vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-08-23 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:
Re : Acct # XXXX To Whom It May Concern : I recently pulled my credit report from Experian, XXXX and XXXX and noticed this account was listed on each of my reports as a collection/chargeoff. I immediately disputed this information with Experian, XXXX and XXXX and the results of the investigation came back as " verified ''. I did not have an account with " XXXX XXXX '' during this time period. Since I have disputed the account with the credit bureaus, and you have verified them, I would like to see what sort of records you have for this alleged account. Under the new FACTA laws, you are required to conduct an investigation on this account, and I am now requesting it. I will seek legal action under FCRA 623 ( b ) for violations of the FCRA if you do not comply and respond to me with the results of the investigation within 30 days of your receipt of this letter. In order to clear up this matter, I would like to see, a signed contract showing me that I indeed had an account with your company. If you do n't respond with the results of the investigation ( as is required per the FCRA ), I will assume you have no documentation and therefore you were negligent in providing the credit bureaus with accurate information. At this point, you would also be in violation of the FCRA merely for not responding within the 30day period. To avoid a lawsuit, I request that you remove the account from my credit report. Please delete this listing or I will be forced to seek legal action. Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

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 2017-08-23 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 — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ), the major credit bureaus are required by federal law to verify - through the physical verification of the original signed consumer contract - any and all accounts you post on my credit report. Otherwise, anyone paying for your reporting services could fax, mail or email in a fraudulent account. I demanded to see by Verifiable Proof ( an original Consumer Contract with my Signature on it ) from XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX what they have in their possesion on file of the derogatory accounts listed on my credit report as well as the unauthorized inquiries with no success. All three credit bureaus failed to positively verify by physical verification as requested by me on several EVERY SINGLE MONTH for these accounts that has hurt my ability to obtain credit. I repetitiously dispute Under the FCRA that unverified accounts must be removed if you are unable to provide me a copy of verifiable proof. My requests have gone ignored and per FCRA you must remove any and all of the accounts that can not be physically verified. Equifax, XXXX, nor XXXX  have NOT provided me a copy of ANY original documentation required under Section 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) & Section 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) ( a consumer contract with my signature on it ) and under Section 611 ( 5 ) ( A ) of the FCRA They are required to promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified. I informed all three major credit bureaus that The law is very clear as to the Civil liability and the remedy available to me for negligent noncompliance ( Section 617 ) if the credit reporting agencies fail to comply. I am a litigious consumer and fully intend on pursuing litigation in this matter to enforce my rights under the FCRA. In the results of their first investigation and subsequently in their re-investigation, they stated in writing that the accounts were verified that these items are being reported correctly. When I asked Who verified these accounts and for physical proof? XXXX, Equifax, or XXXX 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 they 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 All major credit bureaus are required to promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Other personal consumer report
Issue: Identity theft protection or other monitoring services — Problem canceling credit monitoring or identify theft protection service
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I am one of many that has become a victim of the EQUIFAX hack and believe that providing me with one year of credit monitoring service will not keep the hackers from selling my information to XXXX XXXX so they can steal my identity and cause me to become homeless. I am writing this because unfortunately you guys are the only ones honest and with the resources to correct this problem before it turns into a nightmare for the little guy!! Any info and/or actions you can provide will be greatly appreciated by me!!!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have a security freeze on my social security number with all three of the major credit bureau companies, as a result of a fraud in XXXX. With the data breach at Equifax between XXXX and XXXX of XXXX, I am unable to find out from Equifax if my stolen data provides someone with enough information to lift the freeze. Equifax 's incident response line is unable to answer my question. That is an unacceptable response. They allowed my data to be stolen. They should be able to tell me whether or not I am at risk of additional fraud.

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely 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 social media. 
On top of it all, they had n't used encryption for any information. Anyone who could get into their systems can view all of your personal information, rather than getting access to the data, but not being able to decrypt it.

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

Complaint narrative:
This is regarding the recent hack of Equifax, resulting in my information being distributed to the hackers/unknown parties and now my identity and credit being at risk of theft for the remainder of my life.

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

Complaint narrative:
- > after i found out XXXX got hacked i tried to place a fraud alarm on my account but they are making it difficult to put that in. this should be done automatically since it 's there fault that they got hacked. instead they are making it difficult by requiring that i mail my request for something that should have been done over the phone or online.

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 2017-09-09 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: NC

Complaint narrative:
Equifax has put myself and my family at risk through improper handling of very sensitive personal information. I have no choice in the matter of whether I entrust Equifax with this personal information, because in today 's society it is mandatory if I want to maintain my financial worthiness. 

Equifax literally has one job, and that is to securely maintain this information to protect and preserve my credit. They have failed in the worst possible way. Now myself and others are at risk. The size and nature of this breach, nearly 150 million people affected, means that it is statistically unlikely that the negative consequences will hit me in the immediate future. This actually presents a problem, because it makes it harder to be prepared for it. 

Obviously many of us concerned individuals will be doing everything we can to monitor our credit and watch it closely over the coming months, but with a breach of this size it could be 10 years from now that my leaked data is used against me. We are all vulnerable now, and it could happen at any time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process — 
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
I have a Wells Fargo mortgage. I sold my property and escrow closed on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. I was using the Wells Fargo XXXX system to pay the monthly mortgage. Wells Fargo sent an XXXX to my account on XXXX XXXX, XXXX which was due on XXXX. 

Since the system is XXXX, I am expecting that the system works properly and that, when the escrow closed, the XXXX that was sent XXXX would have been marked as either paid or rescinded since the escrow closed XXXX. Instead, Wells Fargo withdrew {$2000.00} from my account on XXXX. 

When I spoke with Wells Fargo, they told me that it 's my responsibility to turn off XXXX  after the close of escrow and that, in fact, if I never turn off the XXXX, Wells Fargo will continue withdrawing {$2000.00} from my account every month. 

That is insane! When you sign up for XXXX, you are relying on the companies and computers to take care of all the details. That 's why you sign up for such a thing. And I certainly would never expect that a company would continue sending invalid bills after the close of escrow and stealing my money. I would n't be surprised if Wells Fargo does this on thousands of accounts across the country. 

I would be very grateful if CFPB would investigate this situation and have Wells Fargo fix their XXXX and mortgage systems. 

Thank you. 

XXXX XXXX

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 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am incensed with how XXXX has handled reporting this breach and the steps they have taken to rectify the situation. 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 social media. 

When attempting to sign up for credit protection on the XXXX  2017 security breach website. I was forced to enter 6 digits of my SSN and then receive a notice that I am to come back to the website the following week to enroll. According to the news, this breach occurred 5-6 weeks ago.
I then went to the Experian website to review my credit report and enroll for extended fraud alert. I tried three times to do this through their the Experian website. Each time I tried to upload the required documents the website would error - either by saying the site can not be reached or that the web page could not be found.

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 2017-09-09 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: IN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely 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 social media. Now it 's been shown that their site to determine whether or not an individual has been impacted is randomly generated. So currently, since I am not able to properly enroll with the site for several more days, there is no actual way for me to know if my information was stolen.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Resurgent Capital Services L.P.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
THIS IS GETTING TO BE RIDICULES I HAVE FILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST LVNV FUNDING LLC. I HAVE TOLD THEM THE AMOUNT I OWE THE COMPANY IS XXXX BUT THIS HAS GONE ON FOR OVER 2 YRS AND NO RESOLUTION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THREATEN AND LFT VOICEMAIL OF PHONE NUMBERS WHO WAS NOT GIVEN. I HAVE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHAT I OWE XXXX THEY WANT MORE AND FILE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THIS OFFICE AND FTC ETC. NOW I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. IS ANYONE LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY FILE THESE COMPLAINTS AND CONSUMERS ARE GETTING HARASSED. I HAVE TRIED TO WORK OUT THIS AMOUNT YOU HAVE OTHER CONSUMERS SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND NOTHING IS DONE. THANK YOU

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled extremely sensitive identity information. When a data breach occurred affecting me, I found out via the news. Equifax made no attempt to call, text, or email me with this very important and time-sensitive information ( despite clearly having the necessary information to do so ). 

When attempting to use the company 's offer of credit fraud monitoring service, the terms-of-service require opt-out of legal rights to join a class-action suit. Since joining a class is a very reasonable and likely remedy for me to recover damages from Equifax 's actions, this clause negates any value offered via Equifax 's proposed remedy. XXXX

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely 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 social media. 
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 us to have deal with. 
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. 
This is an undue burden from a company I have never chosen to do business with - they are a vendor of my vendors/creditors. 
Please take prompt and decisive action to ensure I am compensated for their negligence and that something like this does not occur again.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low — Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX I converted my checking account to a low fee checking account ( the previous account required a certain amount to be in the account for the month - {$2500.00} XXXX. This I believed would lower the charges. In XXXX of XXXX i began to received {$30.00} overdraft fees on my account. I initially paid the first fees - then other fees were charged. I called my bank and was informed that the checking account was changed to an account that would allow the bank at their discretion to pay and overdraft my account. I have argued and now I am being assessed fees for my account continuing to be overdrawn.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Other type of mortgage
Issue: Closing on a mortgage — 
Company: TOWNE MORTGAGE, LLC
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
We were supposed to settle on a house four different times first in XXXX two different dates then it got pushed to XX/XX/XXXX then moved to thr XX/XX/XXXX. Then it all fell threw we paid out XXXX $ for an appraiser for this house an were never eligible for the house from the beginning because of the type of loan we have we ca n't have over 10 acres an it did. Our loan officer " did not know this ''. We have tried everything an to get this money back he said he could n't do that but there 's no reason for so because we were n't able from the beginning to get it. Amung many other things that happened an lies my finances an I were told by this man that was supposed to be looking out for us an getting us into a house but never did he packed the whole house along with XXXX kids an had to unpack now because it all fell threw. I need a phone call from someone immediately.

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Managing an account — Banking errors
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
XX/XX/XXXX I had made a purchase for insurance to XXXX for insurance I found that XXXX was to expensive so I went with another insurance company, I only had insurance with XXXX for not even one day I ask for my money back I did not get it I was having a problem with XXXX I filed a claim with Wells Fargo to get my money back, this is where everything went bad I got a provisional credit Wells Fargo only credited my account one time but yet took out several times I called about this problem one of there reps in a department put the money on my account when I did n't even know she did this and messed my account up so I called they got a case manager to investigate it and three days later she called me at XXXX at night and gave me a resolution to get this done, now I 'm being charged it again and this is looking like fraud and I 'm giving Wells Fargo a chance I had to file a police report in the past on fraud and identity theft, they opened a checking and savings account in my name I did get to settle on the two accounts being opened but not them making an attempt to open accredit card back in XX/XX/XXXX I want this straightened out all of it, I 'm tired of calling I have been trying to resolve this for a week and I did send a mediation form to get the credit issue handled the first rep did not resolve that issue, this has made me very frustrated, if not straightened out I will seek counsel, I do not want to keep dealing with this I 'm now filing this complaint because I spent four hours on the phone with Wells Fargo it 's like do n't care, they still owe for trying to open a credit card in my name this has gone to far please resolve 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 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit repair services
Issue: Unexpected or other fees — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
Having no intended business with Equifax I find myself having to paid to freeze my credit. This is the result of their data breach which has nothing to do with me. This data breach occurred on XXXX XXXX XXXX all most a month and a half. Giving the executives plenty of time to sell their stock. I want my money back.

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

Complaint narrative:
I may have been compromised due to the equifax hack. I am taking steps to prevent harm towards my account and credit.

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax allowed a major breech of their system, resulting in my personal information being obtained by unauthorized parties, potentially resulting in financial and credit ramifications for my family and me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation