vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-22 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
We do not owe any debts to anyone and our credit rating is superior. 

When Midland credit management calls there is no one on the line therefore, we can not stop the calls. 

Midland credit management has called XXXX times in the past week. 
They call before XXXX and after XXXX. They sometimes call every hour for extended amount of time. 

We have tried blocking their calls but, they just change numbers.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Talked to a third party about my debt
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
My consumer rights have been violated, I did not sign any agreement with Midland Funding LLC, and they have filed a " Statement of Claim '' against me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-11 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
Someone tried to charge {$35.00} on my American Express credit card on XXXX/XXXX/2016. This same person has hacked into XXXX computers, changed my passwords and stalks me via computer and android cell phone. Places false website businesses about me using my email addresses which were hacked and are controlled by someone else.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Advertising and marketing — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: AK

Complaint narrative:
I was solicited by American Express to open a credit card. The offer promised XXXX XXXX XXXX points in compensation for spending XXXX dollars on the card in 3 months. When I received the card, I called the activation number and confirmed the terms and conditions.Amex solicited me, I was told I was eligible, and fulfilled the terms and conditions. The points were not awarded to my account. I contacted Amex, they claimed I was not eligible because " I had a similar offer in the past ''. 
Amex solicited me. I acted in good faith and confirmed the offer. I fulfilled the terms and conditions. Obviously, Amex has a data base an knew or should have known if I was eligible. I contend that I should be awarded the points.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Balance transfer — 
Company: HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
I requested HSBC XXXX bank to transfer a balance to my other credit card at XXXX, to pay my outstanding balance there. This was in XXXX, HSBC did sent a check to XXXX, on XXXX/XXXX/2016, with the wrong account and without my name. 

The check was never cashed by XXXX ( By HSBC own admission ) but yet that amount has been added to my HSBC balance since XXXX/XXXX/2016, together with a hefty transfer fee, though I never benefited from that transfer. 

I have call XXXX banks and specially HSBC a number of times, did n't get anywhere until I twitter about it and though then I was put in touch with a CSR, they then told me on that call that they will fix it, just to call me the next day saying they are refusing to take the amount of the transfer off my account though their check was never cashed!!!! 

So now I am carrying the same balance at the XXXX bank!!!!! 

This is NOT XXXX fault.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-25 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: TRANSWORLD SYSTEMS INC
State: NM

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX 2016 my credit card was charged {$1600.00} on my XXXX account for a delivery made from XXXX. My credit union cancelled the card and subsequently closed its investigation of the case in XXXX 2016 affirming to me in writing that a merchant error was made. In XXXX 2016 I received a collection invoice from the XXXX XXXX XXXX for the disputed debt. I followed the dispute process ( responding in writing upon receipt of the notification ) and received a letter ceasing collection efforts dated XXXX XXXX, 2016. On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I received a collection notice from Transworld Systems Inc. for {$1600.00} plus collection fees {$220.00} for a new total of {$1800.00}. I called XXXX to inform them of the notification and they told me to call Transworld Systems Inc. and to reference their invoice number in order to access an email that XXXX would place in the XXXX accounting system regarding my account -- -apparently to bill the correct account. I called Transworld Systems Inc. and spoke to XXXX XXXX and she accessed my account and stated that I had been billed in error. She had information on who sent the order and who received and signed for the delivery ( a company from XXXX to a company in XXXX, KS ). I called XXXX back to report my communication with Transworld Systems Inc only to be shuffled from one section to another ( recovery to billing to fraud ). I called Transworld Systems Inc. this morning at XXXX MST and spoke to XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) and she stated that Transworld Systems Inc. has closed out the collection process on me and my account citing that XXXX billed the wrong account. XXXX XXXX stated that I should not be receiving any further collection notifications regarding this false debt claim. 

XXXX billed my account/credit card for this shipment. XXXX continues to send this disputed debt to collection agencies without due diligence to accounting protocols. I have called XXXX XXXX, XXXX ext. XXXX, and emailed ( at XXXXXXXXXXXX ) this XXXX agent handling my case and have not heard back from her. XXXX has not corrected its files and continues to pursue me for a debt that I did not incur. They are not responsive and their actions constitute fraud.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-07 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Right to dispute notice not received
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2015 I called midland credit management. I verbally requested that they send me verification that they owned the debt. I also wrote them on XX/XX/XXXX and have yet to receive anything from them at all. I have requested that they stop reporting to the credit bureaus and they have not stopped. When I disputed it with the credit bureau they responded back stating that MCM sent them information stating that they own a debt that I owe. Well, I 'm still waiting on this as I have a right to see that they do in fact own any debt that I owe.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-13 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not given enough info to verify debt
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
I have sent multiply request to validate the debt company will not send information in the 30 day period now i am being told 90 days, they will just remove from my report and research and never send correspondence bad company

