vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-15 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
I am facing a foreclosure sale by my mortgage lender Bank of America. I have gone through major hardship the last few years and was hopeful that they would negotiate with me fairly, but instead they have ignored my repeated requests for assistance. I am a single mother raising XXXX boys and this is a bank that received billions of dollars in bailout money from the government. This is not right. 

I bought my home in XXXX. At the time my husband worked full time and was the primary source of money. I worked several part time jobs. Not long after I bought our house my husband was arrested and went to jail. I suddenly had to not only raise the children but was the sole source of income. I was able to make ends meet for one year, then I lost XXXX of my XXXX part time jobs. My husband was released from jail but was XXXX, and I was in desperate need of help. I fell behind on my mortgage first in XXXX and tried to get Bank of America to work with me but could not make any progress. I did not give up and was able to find new work and somehow balance this with taking care of my boys. I eventually came up with {$17000.00} and paid this money to Bank of America so that I could get back into good standing with them. They gladly accepted this money. I told them that I needed help with my mortgage because there was no husband helping with the bills anymore and that I was barely making ends meet. Since I had paid and gotten caught up Bank of America did not care to help me. 

I ran into more problems with my employment and once again could not afford the payment and fell behind. I applied for a modification from Bank of America but could not make any progress. I called in many times and it seemed like all I did was play phone tag with the people there. They were not serious about helping me and I spent so much time trying to fix this issue but nothing came of it. 

I am very worried because they are now trying to sell my house at auction. I have a good job at the XXXX and they are increasing my hours. I can afford a reasonable payment if Bank of America would give me a chance and be reasonable, but instead they ignore me. When things were tough I did not give up, I got new jobs and worked hard to pay back Bank of America. I told them I needed help but they ignored me. I do not want to lose my home, I have XXXX boys to take care of and I fit into the rules for these government programs. If Bank of America would take the time to review my information they would know this.

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 2017-03-02 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: CT

Complaint narrative:
I am a parent co-signer on my children 's student loans with XXXX, Navient and the XXXX. I want to pay down principal but ALL of them refuse to apply the extra payment to principal. I sent written instructions to XXXX twice and they ignored them. All of them apply it to the next payment. I sent an email to Navient and they sent me a generic " how they apply extra payments " with NO instructions about paying down principal. I 'm so tired of hearing about people in default. We want to pay it off sooner and all of them are blocking us from doing so. I believe this is intentional. 
If you could help me with this, I would appreciate it. If not, I 'll contact my Senators.

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: NC

Complaint narrative:
During the switch from XXXX XXXX to navient there where several times where my payment would be due at the end of the month and the following month it would be at the beginning. And according to the help over the phone. The payment date never change. But would change the date back to the or original due date but would not waive the late fee because as per them that was my fault

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-07 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Contacted me after I asked not to
Company: CL Holdings LLC
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
appreciateI received a letter from Jefferson Capital regarding an old debt that they bought. I contacted them to pay it off. I was told they did not accept debit cards and needed my bank account information. I am not comfortable with giving out my bank account number. That was last week and since then they call my work phone ( I mistakenly called from my desk phone ) 5-10 times a day. I have spoken with several people to tell them not to call my work line. One particular rude representative talks over me, keeps repeating the same thing over and over until I have to hang up on him. There is no need for it. I called them to resolve the debt. It is not my problem that they do n't have good business practices and ca n't accept card payments on the phone or on line. I will mail my payment because I want to clear this up - hence the reason I called them last week. But I do n't appreciate the harassment at work after telling them several times ( sometimes multiple times on one call ) not to call my work phone number.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-12 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Don't agree with fees charged
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: RI

Complaint narrative:
Navient and XXXX XXXX have robbed my family and I blind of any future we have from my time at the XXXX XXXX. Not only did the school and the service provider lie about the loans we took out, and options we were offered and told to repay, we have substantial evidence the school has : - Double charged us and pocketed the money - Received kick backs of money in large checks that were never used for my education, but were charged for. 
- Tampering of student loan paper work - Withholding of information that proves their guilt after 5 years or non stop requests for info. 
- Consistent deflection of answers that question the proof of the amounts owed when proven wrong. 
- Computer errors that mix up my families co-signing, trying to continuously charge us double for loans we already paid in this mix up - Deliberately not sending correspondence to the right addresses, after being told multiple times of the changes. 
- Refusing to speak with my mother about her or my loans even though we share the loans, just to deflect questions, and to give us different answers to the each of us to cause confusion - Refusal to deal with the issue over double charges and new excuses every time they are asked about it. 
- No consolidation of loans when promised during school - Numbers that do n't match what Navient/XXXX XXXX says is owed from our paperwork - Consistent misdirection by giving us false addresses to send our paperwork too, and giving us false numbers to push us away from solving issues - Harassment of payments long paid and genuine rudeness when questioned - People refusing to help any further after errors were found to avoid being singled out from doing their job in error. 
- Blatent withholding of important paperwork for years of time passed that would incriminate them - Emails of them contradicting themselves and proof of misdirection in correspondence. 
- Years of conversations cataloged in their system trying to resolve the issues.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-11 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Southwest Credit Systems, L.P.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I have reached out to Southwest Credit on several occasion to inform the company that I did not apply for a phone service with XXXX XXXX XXXX the only phone service that I have every had since I was release from prison in XXXX 2012 was XXXX and XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: USCB, Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I was a member of XXXX XXXX since XX/XX/XXXX as l was employed by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and since l retired on XXXX XXXX on XXXX XXXX Lifetime in XXXX.California. 
All Medical visits was paid by ex employer XXXX. 
XXXX XXXX in California has sent me to collections and ruined my credit and scores with XXXX.XXXX and XXXX. 
XXXX has me in collection for {$180.00} with interest and charging me interest of {$8.00} each month l do n't pay. 
I had a Medical number with XXXX California # XXXX. 
I am on XXXX XXXX Lifetime and Retired. 
I am on Prescribed Medications for my XXXX XXXX.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-04 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — Payroll card
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Netspend Corporation
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I received a netSpend prepaid MasterCard in the mail for which I never completed an application. I have never dealt with this company and do not know how it has my information. Additionally, the card was sent to the temporary address where I am living, which makes me even more suspicious of the company and the offer. A XXXX search showed many other complaints about this company and the fees charged for everything from checking your balance to using the money you load or have deposited on it.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-17 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Southwest Credit Systems, L.P.
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
My credit record shows a charge due to XXXX, which I do not believe I owe. XXXX has said there is no record of me owing this amount, and the collection agency continues to ignore my repeated efforts to get information to learn what these charges are for. I am attaching the letters I have sent and have not been successful in removing this charge from my credit record.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Automated Collection Services, Inc.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
To Whom It May Concern, I was garnished again for 15 % of my paychecks for XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/2016 by Automated Collection Services , Inc. in XXXX, TN. I did not receive notice of garnishment from ACSI, and the garnishment took be by complete surprise. 

I repeatedly told ACSI reps that I could not afford the amount of this garnishment. I even faxed over financial records showing that I could not pay essential bills ( rent, utilities, etc. ). ACSI and I then had a written agreement with ACSI to have my garnishment reduced to 5 %. However, I contacted my payroll department this morning and the director of payroll replied they did not receive a fax from ACSI for this reduction, and I was garnished at approximately XXXX % again. 

As I have tried futilely to discuss with their reps, I can not afford the amount at which I am being garnished. It is crippling me financially, rendering me unable to pay my essential bills. I contacted ACSI and I was transferred to someone calling herself XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX mocked me. After telling her I was being crippled financially by the garnishment, she said then I could pay the full balance in lump sum or settle for thousands of dollars. Well, if I ca n't afford to pay hundreds of dollars, how can I pay tens of thousands of dollars at one time? Why would someone representing a company mock someone who is financially destitute? Is it common practice by companies to tell people who can not afford to pay hundreds of dollars each month to tell them that they can pay tens of thousands in a lump sum which the representative would know that that person can not pay it? The only reason to say such a thing is to mock and humiliate a financially destitute person. 
Second, they claim they can not relinquish the garnishment. However, they have that option ( as evidenced by a complaint that was resolved on the XXXX website and by common sense -- they hold the debt -- no one is forcing them to garnish me at the rate they are ). I have no problem making payments, but not at the amount they are demanding. I simply can not afford it. 
Plus, I offered to consolidate the loan with my other loans which are in good standing. They refused because they told me that because they had the garnishment they did not have to. 

Had I received a notice of garnishment, I would have been aware of the debt, which I assumed to be in good standing with my other student loans ( that is the only reason it went delinquent ). And, thus, I would have contacted XXXX ( the originator of the loan ) or ACSI and handled it before being garnished. 
From my understanding, I am supposed to have received a notice of garnishment, and I also do not think that belittling consumers for not being able to pay is something that ACSI 's employees have the right to do.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Southwest Credit Systems, L.P.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I saw a credit collection with South West Credit System and original creditor I saw XXXX on my account. I have never open account with XXXX and I have called XXXX they I have no account with them. I have also called south West Credit System they also said I have no account with them too. So I 'm making this complaint so that that information to be remove from my credit report. I disputed with XXXX and they have taken the irregularities or collection from my account but still shows up on my XXXX report. So I want it to be taken off from my credit report. Thanks.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Southwest Credit Systems, L.P.
State: ME

Complaint narrative:
This is a very old account that is way more than what I think is owed. My estimation is that this particular agency has charged me in excess of {$900.00} in late fees/surcharges that they agreed to be waived.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-18 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — General purpose card
Issue: Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues — 
Company: Netspend Corporation
State: NV

Complaint narrative:
I have been asking Netspend/XXXX Prepaid operated by XXXX for access to my transaction history. For days they have been saying the system is down, then they told me they can not give me access I have to go through my XXXX account, I did that, it directed me to call Netspend/XXXX Prepaid customer service so I did that, they keep sending me in circles and I still do not have access to my transactions. I started noticing that the balance I should have in my account does not match the balance in my account and wanted to see how long this has been going on so I can file a dispute, I ordered by transaction record dated back to XXXX 2015 and was told I have to pay a fee, I said fine. They told me it would be 48-72 hours to obtain it and it would be sent to my email. To date, there is nothing in my email, they still will not let me access my transaction records online, they told me I needed order the record again, so I asked for it again, they are telling me another 24-48 hours now. I have totaled approximately {$300.00} missing from my account and I ca n't see if that is accurate or not because they will not give me access or the proper documents I need. This is not right.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, THE
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I had an auto loan through Huntington National Bank. At the maturity of my loan the Bank said that several of the payments they received were outside the grace period. After much discussion of the calculation of their claim I agreed to pay the {$170.00} in " late fees ''. The Bank then declared that I did not pay the {$170.00} timely and reported the matter to the Credit Bureau as a charge -off. While I take exception to the heavy handed method of reporting the late fees as a problem loan my complaint is that the Bank continually reports that {$32000.00} was written off. I have repeatedly tried to get the Bank to report accurately the disputed amount but they refused to do so. Please help me to get them to report this matter accurately.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-02 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: Netspend Corporation
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
The key issue here is that netspend debit cards are marketed and sold next to giftcards in pharmacy and convenience stores, but the XXXX classes of cards have significantly different rules of use. As a result, people buy debit cards, thinking they are gift cards, and when they are given to their recipients, they are done so without the recipient agreeing to significant fee rules which start upon *purchase* of the card ( vs *activation* of the card ), at least in the case of XXXX debit cards. As a result, the card value can be greatly reduced from the original value even before initial activation. 

The story : My kids received netspend debit cards from their grandparents for XXXX, each with {$75.00} on them. My parents thought they were giving the kids gift cards, not reloadable debit cards. Kids being kids, they forgot that they had them, and by the time we activated them 5 months later, they both were expired, and XXXX had a value of {$57.00}, while the other had a value of {$32.00}. In addition, a significant amount of personal information was needed ( social security number, address, etc ) to activate and use the cards. While the agent was able to arrange for the kids to have the remaining balances, l 'm extremely disappointed with the significant fees that were incurred before the cards were activated, and the difficulty in receiving back the cash originally put onto the cards. Basically XXXX received {$60.00}, 40 %!, of the money paid while providing absolutely no product or service ( other than a plastic card to be given as a gift. ) This just is n't right. I do n't know what to tell my kids about the gift they received from their grandparent - how do you explain to a XXXX that the bank took over half of their money? 

A cautionary tale to be told far and wide. It really is terrible to market these cards next to gift cards that have totally different rules so that someone mistakenly picks XXXX up to give as a gift, and for the receiver to be subject to unknowingly be subject to significant fees - I as a receiver did n't agree to these terms, yet I suffered the consequences. It really is n't right.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-12 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — Payroll card
Issue: Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues — 
Company: Netspend Corporation
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/2014, I paid a bill over the phone for my daughter. The card company XXXX card issued by XXXX bank deducted funds from my account immediately. Apparently three days later when the gas company attempted to complete the trsnsaction nd collect the funds, it had been resended by the card company. I was told that it took too many days. My daughter had to pay by other means along with a late charge in XXXX. Since then I disputed the charge, provided proof it was payed another way nd the card company is still refusing to refund my funds.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-06 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Vital Solutions, Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I strongly suspect that Vital Recovery Services sold my " debt '' after I informed them that no one at my phone number had any overdue debts and that their calls had to stop. Subsequently, XXXX XXXX started years of harassing phone calls to my number.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-06 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low — 
Company: HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, THE
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
On or around the XX/XX/XXXX I opted for the verdraft protection, I have no I dea what I was thinking, Before I opted for the service I had no problems never a overdraft. Well low and behold the XX/XX/XXXX comes around and I have XXXX overdrafts, XXXX transactions was on the XX/XX/XXXX and cleared Another for the first and had cleared, I monitored my statement throughout all my deposits and transactions everything was good. I get the overdrafts the fifth and was told I had a XXXX grace period, well that didnt happen either. So here I am with XXXX overdrafts for XXXX that shouldnt happened in the first place, well they reembursed me for XXXX, and then turn around and put XXXX more on for XXXX each. Crazy I 'm so upset, The money was in there i monitor my account, they have manipulated my transactions to the point trying purposely to confuse and mislead. The XXXX shouldnt be on my statemen t and that caused XXXX more. I want the fees removed

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief