vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Private student loan
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Keep getting calls about your loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: RI

Complaint narrative:
I have struggled to pay the large amount of private loan debt I incurred 13 years ago whole attending college. I have tried my best to always make my payments by working side jobs and moonlighting even though it is against my employers strict policy. The market is not what it used to be and this work has reduced considerably and I can no longer continue to do this work because I can lose my job. My wife is a XXXX XXXX XXXX mother to our XXXX children, I am the only working parent, I can not afford to lose my job, bottom line. Increased costs of health care and cost of living and the loss of this extra income has left our budget negative every month. It has been really hard keeping up with the over {$150000.00} in student loans both federal and private and we have fallen 5 months behind on my federal loans. I have used all forbearance in the early years of my loans and filed bankruptcy in XX/XX/XXXX in an effort to try to make things work but it is not working as our family grew after XXXX XXXX XXXX  children and having a child of our own ( which we were told was impossible ). I 've spoken to Navient many times looking for options and programs and at this point there is not much left. I appreciate that they have considered me for lowered interest programs but even the lowest interest rate is still a {$450.00} payment on top of another {$270.00} for federal loans and we simply do n't have an extra {$720.00} each month. I spoke to Navient on Friday XX/XX/XXXX and the rep on the phone admitted that private loans just do n't have the programs ( like IBR ) that federal loans have and there was n't a lot of relief for me there. She seemed understanding and listened to me for over 25 minutes, I explained all of the above to her. Then she told me she had to transfer me to a manager to " record '' everything we just spoke about. He was rude, loud, and inappropriate. He said, " so what bill are you not going to pay this month so you can pay Navient ''. suggesting that I not pay what? electricity? food? Their phone calls are getting more aggressive and they are now calling my place of work which I have asked that they do not do. I am not allowed to get these kind of calls to my place of work. I was told last time that the number would be removed from the list and they would " leave a note to not call me at work ''. I just recieved another call to my office from them and they hung up on the receptionist.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: Credit Protection Association, L.P.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I disputed a zero balance collection from Credit Protection, XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX TX XXXX. The debt was paid in XXXX of XXXX. I sent letters to ask for removal and received no response. I then disputed the amount with XXXX. When XXXX intervened, Credit Protection reported/updated my account as a new collection as of XXXX, resulting in a XXXX point decrease in my credit score. Even though the balance is {$0.00}, the incorrect date of last activity severely damaged my credit score. XXXX is also disputing on my account. The confirmation number 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 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process — 
Company: SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
For the past year or so ; I have added money to my regular monthly payments to reduce the principal. As of lately ; they have started crediting the overage to future payments rather than reducing my principal. I have called them 2-3 times on this already and here again this month they have done the same thing. I want my money to be applied where I state it on the billing stub I send in with every payment. What is my recourse?

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
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: BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC.
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
I was laid off from work inXX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX and I reached out to XXXX XXXX XXXX for 1 time assistance. I had never had 1 late payment for 2 years and I asked if I could have help one time since I had been paying on time for 2 years +. They transferred me to their specialized payment plan team who advised me in order to 'help ' me I MUST go 30 days without payment and take a credit hit for them to allow me to pay my past due payment in 3 installments. I offered to make 1/2 a payment and a payment in a 1/2 the following month to avoid the credit hit. They declined and said 'No, you have to be late '. I feel this practice is unethical for their customers. I attempted to log in and make 1/2 a payment and the system would not allow me to. It required me to only make a double payment. I sent in a Secure Message stating I was upset with this and that they are MAKING their customer go past due and now allow them to make any sort of payment and by them requiring to go past due. I feel bullied and because of this and not allowing me to make payment it forced me to go over 30 days past due and they reported me late on my credit. I sent in a Secure Message filing a formal complaint, asked for a call ( attached ) and I left a message and never had a call back. They said they sent me a letter but I never received it. The only reason I know about their horrible practice of not allowing their customers to make even 1/2 payment, or 1 payment when 2 payments are due is because they reported me to 30 days late to the t agencies. They gave me no choice but to be late! Their system would not allow me to make payments as I could and they required me to be late to even help me even though I called them proactively to set up a payment plan to pay them!

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Written notification about debt — Didn't receive enough information to verify debt
Company: Convergent Resources, Inc.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
On  two occa sions this year, once in  XXXX  and once in  XXXX  I contacted  Convergent Outsourcing to remove a debt from my credit file. I have never entered i nto a contract with Convergent so therefore by law they are not legally allowed to report to my credit report or attempt to collect on a debt.   XXXX   Convergent has since contacted me twice and stated they have verified my debt. But still no signed contr act between the parties. What they did send was a copy of a bill from  XXXX  therefore not validating the debt.

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 2017-06-27 00:00:00
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 — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
I was told that if paid in full this would be deleted from my report. I did not get this in writing but did get audio. They convince people to pay by promising things that they do not deliver.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Managing an account — Deposits and withdrawals
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX, at XXXX I logged into my mobile banking app and saw {$600.00} in deposits missing from my account. <P/>I contacted customer service at about XXXX to ask if something was retracted from deposits made. The customer service rep, who would only give me a first name ( XXXX ) basically said it 's a issue that is being handled but she has no explanation, only that if I was going to be charged a fee for having negative funds they would remove it once corrected. I did n't have that issue thankfully, but wanted to know when this will be seen on my account, why I was n't contacted about it and how this occurred. The customer service rep basically challenged and argued to try and convince me all banks do this and do not tell cusomters. <P/>Very discomforting when this Wells Fargo to protect my money as my bank and they have money disappearing from my account, do n't tell me anything or have customer service reps ready to ease customers concerns about this issue and reassuring them the money will be credited to account. <P/>They basically said they do n't have enough people to do that. Not very reassuring and will be looking at other banks with better services ratings. This is similar to the issue with the credit cards being opened, transaction being on accounts and not informing clients of any issue only if we catch it and call.

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 non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Getting a credit card — Application denied
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
previously i filed a complaint against American express because they keep denying me due to a old bankruptcy with your help they called me and issued me the new card then supposedly fixed the problem. they indicated it was a internal issue. well i called them and tried to replace a card I 've had with them for 3 years with no balance with a cash back card. they said i would have to apply for the new card and then cancel the old card. well i did. guess what. denied due to a so called bankruptcy again. they sent me it in writing and i quote ( filed bankruptcy )

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: Certified Solutions, Inc
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
I received a letter from a company called Certified Credit & Collections Bureau, stating that I owe a debt of {$910.00} to XXXX XXXX XXXX. I paid in full any debt that I had to the medical center. Further, I feel based on the letter that I received that the company is a scam. The address listed is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX NJ XXXX. They list a website that appears odd as well ; XXXX and a telephone number XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Unable to get your credit report or credit score — Other problem getting your report or credit score
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I am unable to purchase my Equifax credit report through any means. Can not obtain credit report directly from Equifax website, any external website such as XXXX, or XXXX. All keep giving an error that Equifax has blocked access to my credit file. When I spoke to the Equifax Rep they advised me the reason was because my " file was too large '' and I had " too many soft inquiries '' and I needed to wait for them to fall off for me to access my credit report. I have never had this issue with any of the other credit reporting agencies. Supervisors are clueless as to why I ca n't pull my report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Private student loan
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Received bad information about your loan
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
I set up Auto pay for my student loans, and while checking my statement I noticed I was removed from autopay.After calling in to fix this issue and reenlist in auto pay I informed the representative I wanted to pay extra to cover the interest and additional principal for my loan.The representative told me she would apply the payment to the interest and additional payment to the principal. While checking my statement, I learned the representative did not apply the action as we discussed, but put this payment as a future payment. Upon learning this on this I called the company and was informed by a representative that any extra payments you make do n't apply to the principal of the loan.The representative continue to tell me false information to the point I had to request to speak to a supervisor.After speaking with the supervisor he informed me that the information she gave was incorrect.During our conversation I requested additional funds be withdrawn from my bank account at certain days and signed a verbal contract, but while checking my bank statements I say these funds were withdrawn on days I did n't agree to.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other type of mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/XXXX CASE CLOSED ISSUE UNRESOLVED AND RESPONSE NOT ACCEPTED. I hired a company last XX/XX/XXXX to help and assist me with the mortgage modification process in order that it 's with in my monthly income requirements. The property and the home was WILL to me from my XXXX Mothers estate. The property deed and the mortgage did have my name on it since my income was required for my Mother to refinance the mortgage. The company that I hired last XX/XX/XXXX also informed me that there were issues with the mortgage documents saying it was XXXX, which I found out is against the laws in New York State to issue a XXXX loan. Unfortunately the modification that the company worked on for me with Ocwen Loan Servicing happened to be the worst modification that I have ever received in the 9 years of Ocwen. 2 law suits against Ocwen within the 9 years and no assistance They are absolutely the worst and with them reported managing over 104 million mortgages and having 9000 employees, that to me is a serious problem. In XXXX Ocwen threatened me with forclosure, threantened me with a phone call of a XXXX XXXX out of Texas stating that I need to contact him back about my home and property and that he worked for Ocwen Loan Servicing. Grant it I filled Chapter XXXX bankruptacy protection not because of the mortgage because I needed to get reorganized. After once again doing research I find out again the CFPB is once again sueing Ocwen Loan Servicing. After skimming through some of the documents regarding the law suit its the same issues that I have been going through over the past 9 years with this organization. I do n't know if I would call Ocwen an organization or a business, there just plain CORRUPT. The law suit is in fact true and the CFPB needs to take control. Attached are all the related documents including a screen image of the voice mail that I received and is still available on my phone.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit repair services
Issue: Confusing or missing disclosures — 
Company: Texas Guaranteed
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
Hello received a call a few months ago about a Consumer Debt reduction plan called XXXX XXXX XXXX to lower my dept by lowering the APR 's on my credit cards. I told the guy it really looked too expensive ( 5 payments of {$170.00} per month ). I asked if I could cancel at any time and the guy selling me the service I could at any time and texted me an ACH Payment Auth form that said if I wish to revoke this auth and cancel any scheduled debit to my account I can do so within 3 days of debit and to notify them at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. They had me agree on the phone and they talk so fast and they said that should they not do their job I 'm entitled to a full refund. So I called in XX/XX/XXXX to cancel and the person said ok. On XX/XX/XXXX my account was debited. When I called this time. I could told I did a verbal commitment and could not cancel and they will continue to debit my account because ( I ) did not finish the business with them. They also told me they will report it to the credit bureau until the full amount was paid. Nothing is in righting and if I would have known that the contract was irrevocable I would have never agreed to such a thing. Please help me cancel with this company. All I have is a phone number and they are very rude and refuse to cancel. They make me feel like I 'm abusing them and I signed a mtg agreement. This is misleading and wrong. Please help me. They 've deducted two payments of {$170.00}. Now I may have to cancel my whole bank account and have so many auto debits it 's going to be a real hassle. Please help me.

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 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other type of mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
Bank of America used an appraiser in NC that grossly inflated raw land appraisals in early XX/XX/XXXX. Her name is XXXX XXXX XXXX, and she was forced to surrender her license 2 years later to avoid justice. My lot XXXX XXXX was appraised at {$340000.00}, with 3 other lots nearby appraised at {$340000.00} to {$370000.00}. My purchase price was very enticing at {$120000.00}. Today, it is worth XXXX because a house ca n't be built in it due to a infraction on the front which reduced the size from 80 ' to 26 ', verified by XXXX XXXX. tax assessor XXXX XXXX, which then lowered my tax assessed value by 50 %. BOA used this tactic to garner my mortgage of 7.5 % interest only first 5 years, then payments currently at $ XXXX/month, {$320.00} interest /month. XXXX XXXX XXXX was fined by the NC AG for XXXX XXXX dollars in XX/XX/XXXX for deceptive marketing. BOA so far has escaped but certainly were involved by grossly deceptive Land Appraisal Reports. BOA has been contacted numerous times but refuses to acknowledge. I need help from the US Govt/FTC.

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 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened to sue you for very old debt
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX CT XXXX, Ga XXXX [ Suntrust Bank ] [ XXXX/XXXX/XXXX ] To [ Suntrust Bank ] : Under the provisions of Public laws 95 109 and 99 361, known collectively as the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act ( FDCPA ) I formally notify you to cease all communications with me in regards to this debt, or any other debts that you allege I owe. Please be advised that if collection attempts continue after receipt of this notice, I will immediately file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and the Georgia Attorney Generals office. Additionally, if Im contacted again after receipt of this notice, I will pursue both criminal and civil claims against you and your company for violation of the FDCPA. Please be aware that going forward, after I have confirmed your receipt of this notice, any communications from your company may be recorded to be used as evidence for my claims against you. Also, be advised that any negative information appearing on my credit reports pertaining to this account will be handled with the full legal rights and remedies available to me with regards to current consumer protection laws. Regards, [ XXXX 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 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan — Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I have been paying on this loan for nearly 10 years and my total amount has not gone down. First it was with XXXX XXXX then changed to XXXX and now Fed Loan Servicing. My loans from 10 years ago should had been paid off. Also more of my payments are applied to interest instead of the payment which should n't be so.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: Total Card, Inc.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
To TCI TOTAL CARD INC I am writing this letter in response to the phone call/letter received from you on ( Date ). In conformance to my rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ), I am requesting you to provide me with a validation of the debt that you talked of earlier. Please note, this a not a refusal to pay, rather a statement that your claim is disputed and validation is demanded. ( 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 ( b ) ) I do hereby request that your office provide me with complete documentation to verify that I owe the said debt and have any legal obligation to pay you. Please provide me with the following : Agreement with the creditor that authorizes you to collect on this alleged debt The agreement bearing my signature stating that I have agreed to assume the debt Valid copies of the debt agreement stating the amount of the debt and interest charges Proof that the Statute of Limitations has not expired Complete payment history on this account along with an accounting of all additional charges being assessed Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state ; and Your license numbers and Registered Agent Any Credit application that was used to open this account that you claim i owe with my signature attached

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Applying for a mortgage or refinancing an existing mortgage — 
Company: Hypotec Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I received a unsolicited loan offer in the mail. I immediately opened it because it looked like something form the government and I was alarmed. After reviewing the letter, it took me several minutes to figure out who it was from. Secondly, there is no term. Thirdly, it says I am entitled to an escrow refund, but if they refund it to me and start a new escrow account wont they be essentially financing that for how many years the term is? This is very deceptive marketing and these people should be looked in to in XXXX Florida. Finally, my mortgage company is n't XXXX XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation