Date Received: 2020-02-26
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I was planning on purchasing a new home in the country. I inquired about XXXX XXXX and was told that I had 30 days to try out XXXX XXXX. I had it for less than two weeks when I decided to cancel and go to a cheaper plan with XXXX XXXX for TV and internet. I am a single parent and wanted to get the best deal possible to help save with monthly cost. I was not informed at the time of cancellation that I would owe them a fee for cancelling services, the only thing that I was told is that I needed to send the equipment back in which was done. A month or so later I received a bill from them saying I owed them hundreds of dollars for cancelling early, it was only 10 days into the service. I told them I was willing to pay for my service but was not going to pay a fee because I was told I had 30 days. I decided to go with XXXX XXXX whom also stated that I had a 30 day window and that I could cancel if not satisfied with the cable and internet service. I ended up moving out of the house after realizing I just could not do it by myself with XXXX children. I cancelled XXXX XXXX before 30 days and sent back the equipment as requested by XXXX XXXX. They ended up trying to charge me a cancellation fee as well. I did pay them what was owed on my bill and told them that it was stated that I had 30 days to cancel and that I had just been through this with XXXX XXXX so I made sure this would not happen with them if it did not work out. Now both of these are on my credit report and I need help getting them removed. They will not take it from my credit report. I have tried offering them a settlement amount, but that does not seem to make them happy. I have never bought a house and I am trying to do that in the next year for my children and I. Like I said I am willing to pay for the TV service that was used, but I should not have to pay hundreds of dollars for simply cancelling my services. I sent in all equipment as requested.
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 24551
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-26
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-26
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Subissue: Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged
Consumer Complaint: I reviewed my credit report on XX/XX/2020 and I noticed a collection account from ERC on my credit report for XXXX XXXX bill. I was unaware that I had a balance with XXXX so, I contacted XXXX. Although I didnt remember owing XXXX for service, I submitted and XXXX accepted the payment. Since XXXX accepted the payment, they should have recalled the account from the collection agency -ERC. I filed a disputed via XXXX for the collection account and ERC verified the debt as valid debt and a valid account for collections.
Company Response:
State: GA
Zip: 303XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-26
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-25
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft
Consumer Complaint: Hello, my name is XXXX XXXX I am contacting the CFPB to help resolve and identity theft account that was open in my name in another state. In which, I have never lived in the state my entire life. I have an account hat was open in the state of Colorado. The address is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, CO XXXX in which I have never lied at this address. I filled out an identity theft affidavit with XXXX already informing them that the account they have on my credit report and with the ERC is not mine. After contacting the collection company Enhanced Recovery Company LLC by phone and mail the collection company provided me with the contract. I hired a consumer investigation company to investigate the fraud and have it removed from my credit report. I will provide the affidavit XXXX got back in touch with me asking for information I provided proof of residences with my driver 's license. I like to also, inform ERC, XXXX, and the CFPB that at the time the account was open I already had XXXX in XXXX, Texas. I open my XXXX account on XX/XX/XXXX and closed it on XX/XX/XXXX. There is no way I could have open two cable companies ' accounts. XXXX can be contacted at XXXX. The address where the account was open is XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, Texas XXXX. I am going to provide all the documents I shared with XXXX, the collection company response with my contract, and my proof of residency at the time from XXXX XXXX. I tried to upload the proof of residency to XXXX but their online system is not working I kept getting an error message.
Company Response:
State: TX
Zip: 77049
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-25
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: I moved in XXXX and closed my Internet provider account at XXXX XXXX XXXX in good standing. I returned their equipment back to them in a timely matter. Somehow by XX/XX/XXXX the billing department sent me a refund check for {$160.00}. I called XXXX XXXX XXXX and spoke to XXXX in the billing department to report the mistake. She explained it was sent to me in error and the check would be cancelled and my account is good and closed. They mailed me a letter on XX/XX/XXXX stating I need to make a payment to them in the amount of {$160.00}. I called them on XX/XX/XXXX ( 15 days later ) and Spoke to XXXX XXXX XXXX in the billing department to clear up the misunderstanding. I never cashed the check ( I still have it ). They said my account was sent to an outside collection agency ( only 15 days later ). I explained it should not have been sent to an outside agency because first I returned the equipment and second I do not owe any money and third because I called right away to clear the matter up. I also sent them proof of the returned equipment, I sent proof I never cashed the check sent in error so there could be no way I owe them. The matter was told to me that they fixed the issue and my account was now all resolved and I did not owe any money. I then got a letter from the collection agency ERC trying to collect on the debt from XXXX XXXX XXXX in the amount of {$160.00}. I contacted the collection agency and sent them my proof of my documentation that I sent to XXXX XXXX XXXX before it was sent to them. They put the issue on hold. I got a credit report to find the collection still being reported on my credit report two years later. I contacted the collection agency in XX/XX/XXXX to ask why it was still showing on my credit report. They explained XXXX XXXX XXXX still listed me as oweing them the {$160.00} so they could only put the account on " hold '' and XXXX XXXX XXXX must correct the problem. I have been denied car loans, credit cards, and have suffered a lower credit score for over two years from this issue that was pushed by XXXX XXXX XXXX even though I had sent proof of not oweing them. I called XXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX to complain and report the harm their incorrect reporting of oweing them has had on me for over two years. XXXX and supervior in Billing acknowledge that the notes on the account shows that it should have never been sent to collection and should have been fixed several times I called in to report the problem. They keep promising to clear it up but by now i feel what was done was fraud and damaged me as a person and my credit rating all these years for and error I clear up several times.
Company Response:
State: NC
Zip: 285XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-27
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-25
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official
Consumer Complaint: This company which I have " NO CONTRACT '' with has no legal right to collect on this said debt. Reporting of the debt is a violation of the FCRA. Section 623 ( a ) ( 2 ), Section 623 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( B ), and Section 623 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( E ). Please provide me with a true and certified copy of the complete audit trail/Certified Final Forensic Internal Audit of said account. Futhermore, in order for this company to validate the debt, please provide verification through audit certification of debt entry in accordance with G.A.A.P., I.F.R.S., in accordance with basel 3 accord and U.N.C.I.T.R.A.L Conventions. Notice Should you fail to provide Us with a copy of Our agreement and provide a persons name that We can communicate with then We will consider this matter at and end and notify you that any further demands for unsolicited goods and services will be regarded as claims for unjust enrichment in contravention of Fair Trading Act 1986, s21c and Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1975, s4 and will be forwarded to Our solicitor for action. Your failure to respond, within 10 days of the receipt of this notice, and rebut with particularity, everything in this document with which you disagree is your lawful, legal and binding agreement with and admission to the fact that everything in this document is true, correct, legal, and lawful and binding upon you, in any court, anywhere in the United States of America, without your protest or objection or that of those who represent you. Your silence is your acquiescence. See : Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391. Notification of legal responsibility is the first essential of due process law. Also, see U.S. v. Tweel, 550 F. 2d. 297. Silence can only be equated with fraud where there is a legal or moral duty to speak or where an inquiry left unanswered would be intentionally misleading. The recipient of this document is obligated to verify the record is correct or correct such record where a defect is found.
Company Response:
State: MO
Zip: 631XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-24
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official
Consumer Complaint: This company which I have " NO CONTRACT '' with has no legal right to collect on this said debt. Reporting of the debt is a violation of the FCRA. Section 623 ( a ) ( 2 ), Section 623 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( B ), and Section 623 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( E ). Please provide me with a true and certified copy of the complete audit trail/Certified Final Forensic Internal Audit of said account. Futhermore, in order for this company to validate the debt, please provide verification through audit certification of debt entry in accordance with G.A.A.P., I.F.R.S., in accordance with basel 3 accord and U.N.C.I.T.R.A.L Conventions. Notice Should you fail to provide Us with a copy of Our agreement and provide a persons name that We can communicate with then We will consider this matter at and end and notify you that any further demands for unsolicited goods and services will be regarded as claims for unjust enrichment in contravention of Fair Trading Act 1986, s21c and Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1975, s4 and will be forwarded to Our solicitor for action. Your failure to respond, within 10 days of the receipt of this notice, and rebut with particularity, everything in this document with which you disagree is your lawful, legal and binding agreement with and admission to the fact that everything in this document is true, correct, legal, and lawful and binding upon you, in any court, anywhere in the United States of America, without your protest or objection or that of those who represent you. Your silence is your acquiescence. See : Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391. Notification of legal responsibility is the first essential of due process law. Also, see U.S. v. Tweel, 550 F. 2d. 297. Silence can only be equated with fraud where there is a legal or moral duty to speak or where an inquiry left unanswered would be intentionally misleading. The recipient of this document is obligated to verify the record is correct or correct such record where a defect is found.
Company Response:
State: MO
Zip: 631XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-23
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Old information reappears or never goes away
Consumer Complaint: Enhanced Recovery Services is engaging in illegal re-aging practices by re-opening an old account from over 4 years ago. This company also refused to provide documentation showing the accuracy of the open account dates. This illegal act has caused my credit to drop tremendously.
Company Response:
State: NV
Zip: 89120
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-22
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not yours
Consumer Complaint: Please see the attached letter which I received XX/XX/2020 claiming that I owe XXXX XXXX/XXXX XXXX a debt of {$240.00}, but they will take {$170.00} to call it square. I am denying this demand for payment ( see attached copy the letter ) I do not now, nor have I ever, had an account with XXXX or XXXX XXXX. Furthermore, it has been sixteen ( 16 ) years since I have had any type of utility in my name. The XXXX XXXX XXXX has been contacted, the Sheriffs Office as well if necessary and a complaint now filed with you. How can they get away with this stuff? I will be sending them a certified letter to demand they cease and desist. If they have been trying to call, I've probably already blocked their numbers. This is so frustrating and so bogus ... big sign of SCAM alert.
Company Response:
State: FL
Zip: 33935
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-21
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Old information reappears or never goes away
Consumer Complaint: the account is closed and thee collection company keeps reporting it as new and updating late payments every month. no one has sent me proof of the balance reported is correct. It is affecting my credit report by showing as active and open. It should be a closed collection account. The credit reporting is incorrect.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 112XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2020-02-21
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was paid
Consumer Complaint: XXXX sold me 2 new cell phones without letting me know that they were adding an extra line to my account. When i found out about this, i went and returned to the cell phones to them. I have a receipt for the returns. I was very upset about what they had done, so i closed my account with them as well. They sent my account to collections, even though they owe me a credit of {$1600.00}
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 02180
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2020-02-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A