vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-24 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax is violating federal law and refusing to remove fraudulent accounts from my credit profile. I am a victim of identity theft and unknown person has used my information to obtain credit. Equifax has my identity theft report from local law enforcement. I have requested a freeze on my Equifax credit file and that was denied as well. The fraudulent accounts are with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX. I have never had an association with these XXXX companies or applied for products with them. It is unlawful to hold me accountable for accounts that I did not create, apply for, or give anyone else permission to apply for.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-28 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
XXXX reports my mortgage was in collection and charged off which is not correct. Equifax has not investigated this matter properly. XXXX can not show me or Equifax any documentation that this account was in collection/charged off because it never was in collection/charged of. 

Last week I was denied for a XXXX XXXX loan because Equifax shows a XXXX mortgage charge off. 

I need this corrected asap. I 'm providing a copy of the loan satisfaction letter from XXXX. I contacted them after being denied for credit and they have initiated a reinvestigation. 

I provided Equifax with loan details showing I was not in collection and there was no negativity on my account. Equifax could also review past credit files to see XXXX never reported me negative until XX/XX/XXXX/XX/XX/2015 which is one year after I paid off the loan. This is unethical.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-13 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I disputed inaccurate collection accounts from companies called XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX. Equifax said the companies told them debt was valid. Equifax did not tell me what proof the companies provided to prove the debt is valid.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-29 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
I am a victim of identity theft when my wallet was stolen. Someone went out and bought a bunch of cars and credit cards in my name and then didnt pay for them and now my credit is messed up. XXXX and XXXX complied and removed the accounts but equifax is not removing the XXXX accounts that are not mine. I have a police report and the vin numbers for some of the cars are on there. I need these accounts removed asap as it is ruining my credit. I have spent several months on this and they are not following the FCRA 605b. The police are investigating the persons they believe did this. Their names are XXXX XXXX and XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-06 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Public record
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
There is Public Record Information on my was inaccurate in its filing. As the term " Dismissed '' means that it is adjudicated by the law. My case concerned no form of solvency, nothing was placed under conservancy, examinership, liquidation or provisional debt reconstruction. There were no exemptions, no surrender of any kind as stated within the regulations of the BAPCPA " Means Test ''. The credit bureaus have retrieve my information from a third party entity without my authorization, therefore holding my identity and credit under " Consumer Lock '' for 10 years. By law I have a right to the identity of the verifying entity as the Bankruptcy Court has confirmed that they did not verify by documentation. The credit agencies have stated that the information is " VERIFIED '' is verified by the origin. THE ORIGIN IS THE BK COURT. The attached document confirms that the information stated by the agency is FALSE!!! The credit reporting agency says I can no longer challenge this negative entry. This discrepancy has prevented me in my personal life 's pursuit. I am requesting that the CFPB advocate for me in this challenge.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-17 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — No notice of investigation status/result
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
I disputed an item on my credit report with Equifax. I received an email that I can view the results of my dispute online. this dispute was by mail. I never received the result by mail and the only thing I am able to see is a number XXXX and that it was completed on XXXX/XXXX/2016. A screen shot of this is attached. I have no idea what the results of the dispute are and have gotten nothing. The dispute and attachments are also attached.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I have sent numerous emails pertaining to a Timeshare that I did not sign up for, I believe an ex-friend of mine, used my ID an obtained this credit along with other creditors.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-07-06 00:00:00
Product: Payday loan — 
Issue: Charged fees or interest I didn't expect — 
Company: RFNA, LP
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
I have a payday loan and cant afford to pay it back and their going to garnish my wages.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-22 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Unable to get credit report/credit score — Problem getting report or credit score
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On the date of XX/XX/XXXX, I made a phone conference to customer service of Equifax and they told me that I did not have any record of me because all of my credit report mixed up with my sister and my sister has same First name and Last name, but different Middle name, different social security number and different date of birth. Therefore, they asked me to fax the copy of my ID and SSN. On the next day, I faxed all of my documents to them. However, I checked with them after three weeks later ( XX/XX/XXXX ) and they told me that they did n't receive it so they asked me to fax it again and check back after 48 hours. On XXXX, I checked back with them again, they said they still did n't get it and asked me to fax again with another fax numbers. Then they asked me to check back after 48 hours again. On XX/XX/XXXX, I called them again and then they told me that they did n't receive it and ask me to fax it again. On the same day, I mailed my document with express mail. On XX/XX/XXXX, I checked back with them, they said they did n't get my fax and they also told me that they need 7-10 business days to find my mail. Equifax is the only one Credit Union that did n't have my credit report. XXXX and XXXX both had my credit report and did not mix up my report with my sister. I really wonder how Equifax solve the problem of customers because they prefer customer to fax the document to them, but they never get the information from the fax.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
The following complaint was resolved by it being removed from XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX. How do I get it removed from XXXX and Equifax also? Here was my Case number : XXXX I am disputing the only adverse account on my report, which is XXXX # XXXX ( XXXX ) for the amount of {$410.00}. This entry is totally fraudulent and I am requesting that it be removed immediately. 
Here are the facts : XXXX failed to provide service for the amount which was agreed to, and subsequently terminated my service after ten months of service. XXXX broke the agreement by not only overcharging me every month but also by terminating my services on XX/XX/XXXX when my bill was paid in full thru XX/XX/XXXX. 
On Friday, XX/XX/XXXX, at approximately XXXX XXXX., when I called to complain about fraudulent charges being on my bill for the tenth month in a row, XXXX immediately disconnected my services even though my bill was paid in full thru XX/XX/XXXX. I can only assume that XXXX was tired of my continual complaining about the fraudulent charges every month so they decided to terminate my services when I repeatedly complained about the fraudulent charges. 
When I noticed that the services were turned off, I called XXXX back to again complain and I was told that the services had been disconnected and that I would receive a credit for the remaining eleven days on a final bill. XXXX owes me {$14.00} for disconnecting my services on XX/XX/XXXX when my account was paid in full thru XX/XX/XXXX. 
I owe XXXX nothing!

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-03 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — Problem with statement of dispute
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Thank you for your investigation response. Can you please send me : ( a ) The name of the creditor ; ( b ) The person 's name they verified the dispute with ; ( c ) The address ; ( d ) The telephone number ; and ( e ) The documentation used to verify the dispute. 

Please see attached

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-16 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax reports incorrectly that this account was late XXXX times at 30 days. Equifax fails to report accurate positive payment history but rather NR. Equifax continues to report inaccurate information on my credit file which lowers my credit score. This causes me the inability to obtain credit and lowers my standards of living and causes me to languish and suffer.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-17 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — No notice of investigation status/result
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I have filed a complaint with Equifax pertaining to inaccurate information being reported by national credit .XXXX has removed the information based upon the document I provided showing a balance XXXX XXXX for {$57.00} ..i submitted the same document to Equifax , to find they have not included the faxed document in my investigation. The XXXX is the rental property I was leasing from XXXX XXXX, til XXXX XXXX XXXXt is showing a balance of {$8300.00} as of XXXX XXXX, the beginning balance of {$3000.00} in XXXX XXXX, to my understanding collection agents does not have a right to collect more than what the balance is owed, I wish Equifax to removed the negative reporting from XXXX.due to not reporting accurate information. nor correct balance owed from date XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-03 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I pulled my credit report from XXXX, Equifax and XXXX XXXX and an unauthorized entry from XXXX XXXX XXXX. I have contacted the company via certified mail for validation of this account that was signed and delivered on XXXX XXXX, 2016. XXXX XXXX XXXX has yet to send supporting documents bearing my signature. I attempted to contact the company again via certified mail that was signed and delivered on XXXX XXXX, 2016 ; no response. Due to the lack of communication, I then contacting XXXX Equifax and XXXX XXXX regarding this account and they have yet to provide any validation regarding this unauthorized account nor has this company contacted the credit bureau marked this account as disputed which is a direction violation Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. This entry must be DELETED from my credit file.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-03-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX placed me in Equifax credit reporting for a {$230.00} bill they claim I owe. I have never in my life gotten any thing from XXXX. They said I purchase cellular service from them. I do not have cellular service with XXXX. I have never been in either XXXX of their stores. They claim I signed my name XXXX XXXX. The Rep got very smart with me and told me over the phone that I did sign the documents. She said I sign my name XXXX XXXX this is something I never do. I sent them XXXX letters XXXX of which was notarized by my bank. They never responded to either of my letters. When I saw the credit report from Equifax I told Equifax I did not get any thing from XXXX XXXX but they never did any thing about it. I have never even so much as gotten a bill from XXXX XXXX. I did not fine out about this until I got a copy of my credit report and they were listed on it. Sometime later they sent a letter saying I did owe the {$230.00}. They never sent me any documents to see the signature on the documents. Instead they say I owe the money. They will not send any copies of the documents. they never answered any of my letters. Not a XXXX XXXX of them. I did not get any thing from XXXX XXXX. To be totally honest with you I do not like XXXX XXXX products they are too high with their products and I told them that. I have never had any products from XXXX XXXX. I got my phone from XXXX and I have had my phone for over 4 years and before that I had XXXX on a contract with some XXXX else for over 6 years. I have never owned a XXXX XXXX phone and I would not have XXXX if they gave it to me. They are just to high for me when I can go to XXXX or XXXX and get the same phone for a lot less money. Right now I have a XXXX phone. It has the same features as a XXXX phone. I want them off of my credit report. This is a fraud. They never sent me not XXXX bill but they put it in with Equifax and said I owe them this money. I do not owe XXXX XXXX any thing.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-19 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — No notice of investigation status/result
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I opened a checking account with XXXX and a debit account was provided and tied to my checking account. I now discovered that XXXX has reported the year of opening the acount as XXXX. The problem I discovered in XXXX which allows me to view and challenge the Equifax as well as XXXX reports is that, while the checking account and debit account was properly closed with XXXX in XXXX prior to our relocation to XXXX in XXXX from XXXX. It contained many errors. 

The information I viewed on Equifax states that this account was a credit card which was false since I never had any credit card in XXXX. XXXX is the first State that I received my first credit card. Equifax also reports that XXXX XXXX XXXX, 4years after we have relocated to XXXX was my 1st delinquency date and reported it as a charged off account. XXXX timely correct all informed that were reporting incorrectly, however, Equifax pretended as if it was investigating the errors in my file while it was a sham investigation. I challenged Equifax on this sham investigation since the telephone number I was initially provided to XXXX by Equifax was already disconnected. After I notified Equifax of this sham investigation, I was informed that another investigation would be conducted, which now produced another confirmation # XXXX written on a correspondence sent on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. This last response again reaffirmed the already erroneous report that XXXX is reporting on the account. The number I was provided to XXXX is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and it is still not in service. I went on XXXX to find a telephone number to SECU and received a mailing address and a copy of the correspondence I sent on XXXX XXXX, XXXX was sent to SECU without any response. 
This was not the only challenge in my file that Equifax is not reporting accurately on and refusing to conduct the required investigation on. I would appreciate your agency intervention on this matter. 

Sincerely, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-22 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Settlement process and costs — 
Company: BB&T CORPORATION
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
The closing papers that were sent me are dated XXXX/XXXX/15. That means that I contacted BB & T before that, to start the process and I do remember that it took some time for me to get the closing papers sent to me. With that being said, my original call was around or before XXXX/XXXX/15 to the loan officer at BB & T. I can not prove what the exact date is because it was a phone call and I did not think that I would have to create a history log. 

Around XXXX/XXXX/15 I called BB & T XXXX office to complain and got what they call " the chairman 's line ''. This is when a manager above my loan officer called me. I informed him of the long delay in processing my loan and that I now have a late fee. I asked for the fee to be removed and to look into the delay of my re-fi. He said that in order for him to remove the existing late, I needed to bring my loan current. To which I did and by closing out my IRA account. The closing check was just over XXXX. I also informed him that when I asked my loan officer why the delay, he said that re-fi take back seat to new loans and that they are overwhelmed right now due to changes in the regulations. The manager agreed with that statement. 


On XXXX/XXXX/15 I received the follow email : XXXX, I got a call from the processor, XXXX that she was ready to submit your file to underwriting, but that we needed the XXXX payment to be current. When do you expect to make that XXXX payment so we can get your file underwritten please? 
Thank you - XXXX is the loan officer. I called him and said that I have my IRA closing check and it is just over XXXX and I would like to put it towards a down payment. After running some simple numbers we agreed that it would not make enough change in the payment value and he also said that he would have to redo the closing papers. So I agreed that I will bring my existing loan current and the remaining will go to pay off some debt. 

From the email I just referenced, I brought my loan current and was under the impression that the loan had been pulled and sent to underwriting. I have not received ANY calls from BB & T since then, saying the my loan was past due, none. 

Just the other day I received another email from my loan officer saying that I need to provide information pertaining to make IRA deposit of XXXX proving where it come from. It is under XXXX and a legal deposit! He also informed me that I need to bring my loan current again, by 2months. This is of it self, will change the closing loan value. Today XXXX/XXXX/15 I called BB & T XXXX to file a complaint and spoke to a manager. He said that a senior manager would be in touch with me within 2-3 days. He did not give me a direct line or any way to follow up, upon my request, should that not happen. That is when I decided to file a complaint with CFPB.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NM

Complaint narrative:
Equifax is not responding to my requests to investigate and remove accounts that do not belong to me from my credit report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account status
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I had XXXX XXXX XXXX as my provider. I wanted to change my plan, so I brought the account current and when I update my plan I was quoted {$180.00} a month. The XXXX bill I received they charged me over {$240.00}. I called and let them know that that is not what I was quoted. They said they would fix it. I received the next bill and I was overcharged again. I called and they stated that they would again fix the issue. I told them that I planned to terminate my service and that we needed to settle the dispute. I send them a history of my payments, I did so with no response. I then discontinued my account with them. They contacted me and told me it was a remaining balance. I sent in again my payment history and they said again, they would contact me with an update. It has now been reported on my credit report. I disputed the charges and they were removed. I checked back later and they are back on my credit report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-11-12 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Unable to get credit report/credit score — Problem getting report or credit score
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Unable to obtain my report via official XXXX website ( paid ) or annual credit report. This happened before and Equifax just sent me a paper copy. I want access to this online.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-19 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account terms
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
My credit score has drastically been reduced, because of information credit reporting agencies entered on my report based on disputed accounts. If certain acounts are being disputed and nothing finalized as to liability, how can they put such information on my credit? 
Credit reporting agencies have to clean up those disputed accounts from my report and straighten the records.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Reinserted previously deleted info
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Hello. Even though these accounts were hacked by my brother, I paid them to have my credit history cleared. Attached are the receipts. Please help me to clear my credit history. I ca n't even open a bank account and I have never done anything wrong. Thank you.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief