vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-25 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Freedom Mortgage sent me a monthly statement on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX stating that my payment was {$1500.00}. My payment had always been {$1100.00}. I contacted the Vice-President, XXXX XXXX who indicated that they did an escrow analysis on my account and that they realized they had n't been collecting enough of a payment. Strangely though, there was no increase in my taxes or insurance. As a matter of fact, my taxes went DOWN. Employee error is the reason my payment has gone up. There have been numerous employee errors on my accounts with Freedom Mortgage and I am growing so tired of it. 
I received NO notification of this until I got very upset in the email to XXXX XXXX and stated that I was never informed of this, and that this notification was required by the mortgage company. All they did at that point was email me their analysis that I had never been notified of prior to this date. 
On top of everything else, I sent in my regular mortgage payment for the XXXX XXXX, XXXX payment and received a notice of a " late payment '' since they refused to apply my payment. 
This is extremely concerning to me as many problems have occurred since I have had my mortgages with Freedom Mortgage. Since I have had my accounts with Freedom Mortgage, here are some issues I have had with them : 1 ) About a year and a half ago, I received a refund from Freedom Mortgage. I spent this on home improvement. A few months later, I was informed that Freedom Mortgage was then that amount short and needed to recover it and increase my payments. 
2 ) Freedom Mortgage neglected to pay my homeowner insurance bill. This was approximately a year and a half ago as well. My homeowners insurance actually ceased until I requested that Freedom fix the situation. 
3 ) I would gladly pay this amount if it was due to an increase in my taxes or my insurance, but as I stated previously, nothing was increased and actually went down. 

On top of everything else going wrong, I have received statements that say I owe more than XXXX payment and I had to email XXXX XXXX to figure out why they were trying to collect for more than XXXX payment. There is too much to go into detail, however, right now the main situation is my payment going up so high because of employees of Freedom Mortgage not doing their jobs correctly. A homeowner/holder of a mortgage should not be the person responsible when these employees do n't do what they are supposed to. 
XXXX XXXX stopped emailing me when I informed her via email that I had not received the appropriate documentation from Freedom Mortgage regarding any change/increase in my payments. I informed her that a mortgage company is required to notify me of any changes in writing and that this was not done. I did not hear from her or receive the assistance I needed after that time.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-14 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
This company is using a local area code to trick people into believing it is a local call. After XXXX such occasion after I missed a call by them, I called the number back to find out who it was, and it was a doctor in XXXX, Ohio. They are using spoofing practices to avoid blocked numbers and continue to harass me.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-06 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: VANDERBILT MORTGAGE & FINANCE, INC
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
We sold our XXXX home on XX/XX/2016 our lender was Vanderbilt Mortgage. Today is XX/XX/2016 and they just notified me today that we need to send a letter to the XXXX XXXX homeowners insurance to cancel the insurance because it renewed during the payoff. So they will not release the title until that is done. Ok fine but it has already been past the 10 days that the law states they have to release the XXXX once they received their money ( XXXX ). We have people waiting for their title. The check to XXXX cleared the title companies bank on XX/XX/2016. We never even wanted this home owners insurance company but we were told we had to go with this XXXX, the same with the Lender we were told Vanderbilt mortgage was the only mortgage company that approved us. Well now I realize why, XXXX owns all of the companies they are all part of XXXX. This was a XXXX guess who owns XXXX XXXX Seems quite illegal to me. This company has seemed shady from day XXXX but when you need a house in XX/XX/XXXX you tend to overlook things until it is too late. there were many things not done right during this loan.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I have been trying to work with Fifth Third Bank for over 1 year now and still they are not processing my paperwork correctly. I have had to contact the President of the bank on several occasions and until I have done that I have not been able to get any response. I started trying to get a modification to my mortgage in XXXX of 2014 and used an agency by the name of XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX, PA and Fifth Third Bank did not respond to them. However I was told by the bank representative that they do n't work with third party agencies. During the last modification process which was in XXXX I was told by the representative of the bank that I needed to forward all income and that was done, however all of my income was not used and therefore they denied my modification for several reasons. The first reason is that they said my illness was not a legitimate illness for me to have lost my job and secondly that my income did not fit the proper amount, third that my credit report from the credit agencies was not favorable in order for them to do this. I forwarded another letter to the bank 's representatives and explained the situation and was contact by XXXX XXXX XXXX who advised me to forward the remaining documents for financials and that was done in XXXX. At that time I was told by her that I would have to continue the process all over again even though it was handled poorly and improperly by the bank. I told her that I should have to do this, but am forced to do this anyway if I want the modification to go through. I have not contact the XXXX in XXXX in order to get additional help in trying to resolve this situation. Fifth Third Bank has tried to foreclose on my home twice this year. One resulted in them having to recend the judgement because it was noted that they filed prematurely. Second is now when they are trying to start the foreclosure process again using some incorrect and outdated information forwarded to this week. I have forwarded the information down to the XXXX so that we will be able to work together to straighten out this information. In the copies of the documents that the bank forwarded to me this week, they state incorrect information and therefore they are seeking a judgement on the pretence of the wrong information. I have been struggling with Fifth Third Bank for far too long with respect to this issue. It takes the 6 months or so to respond to people who want to obtain modifications and I have documents to substantiate this claim and by the time the respond, you are in the foreclosure process which they seek late fees and damages which they would otherwise not get if they would do things properly. I have hundreds of documents that ca n't be attached to this online complaint and, this is not the entire problem but it is enough to help us get started. Please have someone contact me soon as I do not have much time. Thanks

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-17 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: Avant Credit Corporation
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I called on XXXX/XXXX/15 to pay off a loan I received on line on XXXX/XXXX/15. I wanted to pay off the loan using an increase I received on the credit limit of a credit card. I was told the company does n't accept credit card payments above the amount of the monthly payment. When I asked where it states that in the contract, I was told it does n't. That 's just company policy. Had I been told this, I would have forgone the loan. I believe this is Inadequate loan disclosure. It 's unfair business practice to change a contract that is in writing, without written consent.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Rewards — 
Company: BMO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: DC

Complaint narrative:
After paying annual fees for many years to Diners Club - run by BMO XXXX - I attempted to redeem points for miles. I completed my transaction only to receive an email receipt stating the transaction would take 2-6 weeks to complete. I needed the transaction immediately. I called the company within an hour of the transaction and they said they could not refund the points to my account, even though the transaction had just taken place and even though they did not disclose anywhere on the purchase pages that they time frame would take 2-6 weeks. I went through XXXX levels of customer service people for over an hour and all they would offer me was my annual fee back. I am not out XXXX miles - the equivalent of {$750.00}.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-02 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
I had water damage in my home in XXXX 2015. The insurance company paid for work to be done, first disbursement check was sent to me and given to the company. The larger part was sent to the mortgage company, It has been a year. The inspector for the mortgage company, did the inspection and agreed the work has been completed. Freedom Mortgage will not release the check to the contractors.

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 2016-04-14 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I received are County tax bills that we 're supposed to be sent to the lender. I faxed them to Freedom mortgage on XXXX XXXX 2016. XXXX bill was paid on time, XXXX was not paid so I called them on XXXX XXXX 2016 which was the due date. They told me that they did n't have record of the XXXX tax bill and I should send them the fax that I sent them, via email. I contacted them via email on XXXX XXXX 2016 with the documents they requested attached to the email. I received a response the same day saying that they received my email inquiry and that they would respond to it. On XXXX XXXX 2016 a letter was sent via USPS stating they had received my inquiry and would respond within 30 days. I called them on XXXX XXXX 2016 they told me that they were still reviewing the information. On XXXX XXXX 2016 the amount for the property taxes was deducted from my escrow account, the amount was a second time on XXXX XXXX 2016. I contacted freedom XXXX XXXX 2016 they informed me the taxes have been paid twice, they could not tell me why they paid them twice and would not refund the money they erroneously removed from my escrow account. The taxes have not been paid to date in the treasurer has no record of correspondence from them.

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 2015-07-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Improper use of my credit report — Report improperly shared by CRC
Company: BMO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
They ran my credit with out my authorization.. I have sent them letters numerous times and no response

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-08 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
I had a lien through Fifth Third bank on my vehicle. I paid the lien off on XXXX XXXX, 2016 and it is now XXXX XXXX. I have called for the past two weeks to have them fax a document over to VA DMV with the notice that my lien has been paid in full and to release the title so that I can transfer it over to the new buyer. I have explained to 53rd that I do not need the actual title and just a lien release statement. To this day they have still refused to fax anything over. They have also told me on several occasions they are faxing the docuemtnation over. Each time this has happened they have not actually faxed anything to DMV. I have requested to speak with a supervisor, but only been told no one can come to the phone to help me out and just left on hold. 

The letter that was sent to DMV was a notice acknowledging they have received my wire transfer and the loan has been paid off. However it did not include my VIN # or the vehicle. They keep telling me the transfer is still being processed and I must wait 10 full business days before my lien is released.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-04 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BMO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
BMO Harris Bank in Wisconsin called me today. The collections dept representative claimed that the mortgage was overdue by 3 months. This issues has been previously resolved twice. The account was set on auto payment. It is a variable rate. The payment increased by {$1.00} and the auto payment failed to make the adjusted monthly amount. The system they use then automatically claims the account has not been paid. The technical errors were corrected. Then it happened again, the apparently do a system restore and all the past problems are brought back. I received a call today stating the account was overdue etc. It is not overdue. The account has been paid in full each month. This bank does not pay a living wage and they can not find technology specialists who would work for them. Then bank has widely been reported to have paid XXXX dollars in fines already for criminal behaviors with customer accounts. Outside professional peer review of their failure to perform customer services summarizes this complaint. This mortgage was a predatory lending exploitation and we are considering hiring a major law firm which can run TV ads and invite others who were exploited by predatory loans to come join a class action suit. Fines seem to have no effect on the business practices of this financial institution.

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 2015-08-11 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: BMO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
It 's been told to me as I understand it that XXXX XXXX Institutions are requiredfor consumer concerns that within institution must be posted acknowledgement and/orrecognition of Office of Consumer Currency [ OCC ] and/or provide contact # Consumer Compliance Division ... nor FCPB ... .neither of which is provided. When asked for in XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX Senior Premier Banker, Vice President, Regional expressed no such ideaof any such agency that I was describing but offering outlandish excuses about myconcerns.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-17 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
We have experienced an issue with someone having obtained and used our social security numbers to open bank accounts and apply for credit cards. Accordingly, we have filed a police report and notified the credit agencies and initiated fraud alerts. Most creditors have acknowledged the fraud alerts and contacted us before any charges could be made and promptly closed the accounts, or ceased processing. Unfortunately, Fifth Third Bank seems to be the most lax in verifying identities and resolving disputes. They had allowed a checking account to be opened with a token balance and immediate overdraft without contacting us and now seemingly have approved another account ( XXXX ) in our name that we did not apply for. Their fraud department is very difficult to deal with and we find it very troubling that they would allow a second account to be processed after the first event where a checking account was fraudulently opened for {$63.00} and they gave the imposter XXXX initial blank check which they promptly used to overdraw that account. We were able to close out that checking account weeks ago and received verification from Fifth Third just about XXXX days ago that it was investigated and resolved and that we had no liability. However, today we received yet another notice from Fifth Third of a XXXX Account opening and notice of change of home phone number, which again was done fraudulently and with out notice despite having experienced the prior fraud issue. We believe that Fifth Third is not doing their job in verifying identity as required by Federal law and are not being cooperative in preventing the opening of fraudulent accounts or resolving those disputes effectively. After experiencing their weak efforts and response to our identity theft issue I would never voluntarily deal with them for any banking services and would recommend others to think twice before doing so as well.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-10 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
My ex left me, she is on the mortgage, she had a restraining order on me for 30 days until court where her complaint XXXX was dismissed. During this time she lived in the house and did n't keep the payments up. So when I was able to get back in the house I begin to make the payments again. I was one month behind at this point. During the past couple months I had been talking to the mortgage company, Freedom Mortgage, and making payments we discussed a repayment plan that initially sounded like a good deal then after further consideration it was determined at the time that this was not going to work. They are saying that I broke an arrangement and now they need two full payments or they will not even talk to me. They changed the terms of the loan which has now put me 3 months past due including the current month and they are refusing to accept any payment from me which has put me in an even worse position because I am doing everything in my power to get it caught up.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Product: Payday loan — 
Issue: Payment to acct not credited — 
Company: Avant Credit Corporation
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX XXXX I had taken out a payday loan with a Avant credit. At the time I was in severe financial distress. I could not keep up my payments with the contract that I had agreed to with that company, So I went through XXXX program, who negotiated on my behalf with Avant. They sent a contract, had me sign it to set up payment arrangements through the debt management company. I was on a different payment plan and they agreed to settle for less than what I owed. I followed all the way through with the whole plan, paid all the money that they agreed that I should pay ; all of the lesser amount, every payment on time. It is now XXXX XXXX, I happen to pull my credit report, and noticed that Avant credit was on my credit report as over a year late with my payments. I tried to contact them and was told to contact the compliance Dept. I sent them all the documents I had, I even sent them copies of the canceled check that they had cash through my account. Now, they are trying to say that they have no documentation of this contract, their contract that they made up and agreed to, payment plan, they did not receive any payments, and I 'm still late. Someone cashed my checks at that company. I can not get a answer from a live body about this situation. I can only email them or I can call customer service who hasnt been able to resolve this issue at all. I want people to know that Avant credit steals your money. Someone at the company has taken {$1300.00} from me, and nobody is acknowledging that they even know where this money went nor are they acknowledging the contract, that 's after I sent them the contract and the copies of the cancelled checks. How do I resolve this issue. All of my payments went through global client services and were cashed. As I have said, when I call the XXXX # to Avant, I can only get customer service. There is, supposedly, no number for the compliance department ... .they can only be communicated with through email!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-07 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Savings account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I got a change of address notification in the mail that I did not authorize. It was the same address but a different date that they changed my mothers account without authorization! This account has been closed since XX/XX/2014 however I do have XXXX other accounts with fifth third!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-08 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
I lost my card. Somebody had deposited fruadulent checks and cashed them in a different state fifth third bank stated they would fix the problem. they sold my account to a collection agency and the thief also took XXXX out of my savings

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation