vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-08 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: Stellar Recovery, Inc.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, FL XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX This account has been removed from my credit reports XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX XXXX on XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX. ( COI ) As of XX/XX/XXXX there has been a new attempt placed on my credit report for this debt from XXXX XXXX, collection company Stellar Recovery INC . 

XXXX received your request on XXXX XXXX, 2015 and completed their investigation on XXXX XXXX, 2015. Please review the results carefully. 

Result : Deleted - XXXX has deleted the account or record from your XXXX credit report. 

If you are not satisfied with the results of your dispute request investigation, you may complete and submit a Request for Investigation directly to XXXX and XXXX at the address below, along with any supporting documentation. You may also request that XXXX and XXXX add an explanatory statement of XXXX words or less to your credit report.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-31 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Amscot Corporation
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I have told them numerous times that I am not the female they keep asking for. I have explained to them I will be reporting them. I have told them to record all my conversations with them and to put my complaint in their computer. I just received another phone call today.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-29 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: Stellar Recovery, Inc.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I purchased a home in XXXX XXXX at XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX. This was a short sale purchased from the Bank. This fact is important as I am the first owner of home. The contractor that built the home went bankrupt and during that process he evidently allowed this couple to live there, in the contractor words-trying to recoup some monies. The house was built and not sold before contractor went bankrupt. Evidently a couple lived in house prior to me and had XXXX XXXX XXXX. Shortly after purchasing the home. Letters started to arrive for the previous occupant, then Deputies with warrant in debts. I advised all parties that that guy did n't live here and I had purchased the home. Incidentally I have been a XXXX customer for many years. I am currently a XXXX internet customer. After I called XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX and discussed the letters and deputies coming by stopped. Recently we have begun receiving letters from Stellar Recovery , Inc ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ) ref this debt. A dept that is not mine. I did not even move to XXXX XXXX until XXXX XXXX when I purchased home. I believe what has happened is the collection agency did a records check and since I was the first owner of the home they attached my name. I have discussed with XXXX again. They said its not my debt, not my name, not my DOB and not my SSN. I just sent a letter to collection agency stating- Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law, you may not contact me further once I have notified you not to do so. I wish to submit a complaint with you ref this collection agency. They are not utilizing any common sense in collecting this debt nor the facts. My only connection to this is the address of the home I purchased. We consider this harassment and want it to stop. Thank you in advance for your assistance

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-20 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: Credit Karma, LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Well I have a account with Credit Karma and before I was able to register my account a series of validation questions appeared stating that if I did or not have a mortgage loan in XXXX of 2010 and asking me what my loan amount was which for the record I have never owned a house bought a car or took out a mortgage also the next question was what was the company that I took out a auto loan / lease. Can you please remove these incorrect items from my credit file because it is wrong

Company public response: Company believes the complaint is the result of a misunderstanding
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-04 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt was paid
Company: Stellar Recovery, Inc.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
I canceled internet service with XXXX in XXXX of 2015 after a XXXX months of successive incorrect billing for service that even their customer retention department admitted was incorrectly billed too high and made adjustments to my account. Successive bills still had the improper billed amount so I canceled service. 

I received another bill from XXXX and was advised that I would get a final bill that would show any remaining balance or credit. 

I received a phone call from a debt collector on XXXX/XXXX/2015 regarding a past due amount to XXXX for {$45.00}. I disputed the charge and immediately went to my local XXXX office. The CSR girl said " No, you have a credit balance '' and was unable to print anything official, but did hand me a print out of her computer screen that shows a credit balance of {$110.00}. 

I then received a bill from XXXX also dated XXXX/XXXX/2015 that shows a completely different amount of NEGATIVE XXXX and " NO PAYMENT DUE ''. 

I then received a bill from Stellar Recovery XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX, XXXX, NC XXXX XXXX dated XXXX/XXXX/2015 for {$45.00}. 

After several calls to XXXX I got several promises for calls back to take care of the issue. I have almost an hour 's worth of audio recordings of these calls and never received a call back. 

Stellar Recovery states that they can not do anything and XXXX states that because it has been turned over to collections THEY ca n't do anything. I 'm stuck in the middle with nearly a XXXX point hit to my credit report and neither company will acknowledge my issue or assist in rectifying the situation. 

As of my conversations with XXXX today ( XXXX/XXXX/2015 ) their customer retention specialist " XXXX '' acknowledged that there was a balance I owed of {$5.00} BUT XXXX owes ME {$40.00}! 

Again, this is on my credit report, XXXX owes ME money, and no one is willing to correct the issue.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-07 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Talked to a third party about my debt
Company: Second Round Limited Partnership, Austin, TX Branch
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I have asked for validation and verification on several occasions and these individuals have not been able to validate and verify pursuant to 15USC1692g, and 15USC1681. This DEBT COLLECTOR SECOND ROUND SUB LLC or any of their constituents have not been able to give me anything that substantiates information I have asked for. So this DEBT has sufficiently been disputed. 
This DEBT COLLECTOR SECOND ROUND SUB, LLC., has sent dunning letters saying I owe them money because they obtained information from another individual. These individuals have put entries into my personal credit reports and they have been successfully disputed but they still show up as my account. I did not give them my private non-public information so I do not appreciate this being sold to this CORPORATION according to the FDCPA accounts ca n't be sold. This is IDENTITY THEFT PURSUANT TO 16CFR603.2. They do not have the authority to go into my credit report and put in anything that is why they must stop this non-sense. I have asked these DEBT COLLECTORS to CEASE AND DESIST contacting me but they continue to do so. 
They have harmed my consumer purchasing power which is the natural person pursuant to the ( FDCPA ) Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 15USC1692c, d, e, f, g, and j respectively. I am not in COMMERCE where the Person is buying from one CORPORATION TO ANOTHER for BUSINESS with another CORPORATION. 
I have contacted this DEBT COLLECTOR on several occasions and they continue to contact me with their blatant attacks on my character, and i am feeling ashamed, embarrassed, abused and I do not sleep much because of my Credit Report being torn apart just because I want to secure things for my personal, family or household use.. I did not give my permission for this DEBT COLLECTOR SECOND ROUND SUB, LLC., to contact me pursuant to 15USC1692c. I never asked this DEBT COLLECTOR ONLINE COLLECTIONS INC to open up any account in my name with my Social Security Number or any of that. This Debt Collector needs to Cease and Desist Collecting on something that I do not owe them. 
This Debt Collector continues to try to get me to contract with them. I did not agree to have my information shared with this DEBT COLLECTOR SECOND ROUND SUB, LLC., this is aiding and abetting with another to commit fraud on the Consumer who is a natural person is a crime. 
THIS DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY ONLINE COLLECTIONS DID SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL XXXX CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES. 
Because I did not contract with this DEBT COLLECTOR PLEASE DELETE THIS ERRONEOUS, INACCURATE INFORMATION OUT OF MY CREDIT REPORT. A DEBT COLLECTOR CA N'T PUT INFORMATION IN A CREDIT REPORT UNLESS THE CONSUMER HAS CONTRACTED WITH THEM WHICH I DID NOT DO.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-24 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: STERLING JEWELERS, INC.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
Kay Jewelers continues to harass my wife on her phone even though she is not on the account and never has been. They also call after 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 2015-06-25 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: CONTRACT CALLERS INC
State: MS

Complaint narrative:
I received a phone call from contract callers inc. Saying i had a XXXX insufficuent funds check from XX/XX/XXXX of {$370.00} that needed to be paid. They said the check was from XXXX and i have never had an account with this bank. I told the man must be a mistake because this is XX/XX/XXXX and if i owed XXXX money i would not still have phone service 7 years later. Must be a scam ... trying to get money over the phone ...

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-03 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action — Threatened to sue on too old debt
Company: Feldman & Stern, LLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
A gentleman from this company called me in an extremely threatening manner saying he was filing a lawsuit on me tonight for a balance from a XXXX for {$190.00}. This debt is 5 years old and they had been sending me notices to an address I have not lived at for 5 years. I explained that I do not have that kind of money at the time, but would be willing to set up a payment plan. He said no, either you 're paying the balance or I 'm filing a judgement and you are paying court costs, too, in a VERY threatening and hateful tone. This man scared me, quite frankly!! I want something done about this, as I am in tears now!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-08 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not given enough info to verify debt
Company: CONTRACT CALLERS INC
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I called to get debt validation. I gave the full file account number. The call was recorded. The representative stated the number I gave was too many numbers. I was transferred to XXXX people with no result.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed
Consumer complaint received 2017-04-05 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Capital Accounts, LLC
State: KY

Complaint narrative:
CAPITAL XXXX TRYING TO COLLECT A DEBT I DO NOT OWE WAS NEVER SENT A BILL NEVER HAD SERVICES WITH XXXX .... ALSO XXXX XXXX COLLECTION FROM XXXX HOSPITAL NO KNOWLEDGE OF DEBT NO BILL HAVE N'T USED SERVICES FROM XXXX IN THE PAST 15 YEARS ON XXXX WITH HELP FROM 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 2017-02-19 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Capital Accounts, LLC
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
I recently pulled my credit report and discovered that this company has reported that owe them a debt. To my knowledge I have never done business with this company. I have never entered into a contact with them and nor have they provided me with any goods or services

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-23 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Taking out the loan or lease — 
Company: LOBEL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
At the time of purchase of the vehicle XXXX XXXX lead us to believe that XXXX XXXX my daughter was the head of contract and I XXXX XXXX will be the Co Signer, Later to find out he switched the info the other way around. Also later after we have retrieved the vehicle I learned that the vehicle was never smoged and the car was not all the way registred through the DMV because it has not been smogged. It is illegal to sale a car from a car lot with a certfied smog. I notfied XXXX that the check engine light was on and that the car was leaking from the coolant reservoir tank. He had paid a smog place XXXX dollars for am illegal smog. The address of the smog place he went to is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, CA XXXX. He has been sending Text messages from his cell phone XXXX stating Lets hack this situation, I 'll will send you the bill of sale and in the bottom youll read i appoint XXXX as my power attorney to finish all documents in this manner. I 'll email it soon. Im protecting myself from legal issues. Also the dealership is not on a lot. It is a house that he live in with his wife and XXXX dogs and a horse. XXXX has lied to me and the financial company, He is not operating a real legit business. I feel I do not owe Lobel Financial XXXX XXXX does. He lied to them as well as me and they released funds to XXXX XXXX owner of XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX that he used to get married. I put XXXX down for the vehicle. I want my money back I put down on the vehicle an the money I have to spend for repairs for the vehicle can pass smog.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-23 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Having problems with customer service
Company: Climb Credit Inc.
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
My wife and I applied for loans on XXXX with Climb Credit. They approved my wife and had her co-sign on my loan for approval.We started at our XXXX ... XXXX on XXXX, and right away we knew they did not live by their motto. They said they would be with us every step of the way. We contacted Climb to ask about switching schools, switching classes, starting over etc ... any possibilities because we left our jobs and took out XXXX in loans. They said they would get back to us the next day ... we never heard back from them. I sent a couple emails out asking about the possibilities and never heard anything until XXXX when an email was received that we had been withdrawn. I immediately called and no one could help right away. The fact is we never withdrew ... We never signed any papers stating we wanted to withdraw .... They never spoke with XXXX..EVER ... they took a payment that should not have been withdrawn from our bank account. XXXX said they initiated the withdrawal until we mentioned CFPB and attorney and they quickly stated Climb initiated it. We are filing a separate order against XXXX. They lied and said because of attendance. We missed 2 days at the time they initiated the withdrawal. We left our jobs, we have lost wages, maxed our credit cards so we can try to maintain our dream of schooling, and now we are expected to pay Climb back for the portion Climb took out of the loan .... No one has ever heard of a school withdrawing anyone on someone else 's word. Please help

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-02 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Keep getting calls about my loan
Company: SLM CORPORATION
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I am writing this letter to address a series of student loans bills that I 've incorrectly received as a result of a misunderstanding with Sallie Mae regarding my enrollment status at XXXX University. It is my hope that upon reviewing my testimony that you will be able to help me in resolving this problem. 
My current predicament is the result of an unknown error which occurred during my XX/XX/XXXX semester. I attended classes with XXXX and received grades all throughout the semester. It was only brought to my attention just after the semester had ended, while preparing for my XX/XX/XXXX semester, that the university had no record of my attendance during the XX/XX/XXXX. Evidently, in XX/XX/XXXX when I had applied for a loan for the XX/XX/XXXX semester, Sallie Mae had never transferred the funds to XXXX University, and consequently the university did not recognize my attendance during that time. Despite the appeals from my professors, the university deemed that they had no record of my enrollment after XX/XX/XXXX, resulting in XXXX and Sallie Mae proceeding to begin billing me for student loan payments under the assumption that I had withdrawn from school. In XX/XX/XXXX, upon learning of the full extent of this clerical error, I was unable to pay the XX/XX/XXXX bill and was forced to cancel the semester. At this time, I was completely locked out of the university 's system until the bill was paid or semester was canceled, and was therefore unable to register classes in time to meet the XX/XX/XXXX start date. After making a complete assessment of my standing with the university through many meetings, I immediately re-enrolled as soon as I was granted access with XXXX to resume classes in the XX/XX/XXXX and have remained a XXXX ever since. 
I have attempted to rectify this situation with Sallie Mae and XXXX through repeated written correspondence and phone calls and have even made multiple deferred payments. These efforts were successful with XXXX, as they recognized the error and cleared things up swiftly. Sallie Mae, on the other hand, has ignored my requests to resolve this and has instead incorrectly charged off the two loans mentioned above to a of debt collection agency. 
Additionally, this situation has negatively impacted both my credit history and my father 's who is a co-signer on the loans. 
It is my understanding that student loan bills would cease at this time until after my graduation given that I am XXXX at XXXX University, and have been since the XX/XX/XXXX. It is my hope that upon reviewing my testimony you will be able to help me in resolving this problem so that I do not continue to be wrongfully billed for these loans. Thank you.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-02 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action — Sued w/o proper notification of suit
Company: Med-1 Solutions, LLC
State: IN

Complaint narrative:
I was served with a notice of small claims court for a debt. I called the company and settled the debt making monthly installments for the next XXXX years. I am currently paying XXXX $ a month. I was assured that the court case would be dismissed as we settled outside of court. However, I received a Entry of Judgement notice in the mail last night. So they obviously never dismissed the case.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation