vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
To Whom It May Concern, I am filing a complaint regarding a fraudulent debt that has been placed under my name by a debt collection agency. I recently viewed my report and found out this collections companies information on my report MIDLAND CREDIT MANAG Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX  Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX Date Opened : XX/XX/XXXX about this accounts I did not authorize and open. This debt is result of identity theft, as my personal information was used without my consent. 

I believe my information was compromised through " Date Breach ". I have filed FTC complaint about this matter. Despite this actions, the fraudulent debt is still on my report and it's really affecting my credit. 

I request that the CFPB assist in ensuring that the debt is removed from my credit and that all collection efforts be stopped. 

Please investigate this matter as required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) and assist me in resolving this fraudulent activity. 

Thank you for your attention. 

Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: UT

Complaint narrative:
My credit is is inaccurate which is not fair to me. Please investigate it and fix it. I'm, really tired and sick with these thing. Should be there be any updates on my inquires, I'm gon na go to court.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Despite my numerous attempts to address the presence of fraudulent, inaccurate, and misleading information on my consumer report, the issue remains unresolved. The inclusion of these items has profoundly impacted my life, causing significant XXXX XXXX XXXX  It is crucial to reiterate that I did not authorize or consent to the association of this information with my name, as I have fallen victim to identity theft.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to formally dispute several errors, discrepancies, and unfamiliar accounts that have recently surfaced on my credit report. After thoroughly reviewing the information provided by your agency, I have identified the inaccuracies that require immediate attention.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to formally dispute several errors, discrepancies, and unfamiliar accounts that have recently surfaced on my credit report. After thoroughly reviewing the information provided by your agency, I have identified the inaccuracies that require immediate attention.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
ACCORDING TO XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX, XXXX, AND TRANSUNION HAVE 30 DAYS TO INVESTIGATE AND SEND ME THE RESULTS. 

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. These accounts violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 




XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy.

15 U.S.C 1681 section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.

15 U.S.C 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency of the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
ACCORDING TO 15 USC 1681I - EXPERIAN, XXXX, AND XXXX HAVE 30 DAYS TO INVESTIGATE AND SEND ME THE RESULTS. 

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. These accounts violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 




XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy.

15 U.S.C 1681 section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.

15 U.S.C 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency of the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account status incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
My account with EQUIFAX was never late! I have had exceptional payment history all payments were placed on Autopay. This late payment that is reporting is a result on a systematic error on their end processing my payment.

This was clearly a billing error made my the company and is not a reflection of my payment experience which violates USC Code 1681eb. This error has caused severe hard to my reputation, my character, my mode of living and to my family!

I demand the late payment to be updated.

They are not in compliance with the following law. 15 USC 1666b and its requirements set the standards and the guidance for a creditor to treat a payment as late, yet they are reporting a payment as late and they did not comply with the law!

15 USC 1666b ( a ) Time to make payments A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose, unless the creditor has adopted reasonable procedures designed to ensure that each periodic statement including the information required by section 1637 ( b ) of this title is mailed or delivered to the consumer not later than 21 days before the payment due date.

EQUIFAX Never Sent the periodic statement along with the disclosures from section 1637 ( b ).

I have requested proof that this information was mailed or delivered 21 days before the payment due date and this information was requested in good faith pursuant rule 1002 and It was never provided.

This is unfair, illegal, fraudulent, and not equitable to me as a consumer! 


Update the late payments from my consumer reports

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
These accounts are related to a transaction and experience that falls under the EXCLUSION section of the FCRAs definitions ; rules of construction section. It was also reported without my written consent and therefore is a result of identity theft ( as defined by the Federal Trade Commission ), and the accounts SHALL be deleted. This account is not related to any transaction authorized by me, the consumer as I did not give written instructions to your agency to report this, which is a violation of the permissible purpose section of the FCRA, which holds your agency liable for damages of at least {$1000.00} per the civil liability section for willful non compliance. Please DELETE this item from my consumer report

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — International money transfer
Issue: Other transaction problem — 
Company: TransferWise Ltd
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/year>, my transfer was cancelled due to error on my date of birth ( that was fixed immediately ). 
They claim they tried to issue a refund to my account and it bounced back. I have been talking to several agents since then trying to figure it out the issue so we can fix and re send the refund with no clear answer. I have no proof they actually tried to send the refund. I asked but they never provided. 
The account they have on file is correct and it is the same account the money originally came out. My account is active and it was never flagged. 
They keep telling me they are escalating the issue and will have a supervisor contact me. That never happened. Today they made me enter my account information on the app ( same account was file ) saying that need that to be verified. Theirs explanation is that they have been too busy, thats the season my issue was not solved earlier ( it still not resolved ). It is been XXXX month!

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Debt or credit management — Credit repair services
Issue: Charged upfront or unexpected fees — 
Company: John C. Heath, Attorney at Law, PLLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Yes, I worked with Lexington Law several years ago with my credit. I was paying every month for at least two years. I'm sure the exact dates, however this did happen. I've seen reports on them having to issues funds back. I wanted to make sure that my address is correct in the system because I should be getting my money back. However it is after the XXXX of XXXX so I'm sure wats going on. Please if someone could call, email or text that would be great about my check status. 

Phone : XXXX Email : XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I recently reviewed my consumer report and identified several inaccuracies that must be corrected immediately. These errors have caused me significant distress, and I demand swift resolution to ensure my consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) are upheld. Please see the attached file for this concern. Please see the attached file.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MT

Complaint narrative:
I AM SUBMITTING THIS WITHOUT ANY INFLUENCE AND THIS IS NOT A THIRD PARTY. THE CREDIT BUREAUS STATED MY ACC WAS PROPERLY INVESTIGATED BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE IF THE OPEN DATE IS INACCURATE, THE DATE LAST ACTIVE IS INACCURATE, AND THE DATE LAST REPORTED IS NOT ACCURATE? THIS GROUND FOR REMOVAL, THEY ALSO VIOLATED MY RIGHTS UNDER 15 U.S.C 1681 SECTION 602 A. STATES I HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. 15 U.S.C 1681 SECTION 604 SECTION 2. IT ALSO STATES A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY CAN NOT FURNISH AN ACCOUNT WITHOUT MY WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTERS.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MT

Complaint narrative:
I AM SUBMITTING THIS WITHOUT ANY INFLUENCE AND THIS IS NOT A THIRD PARTY. THE CREDIT BUREAUS STATED MY ACC WAS PROPERLY INVESTIGATED BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE IF THE OPEN DATE IS INACCURATE, THE DATE LAST ACTIVE IS INACCURATE, AND THE DATE LAST REPORTED IS NOT ACCURATE? THIS GROUND FOR REMOVAL, THEY ALSO VIOLATED MY RIGHTS UNDER 15 U.S.C 1681 SECTION 602 A. STATES I HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. 15 U.S.C 1681 SECTION 604 SECTION 2. IT ALSO STATES A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY CAN NOT FURNISH AN ACCOUNT WITHOUT MY WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTERS.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Investigation took more than 30 days
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to formally dispute the inaccurate information on my credit report due to my recent victimization by human trafficking. I have identified several accounts and/or pieces of information on my credit report that are incorrect and were not authorized by me. 
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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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I do not know where this account came from or who put this on my report, but it sure is certainly not mine. This is a violation of my privacy.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
Attn. : Equifax Information Services LLC XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, Georgia XXXX To Whom it XXXX Concern : I have been unable to access the online myEquifax account to freeze or unfreeze my credit report or to see the report. The purpose of this letter is to request that Equifax gives me access to my credit report and allows me to freeze and unfreeze requests for my credit report. 

Screenshots of my attempt to access myEquifax are attached. In frustration I called XXXX help line ( XXXX ) on XX/XX/XXXX. The person I spoke with ( XXXX XXXX was unable to resolve why I could not access myEquifax online. He indicated a software problem and said he would escalate the problem for resolution. He told me to try to access the online myEquifax account in about a week. I tried on XX/XX/XXXX, with the same resultant message ( We are temporarily unable to complete this request ). I called Equifax again. The automated system failed to verify my identity and eventually passed me to someone called XXXX. XXXX also tried to verify my identity by texting me a link to a URL that instructed me to take photos of my driver license. The website I linked to failed to work ; it consistently hung up my XXXX camera. XXXX then instructed me to send this letter, with photos of my driver license and social security card, so Equifax could verify my identity. I was told that upon receipt a letter would be sent to me within 5 days with information about how to access the online myEquifax account. 

The requested information is attached. 

Sincerely P.S. : A copy of this letter ( without attachments ) is being conveyed as a complaint to the XXXX Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. My experience with Equifax has been abhorrent. XXXX online software and automated phone services are full of bugs and simply do not work. Equifax makes attempts to contact a human agent into an onerous process that consumes enormous quantities of the customers time, and then fails to resolve problems. As XXXX of the XXXX major credit reporting agencies Equifax is obligated by Federal law to provide consumers with their credit report and to allow consumers to freeze and unfreeze access to their credit ratings. But these obligations are rendered moot by difficulties with XXXX access procedures.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
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Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I PULLED MY TRANSUNION CREDIT REPORT AND NOTICE SEVERAL FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE REPORTING. I TRIED CALLING THE CREDITORS SEVERAL TIMES AND SEND OUT DISPUTE LETTERS. NO RESPONSE WAS MADE. I NEED ALL ACCOUNTS REMOVE In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act XXXX  Account # XXXX, has violated my rights.

15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act Convergent, the accounts listed on my attachments has violated my rights.

15 USC 1681 Section 602 States I have the right to privacy.

15 USC 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions.

15 USC 1666B : A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose.

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 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — General-purpose prepaid card
Issue: Trouble using the card — Trouble using the card to spend money in a store or online
Company: Incomm Holdings Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I purchased a XXXX USD Vanilla gift card on XXXX XX/XX/year>, and was unable to use it to purchase or pay for anything, they said it was a defective card then sent me a replacement. I was unable to use the replacement card as well. I then called Vanilla to make them aware of the reoccurring issue, they then requested that I send in the picture of the card, my ID, the receipt proving the purchase, and a utility bill which I provided all the above requested documents to them XXXX months ago and to date I have not gotten my money back. I keep calling but they keep giving me the run around. It's been stall, delay don't pay from the start with this company.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting 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: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I called to let them know why is my credit score is low I pay all my bills on time no derogatory I try talking to the representative and explain to them why my score is low am getting denied for housing etc, ( 15USC 1692 ( d ) ( 2 ) Causing harm to your reputation via Credit report getting denied credit for housing

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