COINBASE, INC.


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"Products" offered by COINBASE, INC. with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Checking or savings account - Savings account
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Gift card
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Other debt
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Foreign currency exchange
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - International money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Mobile or digital wallet
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Refund anticipation check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Traveler's check or cashier's check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Virtual currency
Other financial service - Foreign currency exchange
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Pawn loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Pawn loan
Prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Prepaid card - Mobile wallet
Virtual currency - Domestic (US) money transfer
Virtual currency - International money transfer

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Complaint ID: 2870476

Date Received: 2018-04-10

Issue: Wrong amount charged or received

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: Coinbase did not send me all my money off my XXXX account, before restricting my access to XXXX. They have sent some funds to me, the funds they took from my coinbase account, but not everything. They didnt send all the money I originally had on my XXXX. I have asked for the rest of my coins back, BTC and ETH with no luck. I have documentation to prove it attached. Highlighted photos point out 2 things. 1 ) I have a remaining BTC balance they never sent to my coinbase account, so its stuck in limbo on XXXX right now because I dont have access to XXXX. 2 ) They took XXXX ETH

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: 60177

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-10

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2869974

Date Received: 2018-04-09

Issue: Fraud or scam

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: I sent {$3500.00} from Coinbase a US based bitcoin exchange in XXXX XXXX to a XXXX account the was closed down accidentally. The money was then sent to a email account were I was supposed to claim the money. Unfortunately I had no idea it had been sent to it until it had passed 30 days were XXXX the sent the money back to Coinbase. This has been ongoing and started about two weeks before XX/XX/XXXX. I have called Coinbase customer support multiple times and they have told me they were working on it but it no XX/XX/XXXX and I have yet to hear back from them. So I am under the belief that this is fraud. Please help

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 334XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2869726

Date Received: 2018-04-09

Issue: Fraud or scam

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: I initiated a transfer of USD {$5000.00} on XX/XX/2017 from my Coinbase account to my XXXX XXXX account. The funds were never transferred. I have had at least 4 phone call conversations with Coinbase 's customer service and my issue has not been resolved after 3 & 1/2 months. I have had no progress of getting my money back or showing that Coinbase is even interested in ever giving my money back. No actions have been taken by Coinbase to give me my money back.

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 11706

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-09

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2868160

Date Received: 2018-04-08

Issue: Wrong amount charged or received

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: Prior to Coinbase notifying customers that their merchant code changed such that credit card purchases would be coded as cash advances, they continued to represent that credit card purchases would not be treated as cash advances. Despite this, they have refused to refund cash advance fees charged by credit card companies from the time that such purchases were treated as cash advances until they gave proper notification of their merchant code had changed.

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-08

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2867534

Date Received: 2018-04-07

Issue: Other transaction problem

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: Hi. I will start from the beginning. On XX/XX/XXXX I made a purchase for {$400.00} XXXX ETH with my credit card from Coinbase. On XX/XX/XXXX I got an email from Coinbase about duplicate charges on accounts. I was also charged twice. In the email Coinbase said that the error was not caused by them and I should contact the card holder which is XXXX. I did that and I contacted XXXX. XXXX gave me a provisional credit for {$400.00}. I've attached a pic at the bottom of this email. Everything was good but then on XX/XX/XXXX I got an email from Coinbase that said my purchase of {$400.00} ETH XXXX was being reversed. On XX/XX/XXXX I checked my Coinbase account and it said {$400.00} ETH XXXX and a fee of {$15.00} was sent to Coinbase. So apparently Coinbase took back {$400.00} worth of ETH but because of market fluctuations its more ETH because it is now valued less. That transaction was not supposed to be reversed because XXXX was only reversing the amount I was overcharged to begin with. So I don't know why Coinbase went into my account and took that back. so now I'm owed {$400.00} ETH XXXX as well as the fee of {$15.00} from Coinbase. Ive been trying ever possible way to get in contact with Coinbase to fix the issue but they are not responding. They took my money and will not offer any support to give it back. This is stealing and should be illegal. I only did what Coinbase instructed me to do which is contact my card holder. Ive saved all the supporting emails. Please help!!

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 32810

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-07

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2867480

Date Received: 2018-04-07

Issue: Other transaction problem

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: I've received crypto currency from a company in XXXX in 2012 sent through coinbase, i've had 2 accounts with coinbase that I have easy access to with no problems. However the account with the bitcoin transfer has been blocked from the coinbase domain. I am able to verify and ID authenticate all other accounts however the one with the currency has been blocked, I can not access it. I've reached out several times by emailing & calling the company with no support in managing the problem. I've gone through all the steps they suggested in the email to verify and access my account, from adding them to my email list, checking spam folders, and talking to my email administrator. The problem is from Coin Bases.

Company Response:

State:

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-07

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2867226

Date Received: 2018-04-07

Issue: Other transaction problem

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: This is regarding case # XXXX at Coinbase ... they opened the case in XX/XX/XXXX but have never resolved it. Now I can not get to {$1100.00} that is in my Coinbase/XXXX account and they continue to create unauthorized charges to my account. XXXX On XX/XX/XXXX, Coinbase double charged the 4 most recent ( at that time ) transactions to my XXXX debit card in the USD amounts of {$220.00} ( original was XX/XX/XXXX ) {$100.00} ( original was XX/XX/XXXX ) {$100.00} ( original was XX/XX/XXXX ) and {$150.00} ( original was XX/XX/XXXX ). I called Coinbase immediately and they opened a case ( XXXX ). I sent screen shots of the duplicate transactions at their request. After several phone calls with Coinbase 's tier 1 support, I was finally told that this was XXXX XXXX fault and that I would have to work this out with my bank. My bank told me I needed to submit an unauthorized transaction form. I did that and my bank redeposited the funds to my account at the end of XX/XX/XXXX. I left my Coinbase account open thinking the issue had been resolved but removed my XXXX and XXXX XXXX debit cards and left my bank account attached to my Coinbase/XXXX accounts because Coinbase said there was no issue with bank accounts, only XXXX. ( XXXX is a trading site that is run by Coinbase. One account allows use of both sites. ) I never received notification from Coinbase that case XXXX had been resolved on their end or even looked at beyond tier 1 support. Their tier 1 support is unable to do anything other than answer phones and escalate cases. They had assured me that my case was escalated and would be handled by a specialist. I never heard from a specialist. However, on XX/XX/XXXX, I received 4 emails from Coinbase, one for each of the double transaction charges. Because the charges were reversed, they locked my XXXX account which has USD XXXX LTC XXXX ETH XXXX BTC XXXX ( total USD {$1100.00} ). Additionally, on XX/XX/XXXX, they withdrew 3 new charges in the amounts of {$230.00} {$100.00} {$150.00} These were not duplicate transactions. These amounts do not match anything in my Coinbase/XXXX history. They are random amounts and I have no idea where they came from. I called Coinbase about these transactions and submitted a screen shot of them as well as an email detailing all the history from XXXX, with screen shots and copies of their own emails. I submitted another unauthorized transaction form and my bank redeposited the amounts in my account. However, the Coinbase website indicated that I needed to pay {$100.00} to regain access to my XXXX account. I did that on XX/XX/XXXX, but still do not have access to that account where they are holding funds in the previously mentioned amount of {$1100.00}. I have called repeatedly and have filed complaints on Coinbase 's XXXX. It has been 51 days and there is no movement at all on the first complaint and now I have file new complaints which are getting no attention at all from them.

Company Response:

State: NC

Zip: 27707

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-07

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2867173

Date Received: 2018-04-06

Issue: Money was not available when promised

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: For 6 months, since XX/XX/2017, I have been trying to recover funds ( ~ $ 20k ) in my Coinbase account because of lost access to a secondary account email address ( I still have access to my main account email ). I originally filed a support ticket in XX/XX/2017 and have followed up with the support call center 8-10 times since then. Coinbase has never followed up with me regarding the issue, and has never even responded to a single email from me ( I have been assured that the email address is monitored by staff ), and I am only ever able to receive feedback when I call the support call center, which I am told that I am in a queue and there is nothing further that the support team can do for me. I am desperate for progress on this issue and Coinbase seems unable or unwilling to help. Please help me in dealing with this company, I do not know what else to do. Thank you.

Company Response:

State: GA

Zip: 303XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-06

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2867114

Date Received: 2018-04-06

Issue: Other transaction problem

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: Coinbase withdrew over {$3900.00} worth of ETH ( a cryptocurrency ) from my account in XX/XX/XXXX. They claimed that I made the purchase from funds they never received from my bank.This is not true. I had cancelled the transaction from the bank. The funds were never deposited and I did not make the purchase. One month later they removed the funds from my account and disabled me from using the platform. For 3 months I have been mailing and calling. At first I was getting replies from a lady called 'XXXX ' after a while she stopped replying and I just got automated replies. Now even those have stopped. When I call in they refuse to help saying I have to do it through emails. I am completely frustrated. This is a lot of money for me, more then a paycheck. It has caused me tremendous stress and affecting my health as well now.

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: 60647

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-06

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 2866796

Date Received: 2018-04-06

Issue: Money was not available when promised

Subissue:

Consumer Complaint: I deposited {$6500.00} using ACH and I can not withdraw my money. I already submitted CFPB complaint a 3 month ago, and they simply replied that I was able to access my fund which is total lie. I need my money back. When I called their customer service, they kept me in an egg-chicken situation where there is no solution. The egg-chicken situation is : In order to access USD fund, they need to perform country-change in my account. But to change the country, they need to empty any fund in USD. It has been a quarter of year since I started complaint. And Coinbase simply has done nothing except lying about my case and keeping me in a fraudulent loop.

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 100XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2018-04-06

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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