vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/XXXX I got a loan from XXXX XXXX. I defaulted in XX/XX/XXXX and property was sold. Then it was transferred to XXXX XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX  changed balance due from {$17000.00} to {$29000.00}. I disputed this and then they did an unauthorized hard inquiry. I disputed that in XX/XX/XXXX and they did another unauthorized hard inquiry. Since then all account info has been removed but the unauthorized hard inquires still remained. Equifax said they take a while to update. Do after waiting a year I disputed it again. Once XXXX XXXX XXXX  was contacted they did another unauthorized hard inquiry last week. I call Equifax and was told by " XXXX '' that there's nothing they could do to stop or remove them. I needed to lock my file. I talked to XXXX in there lock Dept and she said they could remove them but I would have to be transferred back to dispute Dept. Well this time " XXXX '' answers and says there's nothing they can do. But amazingly XXXX and XXXX sound like the very same person on the phone and when I told her this we got disconnected. So I need help. If I contact the company they will just do another hard inquiry. They are doing it just to affect my credit score. I finally got my credit back to fairly good since my divorce in XX/XX/XXXX and having someone run up over 89k in debt in my name.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Applying for a mortgage or refinancing an existing mortgage — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX, I was charged {$490.00} for an appraisal. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX promised to cancel refinance and refund appraisal fee for appraisal which never occurred. 

XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX & XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX ignores consumer pleas as to lack of refund.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Applying for a mortgage or refinancing an existing mortgage — 
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
I bought a home under a VA loan with fifth third bank in XX/XX/XXXX.In XX/XX/XXXX i got married and in XX/XX/XXXX we refinanced the loan with fifth third bank with the sole purpose of adding my wife 's name to the mortgage, this is a fact that was repeated through out the process so there was not any chance of a misunderstanding.On all of the paper work we have from the refinancing my wife and myself and consistently documented as co-borrowers and co-owners as well as requiring both of our signatures. The bank ran both of our credit scores to achieve the loan and my wife 's was higher so they used it to complete the loan.When we discovered her name was left off in the end we contacted the mortgage department at fifth third and they said unless they ran my wife 's credit score that's the only way they can add her to loan and we have that document but they are denying any knowledge of this. When we went to the bank with all of our documents showing both of us were on the refinancing papers as well as credit score ran and in addition a document stating that a notary public was there to verify that we were both in the room to refinance, they simply looked at the documents and said the only way they would correct their mistake was if we refinanced again at a higher rate. We feel like they are at fault and we are demanding that they add her name as originally agreed. We are getting no cooperation from them at this point.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Other transaction problem — 
Company: WESTERN UNION COMPANY, THE
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
Used western union as a bill pay in store. The payment was routed to the wrong car payment company. Spoke with western union at stated they woukd contact company money was incorrectly routed to and reroute funds to correct company within 48 hours. Waited 48 hours and was told no progress had been made in retrieving funds and to wait another 48 hours. I'm meantime my vehicle has been repossessed. Still another 48 hours later no progress made. I personally spoke with company money was incorrectly routed to and was told that they had the funds on hold me due to it being attached to nonexistent account, but to that date had not received request from western union to return funds. They gave me a number and email for western union to expedite request. Called western union and was told they would note the information but would do nothing until their own back office contacted them again which hadn't been done since 24 hours after initial request. Asked for contact information of back office and was told that information is not for public consumer use and please call back in ANOTHER 48 Yours! Meanwhile my car is gone! I did not request a refund, I requested a Reroute! This is getting out of hand and in the meantime my car is slipping out of my grasp! The amount of the payment was for XXXX! The tracking number is XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other type of mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: Visio Financial Services Inc.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
I was coerced into a hard money loan on my primary home that I had paid off ( I found out this is illegal in the state of Md ), with he idea of getting on track and getting my credit score up. I missed a payment and they would not let me send in a payment. They said that they only debit money from a person 's account. My payments were $ XXXX/month. By the time they were going to make the next deduction it was over {$5000.00}. I was expecting somewhere around {$4500.00}. After that it was stop gap measure here and there trying to stopdelay them foreclosing on my primary home. They sold the loan to another loan company which eventually foreclosed. The sale was held and the primary company I got the loan in the first place bought my home. I have received a eviction notice. This was done by XXXX XXXX agent XXXX XXXX and Title agent XXXX XXXX. I doubt I am the only person they got caught up in this scam. I got an email from him on XX/XX/XXXX about the appraisal, to make sure I told the appraiser that the home was not owner occupied. On XX/XX/XXXX I got an eviction notice taped to my door.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process — 
Company: RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
After receiving a letter from my Insurance Agent ( XXXX XXXX, XXXX, NJ XXXX, Phone : XXXX ) warning me of the imminent cancellation of my flood insurance policy due to NON-PAYMENT BY ROUNDPOINT, I called Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corporations customer service on XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX to inquire as to WHY my flood insurance policy had not been renewed and was told by Roundpoint 's customer service representative that it would be renewed right away. 

Apparently, nothing was done because several days later I received a letter from Roundpoint telling me my flood insurance had lapsed and they were going to bill me {$2300.00} for THEIR flood insurance coverage. They also erroneously stated my home was in " Special Flood Insurance Hazard Area '' which it is not. I have had Flood Insurance through National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA since 2013 - and XXXX XXXX is the issuing Insurance Agent that is payed the premium. 

So, despite the fact that Roundpoint collected Flood Insurance escrows from me, I was forced to renew and pay for this coverage myself out-of-pocket, ( amount of {$450.00} ) due to Roundpoints failure to renew this coverage in a timely manner. 

I expect Roundpoint Mortage Servicing Corporation to contact ME to rectify any issues with respect to any escrow imbalances or shortfalls that may have occurred due to their failure to renew my flood insurance policy, and/or issue my a refund of my flood insurance escrows that they are holding.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/2018 a hard inquiry was reported on my credit report from an unfamiliar bank I don't have an account with. After contacting the bank, they confirmed a credit card was applied for using my information. This was not done by 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 non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A. - 520 GERVAIS STREET BRANCH
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/XXXX I got a loan from XXXX XXXX. I defaulted in XX/XX/XXXX and property was sold. Then it was transferred to XXXX XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX  changed balance due from {$17000.00} to {$29000.00}. I disputed this and then they did an unauthorized hard inquiry. I disputed that in XX/XX/XXXX and they did another unauthorized hard inquiry. Since then all account info has been removed but the unauthorized hard inquires still remained. XXXX said they take a while to update. Do after waiting a year I disputed it again. Once South State Bank was contacted they did another unauthorized hard inquiry last week. I call XXXX  and was told by " XXXX '' that there's nothing they could do to stop or remove them. I needed to lock my file. I talked to XXXX in there lock Dept and she said they could remove them but I would have to be transferred back to dispute Dept. Well this time " XXXX '' answers and says there's nothing they can do. But amazingly XXXX and XXXX sound like the very same person on the phone and when I told her this we got disconnected. So I need help. If I contact the company they will just do another hard inquiry. They are doing it just to affect my credit score. I finally got my credit back to fairly good since my divorce in XX/XX/XXXX and having someone run up over 89k in debt in my name.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: Pressler & Pressler, LLP
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
Please provide all of the following information and submit the appropriate forms and paperwork back to me along with an Affidavit signed In Accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746 within 30 days from the date of your receipt of this request for validation and proof of claim. 

1. Alleged Name and Address of Creditor 2. Name on File of Alleged Debtor : 3. Alleged Account # : 4. Amount of alleged debt : 5. Date that this alleged debt became/becomes payable : 6. Date of original charge off or delinquency : 7. Amount paid if debt was purchased : 8. Please attach a copy of any signed agreement alleged debtor/claimant has made with debt collector, or other verifiable proof that debtor/claimant has a contractual obligation to pay debt collector. 
9. Furnish a copy of the original promissory note/agreement redacting my social security number to prevent identity theft and state that your client named above is the holder in due course of the note agreement and will produce the original for my own and a judges inspection should there be a trial to contest these matters. 
10. Produce the account and general ledger statement showing the full accounting of the alleged obligation that you are now attempting to collect. Such as ; FR 2046 balance sheet ( OMB # s 2046, 2049, 2099 ), 1099 OID report, S-3/A registration statement, 424-B5 prospectus, RC-S & RC-B call schedules 11. Identify by name and address all persons, corporations, associations, or any other parties having an interest in legal proceedings regarding the alleged debt. 
12. Verified specifically, name ( s ) of person ( s ) assigned as Trustee to handle Corporations affairs and to be held accountable for the actions of the Corporation. Such as CFO and subordinates responsible for debt collections. 

13. Verify as a third party debt collector, you have not purchased evidence of the alleged debt and are proceeding with collection activity in the name of the original maker of the note.

14. Verify you know and understand that certain clauses in a contract of adhesion, such as a so-called forum selection clause, are unenforceable unless the party to whom the contract is extended could have rejected the clause without impunity. 
15. Provide verification from the stated creditor that you are authorized to act for them.

16. Verify that you know and understand that contacting me again after receipt of this notice without providing procedurally proper validation of the debt constitutes the use of interstate communications in a scheme of fraud by advancing a writing, which you know is false with the intention that others rely on the written communication to their detriment a violation of United States Code TITLE 18 PART 1 CHAPTER 63 1341.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I HAVE DISPUTED THE INCORRECT INFORMATION ON MY REPORT 3 TIMES AND EQUIFAX STILL DOES NOT FIX INACCURATE INFORMATION ON MY ACCOUNT.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 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 — Problem with personal statement of dispute
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
I disputed 2 accounts with Experian on XX/XX/2018. I paid XXXX XXXX past due bal and they failed to report account from derogatory to current and actively still paying on the acct. XXXX XXXX never provided a statement showing where I owe the charge off. Acct says paid in full / {$190.00} written off Ive made payments on the account. I need a statement. These items with affect my report for 7 years. At least update the information. Please report last payment.

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 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage debt
Issue: Communication tactics — Used obscene, profane, or other abusive language
Company: Real Time Group, Inc.
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
Real time solutions is sending letters to my home with my ex wives name on them. This is upsetting myself & my current wife of 8 years and not wanting to explain to our children the names on this mail. My ex and I had a very messy divorce and real time solutions is aggravating my emotional state. I had to spend many years recovering from that emotional nightmare and these letters are now bringing major emotional stress to my life.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: Resurgent Capital Services L.P.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
Please provide all of the following information and submit the appropriate forms and paperwork back to me along with an Affidavit signed In Accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746 within 30 days from the date of your receipt of this request for validation and proof of claim. 

1. Alleged Name and Address of Creditor 2. Name on File of Alleged Debtor : 3. Alleged Account # : 4. Amount of alleged debt : 5. Date that this alleged debt became/becomes payable : 6. Date of original charge off or delinquency : 7. Amount paid if debt was purchased : 8. Please attach a copy of any signed agreement alleged debtor/claimant has made with debt collector, or other verifiable proof that debtor/claimant has a contractual obligation to pay debt collector. 
9. Furnish a copy of the original promissory note/agreement redacting my social security number to prevent identity theft and state that your client named above is the holder in due course of the note agreement and will produce the original for my own and a judges inspection should there be a trial to contest these matters. 
10. Produce the account and general ledger statement showing the full accounting of the alleged obligation that you are now attempting to collect. Such as ; FR 2046 balance sheet ( OMB # s 2046, 2049, 2099 ), 1099 OID report, S-3/A registration statement, 424-B5 prospectus, RC-S & RC-B call schedules 11. Identify by name and address all persons, corporations, associations, or any other parties having an interest in legal proceedings regarding the alleged debt. 
12. Verified specifically, name ( s ) of person ( s ) assigned as Trustee to handle Corporations affairs and to be held accountable for the actions of the Corporation. Such as CFO and subordinates responsible for debt collections. 

13. Verify as a third party debt collector, you have not purchased evidence of the alleged debt and are proceeding with collection activity in the name of the original maker of the note. 
14. Verify you know and understand that certain clauses in a contract of adhesion, such as a so-called forum selection clause, are unenforceable unless the party to whom the contract is extended could have rejected the clause without impunity. 
15. Provide verification from the stated creditor that you are authorized to act for them. 

16. Verify that you know and understand that contacting me again after receipt of this notice without providing procedurally proper validation of the debt constitutes the use of interstate communications in a scheme of fraud by advancing a writing, which you know is false with the intention that others rely on the written communication to their detriment a violation of United States Code TITLE 18 PART 1 CHAPTER 63 1341.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Fees or interest — Problem with fees
Company: Continental Finance Company, LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I have had problem with the cards the fee are over 600 dollars my credit limit is XXXX I asked to close account long time ago but they dont want to close. I have problems paying for the last6 months but they dont want to give me an affordable amount to pay back

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 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged
Company: Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Upon reviewing my most recent credit report, I have found a third party medical collection account on my credit report with, XXXX, XXXX  and XXXX  with a company that does not have a surety bond with the Texas Secretary of State. According to Section 392.101 of the Texas Finance Code,  they are illegally attempting to collect this debt and are in violation of Chapter XXXX. I request that they stop reporting this debt and have it removed from my credit by notifying the said credit bureaus immediately. The company that this complaint is in regard to is stated below. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, CA. XXXX XXXX Debt Amount- {$410.00} Opened on- XX/XX/2017

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem when making payments — You never received your bill or did not know a payment was due
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I was shocked when reviewing my credit report and found a late payment on the date below : 30 days late as of XX/XX/2017 I am not sure how this happened. I believe I made my payments to you when I received my statements. My only thought is that my statement did not get to me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Private student loan
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are being handled
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX I called Discover Student loans to investigate a payment assistance plan. I end the phone call with my payment being reduced to by 50 % reducing my payments from XXXX to XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I went to purchase gas and my card was declined. I used the app on my phone and found that in addition to taking the XXXX from my account Discover Student Loans also took XXXX from my account for a total amount of XXXX being taken from my account. I explicitly asked them woman on the original call to remove the original auto payment amount from my account and she confirmed it would be removed. This was not the case. 
Ive been going back and for with Discover Student Loans going on eight months receiving first apologizes and promises that a refund would be issued and the loan repayment assistance plan retro actively added to my account, then receiving promises via the electrotonic messaging inter face that my case was being looked over by numerous supervisors. Now and I all I get from them is phone calls and emails saying that my account is seriously in default. I have never stopped making monthly payments of {$230.00} what I was told over the phone my reduced payments would be. Im worried my credit score will take forever to recover for something that numerous people have admitted to me over the phone is definitely not my fault. Please help.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief