Date Received: 2018-09-25
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Don't agree with the fees charged
Consumer Complaint: Every time I make payments I can afford, the debt collector agency is changed. The current owner has made no attempts in contacting via mail in attempts to make a payment plan but continues to report unpaid interest to the credit bureaus at a rate that im not aware of. Company make objective is to get the balance high enough via unfair interest charges to make a profit. The original balance continues to show up as charge off and now the reporting balance is thousands of dollars above that.
Company Response:
State: MS
Zip: 390XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-25
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I was hired by a friend to perform a project for his company. He failed to pay for 3 months so I started searching online for leads and information how to collect on past due invoices. I was lead to XXXX debt collection and provided my information to speak to someone. I did not know I was signing a contract by providing my information. Upon speaking to the representative over the phone, I was asked to provide supporting documentation of the debt. I did not respond to the email nor did I provide any information. The debt collection agency, TSI, followed up with emails asking to provide invoices or any information supporting any claim of not being paid. I immediately responded to two emails stating to stop any collection attempts as I did not authorize anyone to make collection attempts. My emails went unanswered. My friend who hired me is a friend I was working out a plan with to hopefully obtain more work in the future but be paid in advance as opposed to work and be paid later. And now I am getting phone calls, emails and now a letter from an attorney for 50 % of an amount they say they collected for me. Please help.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 100XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-25
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: Frequent or repeated calls
Consumer Complaint: I received a phone call this morning on my land line that I let roll over to my voice mail on my answering machine because I didn't recognize the number. The number showing was from XXXX, VA : XXXX. She said the call was from Transworld Systems , Inc., a debt collector company. She said to call XXXX XXXX (? XXXX XXXX at XXXX and gave me a code number to use : XXXX. Since then she is trying to reach me on my cell phone. I believe this is a scam, I am elderly and have no outstanding debts and have never had any. Can you very that this is a scam?
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 239XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-25
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying
Consumer Complaint: Said company is Transworld. They call repeatedly-daily even after being told to STOP!!!!! They called me last night from a new number at XXXX central time. ( XXXX ) XXXX XXXX ) XXXX These two numbers. And if I block them they call from a new number. I dont owe them I owe the original creditor, who wrote said debt off. I have told them to mail notices-they do that WEEKLY!!! So whether its via phone or by mail they HARRASS by repeating!! I just got an explanation of benefits from my insurance and it appears that I also owe less than what they are trying to collect on. They have been harassing me for weeks. I answered the phone one time in the last ten days and when I started talking they were wadding up paper of some kind and acting like they couldnt hear me. Again it needs to STOP! If I had {$200.00} to pay XXXX XXXX XXXX I would I sure as heck aint gon na pay transworld. Ill pay XXXX directly!!!! Make them stop!!!
Company Response:
State: OK
Zip: 73064
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-23
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: This is a complaint against Transworld Systems Inc. and the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX department. On XX/XX/XXXX I received a notification from Transworld Systems Inc. that an account of mine has been placed with them for collection. The account is with XXXX and is in the amount of {$310.00}. I have a payment plan with XXXX for this account that was started in XX/XX/XXXX. My monthly payments are current and complete. Please see attached for correspondence with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX department on setting up the payment plan, as well as the XXXX and XXXX installment payment confirmations. XXXX should have never placed my account for collection. Additionally, this balance payment is for a medical bill that was not processed by XXXX in a timely manner with the insurance company - please refer to my XX/XX/XXXX CFPB complaint # XXXX. This will ruin my credit score and Transworld Systems Inc keep calling me while I am at work and not able to discuss sensitive details on the phone.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 94565
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-21
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Consumer Complaint: I had several medical bills go into collections XXXX and XXXX of 2018. TransWorld Systems , Inc. sent communications to me advising I had an outstanding balance owned to XXXX XXXX totally approximately {$2600.00}. Upon receipt of their communications, I immediately contacted them and made arrangements to pay the debt over a period of time. They accepted the terms of the arrangements, set the payments up to automatically debt from my checking account and I didnt receive any further communications from them accept to when payment were due. They sent me a note reminding me the payments would be drafted and to make sure the funds were available. After approximately 6 months of making payments they reported the debts to all three credit bureaus as unpaid debts. After some back and forth with the TransWorld and XXXX XXXX I learned TransWorld reported any unpaid debt after 90 days. At no time was I made aware that any portion of the unpaid balances would be reported to the credit bureaus. I was under the assumption that as long as I was paying on the accounts they would be considered current as TransWorld ceased all collections activity. It wasnt until after the accounts were reported to the credit bureaus that I was made aware of this important piece of information. I believe this is unfair collections practices. TransWorld should have clearly stated to me at time I made the payment arrangements that any unpaid balances would be reported after 90 days. I have since paid the full balance of the debts owed, {$2000.00}. I am currently disputing the accuracy of the collections matters reported to XXXX, XXXX and XXXX and have requested it be removed from my credit file.
Company Response:
State: MD
Zip: 21114
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-21
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I've submitted several disputes on my XXXX Credit Report to get this resolved, and the only response I keep receiving is that my debt has been verified as mine. I am not disputing the fact that the debt is not mine, and Transworld Systems and XXXX are not addressing the issue. I am disputing the amounts owed and wrongfully reported on my credit report because XXXX XXXX XXXX never billed my insurance company for my services, as you can see attached in my supporting documentation. I am disputing the amounts owed on my collections report by Transworld Systems Inc in the amounts of {$1700.00}, {$240.00}, {$100.00}, {$88.00}, {$79.00}, and {$66.00}. I have attached my log of correspondence with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX to make my medical claims to ensure that my insurance would be billed for these services, and also, a photo of my account with XXXX XXXX XXXX which shows that my insurance was never billed for my services.
Company Response:
State: NV
Zip: 891XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-20
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not yours
Consumer Complaint: Hello, I filed a complaint with your organization XX/XX/XXXX complaint number XXXX about Transworld Systems Inc. they responded back on XX/XX/XXXX. If you will take a look at my complaint and their response you will see that again they are not addressing my issue. My issue is two bills one for the amount of {$430.00} and the other for the amount of {$590.00}. In their response to my complaint they sent a list of which they stated they have a bill for {$590.00} three times. They also stated that I could contact the hospitals in question, which I had before filing the previous complaint and which I did once I received their response. I took this information to the hospitals in question and again they could not locate these bills with the information provided. As I stated in my previous complaint I think there was only one bill that they have constantly duplicated. The bill for {$590.00} was on my credit report owed for the XXXX as well as XXXX. I now notice the bill for XXXX has been removed. I also have documents where the bills were added in XXXX and then removed. I contact Transworld sytems on XX/XX/XXXX XXXX @ XXXX and spoke with a representative who stated his name was XXXX . I explained to him why I was calling and he immediately switched me to a supervise who stated his name XXXX. Again I explained to XXXX why I was calling told him no one seems to have this bill except his company and could I get a copy of the bill so that I could get it handle. I've requested this from his company before filing my original complaint but never received it I also stated in my original complaint that receiving this information could probably bring this matter to a close. XXXX put me on hold and upon his return he wanted to discuss a bill he claim he had for {$620.00} which I have no knowledge of but I told him to send me a copy of that bill as well. He also stayed he had a bill {$590.00} from XXXX again, here we go another year. I stated fine send that as well. In closing he lead me to believe that he was only requesting a copy of the bill for {$620.00} which was quite irritating to me and a waste of his and my time since for some reason his company refuse to produce the requested copies. I have never gotten a bill or collection notice for either of these bill which I stated in my original complaint. I know I have other avenues available to me but I'm again hoping your organization can bring me closure. Again I thank you in advance.
Company Response:
State: MD
Zip: 20774
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-20
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-19
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: Student loan payments were made to XXXX XXXX since 2009. Every year I tried to reach out to them by mail asking for a receipt, there was no phone number to be found. I still made monthly payments while sending them a mailed request for receipts. Until a few years ago, my checks came back. I researched the law firm taking my payments, XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, and found an attorney there who told me the PO BOX address had changed. At first he could not even find my account. I resent my payment, and also asked for reconciliation of the balance since I finally found someone to talk to. They could not find several of my payments I had made. I documented the check number of most of my payments, and also had some copies of old bank statements. They would not accept the bank statement as proof, as my bank only sent me the front of the check copy, not the back. I informed them I needed to stop my payments until they could reconcile the payments I made and agree to send me a receipt. They would not. Now the loan has been kicked back to XXXX XXXX XXXX for the full amount. I had already paid XXXX total. When I asked my bank to furbish the bank statements to prove I had made those payments, they stated after 10 years, all bank statements are deleted.
Company Response:
State: TX
Zip: 78613
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-09-18
Issue: Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
Subissue: Talked to a third-party about your debt
Consumer Complaint: Company : XXXX Address : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NJ XXXX Phone : XXXX Myself and my brother have spoken to the representative XXXX. XXXX XXXX and her Manager, I've tried on several occasions to setup a reasonable payment plan with this company and their representatives and they refuse to allow me to setup a plan, First XXXX. XXXX stated that I would have to put down {$3000.00} and then start a payment plan and then I spoke to her supervisor ( I can't remember her name ) and she advised that I would have to put down a {$1900.00} deposit then pay {$130.00} a month. This conversation was on XX/XX/18 at approximately XXXX EST. I spoke to XXXX XXXX approximately XXXX on XX/XX/18 attempting to setup a payment plan and she was really rude and told me that she couldn't tell me anything about the loan because it was in default and my brother XXXX XXXX was the co-signer on the loan, XXXX. XXXX advised me that she spoke to my Sister n ' Law XXXX Hill whom is not on my loan at all, I spoke to my Sister n'Llaw XXXX XXXX and she advised me that XXXX. XXXX advised her of my loan information, she stated that XXXX. XXXX told her my loan terms, when it went into default, how much I owed, how many payments I was behind and when it went into default. My sister n 'law is not on this load at all and should not have received any of this information from XXXX. XXXX from XXXX . While speaking to XXXX. XXXX on XX/XX/18 I advised her after she told me that she had spoken to XXXX that she was to not tell her anything about my loan and she stated that I didn't have the authority to tell her who she could and couldn't speak to about the loan, by this time we were arguing and I told her that I just wanted to setup a payment plan and she said that she couldn't tell me anything about the loan and that I had to have my brother contact them to setup a plan. I've tried to setup a payment plan with this company and they will not allow me to setup any terms that are reasonable and affordable, plus they violated my privacy by telling a 3rd party that isn't in the loan all my private loan information. Please help with this situation. Thank you, XXXX XXXX XXXX
Company Response:
State: MI
Zip: 483XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-09-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A