vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: Phoenix Financial Services LLC
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
I have been a victom of identity theft. I submitted formal letters to the bureaus XXXX XXXX, 2017. I included a police report, an FTC affidavit, a utility bill and my necessary drivers license and social. XXXX and XXXX removed this fraudulent item. XXXX also removed it. As of yesterday, XXXX XXXX, 2017, it has appeared back on my report for XXXX. I called and asked why it was back on there. I was told it was never taken off ...? I asked why it was on there and they other fraudulant charge from the same company, same acct number for just a different amount, was taken off but this one wasnt. I was told by XXXX that the lender confirmed it was my account. I asked if the lendor provided them proof it was mine. And if I was mailed proof it was mine? I was told no to both questions. I informed her it has been over your 30 day alotted legal amount of investigation time and you must remove this fraudulent item. I was told they would not and would submit it for reinvestigation. I replied, '' this is NOT the law '' I am trying to get a home loan and your errant posting of this item has hindered me. The law says that you must remove it after a 30 day investigation if you can not provide proof it is mine.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem when making payments — You never received your bill or did not know a payment was due
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
Between XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX 2017, Citi did not send me emails notifying me of a statement available on my account, in violation of the Fairness in Lending Act and their Paperless Terms & Conditions. Citi has reported delinquent non-payment during this period to the credit reporting agencies. This card was not linked to my online account during at least this time period, potentially even longer. No balance due was visible to me, and I was not able to access current or prior statements online. Thus, emails regarding statements which were actually sent about or after this time period did not materially provide a statement. They only contained a link to my online account which this card was not linked to. When I called Citi on XXXX XXXX, 2017, Citi was unable to confirm an amount due against my card. Citi never alerted me to : the original balance due, a failed AutoPay, my removal from AutoPay, or a deliquent balance. Citi failed to adequately contact me by email, phone, or mail regarding this issue. The attached emails constitute the entirety of email communication from Citi regarding this account between XXXX XXXX - XXXX XXXX, 2017. Citi has claimed to have contacted me via mail which is false. The only potentially related contact I have are identical voicemails on my phone from XXXX advising me, at their most explicit, to " login at www.citicards.com and review your account status ''. Which I did. Which again did not show any balance due or problems with my cards visible there. I informed Citi of the missing statements on XXXX XXXX2017 which meets the deadline under the Fairness in Lending Act.

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 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Experian is not allowing me to lift the security freeze on my credit report. I have tried having the security freeze lifted by using Experian 's website and by mailing in a written request but have not received a response.

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 non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened to sue you for very old debt
Company: The Hamilton Law Association
State: ME

Complaint narrative:
Hello, ive been getting phone calls from all different ph # ( recent from XXXX ) but with a call back # of XXXX ext XXXX, previous call back # XXXX. Always a different person to call back but staying they have my dob, ss # in which a law suit will be served on me if if did not respond to make payment by end of business day. Says they are from Hamilton law. In the last message i received today ; " XXXX '' stated she knows my name has changed and spoke my dob and address on the vm.

Company public response: Company believes complaint represents an opportunity for improvement to better serve consumers
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Managing an account — Deposits and withdrawals
Company: KEYCORP
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017 we deposited a check in the amount of {$66000.00} XXXX dollars into our Key Bank account. At the time of deposit, we were provided a XXXX Collections Form from XXXX XXXX No other notices have been provided. As of XXXX XXXX, 2017 we have 1 ) not received the funds 2 ) the bank can not provide us any information about the check, when we might expect the funds to be in our account, or even what the expected amount of the deposit will be in US dollars. Upon contacting the bank branch, we were told that they did not have any information however the Relationship Manager would call on Monday and try to obtain a status. No call has been received from said Relationship Manager. On Monday, XX/XX/XXXX I called Key Bank to initiate a complaint, and was told it would take approx. 5 business days for a return call. 
At this point, it has been 17 business days ( not including Saturday ) and we have received no information whatsoever from the bank, nor do they seem inclined to be concerned on our behalf.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account status incorrect
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
The company reported my payment as late and it was not.

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 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — Virtual currency
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I was speaking to someone on the phone about purchasing tickets and I sent him money for the tickets as we were talking he hung up and I could get ahold of him. I contacted XXXX immediately about this to dispute and hopefully reverse the transfer. I filed a police report and chase told me they could n't help. I gave this person {$210.00} and will never see it again and XXXX was of no help.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Experian has put an address on my credit report that is neither my address or a valid address. I have tried to dispute this address information with Experian but am unable to use the online function and do not receive a response via mail.

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 non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Fees or interest — Problem with fees
Company: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
State: SC

Complaint narrative:
This is the complaint I sent after 3 months trying to resolve with Chase : Cardmember Services Chase CC XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX To whom it may concern, I have been a Cardmember for years, paying thousands in interest into Chase,  and recently, back in XXXX, I paid my card off completely, trying to improve my credit score. I paid something over {$1700.00} at the time. {$0.00} balance. I had not been looking at statements for some time, mostly lazy. With a XXXX balance I noticed that I was being charged by two companies for nearly two years, roughly XXXX 2015 timeframe, after I closed my accounts with them ; XXXX and XXXX. Heck, Ive been married now for over a year and a half. I submitted an inquiry through your secure email system and was told I would not have to make any payments while disputed. A few weeks ago, I saw my credit score and it actually went up, and I had a late payment due on my Chase card. I am very surprised that such an organization is capable of such a thing. I just paid {$130.00} on my {$0.00} balance card so that Chase would not further damage my credit. That sounds kind of wrong doesnt it? Let me say that again : I paid {$130.00} on my {$0.00} balance card. Criminal in my mind. I am requesting the following : 1. reimbursement of the {$130.00} I just paid, which includes late fees and interest charged on a {$0.00} balance account, a practice I also consider criminal 2. discontinuance of any payments to XXXX or XXXX 3. I want letters sent to the three credit reporting agencies clearing this recent blemish created by Chase 4. I would like a letter of apology for the unnecessary grief caused by an uncaring mega bank I am a 25 year XXXX XXXX XXXX, and a veteran of XXXX tours to XXXX, and dont appreciate being treated this way. Sincerely, XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened to sue you for very old debt
Company: Commercial Recovery Systems
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Received a voicemail from the telephone number XXXX and this is what it stated " Hi this is XXXX XXXX calling with the Department of Civil Processing here at XXXX XXXX XXXX. I 'm calling for ( my full name ). ( My first name ) This is your final notification regarding case number XXXX. Now due to your negligence to respond and attempts we have made to contact you, the Department of civil processing is now deemed you non-compliant in our district policy at this time you will be placed on a schedule for your hearing. We hearing back later at ( my address ). You will have to sign for them and appear. Any questions or concerns I can be reached directly at XXXX. '' This is the 2nd voicemail this week from different number and I also received a text message with my ssn from an XXXX number, stating I was going to have legal actions against me. This is becoming a weekly ordeal as well as they are calling members of my family by getting their phone numbers from online.

Company response to consumer: Untimely response
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: ALCHRO INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
On Wednesday, XXXX XXXX, 2017 I contacted XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX to pay a past due bill of {$150.00} on my credit report. A bill I did n't know I had, but wanted to pay for. I was informed that the total amount due was {$200.00} that included a " Deletion fee of {$15.00} '' I paid the {$15.00} because I wanted to have the record deleted immediately. After I paid it, I was told they would delete the bill from my credit report on the first of the next month. Why did I pay the extra {$15.00}? Is n't it there responsibility to delete it once it 's paid? I emailed them and asked them to refund my {$15.00} and the response was this : Hello, you were advised it will be sent to all Three Credit Bureaus on the XXXX of the month to be removed from your credit report. The {$15.00} was the deletion fee to have it deleted from your credit. If you have any other questions or clarifications please contact me at # XXXX ext. XXXX. I have never had to pay to have something deleted from my credit report before.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: ERC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
XXXX sold this " alleged '' account to XXXX XXXX at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, FL XXXX. I disputed this account and it was removed from one of my credit bureau. It is still on my XXXX report. I am requesting that this debt be removed from all credit bureau as no one has validated this debt and this debt has now been sold to another collection agency called, ERC ERC - Enhanced Recovery Corporation XXXX, Florida XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, FL XXXX Toll Free : ( XXXX ) XXXX I do not have a relationship with this company and I am requesting that they remove this debt from all credit bureau.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are being handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
X/XX/2017 Navient is the collector I made a payment in the amount {$500.00} towards my " 1-01 Stafford - Unsubsidized '' loan which has an interest rate of 6.55 %. However, Navient ran the payment towards my " 1-01 Direct Loan - Subsidized '' loan which has an interest rate of 3.15 %. I know for a fact that I made the correct payment towards the loan I desired, and had even done the payment with a Navient representative on the phone.
I called Navient X/XX/2017 with regards to the issue and received a response that there was a mistake with the payment processing. I find it very hard to believe this occurred by mistake as I have been made aware of multiple instances that this has occurred with other individuals ; citing Lawsuit filed XX/XX/2017 by CFPB.
To make matters worse, I was told that the refunded payment would not reach my account for 4-6 weeks, meaning that I will be charged the 6.55 % interest for another payment term on the current balance. This will result in an extra interest charge of {$32.00} ( {$500.00} * 6.55 % ) to my account.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
a computer glitch that was TransUnion 's problem - not mine - caused my inquiries to be deleted. TransUnion later added them all back onto my credit report without giving me the legally required written notice 5 days prior to them re-adding them. I contacted TransUnion in good faith to ask them to delete the inquiries that they had illegally re-added.these inquiries added a hardship and that your rights were violated by TransUnion. Can CFPB help make TransUnion stop victimizing me.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: Professional Adjustment Corp. of S.W. FL., Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Never been to the hospital, wrong person, not my acct

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I opened an XXXX XXXX XXXX account through Comenity Capital in XXXX 2016. Their practices seem to be highly unethical. For example, if the account is used for a restaurant or hotel or other service that submits for pre-authorization, Comenity puts through the final charge and also holds the original pre-authorization amount for 10 days. Effectively this is a duplicate charge to the account that renders what should be available funds as unavailable. I addition, Comenity does not accurately report account balances to the credit bureaus. I have both a XXXX & XXXX XXXX credit card that are handled by Comenity. I recently paid down my outstanding balances to improve my credit score as I intended to purchase a car that required a loan. In stead of my credit score improving, it actually decreased as Comenity failed to report the payments made to reduce my balance significantly and has n't done so to date. I also paid off the entire balance for the XXXX account only to be charged an additional {$15.00} interest charge after the fact. How is this legal? Following is their response to my quesry about the charge- Thank you for your recent inquiry to our Customer Care Department .
Comenity Capital Bank issues your account and responds to all credit related inquiries. This card is issued by Comenity Capital Bank pursuant to a license by XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX is a registered trademark of XXXX XXXX XXXX.
I apologize for any confusion this has caused. On your previous statement, you were informed of an update to your Credit Card Agreement for your account. This notification was to inform you that beginning on your next statement, purchases made outside a Grace Period would be assessed trailing interest resulting in a finance charge after the balance is paid in full. A Grace Period is a period in time in which credit extended can be repaid without a finance charge being assessed.
Interest is charged from the transaction date until the balance is paid in full. Since interest is calculating until the date the payment is received, you will receive a statement for the interest charged in the previous billing cycle. If you pay the trailing interest finance charge statement by the due date, you will not be assessed finance charges during that bill cycle the following month as long as no additional purchases are made.
We hope this information is helpful. For the security of your account information, we ask if there are any follow up questions you have related to this concern, please click on the reply button.
Sincerely, I. XXXX  Internet Customer Care Team I appreciate your help, Sincerely XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — Store credit card
Issue: Closing your account — Company closed your account
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Synchrony Bank ( Amazon Credit Account ) closed my account without warning, the only way I found out was because I tried to purchase something and was declined. I asked them why they closed it and they said because a payment was returned. It was returned because of fraud on my bank account but they said a closed account can not be reopened. I have had the Amazon credit account for 7 plus years, great payment history, paid the balance off several times over the 7 years used it all the time and they still closed the account for a payment being returned when it was not my fault. They are by far the worst company to get a credit card through.

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 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Advertising and marketing, including promotional offers — Confusing or misleading advertising about the credit card
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Back in XXXX of 2016 I got an offer to transfer balance and get interest free for 1 year. I thought this was something that could help me get my bills lower, however due to deception I did n't realize that when I make the payments Discovers computer will pay down higher interest first, meaning that unless I paid all the previous balance first. So I transferred XXXX dollars and later found out that I had been tricked and ultimately got no interest free promotion on the XXXX dollars and ended up paying full interest. Discover hires smart people to think this up and they know exactly how it will play out.
Today I found that 2 payments were made for the monthly payment. I had thought I was going to be late in the month of XX/XX/XXXX and called Discover to see if they could deffer the payment for 1 month. They would not do this and instead talked me into setting up an auto pay for the following month. This is not what I wanted, but the gave a XXXX dollar credit ( still not exactly sure why ), and talked me into the autopay. I ended up making the payment on time and called to cancel the autopay and for some reason it was not canceled and rather they rolled it over for another month. This is not what I wanted and not what I called about. But because Discover wants everyone on autopay they pushed back and ultimately did cancel the auto pay which was the ONLY reason i called that day. Today I had to spend almost 2 hours getting discover to fix their mistake. This involved a conference call with my bank to be sure the payments really went through ( guess they did n't believe me ). They wasted my time and I want compensation for this gross waste of my time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
TD Bank is reporting account number XXXX twice as a charge off account to XXXX. On page 23 of the XXXX report dated XX/XX/XXXX it shows account number XXXX, last reported on XX/XX/XXXX, open on XX/XX/XXXX, went into Charge Off in XX/XX/XXXX with a balance due of {$3300.00}. On page 25 of the XXXX report dated XX/XX/XXXX it shows the same account number XXXX last reported on XX/XX/XXXX, open on XX/XX/XXXX, went into Charge Off / Sold or Transferred in XX/XX/XXXX with a balance due of {$0.00} NOTE : Page 23 has account number XXXX as being open on XX/XX/XXXX ; Page 25 shows the same account number XXXX as being open 9 days later on XX/XX/XXXX I have contact TD Bank Via Phone on XX/XX/XXXX and on XX/XX/XXXX I have sent them every document they have requested, in both conversations I requested that one of the entries be removed because both entries have the same account number and they are causing double the points to be removed from my credit score, TD  Bank has refused

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation