vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-02 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I submitted an online bill payment to Ditech for a mortgage payment on XX/XX/XXXX and confirmed with my bank ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) that the payment was mailed XX/XX/XXXX. I was advised by a Ditech rep XX/XX/XXXX that payments are backdated based on when payment was postdated, which I learned later may be incorrect. Ditech posted my XX/XX/XXXX payment on XX/XX/XXXX and reported 30-day late with all XXXX major credit bureaus. I called Ditech XX/XX/XXXX and they advised me they would escalate my customer service issue to a supervisor named XXXX XXXX so they can review recorded calls substantiating how I was misadvised on payment processing/posting times. I did not receive a call or any correspondence from Ditech so I conducted a conference call between my bank & Ditech to resolve payment issue on XX/XX/XXXX. I spoke to XXXX XXXX at Ditech and she was very dismissive of my request and became very agitated indicating there was no wrongdoing on their end in regards to posting 30-day late. I simply asked how they verify when a mailed payment was received and she gave me XXXX inconsistent responses. The first response indicated a Ditech employee stamps the payment with a date of receipt while later during the call, she indicated that I should call the XXXX post office because they stamp when it was rec 'd. Understanding that the call would not result in a resolution, I ended the call respectfully. I was wrongfully treated as a customer who habitually makes derogatory payments. I work in the mortgage industry and understand the importance of making timely payments. I have not had any 30-day late payments since XX/XX/XXXX, which is testament to my character and willingness to pay-as-agreed but Ditech thought otherwise and was unwilling to further investigate why the payment was processed a week after it was sent out when my previous 6 payments were made thru the same system but was posted within 1-2 days of when it was mailed. Please contact me so I can provide more details and provide documentation to support my claim.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-26 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: AR

Complaint narrative:
Paid {$20000.00} to bring a house out of foreclosure. Nine months later they said to pay another {$8000.00} or they will put the loan in default. The XXXX XXXX is due to escrow. How can the account be made current then I 'm told I owe six years worth of escrow? I also found out that I was sending payments but they were n't cashing them.

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-22 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: Dream Center Education Holdings
State: NE

Complaint narrative:
They have continued to remove and add something into collections on my credit for over 6 months. When I have proof that it should be a balance if {$0.00}. 
I attended The Art Institute of XXXX XX/XX/2012 which put me at $ XXXX in student loans with them. I dropped out after my first year. They later got into a big lawsuit and I received a letter from XXXX which owns The Art Institute of XXXX stating that because of the timeframe I attended and dropped out that my student loans are now at a {$0.00} balance and should be whipped off my credit within 4 months. 

However XXXX XXXX had them in collections and after receiving the letter they were removed from my collection within two months. I was extremely happy. However for the past 3 months XXXX has continued to add it on my credit score and remove it only from XXXX tho. I called XXXX XXXX and explained the situation and emailed them the letter I have. They said they would look into it that was two months ago. 

So last month I decided to dispute the collection with XXXX sending them the letter that I received form XXXX. It 's supposed to be completed XXXX. However Now it is showing on XXXX twice for $ XXXX each.. 

I 'm getting very upset about this and its effecting me and my wife 's chance of buying a house

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I bought a manufactured home in XX/XX/2001 Brand new put on property I was buying. I signed a loan agreement with XXXX which was taken over by Ditech. I 've called to have them refinance my loan due to the over 9 % interest rate I 'm paying back when my credit was in a lower score.. Now my credit is over XXXX but they refuse to refinance to lower my interest rate. I have fell behind on payments and even had them defer payments due to injuries that caused me to be off work and rely on workmans comp payments which is barely enough to survive on. my payments are over {$900.00} a month for a loan I took out with Green Tree. I sat down one day with my significant other only to realize I have paid over XXXX} XXXX on the loan of XXXX XXXX and only paid XXXX XXXX towards the home and the property it sits on. I still owe over XXXX XXXX on this place I call home which I am struggling to afford as it needs regular maintenance that I am unable to due due to the amount paid towards the home itself. We looked at this years payments and most of the money they received from me for the payments, was put towards interest of over XXXX XXXX for 1 year .. Only a little over {$900.00} has been put towards the home itself and the rest is interest in there pocket. What happen to the OBAMA, MAKE A HOME AFFORDABLE PLAN cause for sure this company is profiting millions off of home buyers like me.. I now have my almost XXXX mother living with me due to needing someone to care for her and paying for her own well-being to keep her XXXX and not a XXXX.

