vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-18 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
Good afternoon, My name is XXXX XXXX and I just read about the suit you filed against Navient Solutions. I am a student loan borrower and owe a considerable amount to Navient. I have had numerous instances where I 've been given questionable advice and encouraged to put my loans in forbearance. 
For about a year, I 've been on an income-based repayment plan. They have withdrawn more than the agreed amount on a few occasions. They returned the money, but only after I had to call them month after month to describe the problem. It would take up to 30 days to see the amount back in my account. 
Their employees are also unprofessional. When I was setting up my income-based payment plan, one of their employees called me from their cell phone and asked for personal information. It sounded like she was going to write this information down on a piece of paper and process the application when she was back in the office. I asked her to call me back when she was at her desk. 
My family and friends who also owe money to Navient could add a plethora of unscrupulous stories to my list. I would like to help you out in any way that I can. 
Please feel free to reach out at any time. 
Thanks, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
The National Mortgage Settlement ( NMS ), RESPA enforced by Regulations X and Z, the California Homeowners Bill of Rights ( HOBR ) and other agreements govern how Bank of America is to conduct loss mitigation assistance and programs. 
At present, Bank of America has represented to me twice that a Department of Justice ( DOJ ) and XXXX ( XXXX ) Settlement and subsequent settlement offer were the result of a Request for Mortgage Assistance ( RMA ) borrower submitted application package rather than the proposed offer to settle for their misconduct during the loss mitigation process related to this home loan mortgage account. These representations were made on XXXX XXXX, XXXX and XXXX XXXX, XXXX. 
As recently as a XXXX XXXX, XXXX Bank of America has made the knowingly false representation to me and when I made requests for clarification all I got in response was a County Recorders Office Notice of Default and Election to Sell with a California Declaration recorded XXXX XXXX, XXXX publicly starting the foreclosure process. 
To date, I have not received any explanation of why Bank of America is representing the DOJ and XXXX Settlement offer as a borrower requested mortgage modification.

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 2015-11-10 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Late fee — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
Hi, I would like to dispute a overcharged that SPIRIT_Bank of America ' Credit Card hadcharged me. I consumed {$850.00} and sent check # XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/2015 to pay thisThe Spirit-Bank of America claimed they received it on XXXX/XXXX/2015 and are charging me a late fee {$40.00}. 
I sent my check on time to fully pay my due ; What ever happening in their office or USPS is not part of my responsibility because I received the payment bill on XXXX/XXXX/2015. 
Thus, I could not had sent payment before. 
Please help me in resolved this matter. 
Best regards, XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-11 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: DC

Complaint narrative:
I deposited a check via mobile deposit. The check was then stolen from me and cashed again XXXX I do n't know where ). The funds were withdrawn from my account by my bank and they tell me there is nothing they can do.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-24 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — No notice of investigation status/result
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Dear Consumer Relations : After receiving and reviewing the results of a recent disputes sent to you, I am now requesting the method you used to verify certain items on the credit file dated XXXX/XXXX/15, with Confirmation XXXX. FCRA 611 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( B ) ( iii ) states that upon request you must provide me a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information. This includes, but is not limited to the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted in connection with such information and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available. I am requesting this for the following accounts : XXXXThe data you seem to be verifying has been sold to a dept. collector who has gone out of business, then purchased by another dept. collector who has purchased my personal information without my permission. I have no such of any kind of contract with this furnisher. I think that it is appalling that you insist on reporting derogatory and false information on my file. I am asking you to provide me with all documents to support this data. Your dates are not accurate, in question, nor or the amounts being reported. Please provide me in full detail, data that support this. I will pursue further actions in a timely matter against this derogatory data. Please delete this data immediately. I have nothing to do with that account. The furnisher has mailed me incorrect data with my information being wrong. My full name I will provide with this letter. 
As stated in FCRA 611 ( a ) ( 7 ) you must provide this information no later than XXXX days after receiving this request. I appreciate your handling of this request in a timely manner. 
Sincerely, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
When I graduated from school, Navient did n't tell me how many loans I had and subsequently when I paid some, I did n't pay others. Now I have a 90 day late on my credit report thanks to navient.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-27 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: CL Holdings LLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I never recieved a right to dispute and the debt is XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
there are XXXX hard hit credit inquirys by bank of america on my credit report. I DID NOT AUTHORIZE THEM.XXXX of the hits were on the same date! XX/XX/XXXX. on my transunion credit report bank of america had hard hits on XX/XX/XXXX ( XXXX ) XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. I had been contacted by the bank regarding my equity line of credit that had a balloon payment coming due in XX/XX/XXXX. I paid off the loan on XXXX XXXX with funds from my IRA.I had inquired at bank fo america about their rates but I never authorized a hard hit credit report.In fact I was very clear and stated that I did not want a credit report pulled. landsafe credit ( a company that is affiliated with bank of america ) pulled a hard hit credit report on XXXX. there is no reason that XXXX hard hits from the same bank should have been pulled against my report on the same date! the bank was informed that I was going to pay off the loan in novemeber. I contacted them to get the payoff figure. They pulled another hard hit report on the day before i paid the loan off. This is unacceptable. The hard hits have caused my score to be negatively impacted and my insurance rates for my XXXX auto policys and XXXX property policys and XXXX umbrella policy to be higher than they should have been for the past 2 years. XXXX policys at aprox XXXX more per year that I was charged because of the lowered score times 2 years is XXXX that I was financially penalized because of casual policys at the bank to pull peoples credit reports. Once again I wanted to state I was very clear when I contacted the bank that I did not want my credit pulled and I was only contacting them for information ... NOT to make application. They wanted me to modify my loan. After I did my research and was told by the bank that I should stop making my payments on the loan to qualify for the loan remodification I was appalled. over 6 years ago I had XXXX credit card that XXXX missed a XXXX payment due to being ill and the bill getting lost in the shuffle. other than that I have always paid my credit card bills and house loans in full and on time. ( credit card with visa has been paid monthly on time and in full since XXXX ) anyways to be told not to make the house payments to " qualify '' fro a loan was something I was not going to do. From the dates you can see they pulled XXXX credit reports in less than 17 days is unacceptable. pulling a credit report the day before I paid off the loan is unacceptable. I am asking that the XXXX hard hit inquirys be removed immediately. Thank you XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-20 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I keep paying my Navient balance. However, they always seem to apply it all to the interest and none of it to the principle. Therefore, my student loans have not dropped. I called them about it, I keep getting disconnected. This organization is run by crooks. I asked them to send me a statement on how it 's being applied. I have paid more than the statement. It 's getting misallocted.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-21 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Don't agree with fees charged
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I have XXXX different student loans, XXXX of them were transferred over to Navient at some point. They began contacting me via automated phone calls informing me to call some number and plug my social security number. That smells like some scam right off the bat. When researching the internet all I find is what a dishonest organization this is. But then I had to contact them and find out who they were and that is how I found out that my loans were now under Navient. Now the real issues begin to show up. This agency is very tough to get information from, and the information changes every time you talk with someone new. ( very similar to XXXX XXXX and their scam ). I finally was able to get access to my statements. I have been in Forbearance for quite some time, upon review of of those statements, i see that Navient has repeatedly charged " late fees '' every few months. These are not small late fees, but rather in the hundreds of dollars every 3 months. I contacted Navient why and how they could possibly charge " late fees '' when I have been in Forbearance the whole time. The person on the phone could not come up with a real reason, he tried to get approval to remove them or reduce them, all he could do was give a XXXX dollar credit. ( we are talking thousands of dollars of late fees and he can take off XXXX bucks. Come to find out, the reason that there are " late fees '', is because Navient takes so long to process their paperwork that it shows up as if I am late in renewing my forbearance every other month. 
I am also astounded that they can charge 8.5 % interest on loans! nobody has see those kind of rates since the 1980 'S! but at least back then we were making good money and the economy was robust. I guess they forgot the " ro '' in robust and are just going for the bust. 
I have no problem paying back my loan, but would love to be able to deal with an honest company with honest rates and transparent policies and procedures. 
I also have loans with XXXX and XXXX and XXXX and those agencies are straightforward and the interest rates are between 2 and 3 % and there are no surprise fees. 
I am attempting to consolidate all my Navient loans into XXXX loan and begin the re-payment process, I could not get a straight answer as to the interest rates and fees involved ... we shall see. From what I have experienced already, I am very sceptical. 
For all those out there, stay out of the student loan debt. Go some other route. 
I have been working on becoming a XXXX for 21 years, I was working full time and raising XXXX kids and still paid a XXXX a month into the system, but I still had to take out loans to get it done. 
-good luck to all

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
BOA is requiring approximately 3 times the amounts due for escrow. Please provide a copy of any relevant regulation.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-11-02 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
I just received today XXXX XXXX, 2016 a notification that my house is put on foreclosure on XXXX XXXX, 2016. My house is still under HAMP modification program with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar some time requested some documents from me to continue the processing of my HAMP loan modification which I sent promptly to them. I sent all the appropriate documents to them. Since then I never heard from them even my calls every week to my dedicated loan specialist XXXX XXXX to check on the status of my HAMP modification were ignored. When she called me instead of addressing the purpose for which I called her she will simply leave a message for me saying " I am returning your call. '' One day she picked up my call and I asked her about the status of HAMP loan modification she asked me to write down the documents why on phone. I told her to send them to me in writing as they could be denied. Her reply was she does not write. I told her I will be expecting the documents and since then I never heard from her again. All my phone calls to her were ignored. The foreclosure letter id said that the foreclosure AD was enclosed in the letter and I could not find the enclosed AD. I know of XXXX and not know of XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-10 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
I have made a payment plan to catch up my payments of {$740.00}. I have made the second payment on XX/XX/2016. Bank of America keeps sending people to my house even though, I have requested them not to, and they have agreed to stop doing it. But I found something on my door a note that somebody has left telling me to contact them. Bank of America is discriminating against me because I am a single female, they refuse to apply the payments that I have made. Another thing that Bank of America has said that I 'm behind for XX/XX/XXXX payment. I saw on my last statement that {$520.00} Bank Of America has put in the un applied funds besides toward the 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 2017-01-20 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I have been paying extra down on my principle every month ( above the required minimum monthly interest and principle payment amount ), but it appears that my payments are partially disappearing against the principle. I have requested additional information on " unpaid interest and fees '' that appear to accrue on my statement every month to no avail. The amount is higher than the actual interest can be possibly accruing. I would like support to understand what actions I can take to locate my lost payments.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-22 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
My name is XXXX XXXX, and this is a follow-up to complaint number XXXX I filed on XXXX XXXX, 2016. On XXXX XXXX, I received the attached letter from BOA stating that I could no longer transfer money from my BOA savings account to pay my BOA home loan account. I just find this timing of this letter to interesting as it is drafted a day after my complaint filed with CFPB. This letter written by BOA is placing road blocks in the payment of my mortgage and is a bullying tactic on the behalf of BOA and borders some other unfair housing practices. I am asking for BOA to remove the late payments on my account from XXXX 2016 thru XXXX of 2016 and to allow the transfer of my payments from my BOA account to my BOA home loan.

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 2017-01-20 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
I have enrolled in Navient 's rate reduction program. Being that this is my 3rd year on the program, I know how it works. I have confirmation of my enrollment in the program. In checking my account, I have found several times that my loans are past due. This should not be the case as the rate reduction program calls for automatic withdrawals. In calling Navient to express my concern, I was told that one of the loans was left out of the lineup when I enrolled in the program. However, that is a company issue, not mine. Navient gives no notice that something is awry with a person 's account, and holds the customer responsible for THEIR mistakes. A loan is something that can affect credit, if my loans are past due, without MY knowledge, that can certainly affect my credit. As the customer, I should not have to call and check behind a company. If you value your customer 's, you will make sure they are satisfied. I have done my part in enrolling myself back in the program, and Navient makes excuses about not doing their part. I should not, and will not, be made to pay late fees on loans that I confirmed were in enrolled in the rate reduction program.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-21 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't get flexible payment options
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
Navient is terrible. They offered no help, no advice, no point in the right direction for when I first graduated. The same applied for when I lost my job last year. All they told me I could do was forbearance. They offered no alternatives or help. Worse service than the DMV. So that should tell you something.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-16 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
A while back I signed up with Bank of America, for merchant/credit card processing. The issue is the credit card machine lease that BoA sneaks into the deal. They mention free, but it turns into a 48 month lease contact for $ XXXX for a {$300.00} machine. It was just a deceptive sale on their part. Contacted BoA sales rep regarding issue, tells me to contact first data, and to offer to buy out machine lease for less than lease term. Called first data ... and Not a chance of that working. Another example of their mis-info or understanding.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't get flexible payment options
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
After I left graduate school, I was ( and still am ) working in the education field making very minimal money. Navient initially did not inform me about income-based repayment ( IBR ). When I did research and found out that I should be eligible for IBR, they made the process to enroll in it exceedingly difficult. During the time that my loans were with them they did not approve me for IBR. Thankfully, I was able to transfer my loans to a different provider who was willing to approve me for IBR.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation