Date Received: 2017-08-14
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying
Consumer Complaint: im getting collection calls for a XXXX XXXX from XXXX XXXX XXXX, when I advised them I have no contact with him and to remove my cell number she said no and hung up, I called them 3 times and she picked up and hung up. I then received 16 more calls from that number leaving automatic messages. XXXX picked up the phone, and said she will not remove my number. and called back 4 additional times the auto messages states to call XXXX XXXX XXXX ref # XXXX 3rd attempt, all messages are saying 3 rd attempt
Company Response:
State: WA
Zip: 98404
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-16
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was already discharged in bankruptcy and is no longer owed
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2017, I received a collection call from a collection agency named XXXX and XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX. The debt collector stated that he was attempting to collect a debt on an old credit card with HSBC that was about 7-8 years old. I do not recall having a credit card with this company but I if the debt was incurred, the residency of my state ( NJ ) has a statue of limitations on collecting credit card debt for only 6 years. This would make the collection attempt illegal and in violation of fair credit collection practices.
Company Response:
State: NJ
Zip: 088XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-11
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My husband and I were behind on our bills as well as our mortgage. From the XXXX of our mothers, father and my husband a XXXX XXXX a year after filing bankruptcy back in XXXX. Our mortgage keep going up because had an adjustable rate never giving us a chance to catch up. So we applied for a modification early part of XXXX. There was info they needed from us to start the modification process. So each time I would fax something they would say they did not receive it. So I started faxing by way of XXXX to insure that I would get a confirmation stating that documents were received. According HSBC mortgage services they finally started reviewing the application. Meanwhile I 'm inquiring about our mortgage payment because we had not been making them, the representative says to me no you do n't make a payment while you are waiting for the modification department to approve or deny your application. Well we went to bankruptcy court XX/XX/XXXX to discuss the mortgage as well as potential increase in our bankruptcy payments, this occurred 3 other times with a HSBC representative being present. On XX/XX/XXXX, the representative from HSBC approved the modification as well as the judge. We received a letter XX/XX/XXXX stating what our new payment would be and date it would began XX/XX/XXXX and also modification actually started on XX/XX/XXXX. We did not wait, we made a payment in XXXX and XXXX. A couple of weeks after making the XXXX payment we received a letter stating there was a breach so they needed XXXX by XX/XX/XXXX or they will be foreclosing on the property. My husband called them and asked why did n't the XXXX go to rear of the loan and we do n't have XXXX. So the response was if you come with XXXX you can keep your home. Our question is, if we were approved in court where were the figures then and why did they send these letters after approval of modification and making our scheduled payments.
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 23434
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-08
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying
Consumer Complaint: previously and on X/X/2017 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX called my work place XXXX XXXX XXXX making threats to my boss and giving personal info. this action almost got me fired. the claims are unfounded, there trying to collect on a debt over 9 years old and statue of m limitataions has already ran its course.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 952XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-08
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-06
Issue: Written notification about debt
Subissue: Didn't receive enough information to verify debt
Consumer Complaint: I have a creditor saying they have a civil judgment on me and it was settled already. It 's also not my my credit report. I 'm in the middle of purchasing a home and it popped up after my report says it was removed
Company Response:
State: ME
Zip: 04240
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-04
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was paid
Consumer Complaint: This debt is from XX/XX/XXXX. I paid this long time ago but the creditor and the collection agency said they have no record of it. Regardless of that fact, I was told in XX/XX/XXXX, when I was buying a house that there was a debt. I told them I had no recollection of it and disputed it. 4 months later they sent a copy of the last bill from the creditor. This is not proof I owe it. Statutes of limitations is 4 years for a written contract and 2 years for a verbal. They are well beyond this for collections. Also, they have 30 days to prove I owe this debt after disputing it. They took 4 months to send me an irrelevant copy of a statement. I do not owe this debt. They also had a lien on my credit report that said I owed {$1400.00} but when I went to pay it, they bumped it up to {$1900.00}. I had no choice but to pay it or my house loan would not close. To this day they refuse to send me a satisfaction of judgment or anything that says I paid it.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 92583
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-03
Issue: Closing an account
Subissue: Company closed your account
Consumer Complaint: The politically, recklessly and knowingly '' closing HSBCs direct Deposit Acct ends in XXXX ( bankcard ends in XXXX ) and Acct ends in XXXX ( bankcard ends in XXXX )
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 11204
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-03
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-02
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Subissue: Threatened to arrest you or take you to jail if you do not pay
Consumer Complaint: I received a call on XX/XX/XXXX from XXXX XXXX XXXX representative, " XXXX '', who declined to provide his last name. XXXX informed me that they were in the process of taking legal action by filing motions in various counties, contacting my employers, family members, and any affiliated parties. I was left a voicemail stating that I would be arrested if I did not resolve the matter immediately. He states that I owed a debt in the amount of {$1000.00}, and that I was being sued by HSBC via XXXX. He refused to provide a case number, only the last four digits of the credit card. He also refused to provide information about where the debt was acquired from, and could not prove that I had ownership over the debt. He provided only general year dates of the debt ( XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX ), but could not provide further information. Furthermore, at no point did XXXX state that the phone call was an attempt to collect a debt or that he was a debt collector. He was misleading in his representation of the company XXXX. Additionally, once I informed him that I had filed for bankruptcy in XX/XX/XXXX, which had subsequently been discharged, he hung up the phone without further information.
Company Response:
State: WA
Zip: 98056
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-02
Issue: Other transaction problem
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My mother died in XXXX of XXXX. She had been living in XXXX XXXX. We proceeded to close all her banking account and transferred the funds out here to XXXX. Among those accounts were several accounts in a branch of HSBC in XXXX XXXX XXXX. In XXXX of this year, my wife and i discovered a check dated XX/XX/XXXXissued in the name of my mother and myself from HSBC that had never been cashed. The check was for {$41000.00} and the check number was # XXXX. I contacted HSBC about what was the status of the funds represented by the check I was informed that HSBC did not not keep records beyond seven years. and all records were transferred to XXXX XXXX XXXX after seven years had lapsed. XXXX XXXX found only that the check had been stopped and referred me to the XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. The XXXX XXXX XXXX in turn referred me to your office. It seems to me that the bank would keep records for a longer time than seven years. I work with court records all the time and records immediately available on the computer systems go back beyond the year XXXX.
Company Response:
State: KS
Zip: 66044
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-08-01
Issue: Problem when making payments
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: HSBC Beneficial offered to enroll me in their " Skip a Payment '' program for the month of XXXX 2008. I accepted and asked multiple times in person in the XXXX, Virginia office if I needed to make a payment. They told me no. I asked them again if my account was still okay when I went into the same office and inquired about refinancing my home loan through them. They said it was still in good standing. I declined their offer for refinancing my house when they said it was going to have a XXXX percent interest rate. I also asked them if it would alright for me to make both my XX/XX/XXXX payment, which was n't due at the time, and XX/XX/XXXX payment two weeks later. Again, they told me that it would be fine and that my account was still in good standing. Two weeks later, I get a letter from HSBC Beneficial and XXXX XXXX XXXX instructing me to not go into the office and that my account had been turned over to collections. I originally thought this was in retaliation for declining their home refinance offer. It was n't until 3 years later of dealing with XXXX XXXX XXXX that I found out HSBC had charged me for the month of XXXX 2008 and treated it as a non payment. This also coincided with the company I worked for, XXXX XXXX, entering the final month of liquidation thus negating the " account protection '' for which I had been paying for years. XXXX XXXX 's closing was made very public and it seems convenient for HSBC to put my account in collections the same month. Apparently, the account had changed from the XXXX, Virginia office to the XXXX, Virginia office in XXXX of 2008. Again I did n't find this out until many months after discussing options with their collections agents XXXX XXXX XXXX. They told me in person that my account was in good standing and still sent it to collections
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 24012
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-08-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A