Company public response: Company believes the complaint is the result of a misunderstanding
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-10 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I have recently refinanced my home and Ditech is my servicer, XXXX is the investor. I have since the start of this loan in XXXX 2016 made additional principle payments which can not seem to get credited to my account correctly. Each month I call and have to spend time speaking to numerous people who assure me that this will get straightened out. I 'm told they will put lock out codes on the account, next month when I call I 'm told the person prior did n't do it correct, now today I 'm told they acquired a bunch of loans and are really busy. I 've not received and accurate account statement from Ditech in 6 months. They keep applying my additional principle to future payments. Today I was told my additional payment from two months ago still is pending to be credited to my account. I asked for a payoff of my account and they can not give it to me because they have no idea what it is. This is ridiculous, six months and they ca n't resolve this issue. I also have asked that my interested be recalculated to be sure it was reduced with the additional payments from the time the additional funds were received and that those funds also should have been credited to the account.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
My property is scheduled for Foreclosure Sale on XXXX/XXXX/15 by Green Tree Servicing , LLC ( GT ). Due to a security leak, my Personally Identifiable Information ( PII ) was compromised by Federal authorities. As a result, I have a freeze on my credit with the XXXX major Credit Bureaus ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX. ) To process my Loan Modification request, GT had to access my credit report and requested that I lift the XXXX security freeze. In response, I requested a temporary lift of the freeze for GT for a specific period of time. GT, however, still could not access my credit with XXXX. XXXX is the only Credit Bureau Green Tree uses. XXXX provided an Access Code ( for a " Selective Security Freeze Lift. '' ) which would allow only GT to access my credit report for a limited period of time ( another {$5.00} XXXX charge ). Green Tree was not able to use XXXX Access Code. There is no place to enter a code into GT 's system. XXXX, Loss Mitigation Dept., claims she has real time access to XXXX data, however, XXXX does not sign directly into XXXX credit system and can not enter the XXXX Access Code. I was instructed by XXXX that I would have to completely remove all Security freezes before they can access my data since she has no way to enter the XXXX Access Code. XXXX was informed there would be another {$5.00} charge to completely remove the freeze and another {$5.00} to invoke the freeze again. XXXX said that was the only way she could pull my credit. Although I did not want to open my credit information up for all inquiries because of my PII security being breached, there appeared to be no other option if GT was to continue with the Loan Modification process. After I initiated the complete security freeze lift with XXXX, GT still could not access my credit. XXXX 's supervisor told her she would have to wait until the next day to determine if they can access my credit. XXXX told me the entire Loan Modification would be on hold until she can pull my credit report. It appears GT does not have real time access to XXXX credit data although when XXXX was questioned, she said several times that she did have real time access. It appears that GT is batch loading credit data into GT 's system via overnight computer run. This has added at least XXXX days to processing my Loan Modification. A foreclosure sale is in less then a week. GT has forced me to abandon my prudent security measures making me vulnerable for additional fraud, and they still can not access my credit.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Right to dispute notice not received
Company: ECMC GROUP, INC.
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
XXXX, sitused in XXXX, Indiana, has a collection agency contract with the Indiana Department of Revenue. By statute ( specifically Ind. Code 6-8.1-8-4 ), the Indiana Department of Revenue may hire special counsel or a collection agency to collect judgments from tax warrants ( let me add emphasis that the collection agency bit ONLY relates to judgment by warrants -- a point I will get to a little later ) ; however, the statute does not say that a collection agency can stand in the stead of the Department. 

Premiere takes the position that it IS the Indiana Department of Revenue when enforcing this debt ( they work on a contingency basis -- less than 11 % ) and does not follow ANY of the provisions of the FDCPA. Their contract, evidencing the contingency fee is online. 

More specifically, on Tuesday, XXXX XXXX, XXXX, they initiated the first-contact with the debtor. Debtor was informed that she had 24 hours to agree to a payment agreement that consisted of approximately $ XXXX over a 4 month period. If debtor did not call back in 24 hours and take this deal, they would merely garnish her wages. 

There was no initial letter substantiating the debt. There is no opportunity for her to challenge the amount owed. There is no notice that lays out which portion of the debt is the tax owed or the collection fee. Nothing ... nada. Just " you owe this '' and if you do n't agree ... .bam. 

As if that 's not offensive enough, let 's walk through that whole judgment arising from a tax warrant. The Department of Revenue 's own interpretation of that statute is, " DOR may contract with a collection agency if an unsatisfied Tax Warrant has been issued by DOR ... '' and " Tax Warrants not collected by a sheriff in 120 days may be sent to a collection agency. '' See page XXXX of their contract with Premiere, accessible here : XXXX A tax warrant is actually recorded in the country where the debtor owns property or lives. And, a collection agency is " paid '' by " filing an amended warrant ... and adding the [ collection ] fee, '' which is predetermined by the XXXX and budget agency. ( See Ind. Code 6-8.1-8-4, again, for all of this. ) This debtor has always lived in XXXX XXXX, Indiana. 

There are no tax warrants filed and outstanding for the debtor. Their warrant system goes back to XXXX. 

So, you have a collection agency that was n't properly hiring, collecting on a debt they are n't authorized to collect, and using tactics that are reserved for a state agency -- all the while thinking they stand in their stead and, thusly, no pesky FDCPA rules apply. 

I just ca n't with this one ...

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 2017-01-04 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I closed on my first house on XXXX XXXX of 2016 and my mortage company Ditech has not paid my property taxes for 2016. They have had the bill since XXXX of 2016 and I have been getting the run around over the phone with them. I am about to have a lein on my property

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-26 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: FirstPoint Collection Resources
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I am being billed for service I did not receive.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-20 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
DITECH FINANCILAL LLC, XXXX XXXX XXXX. I USE TO PAY {$380.00} A MONTH AND NOW THEY RAISED IT TO {$670.00}. I ', M RETIRED, WIFE IN XXXX AND I HAD A XXXX XXXX 2010. IT IS PUTTING A BURDEN ON ME. HELP ME. IF I GET SICK OR LOSE MY PART TIME JOB, I WILL LOSE MY HOME. HELP ME.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-29 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: ECMC GROUP, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
ECMC IS WRONGFULLY REPORTING MY STUDENT LOANS ON MY CREDIT REPORT AND IS REFUSING TO CORRECT THE NEGATIVE STATUS. THESE ARE PAID IN FULL IN GOOD STANDING LOANS BUT REPORTING AS NEGATIVE AND MULTIPLE TIMES HURTING MY CREDIT IN A MAJOR WAY. MY NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT ECMC WENT INGNORED AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WRONGFULLY AND NEGATIVELY REPORT THESE ACCOUNTS! 



1 ) ECMC Acct # : XXXX Credit Limit : n/a Date Reported : XXXX/XXXX/2016 Date Opened : N/A Balance : {$0.00} Past Due : {$0.00} 2 ) ECMC Acct # : XXXX Credit Limit : n/a Date Reported : XXXX/XXXX/2016 Date Opened : N/A Balance : {$0.00} Past Due : {$0.00} 3 ) ECMC Acct # : XXXX Credit Limit : n/a Date Reported : XXXX/XXXX/2016 Date Opened : N/A Balance : {$0.00} Past Due : {$0.00} 4 ) ECMC Acct # : XXXX Credit Limit : XXXX XXXX XXXX/XXXX/2016 Date Opened : N/A Balance : {$0.00} Past Due : {$0.00}

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 2016-07-26 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
keep calling me saying I took out a second mortgage in 2001, amount is {$73000.00}, i NEVER TOOK OUT A SECOND MORTGAGE OR ANY LOAN, I have been on XXXX since 2001, they are telling me it is on my credit report, it is not on there, they say they have a notorized signature for me. Never received anything in the mail like they said, said they sent several notices, never got 1.This is a scam! 
I have read hundreds of complaints on them on the internet doing the same thing!

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-31 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
This Complaint is the direct result of the continued failures of Green Tree/Ditech to rectify a set of errors in the accounting of Account Number XXXX. There have been a number of additional issues with the servicing of this account, dating back to the date which Green Tree/Ditech assumed the servicing of this account XXXX ranging from Green Tree/Ditech refusing to acknowledge permanent modification of the mortgage on said account, which pre-dated Green Tree/Ditech assuming servicing of the account, to being apparently unwilling and/or unable to generate an accurate monthly statement and/or sending it in a timely manner. After more than seven months of communicating back and forth with XXXX XXXX XXXX and the XXXX Department, the issues are currently unresolved, and show no signs of reaching a resolution dealing directly with Green Tree/Ditech. It is to this end that we now turn to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission with the attached formal complaint. The Complaint itself is comprehensive and too large to post in this area. The actual complaint is labeled Exhibit AA. All other attachments are supporting documentation, as listed in the complaint.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-22 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
I did not receive anything from Ditech last month. I had my billpay set up for mortgages and they sent out on XXXX XXXX, 2016. Apparently, Ditech updated its computer system for the XXXX week of XXXX. I could not even log in to my account. In addition, Ditech changed all of my account numbers and despite receiving the billpay checks, Ditech " rejected '' payments for XXXX mortgages for ( new ) account numbers. Then, Ditech assessed illegal late fees for each account and proceeded to harrass me by calling me 3 or 4 times a day demanding payment despite the fact they received billpay checks on time. The checks had the old account numbers before XXXX XXXX, 2016. I paid all XXXX over the phone, then XXXX of the XXXX billpays were finally cashed on XX/XX/2016 and it does, in fact, state that the check was sent on the XXXX of XXXX. I had to cancel the payments over the phone because they were essentially double payments. Since then, I made sure every account is current, even making payments a second time for the month of XXXX for XXXX accounts, which billpay checks are being retained by Ditech, but not cashing them. The representatives I spoke with stated that I would be credited back the late fees. However, this has not happened. All I get over the phone is transfers to full VM 's or I leave a message to be not returned. Further, their " new system and website '' keeps kicking me out. Please CREDIT me with the illegal late fees and TELL ME what you are going to do with the XXXX remaining bill pay checks.

Company public response: Company believes complaint represents an opportunity for improvement to better serve consumers
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: ME

Complaint narrative:
DITECH ... these people call day and night after the first day a payment is late. I paid over the phone after very aggressive phone calls from DITECH. They said they would waive the fee and when I saw my bank account they charged a fee. 
They also sent me a letter adding {$2000.00} to my mortagage that they obtained from GREEN TREE. They said it was audited and they found a mistake.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Current representative keeps calling on my cell phone frequently during my work hours while I am being consistent with my payments. Previous representative called the same way but rude and threatened to take legal actions, screaming and arguing with me over the phone.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
well I fell behind with my mortage company due to my wife having XXXX sugery andwhile in surgery she had a XXXX and has n't been working for some time approx. 3 years and have applied for a modification mortage company I was behind and the XXXX which gave me a loan for the moneythey paid get me current which I pay them XXXX a month I was doing well and due to decrease in hours I fell into a problem and was tring to work out an modification with green tree and they are changing my loan from XXXX percent to XXXX interest and my mortgage is goingup instead of it going down and they taking me from 24 years to a 40 year mortgageand I ask the gentlemen XXXX at green tree why he stated I already had an hamp loan in which I thought with and hamp loan the percent would only go up about XXXX % after XXXX years I been sent paper work to green trre and they been strong arming me to sign the documents they sent to me by XXXX/XXXX/15 cause that 's the best they can do for me I have sent the paper work to the attorney general office in XXXX to look into this matter further due to them being rude and telling that I have to take this deal or they going to take my home I have all the paper work and there bussines practices really need to be look at with the threats from there customer service rep.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation