vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
Had a fraudulent bill as a result of identity theft at an old apt with XXXX on my credit in collections, disputed the bill collection was removed from all XXXXreports now XXXX keeps reporting on my payment history that I have an open acct with them and I 'm missing payments every month ruining my credit I have had this removed from all other credit bureaus except experian who just keeps telling me the info is accurate and and was verified by the company I do n't understand how I 'm being reported as not making payments when I do n't have an open acct and it was found that the original acct was removed

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 2015-08-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On some of our mortgage payments only half was applied to our loan and some payments were not applied at all. Due to this we went into foreclosure and now we are being charged with more than {$120000.00} XXXX + XXXX in fees. In addition, last year we were approved for a loan modification, after requesting one for 4 years. We did not agree with the additional {$120000.00} XXXX + XXXX that was on the modification so we contacted Ocwen and stated our concerns. We had been making our monthly payments per the trial period but in XX/XX/XXXX of last year, 2014, we were NOT allowed to make any additional payments until the loan modification agreement was submitted. We then submitted the agreement along with a letter disagreeing on the amount Ocwen stated we owed. We then were charged with an additional {$4600.00} in fees again. We have contacted Ocwen several times regarding our concerns and Ocwen stated that we needed to show proof that partial payments were applied and/or not applied at all. We then submitted copies of our bank statements and even mortgage statements showing payments made to our then mortgage lender. Ocwen then stated that they were not the mortgage lender at that time so they could not do anything about it.

Company response to consumer: Closed
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-02 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
on XX/XX/2016 I filed a complaint of the mortgage company adding additional charges to my loan with no explanation. Because of CFPB they finally got it all corrected on XX/XX/XXXX statement. So on XXXX I go to the web site to make my payment and the web site will only let me make the minimum payment again and not the fully amoritized payment so I add the additional amount. Now again on XX/XX/XXXX statement they have started again charging me fees with no explaination. When is this going to STOP!!!!! I just want to make my payment correctly, on time, and have them credited correctly!! WHAT A CONCEPT!!!

Company response to consumer: Closed
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-08 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX2017 Ocwen received my monthly payment for XXXX 2017 in the amount of {$2600.00}. ( my payment for XXXX 2017 is in the amount of {$1100.00} ) On Ocwens website on XXXX2017 I noticed that Ocwen never applied the EXTRA {$1500.00} I sent in towards the principal. Ocwen never applied any part of the {$1500.00} to my loan at all. ( I do n't know where that money went? ) The principal balance of my loan for the month of XXXX 2017 was {$140000.00} and on XX/XX/XXXX2017 Ocwens website says that the principal balance on my loan is {$130000.00}. That is only a difference of {$460.00}. The total amount that should of been applied to the principal of my loan should of been {$1500.00} PLUS my regular principal payment of {$460.00} add those XXXX numbers together and you get {$1900.00}. You take the {$1900.00} and subtract it from the principal balance owed in XXXX 2017, {$140000.00} and you get the amount of the principal balance owed going into XXXX 2017 which is {$130000.00}.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-07 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
My mortgage company ( Ocwen Loan Servicing ) claims to be reporting my mortgage payments to XXXX XXXX, but XXXX XXXX states they have no record of my account. I have disputed this with XXXX XXXX and have been informed that there is nothing they can do because Ocwen is not reporting my account information to them. Ocwen has sent me a letter stating they are reporting me to XXXX credit bureas, including XXXX XXXX, although XXXX XXXX states they have no record of my account number. I have forwarded this letter to XXXX XXXX and they still insist there is nothing they can do because Ocwen is not reporting me regardless of what Ocwen 's letter states. My wife and I have spent hours going back and forth between Ocwen and XXXX XXXX and are getting nowhere. As a result, our XXXX XXXX report shows no record of mortgage payments causing us a great deal of difficulty with our credit.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-08 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action — Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay
Company: Cooper Hoffman Klein Associates
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
This Company called my house phone 3 times, they left a recorded message on answering machine, then a lady called ( from XXXX ) and asked for a XXXX XXXX and I told her she had the wrong number and no one by that name lived here and that we had this phone number for over 8 years and not to call again. About 3 hours later we get a recorded message ( from XXXX ) saying we needed to contact because we had been sued and would be arrested if we didnt contact them to setup payment. I hit XXXX to talk to someone and a guy answered and I told him that they called earlier and I told them they had the wrong number and not to call my home again. I asked them their address and they gave me XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Texas XXXX, but that XXXX belongs to XXXX and they said they called them about using there address.

Company public response: Company disputes the facts presented in the complaint
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: DE

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/XXXX I requested for Ocwen to remove my escrow account effective XX/XX/XXXX ( or later - XX/XX/XXXX ). They denied my request based guidelines not relevant to me, a false home value report ( their records reflect {$60000.00}. home value ) ; falsely accused that I failed to put request in 25 days before they send an escrow payment and stated that my account must be 12 months current. I advised them continuously my income dropped greatly due to XXXX since XX/XX/XXXX and I need to lower my monthly payments to avoid further fees and foreclosure by removing the escrow account.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-28 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX a foreclosure sale for the property was cancelled by a Magistrate in the XXXX XXXX in XXXX XXXX, Florida. Despite the Magistrate order for cancellation of the foreclosure sale, Ocwen took the property as theirs and the property was held as real estate owned ( XXXX ) by Ocwen on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. There was no legal conveyance and therefore no legal transfer of legal title of property from XXXX person to another allowing Ocwen to legally take property as REO on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. 
On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX the Judge instructed me to contact Ocwen directly to resolve the matter as the bank had taken the property from me and I was not able to apply for a loan modification or to sell the property. After the hearing, Ocwen 's attorney gave me additional contact information for XXXX XXXX, Loss Mitigation Supervisor at XXXX XXXX, representing Ocwen. XXXX XXXX sent me an email on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX that the property was XXXX. This was before XXXX/XXXX/XXXX foreclosure sale date when Ocwen stated they " bought the property and took title. 
Ocwen refused to return the property to me and I was evicted on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX even thought they had wrongfully taken my property on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX against Court orders. The sale cancellation documents are attached to show that the sale was cancelled on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. When I called Ocwen Customer Service on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX to get the balance of what I owed I was told that I no longer owned the property and the property was real estate owned by Ocwen 's company called XXXX and that the only thing I could do was to re-purchase the property from them. I called numerous times and there was absolutely nothing that I could have done because Ocwen refused to put the property back in my name since XXXX/XXXX/XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-11 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Settlement process and costs — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
Ocwen, a debt collector, is refusing to generate a satisfaction letter to me in regard to a house I have. I do not owe them anything and have documents and proof from them that I have a zero balance with them. After a bankruptcy of which I was discharged from in XX/XX/XXXX, Ocwen who took over a company ( XXXX ) who was on my bankruptcy list of which I had been discharged from continued to send me bills of which I paid for 10 years. I came to find recently that they had no business billing me because of the bankruptcy issue. A lien was placed on my rental property by Ocwen of which I did not know about. I tried to sell the house and the title search showed this lien that I was not aware of. I had XXXX prospective entered into a contract but this lien stopped the selling of the property. Ocwen will not generate a satisfaction letter stating the lien is lifted. I have been requesting this letter for 2 months and all I get is a runaround and being told that it takes 2 to 6 months to receive this satisfaction letter. I have lost buyers, I have spent {$2000.00} due to inspections and repairs needed to satisfy the sale of the home before this lien issue came up. The house is still empty and I can not do any type of selling of the property until Ocwen releases this lien. There was closing date which did not happen and the potential buyer wants to sue me for his accrued expenses in preparing for his purchase of the house. I feel Ocwen owes me not only for the failure to generate that satisfaction letter, but for the 10 years of payments that they received from my of which they illegally collected. They knew that XXXX was on my bankruptcy list when they took over XXXX 's business. What makes it ironic is the fact that Ocwen was the main mortgage holder on the property, of which I am current with my payments, and they so happened took over XXXX 's business when XXXX closed business. They unlawfully billed me and collected money from me from that XXXX account for all the years and I have documents and proof of that. They knew that was taken care of through the chapter XXXX bankruptcy in filed I XXXX and was XXXX in XXXX. Ocwen sent me letters stating that the loan was forgiven and I have a zero balance with them. I have copies of the letters and other relevant documents to support my case. Ocwen is a rip off company and their liscence needs to be revoked. They owe me not only the monies they illegally got from me, but also for the opportunities I had to sell my house but could not because they will not release a satisfaction letter to me to release the illegal lien they have on my house.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-13 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Ocwen mortgage service is a dishonest business. On there website they have an area where you put you account number and routing number in to make your payment there was n't a save information area to store you account number. So on three different occasions they said I did n't type my account number in right. I took a picture of the account number on the last two times I typed my account number and sent them the picture that it was typed in right. They refused to admit they did something shady on there end to change the number. Each time my payment was n't submitted they charge me a total of {$75.00} in late fees and now I can no longer use there service. I was told i have to use XXXX XXXX to pay them. My loan was assumed by them when XXXX XXXX sold my loan to them. I 've had my loan for 11 years and I do n't owe that much more on the loan. Each time my payment was rejected I was sent an email saying I qualify for a harp refinance loan. There company is completely unethical and I want to tell everybody I know and every realtor my husband works for, to not use there business. Please investigate and shut these corrupt people down.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-03-23 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I own a house and a mortgage. I pay PMI insurance. I do not want to pay PMI insurance after I have reached the required 80 % loan to value ratio. I have reached the required loan to value ratio of 80 %. Ocwen owns my loan. They say I need to pay {$440.00} to have my house appraised before they can get rid of my PMI insurance. None of this was disclosed to me and want to know if it is legal for them to require an appraisal in order to opt out of paying the PMI insurance.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: MS

Complaint narrative:
This is concerning Ocwen Loan service, with my home at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I first started with a HAMP back in XX/XX/XXXX with XXXX for the person that was renting the home did not get any place with that XXXX kept getting paper work and keeping the rent money where they wanted to foreclosure I file bankruptcy. So we kept trying they kept asking for paper work that I kept sending in. Later they sent it to Ocwen by that time the person who wanted the house moved so I got some one else we start pay ing and still trying to get the modification going not place. So those people moved the last people tried every thing still no progress they asked me to turn it into a lawyer then nothing happen they asked us to get a reality we did, the reality been working with a buyer for just about three years with Ocwen on a short sale. Every time we turn something in we always get something we can not please Ocwen my file is big the reality file is big we were suppose on the short sale on XXXX XXXX XXXX next thing we new they were running it min the paper about Foreclosure, the lawyer called they said they did not say foreclosure I had cut it out of the paper got XXXX of the nurses to fax it to the lawyer I still have that copy. They gave me until XX/XX/XXXX to re submit everything I sent in my RMA the reality stated that her person had sad he was tire of Ocwen he had changed Please I need help I tried everything his mind but on to day which is XXXX XXXX, XXXX he was going to try again if this do not work he will not do it any more. He was going to pay cash for the house. I have tried every thing where am I to go from here if you need anything I can get UPS to send it to you Thanks We will work on one at a time My home house XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX some of the same this but a little differ So I got to have some place to stay until I can get everything together. Please help me I am sick tire. The foreclosure was suppose to be XXXX XXXX XXXX but the lawyer called after he got my paper that was in the newpaper. I did not get a Foreclosure letter from a lawyer.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-17 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Taking out the loan or lease — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
Paypal Credit. I have a regular PayPal account that is linked to a credit card. I have had it for years and have never had any problems with using it for on line purchases from various vendors. Today, however, I purchased a XXXX and a protection plan from a vendor on Ebay. I selected Paypal as my method of payment. The paypal log in screen came up as usual. I logged in, then clicked on " purchase '' and I got an order confirmation. As I recall, it did ask me to confirm my identity with my date of birth and last XXXX of social. I thought maybe that it was because I had n't ordered anything from ebay in a long time. A couple hours after placing the order, I got an email from Paypal thanking me for using Paypal credit to make this purchase and it had a name of XXXX XXXX Bank, which is not my credit card bank. I was furious that they had signed me up for credit without my knowledge or permission. I called PayPal. They told me that they had already approved the payment to the vendor so there is nothing they can do ; they offered to cancel the Paypal Credit account, but told me the payment for this purchase would still have to be made to them and then they told me they do not accept credit cards. For an on line purchase! This is a total scam. This is a way for PayPal to try to force me to give them my bank account information. They want me to link my PayPal account to my bank account, something I have repeatedly declined to do every time that they have offered. I am just flabbergasted that they are doing this without any signature from the customer. They told me that when they asked for my DOB and last XXXX of social, that was me agreeing to apply for PayPal Credit. It never said anything like that, though. It never even mentioned PayPal Credit. I am not some dumb illiterate person who does n't understand what I 'm signing up for. I have excellent credit and carry very little debt and I would never have agreed to this had there been any language at all that indicated that it was an alternate method of payment than my normal PayPal account. It just said they needed to verify my identity. I just XXXX this after it happened and saw that they have already been fined for this, yet here they are months later still doing it. They need to be put of business, ordered to cease and desist doing this immediately. This affects people 's credit reports and this is just wrong! Many people do not even have checks anymore and use credit cards and electronic banking for everything, yet PaPal Credit is illegally signing up unaware customers for credit loans that can only be paid for via a linked bank account or a personal check. You obviously need to send a much stronger message than the simple fine you slapped on them earlier. I do not know if this happened because this was a purchase on E-Bay, who was formerly affiliated with PayPal, but it seems suspicious to me that it has never happened with any other vendor.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-02 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
The student loan company is reporting inaccurate information. I 've sent them emails on XXXX different occasions and asked that they correct the reporting. My student loans have been in deferment during the periods they say payments were late. The student loan company provided me with documentation of the my student loans deferment history which shows the loans were deferred the times they reported it to be late. This is becoming redundant. This is an easy fix and I would like them to remove the negative reporting from my bureau

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-19 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Federal student loan
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: SLM CORPORATION
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I have requested a forbearance in XX/XX/XXXX and it supposedly has been granted. I was given a confirmation number that it was taken care of. However, they have a robo call automatically calling me 5-6 times a day!! It is not a person. It even calls on Saturday and Sunday with a recording to call them weekdays. It has also called my work phone and I was asked about it. I have called 4 times, each time having been assured that it has been taken care of. Yet, they are still calling me!!!! I want these people sued!!! I pay my bills and should n't have to put up with actions that are illegal and request remuneration for this legal violation of my rights.

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Payoff process — 
Company: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I set up a settlement agreement with NFCU and they told me upon completion of my settlement arrangement that they would remove it OR report it as a XXXX balance settled for less than the amount owed on my credit report. They removed the trade line from my XXXX report completely but they have simply lessened the amount owed after I paid them and not closed the account and removed it OR reported it as a {$0.00} balance to XXXX or XXXX as promised in my settlement agreement with them. The balance should either be {$0.00} or they should remove it completely to the other credit reporting agencies as well.

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 2016-05-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ocwen Financial Corporation
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I WAS CHARGED INTEREST ON A MORTGAGE PAYMENT TO OCWEN FOR XXXX OF 2016 WHEN MY MORTGAGE WAS PAID OFF ON XX/XX/2016.MY LOAN WAS PAID OFF SO NONE OF MY PAYMENTS SHOULD BE TO ANYTHING BUT PRINCIPLE AFTER XXXX. 
OCWEN CHARGED ME INTEREST FOR BOTH XXXX AND XXXX 2016. OCWEN IS A PREDATORY MORTGAGE SERVICING COMPANY RUN BY XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation