vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't temporarily postpone payments
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
Co-signer of loan not notified of non payment before loan turned over to collection agency.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-10 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Keep getting calls about my loan
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
I have a private student loaned serviced by the American Education Services ( AES ). Although this company has my most current contact information, they have been calling my references and discussing my student loan information with them. Specifically, they have harassed my father and disclosed information about my loan, even though he is not a signer on my loan.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Federal student loan
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
AES sold a single student loan debt to XXXX collection agencies. All XXXX are trying to collect the same debt and reporting late payments. They do not communicate and the originator will not work with me. I was denied credit based on negative items on my credit report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-13 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Don't agree with fees charged
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I have a private student loan that was sent to court in XXXX 2015. Per the court case, the loan was dismissed with prejudice by a judge in XXXX 2015 in my favor. The loan is still showing on my credit reports from all XXXX credit bureaus after sending disputes in per my attorneys request in 2015. This is preventing me from purchasing a home at this time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Shopping for a loan or lease — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
In late XXXX 2015, I cosigned an auto loan for a grandson living in XXXX XXXX, North Dakota. The paper work was XXXX and signed XXXX XXXX, 2015. However, starting the XXXX week of XXXX 2015 I received various notices from different banks stating that the auto loan had been denied do to my bad credit : SunTrust, dated XXXX XXXX, 2015 ; XXXX XXXX, dated XXXX XXXX, 2015 ; XXXX, dated XXXX XXXX, 2015, and XXXX, dated XXXX, 2015. All these banks turned my credit down. See attached copies. 
During the XXXX week of XXXX 2015, SunTrust sends me a notice, dated XXXX XXXX, 2015, stating that the auto installment payment is overdue!!! I was aghast at this notice because SunTrust had turned my credit down on XXXX XXXX, 2015, and now they were asking for their auto payment installment. Since the XXXX XXXX, 2015 letter by SunTrust turning down my credit, I had not received anything to the contrary from SunTrust, or any other bank that had turned down my credit for the auto loan. 
Upon receipt of this XXXX XXXX, 2015 notice by SunTrust asking for their auto payment installment, I phoned the bank stating that I had no auto loan with them because they had turned down my credit in a notice dated XXXX XXXX, 2015. How could this be? I asked them. They stated that they could not do anything about it, and for me to get ahold of the auto dealer in North Dakota. I called the auto dealer in XXXX XXXX. The auto dealer stated that the banks had turned down my grandson 's credit but not mine, and that my credit was good, and therefore they had released the auto to my grandson on XXXX XXXX, 2015. I said how could this be since SunTrust notified me my credit was bad, and they could not proceed with the financing? Again, they repeated that my credit was good and therefore they had released the auto to my grandson. I could not understand their logic. 
Once those banks turned down in mass my credit application, which I had signed in good faith, I completely gave up. I started to inquire the credit reporting agencies why my credit was bad. My issue is why would SunTrust Bank turned down my credit, and then turn around, a month later and ask for a late auto payment installment? SunTrust Bank, nor any other bank that turned down my credit, never ever notified me that my credit had been approved after all. It does not make sense. I state that I have no credit with SunTrust Bank because they denied my credit on XXXX, 2015.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-05 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: Credit Karma, LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I was out of USA and i dn t understand what is that compagny and why is that amount

Company public response: Company believes complaint caused principally by actions of third party outside the control or direction of the company
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-27 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
On Wednesday, XX/XX/2015, I went to my local SunTrust Bank branch to discuss the possibility of taking out a mortgage loan to buy a house. This is the branch located at XXXX GA. I was just in my information gathering stage of my house purchasing process.

The representative I spoke with asked me for my social security number to verify my identity as I bank with them too. I explicitly told her that I do DO NOT want my credit pulled. When I'm ready to purchase a mortgage loan, I'll have my credit pulled then. However, to avoid hurting my credit scores, I XXXX checked with her that my credit would not be pulled. Rather, I was just seeking advice and information only without a credit pull. She assured me that it would not be pulled. Towards the end of our conversation, she said she'd pass my information to her loan officer and he'd be in contact with me.

Towards the end of the night, I get an email from XXXX stating that my credit had been pulled that night. All XXXX of my bureau's had been pulled by SunTrust Bank that night. The next day, I called back to the branch and spoke with the same rep. She stated that she never pulled my credit and the loan officer must have. I expressed my disapproval  as I explicitly stated that I did not want my credit pulled. She apologized and stated that she could and would easily remove the inquiry off of my credit bureaus. The SunTrust loan officer gave me a call later that day stating that he was never told to not pull my credit. I stated that I never gave any authorization to do so. He did not have much to say about the topic.

I want to emphasize that I never gave authorization, verbally or written, to have my credit pulled by SunTrust Bank or anyone else. I would like the credit inquiries on all XXXX of my bureaus removed. Thank you.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: DC

Complaint narrative:
File a dispute through my credit monitoring company XXXX to remove a SunTrust Mortgage account that was first delinquent 7 years ago. SunTrust Mortgage responded that information was being reported accurately. The issue is not accuracy but age. The SunTrust Mortgage report list the subject account a a " XXXX '', which is defined as XXXX days past due in XXXX of XXXX. It was therefore past due in XXXX XXXX. Since this was 7 years ago the account, by law, should be remove when requested.

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 2015-08-21 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I am trying to get a HARP Loan from XXXX, but my equity loan is with SunTrust. 
This problem between the XXXX banks has been going on since XXXX 2015. 
SunTrust was supposed to sign a Subordination for my Equity Loan. 
I sent my check on XXXX XXXX for {$250.00} with the paperwork from XXXX bymail to the bank. Three weeks later they did not receive it. I then tookthe paperwork and new check to the bank and gave it to the branch Mgr, XXXX XXXX. 
I just received another letter saying that the they would not sign thepaperwork because they did not receive the check or paperwork. I havecashed check! It was cashed on XXXX XXXX. XXXX said they could notaccept the canceled check I had in my hand! This is the bank thatactually cashed the check out of my account. So once again I went to thebank and handed a new check and paperwork to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Florida. This again is holding up the HARP loan from XXXX. 
It 's been 4 months because they have either lost or ca n't keep theirpaperwork in order. Then they sent me a letter saying they did n't think Icould meet my financial obligations. Which I have been doing for thepast 20 years and my FICA score is XXXX. Then they sent me theMISSING check back in the mail.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-12 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't decrease my monthly payments
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
When I was XXXX ( XXXX ) I applied for a student loan with my grandmother at the cosigner. After the four years, and having not graduated from college or benefiting from my student loan, I began to make payments on my loan. At first it was n't bad and was very affordable but over the past three years, my monthly rate has more than tripled. No matter what I have done or tried, they wont work with me. I have called nearly every month for a year, asking them every time if they could lower my rate and each time they have basically told me that they ca n't do anything and that it sucks to be me but I am going to have to come up with the nearly {$500.00} a month to pay my student loan. The rate they have me paying is about half of my monthly income. Add that to {$200.00} in rent plus my other monthly bills and basic living needs and I would have been left in the negatives every month. There was no way I could afford to make that payment. Because of this, I have been stressed for the past XXXX years and have XXXX and XXXX to the point where I now have to take medicine to function normally throughout the day and a different medicine to get rid of my anxiety and relax me enough to fall asleep. 
I have now defaulted on my student loan and have been told I could settle for {$35000.00} or I can pay {$9000.00} upfront and then make payments but the amount that I can afford wont even cover the interest on this loan. 
I 've run out of options and I am searching the internet for any sort of help available.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
To whom it may concern, Please accept this final written OFFER OF SETTLEMENT BEFORE LITIGATION as my attempt to amicably resolve your continued violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act regarding your refusal to delete UNVERIFIED information from my consumer file. I intend to pursue litigation in accordance with the FCRA to seek relief and recover all monetary damages that I may be entitled to under Section 616 and Section 617 if the UNVERIFIED items listed below are not deleted immediately. A copy of this letter as well as copies of the numerous written letters sent to you previously will also become part of a formal complaint to the Federal Trade Commission and shall be used as evidence in pending litigation provided you fail to comply with this offer of settlement. 

Despite numerous written requests, the unverified items listed below still remain on my credit report in violation of Federal Law. You are required under the FCRA to have a copy of the original creditors documentation on file to verify that this information is mine and is correct. In the results of your investigations, you stated in writing that you " verified '' that these items are being " reported correctly ''? Who verified these accounts? You have NOT provided me a copy of ANY original documentation ( a consumer contract with my signature on it ) as required under Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) & Section 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ). Furthermore you have failed to provide the method of verification as required under Section 611 ( a ) ( 7 ). Please be advised that under Section 611 ( 5 ) ( A ) of the FCRA - you are required to " promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified. '' The law is very clear as to the Civil liability and the remedy available to me ( Section 616 & 617 ) if you fail to comply with Federal Law. I am a litigious consumer and fully intend on pursuing litigation in this matter to enforce my rights under the FCRA. 

Also, I received a letter stating I contacted transunion to add a 90 days initial fraud alert on my account. That is a LIE because I never contacted anyone, I have only been disputing the unverified accounts so you decided to place the alert on my behalf without my consent, which is against the law. I am requesting for the fraud alert to be removed immediately I demand the following accounts be verified or deleted immediately. 

Name of Account Account Number Provide Physical Verification XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified account XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Unverified Account XXXX XXXX Unverified Account Suntrust XXXX Unverified Account

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 2017-03-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
I believe if this is a student loan and they are reporting that I am late on payment but they are direct withdrawal. If this is n't a student loan then I do not know who they are or what it would be. Either way it is affecting my credit score. Furthermore, they have not tried to contact me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-15 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
I have a first mortgage and HELOC with Suntrust Bank. I am refinancing the first with XXXX XXXX and Suntrust seems unwilling to send me a copy of my HELOC note. I suspect they are trying to sabotage the refinance with XXXX XXXX. The HELOC account number is # XXXX. Suntrust seems to have outsourced the entire back office operation to XXXX. I have exchanged 7 emails with them. They refuse to send me a copy of my HELOC note.

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 2016-04-04 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Federal student loan
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Right to dispute notice not received
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
this was under student loan forgiveness program. 
was told it would be removed. I am on XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-09 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
I have been placed on REPAY, and was informed that when I made a good faith payment that it had taken care of my payment in order to get my loans in a better payment option. I have been informed by Fedloan ( PHEAA ) now that I have to make another payment of the same amount because my " good faith '' payment that was already made was satisfying the month previous to the payment, even though I was on a forbearance. This is not the first time that FedLoan has mistakenly informed me of regulations in regards to my loan repayment options. I am not sure that I will actually be forgiven at the end of the PSLF because it seems that they are n't sure of what their supposed to be doing.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-10 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Having problems with customer service
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I was sent a notice on XXXX XXXX, XXXX by Fedloan Servicing advising me to send my recertification paperwork ( income and tax information ) by XXXX XXXX, XXXX for my upcoming payment plan for the next year. I sent the required information on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. 

On XXXX XXXX, XXXX I called Fedloan Servicing and asked when it would be processed. I was told that the application would not be processed until after my XXXX payment was sent out. 

I was told that their policy was not to process the application until the XXXX payment was sent out despite having all the information to make a determination now. I advised that waiting until the last minute to process could result in further delays thus forcing me to have to use deferment and forbearance months if something is wrong with the application. 
I was told by Fedloan Servicing that this is their policy. After pushing, I was then told that it is Federal Policy. I asked for the Federal Law stating such and was met with silence. 

I would like my application processed within a reasonable amount of time. Waiting until the very end of my current plan is unacceptable and opens the door to a forbearance ( capitalized interest ) or deferment issue.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: False statements or representation — Impersonated an attorney or official
Company: ARS National Services, Inc.
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
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AR.S.XXXX XXXX XXXX Ca XXXX XXXX THIS COMPANYcaims to be XXXX XXXX this account is being paid by chapter XXXX trustee XX/XX/2014 XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-05 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I make multiple payments towards my monthly mortgage balance. The payments are not applied to my mortgage at the time of payment but are held in a ledger account until the entire minimum is received. I believe this practice is wrong and does n't benefit me the mortgage holder.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-03 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/2015 Suntrust Bank in XXXX notified me that they had placed a new insurance policy on my home for something like {$16000.00} a year! I was shocked and scared. They said my insurance policy had expired. I knew this was not true and had to get with my insurance agent to work this out with them. My insurance agent documented to them my policy had been transferred but NOT cancelled. At no time did I not have insurance. Suntrust agreed and took the forced lender policy off my house. HOWEVER, last week I get a escow notice from them that my escrow is now increasing my monthly payment by {$1000.00} a month. I called them and was on hold for 30 minutes before talking to anyone. Once I did talk with Suntrust they said they had started an escrow on my account because of the forced lender insurance policy in the fall. After discussing this issue with them for 2 hours it is still not resolved. I have a no escrow loan with Suntrust in my documents. Suntrust has now put me in an escrow status because of a mistake they made XX/XX/2015. Also, I have NEVER been late on my Suntrust mortgage payment and have a credit score of XXXX. What Suntrust is doing is a systematic issue at their company and putting their customers in a bad situation. Can the CFPB help me with this?

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-25 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Fay Servicing, LLC
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
Dear CFPB, I am requesting a immediate update on my Modification on my condo. 
Called in and it seems they are not able to update after 60 days. 
Prefer update in writing.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-05 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
Placed a call to customer service to learn why security questions were changed rapidly within 5 minutes of logging in/out. Upon return to www.FirstCitizens online.com to log on my security question was changed to request information where my mother was born. I did not authorize nor set this question myself.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-02 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Communication tactics — Threatened to take legal action
Company: Community Health Investment Company, LLC.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
ON XXXX/XXXX/15 @ XXXX XXXX XXXX OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNT SERVICES INC OF XXXX TN CALLED ME THREATENING TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ME FOR NOT MAKING A PAYMENT ON AN ARRANGEMENT. ON XXXX/XXXX/15 THEY RECIEVED AND POSTED TO MY ACCOUNT A CHECK FOR {$5.00} WHICH WAS THE ARRANGEMENT. SHE WAS SO HOSTILE AND THREATENING THAT I WAS REDUCED TO TEARS. AFTER VERIFYING I HAD IN FACT SENT THE PAYMENT AND THEY HAD RECIEVED THE CHECK I CALLED HER BACK SHE WAS JUST AS RUDE AND HATEFUL THE SECOND TIME AND CONTINUED TO TALK OVER ME AND ARGUE.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation