vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-09 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle lease
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX/XXXX/17, a property tax of {$690.00} was erroneously added to my statement. The amount was a pass-through of property tax from the company for my leased vehicle that had been assessed by the State of XXXX and the Town XXXX. 
In addition, my monthly lease payment of {$480.00} was applied to the tax bill, instead of the lease as intended. Not only was the tax payment in dispute, but this act contradicted their own notice that stated that the tax bill would not affect my monthly automatic payment under the 'EasyPay ' program. 
I was on XXXX XXXX and provided such notice to Acura when I began the lease and I continue to serve on XXXX XXXX today. As a non-resident military member, I am exempt from XXXX property tax on the vehicle under the Servicemember 's Civil Relief Act ( XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX. 

Excerpt from SCRA Sec XXXX " XXXX Personal property ( 1 ) Relief from personal property taxes The personal property of a servicemember or the spouse of a servicemember shall not be deemed to be located or present in, or to have a situs for taxation in, the tax jurisdiction in which the servicemember is serving in compliance with military orders. 
( 2 ) Exception for property within member 's domicile or residence This subsection applies to personal property or its use within any tax jurisdiction other than the servicemember 's or the spouse 's domicile or residence. '' I was never given a tax bill from the Town XXXX and I asked the tax to be removed from my bill, pending adjudication of the matter. 

I have provided a signed, notarized, affidavit that was accepted by the town 's tax assessor 's office and a copy of my military orders that both clearly articulate that I am not a XXXX resident and I am only in the state incident to military duty. 
Over the past two weeks, I have contacted Acura Financial Services by phone, email, and letter to no avail. The Financial Services office has passed me from XXXX representative to another and have refused my request for a written response. 
This misapplication of property tax and attempt at reimbursement by Acura Financial ServicesXXXX Company from XXXX XXXX members could potentially effect other servicemember/lessees in the following states that assess vehicles for property tax : XXXX XXXX XXXX only ) XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-06 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
Charged a late fee on my mortgage payment erroneously. check was cashed on XXXX, late fees payable after XXXX and yet bank charged me a late fee.

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 2016-09-20 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
BOA changed my checking account type from college to whatever it is now and started charging for account maintenance fee without any acknowledgement. And there is no warnings at all prior to the change

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 monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
Wells Fargo did ilegal VA Home Modification False information they have sent letter after 4 years they had put XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Went Bankrupt XXXX when we were trying to do a Fair XXXX Home Modification.They made us look as though we were high credit risk Saying we went Bankrupt XXXX which we did not they held Security XXXX dollars.Everything was done Via mail, they were supposed to correct this we did go bankrupt XXXX we did not list are VA Home loan .Made all payments Lawyers told us XXXX you do not have to reaffirm loan.We made all payments XXXX XXXX was found to have XXXX XXXX .We were 1 month behind on mortgage Wells Fargo told us to stop making payments 3 months before they could do a Modification, they put we went bankrupt XXXX which we did not made us look like we had a high credit risk took Security Instrument.Lock are loan we could not get a lower rate.Thank You XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I opened an " XXXX Checking Account '' with 5/3 Bank on XXXX XXXX and the bank ordered checks for me and charged me {$23.00} for them without my consent. I reached out to their customer service line on several occasions and even got escalated to a supervisor once, only to be told I would have to return the checks in person to receive a refund. This seems contradictory to FTC regulations on " unordered merchandise '' which I pointed out to the banking representative. https : //www.consumer.ftc.govXXXX I do n't think it 's fair for me to have to go out of my way to return merchandise I neither ordered nor wanted. I reviewed the terms of the checking account I signed up for and confirmed there was nothing in there noting that checks would be ordered and paid for on my behalf.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-24 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: ACS Education Services
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I obtained a consolidated student loan with ACS in XX/XX/XXXX. In the XX/XX/XXXX another consolidated all my loans again and the loan with ACS was paid in full and closed. On XX/XX/XXXX, I received an alert on credit check total that ACS had flagged my credit report with negative information. ACS decided to report my CLOSED and PAID account as CURRENTLY 120 days past due. The account has been CLOSED and PAID since XX/XX/XXXX. As you can see from the attached evidence ACS is reporting that the CURRENT status of this account is 120 days past due which is defamation and false reporting under the FDCPA. My score decreased because of this misrepresentation. I do n't currently have an account with ASC so why are they reporting a PAId and closed account as 120 days past due in XX/XX/XXXX? Please correct this misrepresention of my account IMMEDIATELY.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX of this year XXXX Bank lowered my credit card available balance Based on information they had received from TransUnion. They gave me a very low credit score and I was never even made aware of the fact the XXXX XXXX who 's card is issued by the said mentioned bank had run a credit check on me. I never gave them authorization to do a credit report on me I have been with them for so long this had never happened. When I explained that the majority the information was incorrect the time. At that time I figured that the issue would correct itself with proper monitoring and for a while it did. Until again XXXX Bank ran a SECOND credit report for me on my XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX. The first XXXX was done in XXXX the second in XXXX. It was n't until I contacted XXXX and XXXX from the Consumer Affairs division told me what had happened. Low and behold TransUnion sent them the same information they had sent previously to this bank. Same generic letter issued and same reasons. Nowhere in that report does it have the installment loans I pay for each with through payroll deduction. XXXX is in denial as to what has happened until I contacted XXXX again today and informed her of this problem. 

She was supposedly contacting XXXX Bank and informing them of the situation. At no time did I give them authorization to run BACK TO BACK CREDIT REPORTS!!!! This is clearly a big issue why if you had run XXXX previously and you were informed of discrepancies would you run another XXXX a month later from the same bank..This lowers my credit as well as XXXX scores. Which according to several of my credit cards which are monitored by TransUnion ALL HAVE DIFFERENT SCORES. 

There is also a XXXX point discrepancy according to the current report issued and on XXXX XXXX by TransUnion to my creditors. I believe that both XXXX Bank and TransUnion should be held accountable and liable for these erroneous mistakes. Playing with someones credit is beyond comprehension. I am asking for a resolution to this matter if at all possible. If this can happen to me how many others out there are going through the same thing.

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 2016-03-14 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2016 my cousin XXXX XXXX went into Suntrust Bank at XXXX XXXX XXXX to make an XXXX XXXX dollar withdrawal she successfully made that withdrawal & left the bank within 25 minutes of leaving the bank, XXXX XXXX branch manager contacted her again and informed her to bring the money back due to a fraud alert due to deposits not being in the account holders name we were informed that if XXXX XXXX brought me to the bank and I verify my identity everything would be fine that was not the case when we got back to the bank the branch manager XXXX XXXX just wanted the money & did n't give any information as to what actions should be taken next nor did she review the information we brought to the bank I have been in constant contact with the Irs, Suntrust Bank, and the 3rd party preparer bank XXXX XXXX XXXX. I have been able to get nowhere & they have constantly responded in a rude manner presenting horrible costumer service skills. I have limited information about my funds & Suntrust Bank internal department is telling me they can not give me a time frame as to when my funds will be released & and I was referred here to possible get a resolution within 10 business days of this matter being referred to the bank

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 2015-10-14 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action — Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
this is an issue of debt collection abuse this is against the lawXXXX XXXX has a pending case of debt collection abuse from cfpb

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-07 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low — 
Company: HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, THE
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
Huntington National Bank had a system issue causing some debits to double charge. Huntington was well aware of this issue as they had banner notifications on thier website while they were working thru the problem. My account was double charged and as promised, huntington reversed those charges. They did not however reverse the Overdraft fee caused by this double charging. I called in and spoke with a telephone banker and teh banker was able to reverse those charges for me over the phone as well as a extended overdraft fee that was also a result of the original overdraft. A day later ( unbeknownst to me ) Huntington reversed the refund off my account. This caused other OD fees when I used my debit card. Huntington now says the charges are my fault when my statement ( screenshot attached ) clearly shows the errors.

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-28 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing statement — 
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
HH GREGG credit account. Charged us high interest & added it to our account without giving us any notice. I asked in HH Gregg local store in XXXX XXXX, if they could tell us a " balance '' or give us a payment statement. HH Gregg told me, they have no access to this information. 
I went on " my online '' account for HH Gregg. To my surprise, there is " no available '' information, regarding : statements, balnce inquiry, current amount due or payment history. No record of " interest due '', current interest rates charged. 

I went to store again & asked what is my balance, after paying a store payment. The store manager again stated : " we have no way of knowing this information ''. 
I told store manager, that I went to my " online account '', and could not pull up a statement, account payment history or could not find where any " interest charges '' were be acrued! 

Manager gave me a phone number, saying : " maybe they can help you ''! 

Dissappointing, as we got an additional $ XXXX+ interest added onto our account, without being given any notice at all. Our account was down to {$1200.00}, now it has a balance of over {$1500.00}! 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, WI XXXX XXXX ( cell ) or XXXX ( residence )

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-29 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Problems when you are unable to pay — 
Company: Westlake Services, LLC
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
well XXXX they gave me some insurance on the car told me it was all the life of a long for {$800.00} but in 6 months it was cancelled because that 's all I went for and they told me that I can get license plates and everything with that when I got it so I stop paying for my own insurance because this insurance and they told me a lie I could n't get plates with this because it 's not in XXXX that 's {$800.00} they still have any pain the long should be paid off they still coming at me so I need help because the car is paid off they called third parties on me they did a whole lot of stuff today shoulda called me all types of hours change dates they did n't tell me nothing about this is so messed up company

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity protection — Billing dispute
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
I contacted Experian to have the credit freeze removed from account. I was asked how long I would like it to last and I responded 7 days. The information was confirmed and then I was told that it would cost {$5.00} to complete the transaction. I asked if removing the freeze again would result in another {$5.00} charge and was told yes. I told the rep that I did not wish to reinitiate the freeze and it could be lifted permanently if a fee were involved. The rep told me it was too late and that he had already processed the refreeze. I told him you did not tell me there would be a fee to handle the transaction prior to questioning if I wanted to reinitiate a freeze. The rep said I did n't know if I could lift it until I already did it. I advised that I would be contacting the CFPB to file a complaint and asked to speak to a manager. He advised no manager available. Lifting this freeze on my credit will now cost me a total of {$10.00} of which I was not made aware prior to the processing of the order.

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 2017-03-03 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: IOWA STUDENT LOAN LIQUIDITY CORPORATION
State: IA

Complaint narrative:
We switched banks, so we had to change the checking account that the automatic payment was made from. We requested the form from Aspire and then submitted it with the new information. Aspire cancelled our current payment ( even though we did n't request a cancellation ) prior to setting up the new payment so 1 monthly payment was missed. They then cancelled out interest rate reduction that we had for making our first payments on time back in XXXX or XXXX because of this missed payment which was their own fault that the payment was missed.

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 2015-06-08 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Nationstar Mortgage is trying to get me to buy more flood insuranse than is required by my mortgage contract. They have sent XXXX this XXXX letter which states " Your flood insurance poliicy coverage limits must be at least equal to the lowet of the following : 100 % of the replacement cost of the property, as determined by your homeowners insurance provider, or the maximum limit of coverage made available from the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, which is currently {$250000.00}. '' Where as my mortgage contract states on page XXXX '' 1. The Borrower ( s ) must provide satisfactory evidence of hazard insurance coverage and flood insurance coverage if the Property is located in a special flood hazard area. 
2. Dwelling coverage must be equal to rhe lesser of the loan amount or the full replacement value of the property improvements, ... '' I have provided Nationstar with a fax from my insurance company stating thaty I have {$110000.00} worth of flood insurance and only owe approximately {$100000.00} on the loan. 
This is a ploy by Nationstar to buy me flood insurance at an outrageous rate. This is the same sham that XXXX XXXX XXXX pulled a couple of years back which resulted in a class action law suit against them.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: LD Holdings Group, LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On Wednesday XXXX the XXXX I went on Loan Depot 's web site and inquired by inputting my Name and phone #, after I hit submit I get a call in XXXX seconds asking me, how they could be of help. I was very impressed by their quick response. I spoke to a gentleman briefly, and he transfereed me to a loan officer right away, saying he is the man I need to talk to. XXXX XXXX came on the phone and asked me, how he could be of help. I told him I 'm in the process of purchasing a XXXX in XXXX XXXX, Ca. My offer XXXX XXXX was just accepted and that I was shopping for the best interest rates. He said he would be happy to help, and told me what his Company could offer me. After twenty minutes of conversation I had made my mind to go with Loan Depot for my loan. He said he could do this entire process over the phone, I agreed and I provided all the information he requested. I had asked him if that 's the best pricing he could do. And he said everything I tell you is recorded, and if I get a better price, Loan Depot would match it and give me {$500.00} as credit on closing the loan. That evening I met with the sellers agent and provided a deposit of {$3000.00} and signed the sale agreement. And that night, I emailed XXXX XXXX all the requested document, since my interest rate was locked. On Thursday the XXXX of XXXX I informed XXXX that XXXX XXXX XXXX had given me a better interest rate of XXXX on the same product he was selling me, and he told me to email him the XXXX estimate, he called me back and said they will match it, I told he would also have honor the {$500.00} credit since I had received a better deal with XXXX he said that should not be a problem, he would talk to his supervisor. He called me XXXX minutes later and said it 's done, now my origination fee would be {$390.00} instead of {$890.00} I told him to move forward, and to send me a revised quote. Later that afternoon XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX called me and said that they are not able to give me the {$500.00} credit. I told him XXXX had promised me the Credit, and the conversation was recorded, he said will should have not told you that, until he had received an approval. I was frustrated and told him how could Loan Depot change their minds, that 's not professional. I had emiled you all my personnel information XXXX credit repot, bank statement, pay stubs, and many other documents ) He started to apologize I told him it was false advertising, but he really did not seem to care. Now my Credit score has dropped from XXXX to XXXX due to excessive inquires and burrowing my coast me more money, with another Lender

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-12 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: POPULAR BANK
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I made a request to Banco popular XXXX times-one by phone, XXXX in person and XXXX by fax to change my ACH debit account number. Nothing was done. They continued to take the monthly payment from the account that I no longer wanted them to use. Last month, They took my payment XXXX {$120.00} XXXX from the old account and a week later they took an additional {$48.00} from the new account. I called customer service on XXXX/XXXX/16 and I was instructed by an employee named XXXX to fax statement screenshots to start an investigation. After I faxed the documents that day, an auto email was sent acknowledging receipt. but I have not heard anything from " XXXX '' nor have I received any resolution or even a timeframe of when the issue would be resolved. In addition to the unauthorized amount of {$48.00}, my financial institution ( also my employer ) charged me an insufficient funds fee of {$35.00} ... Changing the ACH account number has been such an execise in futility, that I no longer want the change. I am in the process of closing the new account for fear of Banco Popular is using my number to pay another client 's loan. I usually receive a monthly notice of the payment for the regular amount but did not receive XXXX for the mysterious {$48.00}. I can only assume that my account information went to the wrong person. This fiasco started on XX/XX/2016 when I walked into the XXXX XXXX branch to make the second request.Months earlier, I called XXXX but no forms were ever sent to me as promised.

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 monetary relief