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — General purpose card
Issue: Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Recently I stayed at a hotel in XXXX XXXX. The hotel generated XXXX authorizations from the American Express Serve Card, XXXX for {$310.00}, XXXX for {$90.00}, XXXX for {$180.00}, and XXXX for {$23.00}. Upon settlement with the hotel, I was billed XXXX for the XXXX authorization and XXXX for the XXXX authorization, which left a XXXX balance with the hotel. The XXXX authorization and the XXXX authorization remain on my Serve account, which went into a negative balance. After a direct deposit was processed XXXX dollars of my money is inaccessible. 
After contacting the hotel, the hotel contacted their third party credit card processor, XXXX and XXXX XXXX. The third party processors had no record of the remaining pending authorizations, they were cleared from their system after the hotel was paid in full. 
American Express Serve, however, continues to hold the money, and states that they can not remove the authorizations manually. American Express Serve also states that these " orphaned '' authorizations will drop off systematically after 30 calendar days. 
The hotel has contacted American Express and requested that they clear the authorizations, which American Express stated they did. Yet, the Serve account still shows the holds in place. 
American Express Serve states that they are powerless to rectify the circumstance, and that I will just have to wait until XX/XX/XXXX to regain access to my money.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
I apply for America Express Serve Card and they advertised early deposit and on XXXX/XXXX/2015 did not process my direct deposit.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: West Virginia Housing Development Fund
State: WV

Complaint narrative:
This is not one specific incident, simply a frustration with a recent change to mortgage billing. I believe a law has recently been enacted that requires monthly billing statements rather than coupon booklets ; I presume the method behind that is to serve as a reminder for borrowers to make their payment, rather than being expected to submit payment on their own via coupon booklet without prompting. That, in and of itself, is ridiculous ... .the mortgage payment is due at the same time every month ... 
if you ca n't be responsible for making such an important payment, then a late charge or being reported to the credit bureaus, is simply a consequence that you 've earned. All of that aside- if monthly billing statements are necessary, why can they not be mailed out earlier in the month? Typically these statements are cut in the middle of the month, by the time I receive the billing statement, often I 've already mailed payment in. It 's frustrating, because losing the ability to use a coupon booklet limits the control you have on when payment can be mailed & what documents you have available to you before issuing payment.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-27 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — ID prepaid card
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: MS

Complaint narrative:
today is XXXX/XXXX/16 Dear cfpb, I have a cash only prepaid debit card with bluebird, handled by American express. I can only add funds to it by going to XXXX, with cash. An electronic transfer was made into this account by an online credit union on XXXX/XXXX/16 for XXXX cents. On XXXX/XXXX/16 another online transfer by the same credit union in the amount of {$2500.00} was made and then withdrawn 5 hours later. Later the credit union realized their mistake and asked bluebird to return the funds which were already withdrawn from my account. Bluebird refunded what funds were left in my account to the credit union, {$190.00}. All these transactions were done without my knowledge and I was not aware of this until I went to use my bluebird card and found out it was frozen. 
I 've called both the credit union and bluebird countless times with an unbelievable assortment of stories. I just want my {$190.00} back. Its a cash only prepaid debit card, this is a pretty much an open and shut case, but American express refuses to help. I gave the credit union the transaction numbers that were given me thru emails but they said those numbers do n't match ones they typically use and could not talk to me further about the matter.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: First Federal Credit Control, Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Medical debt of my minor son is his father who 's guarantor of his health insurance. I never received any medical bill from dr

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-16 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not given enough info to verify debt
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I had an account with XXXX many years ago. We moved to a state where XXXX did provide service. This was over 8 years ago. XXXX did not have coverage for this area and we asked to be released from the agreement. They did this for us with no questions asked. 

Then, MCM began to call/send letters demanding money for an account we had with XXXX. I asked MCM for a detailed explanation as to what the charges are for and they provide me nothing. 

I just got off the phone with XXXX today ( representatives name was XXXX ). XXXX tells me that she can not provide details of what those charges are as they sold my full account to MCM and are not able to see the details any longer. 

I then hung up and called MCM, again. I explained the situation and the representative ( XXXX XXXX sp? ) explained to me that he could not see the details. I told him that was wrong and I have asked for this information numerous times. He said I could file a dispute and I told him I felt it was wrong that they continue to tell me these things and nothing happens and that I was going to report their company to the CFPB. He immediately said he was going to put me through to another extension and said the XXXX digit number and I immediately heard hold music. After being on the call for XXXX minutes ( mostly hold time when he transferred me to some other group ) I disconnected the call. This happened at about XXXX EST XX/XX/2015. 

All I am asking for from MCM is a detailed listing of the charges they claim I owe to XXXX. What I do n't understand is how they can do this and pass audits or financial reviews from XXXX party auditing companies without being able to provide that type of documentation or at least produce those in the files. They should be required to keep detailed account history of what they are collecting on and should arm their agents with the details so that they can speak intelligently to the consumer. I feel this is unfair and deceptive. 

We receive countless telephone calls from MCM as well as letters. The most recent letter actually reads " ... do n't miss this opportunity to say $ XXXX off your current balance of $ XXXX. We would forward to assisting you. '' They do n't assist you when you ask them for details on what they are collecting ; they only want your money. 

Please understand that I do n't have any issue in paying any amount that I may owe. As noted, when I ask for those details they ca n't or wo n't provide it to me. It just does n't seem legal that they can do this to someone. It would have been taken care of immediately if they had provided me the details when I asked but I refuse to pay something blindly.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not given enough info to verify debt
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
This company is attempting to collect on an item that belongs to XXXX. I reached out to XXXX but privacy laws and statutes of limitations hinder me from receiving any information on this matter making this unverifyable ... this company is very aggresive in there collection efforts and i need confirmation and validation from XXXX that this company is associated with them. Also i need a letter from them, or a copy of their license, saying that they are authorized to collect in Florida. We want all the statements of this account, not just the last XXXX or XXXX. We want original creditcard application showing date and my signature ( and not a print screen print out of there computer screen. They are showing theywant to collect {$4200.00}, and this item shows to have been for {$3100.00}. So you can see why its important we receive all statements to completely 100 % verify and validate the accuracy of this company and the item they are collecting. I am asking for a letter from XXXX and XXXX XXXX, on XXXX and XXXX XXXX letterhead, that this company is collecting on an item that shows as belonging to XXXX, and the letter shall have XXXX and XXXX XXXX contact information and my account information on it as well, so i may confirm its authenticity. I dont want a " print screen '' print out of there computer screen. I want them to stop all collection efforts either by mail, phone or litigation, and to remove there item from my consumer credit reports.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-13 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Credit line increase/decrease — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I opened a credit card with American Express and they gave me a limit of {$10000.00}. They asked if i would like to add a family member 's name to the account and have a card sent out to her ( my wife ). They said on the online form that they needed her SSN and that they would not run it, just have it on file for identification purposes. A few months later they arbitrarily reduced my credit limit by {$6000.00} and said that I was carrying too many cards with high balances. I only have 2 other cards and and the limits on those are {$4000.00} and {$500.00}. Then It turns out that they 've run my wife ' credit without her permission and have somehow used her credit score to reduce mine AND reduce my limit. Her credit score has taken a hit, and they 're reporting that she has a balance with them of {$2700.00} ( having never even spoken with them ).

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
We just received our monthly statement dated XXXX XXXX, XXXX. It has been 61 days since we received our monthly statement which was dated on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. Our prior billing monthly statements were 15 days apart As a debt collector Ocwen Loan Servicing is not able to collect a debt until substantiation is provided. Failure to provide the information in 60 days is violation and requires enforcement. In leiu of the debt, Ocwen Loan Servicing needs to issue a cancellation. 

No one at Ocwen is willing to speak with us about our account and XXXX XXXX XXXX who is assigned to my account as noted on the XXXX XXXX, XXXX statement has not returned our repeated request for an explanation of the securitization, billing and revised escrow analysis of the account since XXXX XXXX, XXXX The Trustee XXXX XXXX ) that holds the loans is demanding the Mortgage Payment and Financial Records of the account. I 'm attaching a letter from the Trustee that holds this loan. Everyone is demanding answers. 
This loan has a balloon payment due in XXXX which is direct violation of the the CFPB consent Order

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
American Express sent a new credit card in my name to XXXX California and cancelled the card I possessed in XXXX. My identity theft service and I spent numerous hours with XXXX resources around the world, and all American Express personnel continually refused to give me details about the fraudulent telephone call, and most did not call me back as they said they would. Their response to my original letter did not in any way answer my question or resolve my issue. Specifically, I want to know what that criminal said that caused American Express to send a credit card in my name to an address that was never ever on my account. I also want to understand the policies and procedures for sending credit cards to addresses that are not part of the account, and what the law states. 

I placed my American Express credit card on hold until I received the info that I requested, and I never did. This month, they have billed my account for an annual fee, which I am obviously not paying, I only used the card for 4 months after I got it and until this situation is resolved to my satisfaction, I will keep the card in an inactive state. 

I would like someone to contact me with the information requested so that I may evaluate the security practices and my desire to keep this credit card. I have a right to know the details of that call and am at a loss for why American Express will not provide it to their customer. I have been using corporate American Express cards for may years and this unresolved issue will cause conflicts with corporate customers that I may be employed by in the future. 

I can try contacting an investigative reporter from XXXX of the major networks, but I prefer to avoid that headache, so if CFPB can get a better response than I got the first time American Express sent a letter to me, I will be thankful.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-12 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — ID prepaid card
Issue: Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues — 
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like to document a complaint against the American Express Serve XXXX. On XXXX XXXX, 2015, I used the new bill pay service to pay my car note via their website at americanexpressserve.com. I then contacted the Customer Service just prior to completed the bill pay. After I clicked the submit the Representative XXXX ( name unknown ) then told me the payment would not be mailed out as a check. 
The reason this is an issue for me is I was previously told by Representative XXXX ( name unknown ) the payments sent through the American Express Serve bill pay process would be sent out as a check. 
My lien holder for my automobile does not accept American Express. However, my lien holder does accept checks. I need to have this processed in a way which will be received by my lien holder, or I need to know what happens to my money. I have the receipt which I can send to whomever needs it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation