vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-11-29 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: I.C. System, Inc.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I have been called at least three times a day for over a month. The caller usually hangs up. or transfers me to a machine that says to hang on for a representative who has 'important ' information for me. 
At this point someone demands that I verify my name. I then ask them who they are and what they want. Twice they 've hung up at that point. Once the caller said " I 've already told you who I am. Answer my question '. at which point I hang up. 
I have called one of their numbers and told them to stop calling. They continue to call anyway. 
On XX/XX/2016 I finally received a letter from them. It says I owe {$53.00}. But does not state whom the creditor is ; what it 's for ; or when this debt was supposedly incurred. It continues on to say they are 'scheduled ' to report it to the National Credit Agencys if this is not paid in an unspecified period of time. 
I have perfect credit. I do not believe this is my debt. 
In the unlikely chance that it is mine. It is beyond the statute of limitations. 
Regardless, they are harassing me on a daily basis and I want it stopped. 
Please note : i have already filed complaints against them with the FCC for harassing phone calls.

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 2016-09-22 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: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
PayPal credit account had wrong address, collections dept contacted me and we agreed if I paid off my account she would close the account I paid and received another bill for XXXX dollars

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-31 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Unsolicited issuance of credit card — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
PayPal misled customers into signing up for lines of credit they never wanted In XXXX, PayPal ( PYPL ) was ordered to refund {$15.00} XXXX to customers and pay a {$10.00} XXXX fine after the CFPB found the company had illegally signed people up for unwanted credit. Many who thought they were signing up for regular PayPal accounts unwittingly registered for lines of credit through the company 's lending arm, according to the CFPB. Some people only found out when they started getting debt collection notices for past due amounts or found evidence of the new account on their credit report

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-28 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
I was charged XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/15. All I have is " XXXX XXXX '' on the charge -- no ticket #, no destination, etc. I did not purchase anything from XXXX XXXX. PayPal Credit denied my fraud claim, saying the charge originated from my IP address. It simply did n't. I have filed a police report and have contacted XXXX XXXX to get more information. XXXX needs cooperation from PayPal Credit to determine who used their services, and Paypal Credit has not cooperated with me. I have an email from XXXX outlining what they need from Paypal to investigate this. I 've done all I can do. 
Also, Paypal Credit has on 3 occasions promised to send me an affidavit for me to fill out, but has failed to do so.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-22 00:00:00
Product: Money transfers — Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
I received a {$2000.00} payment via Venmo. I saw the amount clear into my Venmo account and had a balance reflecting the payment. Upon attempting to transfer the money to my bank account, the transfer was cancelled and Venmo informed me that because the person who paid me was a scammer, I had no claim to the money and they would not transfer the any amount of money to my bank. 
I contacted them trying to understand how it is possible to simply erase {$2000.00} from my account without compensating me for anything and they ultimately responded with " The person who paid you used stolen funds, therefore we are unable to complete the transaction. We regrettably are unable to allow you to transfer stolen funds to your bank account. '' They refuse to reimburse me for the fraud or offer any compensation for a previous account balance.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-11 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I had a PayPal account. It was linked to a Bill-Me-Later credit account. I eventually was unable to pay the Bill-Me-Later balance, so the account went into collections. I paid a small settlement and the remainder was reported to the IRS as a forgiveness of debt. This was a couple of years ago. Now I have decided to close my PayPal account and they are refusing to close it because of the charge-off they have recorded with Bill-Me-Later. I do n't care if they keep a record of the Bill-Me-Later account, but I want my PayPal account closed completely. They have said they can block all access to the account, but that they can not close it. I 'm sorry, but that 's unacceptable. I want nothing to do with PayPal. Again, I understand they need to keep the record of the settlement with PayPal Credit, but these are XXXX separate entities, one providing online financial transactions and the other providing credit services. They should be able to be unlinked for the purposes of closing a PayPal account. 
I have been trying for over a month just to close my account. I have spoken with numerous people in PayPal and PayPal Credit over this time, spending hours on hold, hours explaining repeatedly what the problem is, speaking with supervisors and so-called executive escalation representatives, lied to that someone would call back, and getting stonewalled every time. Once a representative even flat-out lied to me and said he had successfully closed my account, which was n't true.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-06 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — VA mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Flagstar Bank, N.A.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Hurt on job XX/XX/XXXX. Fired XX/XX/XXXX ( Performance ) Never been in trouble. 
Collecting workmanship comp. After 7 months of NO PAY. 
Flagstar is the Lender on a VA HOME Loan. 
In the process of rectifying issue. Need to Refinance lower interest rate. Always Way too High. XXXX never explains anything to me. I paid 6 moths of low payments NEVER late!! Bad credit report and they never even gave me options. I have equity in my home. Should I not be aware of my choices? I receive money and pay them whatever they say, Ive never been in such a place. Im a hard working veteran WHO got hurt was fired and having XXXX soon. Can someone help me and explain it all to me? Can I call another lender? Am I allowed to use whomever I want?

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 2015-12-04 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Transaction issue — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: NH

Complaint narrative:
I use PayPal to pay for purchases I make on EBay. My PayPal account is set to default to my linked bank account, and has been set this way for years. Today, I noticed that my default had been changed by PayPal without my knowledge or authorization to go through PayPal credit, which I neither requested nor wanted as there was plenty of money in my bank account. Now PayPal is making it difficult for me to pay my bill, as the payments are still " pending '' and there is no way to pay online. I am afraid that I will be forced to incur high interest and default fees for credit charges I did not request and which were not authorized by making it impossible for me to pay my bill promptly ( as they have a policy of putting you in a " credit loop '' which allows them to hold your payments until after they are due. ) I see many other people online complaining about the same unfair and deceptive practice. This needs to be investigated. As soon as I am finally able to pay my bill, I will be closing this unwanted PayPal credit account - hopefully, that will be an end of the matter.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-03-20 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: I.C. System, Inc.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
There is an account showing up in my credit file that has no clear explanation as to why it 's reporting, I would greatly appreciate if there were a thorough investigation of this matter. And expect a complete removal of this erroneous information on my personal credit report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-14 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: Seterus, Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
See Prior CFPB Case # XXXX SETERUS - Fraudulent and bad faith lending practices. Fraudulent foreclosure. Misrepresentations in lending. 
In XXXX, my mother passed away and I inherited her condominium located at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, California XXXX. As the estate was finalizing, the Lender was transferred from XXXX to XXXX ( see prior complaint against XXXX ). After multiple 'lies '' by XXXX and bad faith, XXXX then transferred the Loan to Seterus in XXXX which required me to start the process over of assuming a loan. Seterus, throughout the process, has misled me, committed fraud, backdated letters sent to me, indicated they sent letters which were never sent and are attempting to 'steal ' a property and I am doing everything possible to assume. They have set a foreclosure date of XXXX XXXX, XXXX so that matter is urgent! I am providing extensive documentation of my communication with XXXX and Seterus and their bad faith and fraudulent lending practices. Where is process now? After being told by Seterus on multiple occasions that a Loan Assumption Packet was complete ( originally completed XXXX XXXX, XXXX ), Seterus is now requiring a new packet. I received XXXX letters from Seterus this past weekend XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX ) which indicated the loan was " in process ''. I had spoken with XXXX XXXX of Seterus on XXXX XXXX, XXXX who indicated my Assumption packet was complete with the exception of a utility bill and an address. I immediately faxed the requested information ( attached ). Thankfully, I phoned Seterus today ( XXXX XXXX, XXXX ). I spoke with XXXX XXXX who informed me that XXXX XXXX was incorrect and an entirely NEW Loan Assumption packet was needed. This was the first time I was informed as such. It is clear that Seterus and committing fraud and bad faith and attempting to steal my property. At all times, I 've tried to pay the mortgage and assume the loan, but Seterus continues to misrepresent the status of my assumption packet in an effort to sell my property. This is my home and I want to keep this property. Please read prior Case # XXXX. 
I have now initiated at least 8 phone calls with Seterus and am basically lied to or mislead in every call. As an attorney myself, I 've never encountered such fraud and bad faith. Please help. I 've done everything I can to assume this loan and the predatory lending practices by Seterus will not stop.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Flagstar Bank, N.A.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
After reinstating my loan with Flagstar Bank in the amount of {$89000.00}, which was obtained through the law offices of XXXX XXXX, hired by Flagstar Bank, stated that this would bring my loan current. This amount was paid with cashier 's check on XXXX XXXX, 2015. I made my next mortgage payment of {$5300.00} for XXXX ; however, on my XXXX mortgage statement it shows additional fees of {$1200.00}. I called Flagstar and inquired about this and I was told that Flagstar does not have to disclose additional internal fees in the reinstatement fees. This is totally unethical for a lender. We as borrowers assume that the reinstatment fee is it and we have for-filled our obligation in good faith and then the lender imposes additional fees, at their discretion, after they stated that a certain amount will clear our past due obligations and bring all monies current. This practice needs to be scrutinized by the federal banking regulator bodies to stop this in the future. When XXXX is told that this amount will reinstate the loan to a current position, that should be it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-23 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: Crosstown Law, LLC
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
A law firm sent to me a letter stating that they were of counsel for XXXX XXXX XXXX , XXXX, and that they were stating that I made an identity theft claim on a debt with XXXX XXXX. This in itsels is a complete fabrication. I have attached both correspondences from XXXX and Crosstown Law, LLC. Both entities are in serious violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and have mutilated my personal credit without justification. I make the following criteria to show that there is nothing more to this collection other than an abusive collection on a debt that can not be validated. 

The Federal Trade Commission made the following determination on the proper debt collection process through a lawsuit they filed in XX/XX/XXXX, resolved in XX/XX/XXXX known as FTC v. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. There must be three criteria on the valid collection of a debt. 

# 1 The debt must be proved owed to the initial entity. 

# 2 There must be a valid assignment or sale of debt to a third party, backed up by true copy originality. This is without exception, thus stating that all debt pool findings of debt by licensed collection agencies as immediately invalid. Also, the licensing of every collection agency must be on all letterhead, a fact missed by XXXX XXXX XXXX , XXXX. 

# 3 The debt collection process can not exist if outside the legal collection parameters of the domiciled jurisdiction of the debtor. If XXXX states that they purchased the XXXX debt XX/XX/XXXX, where is the signed proof. Simply stated, there is no proof as the debtor 's information was received through a highly questional if not unethical debt pooling system that will most likely be shut down by the Federal Trade Commission in fiscal year XX/XX/XXXX. The FTC is now holding national meetings on how to fix the deplorable debt collection business. 

The Crosstown Law letter s a joke, whereas the legal entity of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX are very subtly stating that in essence they have no existence of legal transfer of a XXXX debt. In addition, if they did the debt would have exceeded the legal collection timeline in the New Jersey jurisdiction in any event. I demand that I receive a noticve that the collection process has been cancelled, and that my file is being purged, in addition to the collection being removed on all pertinent credit reporting agencies. 

The debt collection system is broken, a press release by the Federal Trade Commission in XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is at the bottom of the pool in the method they use with American consumers. It 's time we expose their legal entities that carry on with the same collection practices.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Product: Prepaid card — Mobile wallet
Issue: Managing, opening, or closing account — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: DE

Complaint narrative:
I have had accounts with PayPal since XX/XX/XXXX. The first in XX/XX/XXXX the second was canceled due to a problem with an order I sold on eBay. I had another issue with PayPal in XX/XX/XXXX and another in XX/XX/XXXX. I was under the impression that these were cleared up since I was able to open up a PayPal account under my same social security number that I used for the other accounts. I have had the newest account for several years now with no problems. Last week I sold several items on eBay and I was then told by PayPal that they were restricting my account access and seizing my funds to collect on money they believe I owe from XX/XX/XXXX,XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. The amounts they claim I owe is {$170.00} from XX/XX/XXXX, {$700.00} from XX/XX/XXXX and {$530.00} from XX/XX/XXXX. I lived in XXXX at the time and them I moved to XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX. There is a statue of limitations in XXXX for debtors to collect past debts of only 6 years, and in XXXX the statute of limitations is 3 years. The law is clear that they ca n't seize my funds after 12 years. If they do n't want to do business with me I completely understand but there 's a statute of limitations for a reason and it has long expired. The PayPal account in question is under the email XXXX. And under the social security number XXXX and under the phone number XXXX. They also canceled an eBay order I placed for a XXXX for {$560.00} and they seized the funds from that order. This is Illegal. Please help me to resolve these issues with PayPal. Thank you for your time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-13 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: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Someone has used our information to create a PayPal Credit account and charged over {$1000.00}. We have gotten daily calls to both our cells even though we have reported it as a fraud, have a case number, and reported to our credit agencies. They just keep calling! I 'm going to have a XXXX XXXX. We are elderly and it is abusive. We have excellent credit and always pay our bills. Please please help us!!!

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-30 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: PHH Mortgage Services Corporation
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
My husband and I applied for a loan modification through PHH mortgage after missing payments, which we had been instructed to do by the mortgage company in order to get a modification started. We had not missed a payment in over 7 years at that point. Once we received the modification and agreed to it, we made 3 good faith payments on time. They sent us the final documents and my information was incorrect. We sent copies of my license and SS card as instructed and then never heard anything back. We called and left messages several times a week for months until we were finally notified via mail that a foreclosure was imminent because we had " declined '' their offer, when in reality we just wanted to make sure the papers were correct. Now we are being told we can agree again but owe the months leading up to this when they failed to do their job in a lump sum.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-11-12 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
My PayPal debit card was skimmed or hacked when I used a XXXX ATM on XX/XX/2016 and on XX/XX/2016 XXXX transactions were made a minute apart withdrawing {$300.00} and {$100.00} from my PayPal account. I discovered the fraud on XX/XX/2016 informing PayPal immediately. I filed a claim with PayPal and file a police report. PayPal has subsequently denied the claim stating that my PIN number was used in the XXXX transactions and citing other irrelevant information stating that because I checked my balance prior to the reported fraud and that because I had used that ATM one time before that they would be denying the claim. They did n't even wait to obtain the police report or try to contact XXXX to see if there were other similar claims at that location. I called XXXX to report the claim and they refused to accept the claim because they said I did n't have an account with them. They suggested I file a claim with XXXX which is the bank listed on the back of my PayPal debit card. I called The XXXX and they refused to file a claim and said they would side with PayPal anyway. I just do n't know what else to do?

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-25 00:00:00
Product: Money transfers — Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Other transaction issues — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Someone sent me {$1900.00} via the app Venmo on XX/XX/XXXX. Venmo requested additional documentation from both of us. I submitted mine immediately and they requested it again. I resubmitted it. They sent a message stating that if they did not receive both of our documents that they would cancel the transaction and refund her money to her. The sender is XXXX and had difficulty sending in ALL things, so I asked them to cancel out the transaction and return her money to her. They would not. It has now been almost 3 weeks and they still will not return her money to her. She has since submitted all documents and they state the license is blurry ( i looked at her email, it was not blurry at all ). They are refusing to cancel the transaction and give her back HER money. They should NEVER have drafted the funds in the first place if the account setup was not complete, instead of taking her money and not allowing either of us to have it. Now they are holding it hostage and this is unacceptable.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-22 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: I.C. System, Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I switched from XXXX with XXXX XXXX XXXX to XXXX with XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX billed me twice during my first month with XXXX with the same dates of service for XXXX, though I no longer had XXXX. When I changed services to XXXX, I had just paid my bill and had a {$0.00} balance. I have tried to resolve this with XXXX XXXX XXXX, but they are unable to show me proof that I still had XXXX and they were rude to me.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-22 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is demanding payment for a debt they allege I owed to PayPal, Inc. in the amount of {$630.00}. I never did any business with Paypal that could have resulted in any unpaid amount to them or XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is using unfair and deceptive practices to collect debts that consumers do not owe.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief