milesbutler/consumer_complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 09/29/2016 about Debt collection (Mortgage) with BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (FL).
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt
Sub-issue: Not given enough info to verify debt

Complaint: On XXXX I defaulted on a mortgage loan number XXXX. On XXXX a fourclosure complaint was filed. The property than went to final judgement and the house was actioned off. The original servcer of the loan was XXXX XXXX Mortgage, Than the servicer was switched to Countrywide home loans and than to Bank of American N.A. I defaulted on this loan well over 7 years ago. Bank of America is still reporting this negative information on all XXXX of my credit reports. This are reporting complete different time dates and defaults on each credit report. Basiclly they have no idea when the default accured because the loan was transfered so many times. Attached is proof that tha default accured over 7 years ago. You can clearly see this on older credit reports i have also inclosed,

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 11/14/2017 about Credit card or prepaid card (General-purpose credit card or charge card) with BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE (CA).
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems
Sub-issue: Other problem

Complaint: I am trying to access my account data via a website for monitoring and Barclay is blocking access.

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 07/30/2017 about Debt collection (Other debt) with Advanced Collection Bureau, Inc. (UT).
Issue: False statements or representation
Sub-issue: Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official

Complaint: Advanced Collections is not licensed to collect in my state of Utah. This is reporting on my credit and they are trying to collect this debt from me in Utah ... They have not sent me valid validation of the debt.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 05/22/2015 about Credit card () with Cedars Business Services, LLC ().
Issue: Credit card protection / Debt protection

Complaint: Please be informed that I, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, was residing in XXXX as an expatriate resident during the period XXXX, during which I was holding a Bank Account under my name with XXXX including a Credit Card. In XXXX, I EXITED the country in XXXX and since then have been residing in XXXX and then in XXXX till date. 

I have received an information on XXXX XXXX XXXX from a company CEDAR FINANCIALS- from one XXXX XXXX XXXX ( email copy enclosed ) who is claiming that I owe the XXXX {$600.00} pertaining to Outstanding Debt relating to a CREDIT CARD that i held with XXXX way back in XXXX? 


I would like to mention that on XXXX XXXX XXXX itself I have asked the claimant to provide me an OFFICIAL STATEMENT of ACCOUNT and am willing to settle this amount provided this is a rightful due.?? Further I have also requested them to provide me an Authority Letter in addition to the above by the Bank Authorizing CEDAR to collect the subject outstanding. They have provided me a xerox copy dated XXXX, however and IMPORTANTLY have NOT provided me a copy of my account statement / other evidences to support this claim.??? 


Finally on XXXX XXXX, I have received another email from CEDAR with a final date of XXXX XXXX XXXX for settlement failing which they are threatening of further legal consequences as below ; 1 ) Legal proceedings in your present country 2 ) Travel ban for anything up to 10 years 3 ) Interest/fee charges elevation due to the time period My complaint & grievance as a EX- CUSTOMER of XXXX is that how come such a reputed bank such as XXXX could resort to appointment of such agencies who do not work purely on business ethics and logic rather than report to other 'COERCIVE ' means that literally amount to ' XXXX HARASSMENT ' of customers without giving any supporting evidence or other document to support such claims.? OR Alternately if this is a scam then it ought to be dealt with by relevant authorities in order to stop this company /representative from harassing me. 

Kindly review this with utmost urgency and clarify ;

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 06/28/2015 about Credit card () with CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (DE).
Issue: Application processing delay

Complaint: I got a new Kohls Card from CapitalOne. I wanted to add my wife on the Credit Card as an authorized user. The Customer Service representative disparately treated me by asking me to fill additional forms and sign them because my wife had a different last name. She said that if my wife had the same last name she would add it just based on the phone request but just because my wife has a different last name, she wants me to sign a disclosure. 
Increasingly, spouses in the US are retaining their last name and this is unfair treatment. 
I have XXXX different credit cards from different companies and none of them asked me for such disclosure except for CapitalOne. 

I am now waiting for the forms to add my wife to the account.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 06/30/2016 about Mortgage (Conventional fixed mortgage) with CITIBANK, N.A. (NY).
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Complaint: Rescue funds brought this mortgage current in XXXX of 2016. {$1200.00}. Attached is the letter used to show amount needed to reinstate the loan at the time, with a date it had to be sent in by. Since then, the borrower has made each monthly payment. She was informed recently that she is delinquent again in the amount of {$400.00}. This should not be possible, as the rescue funds reinstated the loan to current and the borrower has made each payment since. I contacted CITI on XXXX/XXXX/2016. I spoke with a woman named XXXX. I asked her how it was possible that she is delinquent again when we sent in a check for the exact amount they told us to. She would not give me information about when the payment was due from, she stated " she did n't know. '' But, she " thinks '' it was from somewhere back when the client filed bankruptcy. If that was the case, then why was this amount not included in the amount given to bring the loan current in XXXX? The only assistance she could offer was to send a " payment history '' to the client that we can review to find out where the payment became delinquent. Please see attached " payment history. '' I have been XXXX for 4 years and I certainly can not understand the document they sent to the borrowers. I have no idea how a borrower is supposed to understand it. The borrowers are on a fixed income and the amount sent to reinstate the loan was a one-time payment. What we thought would ( and were told ) would bring the loan current. CITI stating the borrowers are still delinquent is incorrect and extremely frustrating, especially when they will not tell you why or how.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 12/14/2015 about Mortgage (Other mortgage) with OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC (CA).
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint: Ocwen - XXXX XXXX - Consumer Ombudsman 's Reply to Complaint # XXXX She states payment of {$24000.00} RECEIVED on XXXX/XXXX/15 " satisfied XXXX/XXXX/15? Payment & coupon were for XXXX 2015. She says the CHECK was returned " NO ACCOUNT '', NO DOCUMENTS attached. Ocwen 's Payment Reconcilliation History shows NO XXXX PAYMENTS RECEIVED, POSTED, or Suspense Balance. She said a {$100.00} fee was for default. MY LOANS have NEVER been in Default. Ocwen FAILED to POST PAYMENTS.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 01-04-2017 about Mortgage (Conventional fixed mortgage) with LoanCare, LLC (WA).
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint: My mortgage loan was sold to LoanCare ( http : //www.loancareservicing.com ) in XXXX, which I did not request or approve. Although, according to their customer support specialists, a welcome letter and XXXX loan request letters were sent and several calls were claimed to be called, I did not receive any of the letters or calls since I moved to a new place and traveled a lot for new job. Even though I set up a mail forwarding service, I did not receive any of the mails so far. The records of phone calls, according to your customer support specialists, can not be found in their system. 

I was totally unaware of this transaction until last week, my credit score dropped from XXXX to XXXX, when I was applying for another loan for a new house. My morgate loan was sold to LoanCare, but my auto-payment information was not associcated with this transcation, so my loan was past due for the past 3 months. This is not an intentional behavior ( and you should be blamed for this ) so I should n't be punished by such dramatic decrease of credit scores, which almost ruined my life. 

Once I recognized that there is overdue payment, I contacted LoanCare right away and paid those due payments but not the any of the late fee. However, the credit report entry, which has significantly impact to my credit score, was still posted. I do n't know how should I dispute this late payment. I tried really hard to build my credit score for the past five years.

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 09/21/2017 about Credit card or prepaid card (General-purpose credit card or charge card) with AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (VA).
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems
Sub-issue: Problem with rewards from credit card

Complaint: I applied for an American Express XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) credit card that was supposed to come with a XXXX XXXX point sign up bonus. I applied 6 months ago and met the terms for the sign up bonus about 5 months ago. I have still not received the points. I have called several times ; the last time I was told the points would be expedited to my account the next business day. A month later, I still do not have them. I have not been able to book planned vacations using the points on both the XXXX XXXX  XXXX and XXXX XXXX because they have not come through yet. American Express simply says they are aware of the issue but they can not give me a resolution date. Now I am turning to the CFPB for help.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 03-12-2018 about Vehicle loan or lease (Loan) with WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (CA).
Issue: Problems at the end of the loan or lease
Sub-issue: Unable to receive car title or other problem after the loan is paid off

Complaint: In XXXX of 2010 I deferred one of my monthly auto loan payments with Wells Fargo Dealer Services. The paperwork got mixed up. I made SEVERAL attempts, by phone and by letters, to resolve the situation. No resolution was concluded. 

Now, the auto loan is paid off, except for the erroneous late payments. I have not receive the title to my auto, and have no idea how at this point. 

Correspondence is attached.

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 04-04-2017 about Student loan (Federal student loan servicing) with Navient Solutions, LLC. (CA).
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Sub-issue: Trouble with how payments are handled

Complaint: I was doing automatic payments via my bank check account, my school enrolled me in school again and Navient, instead of calling me or email me to the designated email I assign to contact me, they did deferment of payments when I started the school enrollment accruing taxes. At the time my school enrolled me, I was taking care of my Daughter, she got really sick in those days going on and off from the hospital for 4 months ; finally on XX/XX/2016 she got XXXX and now is doing better. They made all this changes in that period of time. Since was an automatic payment, I did not care to check if they were taking the money of my account or not. Recently when I needed to take a copy of my XXXX I noticed the interest was XXXX to deduct from my loan, I contacted them and they told me they sent me emails to my primary email which they never did about the deferment of payments. Today I saw that they sent me emails to my Navient 's account. I am still a student and will be in the next months until XX/XX/XXXX, and I received a letter that I will start my payments in XX/XX/XXXX, So if by law they need to defer payments while you are enrolled in school, why they will restart the repayments in XX/XX/XXXX. I told them is not fair they did not notified me and they told me I needed to know the rules about payments. Their answering service for claims is an outsource company and you can not speak with a manager. I think they need to be punished not notifying clients about changes in their accounts to their personal emails. In my profile its stated which is my preferred email to be contacted and they did not do it as requested. Also, when I was a student, I chose the option to pay my interests monthly while in school, they never contact me for payments and they accrued a considerable amount of money, you can check the documents they should have on file. Also they need to be penalized for not following the borrowers wishes and choices. I come from XXXX, everything with loans is new for me. I think that they purposely do not explain things so you pay more interests. Thanks, My phone number is XXXX, My email is XXXXXXXXXXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 11/16/2017 about Student loan (Federal student loan servicing) with AES/PHEAA (CA).
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Report provided to employer without your written authorization

Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX, I received a letter from Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency ( PHEAA ) regarding a Federal Student Loan that I owed to them ( {$100000.00} ). I never applied or authorized for a student loan. I asked them for proof, which they did sent it. It was to my surprise to see my name on it. My XXXX wife ( XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX ) had taken out a loan and FORGED my signature. We had been separated in the process of a divorce when she took this loan out. Date of separation was XX/XX/XXXX and the divorce was granted XX/XX/XXXX. I was living in XXXX XXXX, Ca and my XXXX wife was living in XXXX at the time of the loan. I have sent them the a copy of " XXXX Certificate ''. I then later received a letter stating that a portion of the Consolidation loan in the amount of XXXX has been discharged, but that I still owed a balance of {$30000.00}. I have advised them that I never authorized this loan, nor that the signature on the Loan Application/Promissory Note was mine, that it had been forged. They now have sent me documents that needed to be notarized, which they have verifying my signature, but now they are claiming that I need to file a Fraudulent Court Claim. My credit report shows that I owe TWO amounts : {$100000.00} and {$30000.00}. I have remarried since then ( 2015 ) and now my current wife has been called at work regarding this loan and her taxes have been garnished. I have been unemployed for quite some time and have recently found work. So, the taxes that my current wife filed was just out of her income and PHEAA managed to garnish those funds.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 09-09-2017 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with EQUIFAX, INC. (NC).
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint: Equifax, through improper utilization of cybersecurity, allowed the personal data of myself and nearly 143 million individuals to be improperly accessed by non-authorized persons. Rather than issue a press release upon notification of the breach, Equifax allowed the breach to remain unknown to the public for 41 days, during which time Equifax executives were allowed to sell company stock ( see XXXX XXXX XXXX ). 

Considering the severity and potential impact of the breech, Equifax would have better served the public by doing the following : -holding a press conference upon discovery ( XXXX XXXX 2017 ) to announce the finding and intent to remediate the compromised services. This would allow initial questions to be asked and to get the word out to everyone as soon as possible so that they can take action to protect their identity and sensitive information. They would also announce their site where people could go to check to see if their data had been compromised and what to do if they had or not, listing their services as well as their competitors for issuing a fraud alert on their accounts. 

-Suspended operations on the compromised services until they were properly remediated. 

-Provided press release updates to the public on when services were expected to return to service, had returned to service, and when all services had been properly remediated. 

-Instead, by issuing a press release 41 days later, news of the breach was spread by word of mouth via social media ahead of more trusted news outlets and created greater scrutiny and erosion of trust between Equifax and the public. 

Stewardship of individuals credit history and the impact it can have to the public should be a constant concern to credit reporting companies.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 01/13/2017 about Bank account or service (Checking account) with CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (OH).
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals

Complaint: Consumer Information Date Filed : XX/XX/2017 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX UNITED STATES Daytime Phone : XXXX Evening Phone : XXXX Fax : Email : XXXX ( email ) Business Information Business ID : XXXX Name : Citizens Financial Group , Inc . 
Address : XXXX City : XXXX State/County : XXXX Zip/Postal Code : XXXX Business Phone Number : ( XXXX ) XXXX URL : The consumer indicated that they WOULD speak to the media about this complaint. 
Complaint Detail / Problem Complaint Type : Service Issues Problem : I had to send a {$25000.00} check from an insurance company on an insurance claim to Citizen 's bank as no one at their local branches could endorse the check. I can not talk to anyone in the department that handles this. My check is now somewhere at the main office, and there is absolutely no one who can tell me where it is, who has it, and when they will return it to me, and how they will return it to me. I have a call into the office of the chairman, hotline, escalated help line, what a joke. I am dealing with XXXX, that is rude and condesending. She told me she will get back to me within two days. I asked if she could call the department and talk with someone, instead of sending a email. She will not call the department, it is all by email.I would imagine someone might be able to walk into that department, and talk to someone there if they really wanted to help their customers. 

I tried to deposit the check on XXXX. This is XXXX, the XXXX. Unbelievable. I can tell you I will move my checking account and loan to another banking organization that does not treat 20 year business customers like this. 

Desired Resolution / Outcome Desired Resolution : Finish the Job Desired Outcome : To overnight my check back to me, and/or deposit it to my account. The problem is I will be getting other insurance checks for this claim and have to go thru this all over again. So this entire situation will happen again soon as I receive more checks from the insurance company. This is insane, that they expect their customers to send large checks out to them, and not know who has them and how and when they will be returned. 

Complaint Background Not all of these questions are required. Please provide as much information as you have. 
1. Product/Service Purchased : banking 2. Model Number : 3. Contract, Account, or Policy # : 4. Order # : 5. Purchase Date : XX/XX/2017 6. Date Problem First Occurred : XX/XX/2017 Dates you complained to the company/organization 7. First Date : XX/XX/2017 Name of Sales Person 13. First Name : 15. Last Name : 17. Purchase Price : {$25000.00} 18. Disputed Amount : {$25000.00}

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 07/21/2015 about Mortgage (Conventional fixed mortgage) with WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WI).
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint: I took a XXXX-year fixed rate mortgage with Wells Fargo about XXXX years ago, and have made many payments in advance ( sometimes, upto XXXX years in advance ) of the due date since I wanted to pay off the loan faster. Wells Fargo has chosen to treat these considerable advance payments as if they were made on the due date, and is refusing to give me credit for the " unearned / unaccrued '' portion of the interest. WellsFargo seems to be charging me equivalent of a " pre-payment '' penalty, which is statutorily forbidden in my State. I found another error in their calculation XXXX how the payoff amount was being calculated ), and Wells Fargo fixed that portion earlier.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 02/22/2018 about Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports (Credit reporting) with TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (TX).
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint: This is a rebuttal to the previous complaint The reason why you do not see the debtors on my credit report is because I validated information and submitted a disclosure statement to them and the debt collectors removed them.

The ones I had removed was the same ones that I filed a dispute with your company and the dispute was rejected. 

This sends a clear message to me that you all are not doing your job and there was debt placed on my report that should have never been there.

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 10-05-2016 about Student loan (Federal student loan servicing) with Navient Solutions, LLC. (TX).
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Sub-issue: Don't agree with fees charged

Complaint: Navient is unlawfully pursuing my client, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, after being notified as far back as XX/XX/XXXX, that his alleged signature on the promissory note is a forgery. By letter dated XX/XX/XXXX, Navient sent XXXX XXXX a letter stating the account is now under review for litigation. Total amount owed is {$8500.00}. Forgery is believed to have been committed by XXXX XXXX 's ex-wife, XXXX, who took out student loans.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation