vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Auto debt
Issue: Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly — Talked to a third-party about your debt
Company: ONEMAIN FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX I called my local XXXX XXXX California branch to talk about my account. I was answered and given personal account information without verifying or authenticating I am account holder. I asked if anyone can call and get personal information with just my name, they yried to deny it stating she did not give personal information, but she did inform me about previous transactions on my account. I called again one week later to the call center to file a complaint, they said they were going to, but never happened. I called my local branch again to make sure maybe it was just that one call, they gave me payment information and debt information without verifying I am account not holder. I asked the associate why she did n't verify I am account holder because that is private information and I would n't want anyone to just call and get it, she stated that they are not required to ask questions to authenticate customers, when I asked her how is my information protected she then put me on hold and transferred me to the manager without telling me. The manager stated that they do normally ask questions but she does n't understand why I was complaining about this. I was also called on XXXX XXXX, to collect a debt that was n't due until XXXX XXXX, payment was not late yet, when I got in contact with them and asked them why are they making a collection call before me due date, and again did not verify me, her words were " I was just wondering if you were going to make it on time, " the company is one main, in XXXX XXXX, California. I received a call today XXXX/XXXX/XXXX from the call center, they again just gave me payment information without authenticating me, I asked how is my information protected and she stated they are not required to ask authentication information u till after the call and after all information is given. I feel my informative n is not protected and they are violating consumer information privacy.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 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 — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NV

Complaint narrative:
I have an issue, I had a car loan through XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX as of XXXX I have always been current and been paying on this, I pay it off in XXXX and now a bunch of late payment remarks were added back from XXXX and XXXX from XXXX which is inaccurate. I have attached the page of my credit report in XXXX reflecting paid as agreed and never once late and the report that was pulled in XXXX showing a bunch of inaccurate late payments. How can I be penalized for paying off an auto loan. This is not correct.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 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 — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NV

Complaint narrative:
I have an issue, I had a car loan through XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX as of XXXX I have always been current and been paying on this, I pay it off in XXXX and now a bunch of late payment remarks were added back from XXXX and one from XXXX which is inaccurate. I have attached the page of my credit report in XXXX reflecting paid as agreed and never once late and the report that was pulled in XXXX showing a bunch of inaccurate late payments. How can I be penalized for paying off an auto loan. This is not correct.

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 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Closing your account — Can't close your account
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: MS

Complaint narrative:
ABOUT A YEAR AGO I ASKED CITICARD TO CLOSE MY ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF CHARGES THAT WERE NOT MINE AND TO NOT ISSUE ME ANOTHER CARD. THEY ISSUED A CARD ANYWAY.I CALLED THEM TO CANCEL THE CARD AND THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO ACTIVATE IT AND WAS DESTROYING THE CARD. THEY SAID THEY WOULD. TOWARD THE END OF 2016 I GOT A E-MAIL THAT I NEEDED TO PAY A BALANCE ON THE CARD.I CALLED THEM AGAIN AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CLOSE THE ACCOUNT AND WRITE OFF THE BALANCE.THEY DID NOT.I CALLED THEM AND ADDITIONAL TWO TIMES AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING THAT THEY WOULD CLOSE THE ACCOUNT AND WRITE OFF THE BALANCE. SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND I AM GETTING DAILY COLLECTION CALLS AND E-MAILS.

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 2017-06-21 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 — Investigation took more than 30 days
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
In early XXXX of XXXX I disputed 2 accounts that were reporting on Equifax credit report. They are duplicate accounts which have all the same information including the account number, the date opened, the balance, the date of 1st delinquency etc. It 's now XXXX of XXXX and they ended the investigation of one of the accounts but the 2nd account is still showing that it 's being investigated and that reinvestigation is in progress. The problem with this is I never disputed the account a second time so the last dispute was done in early XXXX, so how can the account still be being investigated. It 's my understanding the factoring company only has 30 days to reply to the investigation and if no response by the time allowed then the account would be deleted.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I was told by a customer service agent that I needed a copy of the police report in order to have this account blocked from my report- I 've provided that numerous times and it is still showing on my report. Please block this creditor ; I 've been telling Equifax for nearly three years  now that it does not belong to me!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Getting a credit card — Card opened as result of identity theft or fraud
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
CBNA is listed on My credit report as having a hard inquiry from applying to a Credit card with them. I Just called their customer service center and they claim they have no record of me applying.

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 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened to sue you for very old debt
Company: Weinman Acquisition Group
State: NV

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/2017 XXXX PST Approx Received a phone call from Weinman Acquisition Group - XXXX Threatened to serve me papers for a failure to appear in court - advised the lady she was in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and that I would be submitting a claim against her and the company she is representing. She stated that she was not in any sort of violation of the lam and that I would be served with papers to appear in court for a lawsuit. Immediately after the phone call - I received notice that my mother had received a call from the same lady ( *the mentioned phone number is a direct line ) stating that she was just told that I was going to be served papers if I did not return a call and that I would be sued for a failure to appear in court.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — Store credit card
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement — Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement
Company: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX, XXXX I made a purchase at Victoria secret and the store associate told me that if I sign up for the card I would receive a discount but nowhere did she tell me that the items would be charged on the credit card all this time I thought I paid for it with my debit card and decided to close the account before they could charge me for just having it but then I start receiving calls and I finally picked up in last week of XXXX and that 's when they told me that there was a charge on the credit card from Victoria secret and since I have n't paid it there has been late fees and I told them that there was a mistake because they failed to mention that the items would be charged on the credit card and the customer service refused to help me and since I work at a school and I do n't work summer I have no way of paying it yet but when I called again to see if I can dispute it the guy says why do n't I get a job and asking me how do I pay my other bills, they need to be fired.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Unable to get your credit report or credit score — Problem getting your free annual credit report
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I am unable to obtain my credit report or dispute items online with Transunion. I have called time and time and no one can seem to help me. They continue to refer me to XXXX and guess what? I ca n't get my report online there either. Calling the customer service numbers is just as equally frustrating as it is obvious that the call centers are offshored to XXXX and I have a HUGE issue with that. Not only can I not understand them, anytime they are forced to work offscript, the customer service reps can no longer help. This industry is the most outdated, unreliable, and draconian of industries that I have ever had to deal with. Unlike our judicial system where one is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the credit reporting industry is the opposite. Guilty and you must prove yourself innocent. So much reliance is placed on credit in the United States and yet the system is BROKEN!!! Not only that, outsourced to countries that probably do n't even know what the concept of credit is!!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: Cooling & Winter LLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Cooling and Winter, Attorneys at Law, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, GA XXXX Phone XXXX This law firm is trying to collect a debt which is not mine. They continue to send me letters representing XXXX XXXX XXXX. I actually have a credit card in Excellent standing with XXXX XXXX XXXX. It is current and I have a large credit line. Cooling and Winter has sent me a credit card application dated XXXX XXXX, XXXX that is a forgery. It does not contain my handwriting nor my signature. Clearly someone using my identity. Please have them cease and desist and clear this fraudulent account. XXXX XXXX

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 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I was told by a customer service agent that I needed a copy of the police report in order to have this account blocked from my report- I 've provided that numerous times and it is still showing on my report. Please block this creditor ; I 've been telling XXXX for nearly three years now that it does not belong to 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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 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: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017 I place a fraud alert on my credit file that indicates that if anyone runs my credit, they need to call me to verify and that was not done which violates my rights as a consumer. I reach out to XXXX, and Equifax on more than one occasion to advise them of these unauthorized inquiries and they have done nothing about it. I also have a police report for my wallet being stolen which had some of my personal information in it and I believe that someone has been trying to apply for credit in my name.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 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: Conn's, Inc.
State: NV

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to complain about Conn 's Furniture and their deceptive credit reporting practices. On XXXX XXXX 2017 I purchased a bed from Conn 's based off the premise that I was financing approximately {$2200.00} for said bed. They issued a credit limit of {$6000.00} so I thought I was being financially responsible for not maxing this limit. <P/>Cut to today XX/XX/2017 and XXXX XXXX informs me that my FICO drops 100 points! Reason being, Conn 's is reporting that I financed {$4800.00}. This is false information. I was told by the customer service rep when I called in that this is the # 1 complaint they hear and all I can do is write in to complain ( which I did ) and hopefully someone in " upper management '' will make a change. This is wrong! <P/>My understanding of the contract was as follows : 1. My amount financed is approximately {$2200.00} 2.  I received 0 % interest for 12 months, meaning if I pay the {$2200.00} balance before 12 months I pay off the balance owing 3. If I stick to the proposed payment of {$130.00} for the term of 36 months, THEN I would have paid {$4800.00}. <P/>NO OTHER CREDITORS USING PREPAID FINANCE CHARGES IN THEIR REPORTING. Otherwise, people who finance auto loans would show the total amount financed based on the installment schedule as the starting balance. ABSURD! <P/>The reporting methods of Conn 's is fraudulent because it is untrue. It reports an incorrect picture of me as a consumer because this misreporting of my credit usage gives creditors the impression that I am irresponsibly using credit which is the biggest impact on one 's credit report. I 've paid my bills on time and closely monitor my report for such discrepancies.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: ONEMAIN FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC.
State: KY

Complaint narrative:
This company is One Main Financial located at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, KY XXXX. We are working on a debt consolidation with XXXX XXXX XXXX and we have sent a cease contact with us. But they continue to call myself and my husband at our phone numbers at ( XXXX ) XXXX and XXXX. I get about two calls per day and my husband gets two calls per day. They leave messages on my voice mail and will not quit. I would like this to stop and work with XXXX XXXX. I lost my job two years ago and am under employed and ca n't continue to make the payments so, we went to XXXX XXXX to help us resolve our debt. Attached are documents that we have sent to stop the calls. Regards, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan — Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I have been XXXX for 21 years. I began my student loans with {$25000.00} and currently owe {$38000.00}. In my federal student aid report it does not show my repayment plan type or PSLF. Any time that I have called Navient, or XXXX XXXX before my loan got switched to Navient, for assistance or options I have been immediately granted a forbearance, but have always been told that I did not qualify for any types of forgiveness either because of the type of loan that I had or my income. I spent my first ten years in XXXX in XXXX that were XXXX XXXX XXXX. The following nine years were XXXX XXXX targeted XXXX. I had colleagues with other loan service providers that were able to get some loan forgiveness with their loans, but I have never been able to receive anything other than forbearance from Navient.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Public record information inaccurate
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I sent letters to Transunion and XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/2017 with information from the courts that they do not/ nor did they verify a bankruptcy. I requested information from the credit bureau asking who verified this information, the date as well as the proof that was furnished. It has now been almost 2 months and both bureaus have failed to provide this documentation. XXXX is reporting a charged-off account from XXXX XXXX that they maintain was verified. I requested a copy of the alleged contract. Also the person who furnished this information. I have not received a response on requested documentation. XXXX is reporting an account that is not mine. They stated in complaint # XXXX that the account was removed from my credit listing. The account was never removed and is being reported incorrectly. This account needs to be removed. The credit bureau continues to say that the account was verified but has yet to furnish the requested ( original contract, person who furnished information, date info was provided )

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 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Paypal.com is perpetuating a SCAM by allowing XXXX XXXX XXXX of XXXX XXXX XXXX to continues to collect monies via PayPal.com from his Website XXXX <P/>I placed an order in XXXX XXXX of 2016, and never received my order. <P/>I am not alone hundreds of people ordered from this " seller '' and never received either cuttings or trees. PAYPAL KNOWS about this, and have not stopped him from collecting more funds ... I spent around 50.00, ( Transaction ID # XXXX ) some people have spent over 4,000.00 U.S.D.! NO ONE has gotten either cuttings or trees for over a YEAR and a HALF! <P/>Yet I can put a tree in my shopping cart via pay pal ... .PAY PAL is complicit in FRAUD! <P/>See : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Old information reappears or never goes away
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
The three main CRAs are reporting student loan accounts that are ten years old and have been requested removed via the FCRA ; those same bureaus are reporting balance transferred, closed accounts, or delinquent on these older accounts ; several of the closed student loan accounts are also showing unknown on payments for several years, except for late payments within those accounts ; I have called the original creditors off those loans/ accounts and they have stated the account is no longer accessible and they do not report to any off the CRAs. I am requesting immediate removal of those accounts labeled under XXXX XXXX ( 2 ) ; XXXX XXXX XXXX ( 2 ) ; and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ; the  above aforementioned accounts have been requested for removal

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 2017-06-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Old information reappears or never goes away
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
The three main CRAs are reporting student loan accounts that are ten years old and have been requested removed via the FCRA ; those same bureaus are reporting balance transferred, closed accounts, or delinquent on these older accounts ; several of the closed student loan accounts are also showing unknown on payments for several years, except for late payments within those accounts ; I have called the original creditors off those loans/ accounts and they have stated the account is no longer accessible and they do not report to any off the CRAs. I am requesting immediate removal of those accounts labeled under XXXX XXXX ( 2 ) ; XXXX XXXX XXXX ( 2 ) ; and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ; the  above aforementioned accounts have been requested for removal

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