '' " Provide name, physical address, DOB, occupation, and nature of your relationship for the originator/beneficiary of the above mentioned transaction. '' I called TCF to get more info and was told they wanted to get to know their customers better ( I 've been a customer since around   XXXX    ), t hey want to know where the funds went ( they transferred them to  XXXX   XXXX  at my request ). If I do n't comply, they 'll close my accounts.   Told them this is intrusive, that I 'm not doing anything illegal and that I 'm not willing to provide the information.   I was told that they have a right to obtain this information due to  the Patriot Act. This  Act was not mentioned in the letter, or the questionnaire, and was only brought up  by TCF at least 10 or 15 mi nutes into the conversation. The person had no section number or any other info regardin g the Patriot Act. TCF state d more than once to me that my accounts would be closed if I do not comply.There also was a deadline to return the completed questionnaire.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 02-07-2018 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with EQUIFAX, INC. (FL).
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint: According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), you are required by federal law to verify - through the physical verification of the original signed consumer contract - any and all accounts you post on a credit report. Otherwise, anyone paying for your reporting services could fax, mail or email in a fraudulent account. 

I demand to see Verifiable Proof ( an original Consumer Contract with my Signature on it ) you have on file of the accounts listed below. Your failure to positively verify these accounts has hurt my ability to obtain credit. Under the FCRA, unverified accounts must be removed and if you are unable to provide me a copy of verifiable proof, you must remove the accounts listed below.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 07-11-2017 about Credit card or prepaid card (General-purpose credit card or charge card) with BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE (VA).
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems
Sub-issue: Other problem

Complaint: Barclays Bank of DE sent me a letter on XX/XX/XXXX, informing me that they have reduced my credit limit. There reasoning was high utilization rate on revolving credit. <P/>There decision is in beach of our contractual agreement and they have acted in " bad faith. '' First - anyone in the industry of financial services ( and I am ) knows that Barclays is in financial trouble and its regulator is bearing down on them. <P/>Second - I have a XXXX FICO and my household income is in excess of {$250000.00} a year. I certainly can service my total debt amount. <P/>Third - as a result of Barclays action my FICO has been negatively impacted. <P/>Barclays is the one in financial trouble - not me. The company should not make their problem mine. <P/>I seek a reinstatement of my credit limit of {$11000.00}, else I will seek other legal and financial remedies. <P/>XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 12/29/2016 about Credit reporting () with Experian Information Solutions Inc. (CA).
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report
Sub-issue: Public record

Complaint: I continue to receive auto-letters from Experian stating that they wo n't even investigate this and that they stay on my file for 7-10 years. I would have NO problem with that if they were reporting this correctly, but they are n't! I 've asked to see the actual petition that they are using to verify this information and they have refused to send it. Congress states that the only legal form of verification is firsthand knowledge and the FCRA states that the bureaus must have these docs in their hands PRIOR to even reporting them! So why should it be so difficult to get this information from them if they actually have it? It 's because they do n't! They do n't do that unless they feel that they are about to be sued! Well, I have now have an attorney on this and have gotten the attorney general of CA involved because they refuse to correct my credit report and continue to send me garbage auto-letters each month. 

Here is my dispute with them and you 'll also find the public records page attached along with the letter in full and my identification : US BKPT CT CA XXXX XXXX The date " XX/XX/2009 '' has the wrong date and is NOT right The docket # XXXX is not correct - please send me the physical petition You do not have the court listed correct : US BKPT CT is abbreviated and this is not accurate - this must be listed accurately, without abbreviations, and completely You have no plaintiff listed

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 01/19/2016 about Debt collection (Credit card) with ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC. (TX).
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint: the person they are trying to collect from does not live or has ever lived in our home and is unknown to us. We have lived here for more than 25 years. They are trying to collect from a XXXX XXXX I have explained this over the phone numerous times and now they are sending collection mail to my address

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation