vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 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: ALLY FINANCIAL INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I contacted Ally Financial on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX and asked them why they accessed by credit file on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX and why they have put a hard Inquiry on my XXXX credit file with out my authorization, I did not get any help from them.

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 2017-09-18 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: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have pulled my credit to find out there is a repossession of a vehicle linked to my name and personal information. I have never purchased a vehicle and would like this deleted from my credit files immediately. I have contacted the company and was advised I appeared as a consigner to a vehicle and that the car had been repossed. I have no knowledge of this and would demand this be deleted immediately from all my credit files as this information is innacurate and misleading as it 's fraud. I am requesting the company to provide proof and they ca n't provide anything that I opened this account such as id state issued, driver license, passport, social security card and they have none of this on file apparently

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 2017-09-18 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: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have pulled my credit to find out there is a repossession of a vehicle linked to my name and personal information. I have never purchased a vehicle and would like this deleted from my credit files immediately. I have contacted the company and was advised I appeared as a consigner to a vehicle and that the car had been repossed. I have no knowledge of this and would demand this be deleted immediately from all my credit files as this information is innacurate and misleading as it 's fraud. I am requesting the company to provide proof and they ca n't provide anything that I opened this account such as id state issued, driver license, passport, social security card and they have none of this on file apparently

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 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: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have pulled my credit to find out there is a repossession of a vehicle linked to my name and personal information. I have never purchased a vehicle and would like this deleted from my credit files immediately. I have contacted the company and was advised I appeared as a consigner to a vehicle and that the car had been repossed. I have no knowledge of this and would demand this be deleted immediately from all my credit files as this information is innacurate and misleading as it 's fraud. I am requesting the company to provide proof and they ca n't provide anything that I opened this account such as id state issued, driver license, passport, social security card and they have none of this on file apparently

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 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Private student loan
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan — Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I have two private loans with XXXX. One of my loans has my brother as a co-signer. XX/XX/2016 I lost my job and was n't able to make the payments. I called each month to let you guys know I was n't able to make my payment. I also asked several times to be put back in deferment due to not working. I was told they did n't have any options for me. So know my two loans are in Recovery. My rep is XXXX. I feel they are not working with me. I 'm doing the best that I can and I feel they are not working with me. But, continue to tell me that my loans will be given to a lawyer or agency. I paid my monthly payments every month before I lost my job. I feel that I 'm not being treated well. Is there something that can be done? Can I be put on a payment plan vs XXXX calling every week asking for a payment? I also paid {$1300.00} over the last few weeks and I receive calls stating my loans are in recovery. I have to always tell them that I 'm working with XXXX. Then they see the notes that I am working with XXXX. I wish they would review their notes before calling me every week.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I faxed a letter to transunion regarding inquires on my credit report on XXXX/17 by fax advising that the only authorized inquiry I made was with XXXX XXXX XXXX all and requested that all other Inquries be removed as I did not authorized them. I recieved a letter in the mall stating they were not removing them. I sent a 2nd fax on XXXX17, recieved confirmation that it was recieved .There was a computer glitch that caused inquiries to be deleted .Transunion later added them all back onto my report without giving me the legally required notice 5 days prior to them re-adding them. I contacted transunion in good faith to ask them them delete the inquiries that they illegally re-added.These inquiries add hardship and my rights have been violated by Transunion and as of today XXXX/17 I still have not recieved a response back from them.

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 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan — Installment loan
Issue: Charged fees or interest you didn't expect — 
Company: Lendmark Financial Services
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
I took out a loan with XXXX in XXXX for {$3000.00}, I have paid {$1600.00} in payments since and they say my balance is {$2400.00}. They say I am delinquent and they are going to take legal action against me if I dont pay in XXXX days. I got a statement in the mail from XXXX that is dated XXXX/XXXX/XXXX and it says I owe {$130.00} on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. When I told the XXXX person on the phone about this they said they just send those out they dont really know if you have paid or not. I just paid {$220.00} on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. They never give you your balance unless you ask for it and when you say why can you see your statements online or your balance they say it is under construction. Is this loan legal in Virginia? If it is why?

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Payday loan debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Acceptance Solutions Group, INC
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/XXXX of this year I took out a loan with this company. Things feel apart after, They began to take money out of my account on a random basis and multiple times a week, I had to contact my bank, file a fraud report with them. I filed a BBB compliant as well. I had to change my debit cards and my checking account information. This company took money from me ranging in amounts of XXXX to XXXX per week. I have correspondence from all of this including the BBB incident number XXXX. So over the weekend I get a letter they have turned me over to collections for this huge amount. I am beyond upset, I do n't owe these people money, they took advantage of me, and now to have them attempting to collect this is horrible. I have submitted to the collection agency who is Law Offices of XXXX XXXX and their number is XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 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: Financial Accounts Service Team Inc.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
I contacted Financial Account Services on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX to pay off an account originally through XXXX to XXXX. I was told the account would be deleted on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. When it was not, I called back and they stated they report on the 1st of every month. 3 weeks later and there is still not a change. I called Financial account services and spoke with XXXX who was very rude and told me I need to figure it out on my own. I asked to speak with someone higher up and was transferred to XXXX in the legal department who told me they do not do deletions and do not have a certain day that report to the credit bureaus, that is done randomly. I believe this to be a lie. I 've never dealt with a company that does not have a specific date they report. A month later, even if that was true, my account is still showing a balance of {$340.00} which is also incorrect.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 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: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
I recently received a copy of my Transunion, All of these inquiries are unauthorized and were not approved. I do not remember authorizing The XXXX XXXX on XXXX XXXX, XXXX or XXXX on XXXX XXXX. I have written letters to have this removed but have not gotten a response. Please have the unauthorized inquiries removed.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Unable to get your credit report or credit score — Other problem getting your report or credit score
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: ME

Complaint narrative:
I have a number of issues currently with Equifax. 

- on XXXX I ordered a paper copy of my credit report. I paid {$5.00} for this report. I was told it would take 5-7 business days. When I spoke to an Equifax representative on XXXX, they stated that it had been mailed I would receive it shortly. It is now XXXX - XXXX business days later - no report. 

on XXXX I called Equifax because suddenly my ENTIRE credit file disappeared and an address from another state was appearing attached to my name and SSN. After numerous attempts to get this correct all that has been done is an update of my current address. It is now XXXX and my file is still completely blank. My entire credit history has vanished and no one at equifax seems to be able to explain why or is even vaguely interested in fixing it ( I had one CSR tell me that no, in fact, I did not have any credit accounts otherwise they would be showing up ). 

- after the security breach was finally made XXXX, I went to the security web site to see if I was impacted and when I could sign up for credit monitoring. I was told that yes, I was impacted and that my date to sign up would be XXXX. After registering, I would receive an email to complete enrollment. Today is XXXX and I have yet to receive any word on further enrollment. Given that my one complete credit file is now blank and equifax is taking 5 business days to provide some modicum of monitoring service, I have grave concerns that my credit history with Equifax is even existent. 

Due to this shoddy handling of sensitive protected information, I am currently unable to apply for any credit as a comparison on my reports between the other two CRAs and Equifax would show grave discrepancies, all due to Equifax 's incompetence. I have also been denied credit which I believe is solely due to Equifax mishandling of my file and incorrect information ( in this case, no information ) and a wrong address being reported. 

Also, aside from this complaint, and joining any class action law suit I can against Equifax I will be filing a separate, individual lawsuit for FCRA violations as clearly they are unable to maintain accurate and complete records.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: ERC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
ERC Collection Creditor Phone Number XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Creditor Address XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, FL XXXX This company has re-aged a collection account. The date opened is being reported as XX/XX/XXXX however, this account was placed for collection with the Original Creditor - XXXX - in XX/XX/XXXX. This is a clear violation of FCRA laws.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information, leading to a breach which puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am especially disappointed with how Equifax has handled reporting this breach. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discover it via the news. 

Going forward, Equifax should be required to monitor every account and notify victims if any fraud occurs. Credit fraud protection should be mandatory for every account, not an option for consumers to deal with. Considering the generally misunderstood nature of credit reporting among the general public, Equifax should have immediately contacted everyone affected and provided the public with a list of concrete steps to take. I should not have to figure out how to safeguard my information by myself when a company 's lack of security was what caused it to be compromised. 

This should be rectified firstly by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. Requiring a police report is absurd when they clearly know if you were affected.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Received bad information about your loan
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I took out a significant amount of student loan debt to attend XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ). One year after starting my XXXX XXXX, I applied for income-based repayment in anticipation of completing ten years in public service to qualify for the PSLF program. I started my payments in XXXX XXXX. I submitted employment certification forms in XXXX XXXX. Only my last two loans for XXXX XXXX qualified. And each of those two loans only had a 14 months and 5 months of my XXXX  payments counting towards the total, whereas it should be 24 months ( since I paid IBR for 24 months during my residency ). Therefore I called FedLoan to check on what was going on. 

I talked to one person this morning, who told me that only the two loans from my last year of XXXX XXXX qualified. He told me that I needed to consolidate my previous loans for them to qualify for PSLF. So he transferred me to a different department, who then told me that once I consolidated, all of my previous five years of payments could not count at all and that the countdown would restart at ten years. 

Needless to say, I was quite irate. I had been told by multiple parties that I should NOT consolidate because it would disqualify me from PSLF and the protections afforded from it. FedLoan took over the majority of my loans when the recession started in XXXX, so I ( wrongly apparently ) assumed that the loans were all under the same roof, so to speak. The entire process of PSLF has been very vague and cumbersome. 

This is not working. And I feel as if I am being screwed over. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Collected or attempted to collect exempt funds
Company: Midwest Recovery Systems
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX XXXX, I was checking my credit through XXXX XXXX and saw the derogatory from XXXX XXXX now MIDWEST RECOVERY, This is for {$1100.00}. This is in the : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, WV XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX I called them in XX/XX/XXXX and again last week. They said they sent something to correct this back in XX/XX/XXXX but the derog is still there. From called them again last week they said they would send me a letter ( which has n't arrived yet ). 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I sent a a complaint to XXXX ( confirmation # XXXX ) and they responded back saying it was mine because of the social security number. The social security number is mine but its not me. Someone else is using my social security number.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: AFNI INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
on my credit report I have a collection of {$950.00} from a company called XXXX Collections. I do not know this company or know what this collection is about.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Other personal consumer report
Issue: Improper use of your report — Report provided to employer without your written authorization
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
I have not provided this company permission or a signed authorization form to do a hard credit pull on my report XXXX2017 or XXXX2017. I have reported this to Equifax, they did not investigate and told me to take it up with the fraud dept of the business, Well the business is a small company and there is 4 workers and a manager there, no internal fraud dept. when I called CFPB they told me that I needed to contact State Banking Auth of LA as I did. The person I spoke with stated that the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has shifted some roles and responsibilities but she still was unsure why CFPB could not assit me being that this place is NOT a credit union/bank/payday lending company. But is labeled as a Consumer Finance & Loan Company.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 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: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
This is an account that is not mine, I 've disputed, I 've produced paper work from the XXXX. They will not remove this account from my credit file. I have no knowledge of what the bank is where it is, if it even exists where I live. I 've never heard of the company and whats most confusing is there is a XXXX balance. this is negatively impacting my credit file and it is not my account

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Problem canceling credit monitoring or identify theft protection service
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I went to TransUnions website on XXXX XXXX, 2017 to obtain a free credit report at https : //www.transunion.com/annual-credit-report. See attached pdf which shows picture of misleading website intentionally designed to fool people into ordering a service which they do not want and which is very difficult to cancel. 

If you go to the site you will see that they advertise a free annual report. They mention it being free several times in the paragraph that follows and there is a button to order a Trans Union report and score to the right of their description about the free services. I clicked on the Get your credit report and score button. It brought me to a three-step process which I completed. The process required that I provide them a lot of details about myself including verifying my home mortgage and even entering a credit card number. It did not occur to me that I was entering my credit card number for purposes of being billed for any type of service. I was surprised when I received an email that stated that I had enrolled in a monthly credit monitoring service for {$19.00} per month. 
I contacted Trans Union today and spoke with 2 individuals who assured me that it would be easy to have the service canceled. I went online and am not sure that the service was even canceled. 
I am very concerned that I have been victimized by Trans Union and that many other Americans are also going to be victimized by Trans Union particularly after the XXXX situation where many of us are wanting to run a credit report to see if we have been victimized.

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 monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Other personal consumer report
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing issue — Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone
Company: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I called capital one about limit sharing information at XXXX at : XXXX/XXXX/XXXX in XXXX and XXXX -- - NO ANSWER / NOTHING BUT A RECORDING! 
XXXX/XXXX/XXXX in XXXX -- - NO ANSWER / NOTHING BUT A RECORDING! 
XXXX/XXXX/XXXX in XXXX -- - NO ANSWER / NOTHING BUT A RECORDING! 

XXXX/XXXX/XXXX in XXXX -- - NO ANSWER / NOTHING BUT A RECORDING! 

Note : I waited over twenty minutes on my cell phone on the dates above. I contacted XXXX XXXX at XXXX i contacted XXXX XXXX XXXX at XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX gave me contact number XXXX. I called this number and waited over twenty minutes again. - NOTHING BUT A RECORDING!!! 
PLEASE CALL ME!!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation