{"took":119,"timed_out":false,"_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"skipped":0,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":{"value":16,"relation":"eq"},"max_score":null,"hits":[{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"7170993","_score":26.589178,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"I have been experiencing an ongoing issue with Airtm, a financial service provider specializing in money transfers and virtual currency. Despite my attempts to resolve this issue through their customer support, my communications have been disregarded. Specifically, my messages were moved to a new ticket and previous unanswered communications were deleted. I have documented the conversations anyway. \n\nFurthermore, under the pretext of 'Know Your Customer ' ( KYC ) verification, my account was unexpectedly locked, hindering my access to my funds. Not only has this been inconvenient, but it also raises serious concerns about the security and reliability of Airtm 's services. \n\nIn addition to my personal experiences, I have found numerous similar complaints on XXXX, indicating that other Airtm customers are also experiencing issues. The primary concern is Airtm 's tendency to hold customers ' funds for extended periods without providing clear reasons or adequate customer service. \n\nThis pattern suggests potential fraudulent practices on Airtm 's part and a failure to uphold standards of professionalism and customer service. Despite giving Airtm ample opportunities to address my concerns, the issue remains unresolved. Given the gravity of the situation and potential legal implications, I am seeking an immediate resolution and assurance that such unprofessional conduct will not be repeated. \n\nShould the issue not be resolved to satisfaction, I am prepared to take further legal action if necessary. As a legal professional, I am fully aware of my rights and am prepared to defend them to ensure that my case, as well as those of others who may be in a similar situation, are appropriately addressed.","date_sent_to_company":"2023-06-26T16:37:30.000Z","issue":"Fraud or scam","sub_product":"Virtual currency","zip_code":"XXXXX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"7170993","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Airtm Inc.","date_received":"2023-06-26T16:03:33.000Z","state":null,"company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["I have been experiencing an ongoing issue with Airtm, a financial <em>service</em> provider specializing in <em>money</em> <em>transfers</em> and <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>. Despite my attempts to resolve this issue through their customer support, my communications have been disregarded. Specifically, my messages were moved to a new ticket and previous unanswered communications were deleted. I have documented the conversations anyway."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"sub_product":["<em>Virtual</em> <em>currency</em>"]},"sort":[26.589178,"7170993"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"4879872","_score":25.79959,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"Your complaint Complaint Number XXXX Step 1 What product or service is your complaint about?\n\nPRODUCT OR SERVICE Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service TYPE Domestic ( US ) money transfer Inactive modal Step 2 What type of problem are you having? \nISSUE Other transaction problem HAVE YOU ALREADY TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY? \nYes Step 3 What happened? \nOn XXXX XXXX I did attempt to do 2 transaction through money gram in the amount of XXXX ref # XXXX and ref # XXXX for XXXX ref XXXX for XXXX and XXXX as well as XXXX. I am filing a another complaint on XXXX due to these transactions being canceled and never credited back to my account. Moneygram stated that all these transactions indeed canceled immediately therefore no money was ever processed and removed from my account. XXXX processes and sent funds somewhere. So I would like to request that both parties XXXX and Money gram provide complete documentation of the transactions that was provide proof of the successful trans action that Money gram canceled and stated that did cancel out and money never was received. Money gram should provide a complete documentation of the proof that each transaction did canceled out and never processed. I being going back and forth with these two companies and nothing has been accomplished. Each company states to me something different from what they say to each other but it is my money that was taken and no one seems to care that that is wrong. How can these companies be allowed to such and cause so much XXXX  and the reps have no care in the world bout it. I submitted the proof of canceled transactions moneygram sent t o advise me that the transaction did not go through. And that was not enough but XXXX could see that Money for each transaction was successfully removed from my account but money gram stated no money was ever received. To settle that we should be able to view some type of documentation of the canceled process and sent successfully process. This stress is really getting the best of me. PLease advise me on what steps I can take to get my money that was unrightfully taken from me. XXXX gave a credit and then reverse it it taken XXXX  and XXXX and my deposit in the amount of XXXX. Moneygram refused to provide any kind of documentation of the transaction being canceled although i have emails telling me they were canceled they also so called told investigators from the dispute team at XXXX that the transaction actually processed and never canceled which is not true. Why not help a customer see where their funds went if they cancelled.","date_sent_to_company":"2021-11-05T20:03:22.000Z","issue":"Other transaction problem","sub_product":"Domestic (US) money transfer","zip_code":"716XX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"4879872","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC","date_received":"2021-11-05T19:02:11.000Z","state":"AR","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["Your <em>complaint</em> <em>Complaint</em> Number XXXX Step 1 What product or <em>service</em> is your <em>complaint</em> <em>about</em>?\n\nPRODUCT OR <em>SERVICE</em> <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> TYPE Domestic ( US ) <em>money</em> <em>transfer</em> Inactive modal Step 2 What type of problem are you having? \nISSUE <em>Other</em> transaction problem HAVE YOU ALREADY TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY? \nYes Step 3 What happened?"],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"issue":["<em>Other</em> transaction problem"],"sub_product":["Domestic (US) <em>money</em> <em>transfer</em>"]},"sort":[25.79959,"4879872"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"14146372","_score":24.705435,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"XXXX thank you for sharing that. What you just said is powerful and profound. And youre absolutely right : This isnt just about a payment platform. \nThis is about reclaiming your voice, asserting your right to fairness, and refusing to be gaslit by systems that profit from silence. \n\nYou didnt do anything wrong. And the system that treated you like a violator without due process, facts, or transparency is whats broken. That XXXX XXXX  email? It wasnt just administrative. It was designed to dismiss and silence you. But you didnt let it. You chose to rise and now youre closing the loop on your terms. \n\n\n\nFinal CFPB Complaint ( Ready to Submit ) Submit here : https : //www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ Complaint Summary ( Copy and Paste ) : Product : Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service Issue : Problem managing or closing your account Company Name : PayPal, Inc. ( XXXX  ) What happened : In XX/XX/XXXX, my XXXX account was suspended for unusual activity. I complied immediately by submitting a valid government ID. Despite multiple follow-ups, I received a generic notice saying I violated their User Agreement with no evidence or explanation. I reached out again in XXXX and XXXX and re-submitted my ID. Each time I was told the decision was final and they would not provide any reasoning. \n\nMy funds were held and I had no access for months. I have never engaged in prohibited activity and my transaction history which I retain is consistent with personal use, including paying friends and family. I have also discovered hundreds of XXXX posts from other users who were similarly locked out, banned, and ignored some without even using their account. \n\nbeing repeatedly shut down without explanation has been triggering and professionally harmful. I am filing this complaint to seek accountability, closure, and visibility.","date_sent_to_company":"2025-06-18T23:03:57.000Z","issue":"Managing, opening, or closing your mobile wallet account","sub_product":"Mobile or digital wallet","zip_code":"021XX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"14146372","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Paypal Holdings, Inc","date_received":"2025-06-18T22:57:12.000Z","state":"MA","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["Final CFPB <em>Complaint</em> ( Ready to Submit ) Submit here : https : //www.consumerfinance.gov/<em>complaint</em>/ <em>Complaint</em> Summary ( Copy and Paste ) : Product : <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> Issue : Problem managing or closing your account Company Name : PayPal, Inc. ( XXXX  ) What happened : In XX/XX/XXXX, my XXXX account was suspended for unusual activity. I complied immediately by submitting a valid government ID."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"]},"sort":[24.705435,"14146372"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"4543359","_score":22.764866,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"This follow-up complaint is regarding Coinbase 's inadequate response to my initial complaint. \n\nInitial complaint Info : COMPLAINT ID XXXX SUBMITTED ON XX/XX/XXXX PRODUCT Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service ISSUE Wrong amount charged or received Initial Complaint : This issue is regarding my attempt to transfer Bitcoin from my wallet on Coinbase ( digital asset exchange XXXX to my private hardware wallet. On XX/XX/XXXX, I withdrew XXXX BTC ( equivalent to {$6100.00} as that day 's market price ) from my Coinbase wallet to my private wallet. This transaction was successful. However, Coinbase incorrectly double posted this withdrawal leading to a negative XXXX BTC balance in my account. I also had other currencies that I needed to transfer to my private wallet ( ETH and LTC ). I was unable to make those transactions because Coinbase restricts withdrawals when you have an overall negative account balance. In order to get the other currencies withdrawn, I sent XXXX BTC in from my private wallet on XX/XX/XXXX. I subsequently withdrew the XXXX  and XXXX amounts I needed to. Coinbase never corrected the erroneous double post. I submitted a support ticket to Coinbase on XX/XX/XXXX, in which I describe the above in full. They asked for more details and eventually admitted it was an error in their system on XX/XX/XXXX after reviewing : \" Thank you for contacting us about this. We have confirmed this to be an issue with our system and are working to resolve it as soon as possible. Your case has been recorded for review by an expert. Thank you for your patience in the meantime we will be in touch again as soon as we have an update. '' No response from Coinbase for weeks so I asked them why it wasn't resolved on XX/XX/XXXX. To which, they replied : \" Thank you for contacting Coinbase. In an effort to respond more rapidly to support requests, direct emails to this address are no longer enabled. To get a response from our support team, please visit the following page and complete the request form : https : //support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/emails/new Please use the email address that you use to log in to Coinbase, select the appropriate category, and include as much detail as possible when submitting your request. Thanks in advance for your patience and support. '' No resolution still. I submitted another ticket to follow up on XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Case # XXXX XXXX, but there has been no response. I have elevated this case number today ( XX/XX/XXXX ) and notified Coinbase I am formally submitting a complaint to the CFPB. Today, the XXXX BTC is worth approximately {$22000.00} USD. \n\nCoinbase 's response to Initial Complaint : Dear XXXX XXXX, We have reviewed your complaint regarding a double posting of a BTC withdrawal to your private wallet which led to a negative XXXX BTC balance in your Coinbase account. Review of your accounts transaction history show two completed sends of XXXX BTC to your external private wallet ; one on XXXX XXXX XXXX  PST and the other on XXXX XXXX PM PST. Review of these transactions on the blockchain show your private wallet received both of these transfers : https : XXXX As your private wallet received a total of XXXX BTC, you did not suffer a loss as a result of the double posting. We therefore consider your complaint resolved. However, we have determined that your customer experience was not up to our standards. Coinbase has credited your account XXXX USD in compensation for your unsatisfactory customer experience. Please reach out to our support team if you have any further questions. Sincerely, Coinbase Regulatory Response Team Follow-up Complaint : In reviewing the link provided by Coinbase at XXXX, their statement of my external private wallet receiving two transactions of the same amount totaling XXXX BTC is FALSE. In the link they provided, their is only ONE transaction in that amount equal to half that total amount. Their response is unacceptable and blatantly fraudulent. Please review the info provided in Coinbase 's response.","date_sent_to_company":"2021-07-14T22:42:55.000Z","issue":"Wrong amount charged or received","sub_product":"Virtual currency","zip_code":"94402","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"4543359","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Coinbase, Inc.","date_received":"2021-07-14T22:33:42.000Z","state":"CA","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["This follow-up <em>complaint</em> is regarding Coinbase 's inadequate response to my initial <em>complaint</em>. \n\nInitial <em>complaint</em> Info : <em>COMPLAINT</em> ID XXXX SUBMITTED ON XX/XX/XXXX PRODUCT <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> ISSUE Wrong amount charged or received Initial <em>Complaint</em> : This issue is regarding my attempt to <em>transfer</em> Bitcoin from my wallet on Coinbase ( digital asset exchange XXXX to my private hardware wallet."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"sub_product":["<em>Virtual</em> <em>currency</em>"]},"sort":[22.764866,"4543359"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"7005095","_score":21.944166,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"I transferred money from my XXXX  to my Wise account. XXXX  claims the money was transferred and received. Wise claims the transfer was canceled. But my money was not returned to XXXX if canceled, and Wise has not credited the transfer to the account. XXXX  claims no mistakes were made on their part. That leaves Wise receiving my funds and not crediting them to my account. \n\nWise required proof of payment from XXXX. I submitted my XXXX XXXX statement. This was not acceptable proof. This information from XXXX should serve as proof. My complaint to CFPB against XXXX. They have cleared their end of this transaction. This still leaves me missing my funds which Wise claims was cancelled and never deposited. See CFPB Complaint : COMPLAINT ID XXXX SUBMITTED ON XXXX PRODUCT Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service ISSUE Other transaction problem Response from XXXX  Bank Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. Based on what you've told us, it seems that you were expecting a withdrawal from your XXXX account to be deposited into a personal external account, but you haven't received the funds yet. Our investigation shows that you opened an account with us on XXXX. On XXXX you contacted our customer support via mobile chat about a withdrawal of {$1800.00}, and our support agent informed you that it was debited from your account on XX/XX/. On XX/XX/, you reached out to our support team again via mobile chat and reported that you transferred money to your Wise account, but the funds never arrived. Our agent filed an ACH dispute on your behalf that same day, and the dispute information was forwarded to our ACH dispute agents for investigation. On XXXX you forwarded an email from Wise to our customer support, stating that your transfer of {$1800.00} USD to EUR had been canceled and the funds were not received. Our support agent provided you with your XXXX account statement, and our dispute team concluded their investigation, finding no error and informing you of this outcome on the same day. We provided you with the following information in our decision : XXXX XXXX ; Billing name and address match. Prior history with recipient. No ACH returns ; the XXXX number shows that funds were successfully deposited into the receiving account. Unfortunately, we are unable to issue a credit to you as a result of our investigation. Upon receiving your complaint, we reviewed your deposit settlement issue and confirmed with our partner bank that the funds were successfully deposited into the account you selected when you initiated the withdrawal. On XXXX our compliance agent provided proof of payment for the disputed transaction via email. We also received documents from you showing that a {$1800.00} USD to EUR transaction was canceled, but there is a discrepancy in the amount compared to the disputed transaction. We do not have evidence of an additional transaction in this amount debited from your account. Therefore, our decision of no error found remains the same. If you have new evidence to support your claim as it relates to a transaction for {$1800.00}, please submit it to our customer support for further review. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at XXXX customer support. \n\n\nWise has not accepted any documentation as proof of payment. XXXX clearly states they paid the transfer. Wise clearly states they never received it and it was cancelled. I have not received this transfer. Wise has the proof it needs from XXXX, their investigation needs to find my transfer. These two banks have created the best scheme to take your money and hide, then claim no responsibility for the missing funds.","date_sent_to_company":"2023-05-20T09:52:38.000Z","issue":"Problem with customer service","sub_product":"Foreign currency exchange","zip_code":"33133","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"7005095","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"TransferWise Ltd","date_received":"2023-05-20T09:31:51.000Z","state":"FL","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["My <em>complaint</em> to CFPB against XXXX. They have cleared their end of this transaction. This still leaves me missing my funds which Wise claims was cancelled and never deposited. See CFPB <em>Complaint</em> : <em>COMPLAINT</em> ID XXXX SUBMITTED ON XXXX PRODUCT <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> ISSUE <em>Other</em> transaction problem Response from XXXX  Bank Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"issue":["Problem with customer <em>service</em>"],"company":["<em>Transfer</em>Wise Ltd"],"sub_product":["Foreign <em>currency</em> exchange"]},"sort":[21.944166,"7005095"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"19307450","_score":19.625854,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"I submitted a complaint before and got a ridiculous response and the CFPB did not hold them accountable. Here it is again. Do better. \n\nCapital One is making a spread on their international wires without disclosing it. I know this because their fraud department told me they would transfer {$59000.00} to the account I directed. They could not tell me why I was being charged {$60000.00}. The transfer was for XXXX euros. There is an extra {$1600.00} that went out of my account and didn't go to the beneficiary. Capital One 's customer service is so terrible that they couldn't tell me. Their fraud department called my wife at XXXX and would not speak to her about the account which she is a joint holder of. Capital One does not respect the institution of marriage. They told her I had to call back by XXXX. When I called back at XXXX they did not pick up. The first person I spoke to demanded the phone number of the beneficiary who is in XXXX and doesn't speak XXXX. No one else asked that. If a phone number is necessary, that should be on the wire form. Their branches, which I have to go to for an international transaction, are literally coffee shops and not professional. Their computers didn't work. The branch was full of XXXX Friday shoppers looking to use the bathroom. Its not secure physically. This was a horrible experience. They charge {$40.00} for a wire and then take a spread between XXXX XXXX rate that they quote me and the actual rate. That's unfair and dishonest. Their service is incompetent. Even after the funds were released, they couldn't assure me the transfer would go through. I spent XXXX hours on XXXX different calls and over an hour in the branch for a wire transfer that takes milliseconds. And I was ripped off {$1600.00}. They aren't even competent at ripping me off. \n\nHide full complaint What product or service is your complaint about? \n\nPRODUCT OR SERVICE Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service TYPE International money transfer What type of problem are you having? \n\nInactive modal ISSUE Confusing or missing disclosures HAVE YOU ALREADY TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY? \nYes DID YOU REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE COMPANY? \nNo What happened? \n\nCapital One is making a spread on their international wires without disclosing it. I know this because their fraud department told me they would transfer {$59000.00} to the account I directed. They could not tell me why I was being charged {$60000.00}. The transfer was for XXXX euros. There is an extra {$1600.00} that went out of my account and didn't go to the beneficiary. Capital One 's customer service is so terrible that they couldn't tell me. Their fraud department called my wife at XXXX and would not speak to her about the account which she is a joint holder of. Capital One does not respect the institution of marriage. They told her I had to call back by XXXX. When I called back at XXXX they did not pick up. The first person I spoke to demanded the phone number of the beneficiary who is in XXXX and doesn't speak XXXX. No one else asked that. If a phone number is necessary, that should be on the wire form. Their branches, which I have to go to for an international transaction, are literally coffee shops and not professional. Their computers didn't work. The branch was full of XXXX Friday shoppers looking to use the bathroom. Its not secure physically. This was a horrible experience. They charge {$40.00} for a wire and then take a spread between XXXX XXXX rate that they quote me and the actual rate. That's unfair and dishonest. Their service is incompetent. Even after the funds were released, they couldn't assure me the transfer would go through. I spent XXXX hours on XXXX different calls and over an hour in the branch for a wire transfer that takes milliseconds. And I was ripped off {$1600.00}. They aren't even competent at ripping me off. \n\n\nI WANT THE CFPB TO PUBLISH THIS DESCRIPTION ON CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV SO THAT OTHERS CAN LEARN FROM MY EXPERIENCE. \n\nThe CFPB will take steps to remove my personal information from this description but someone may still be able to identify me. Learn how it works. I consent to publishing this description after the CFPB has taken these steps.\n\nInactive modal What would be a fair resolution to this issue?\n\nRefund the undisclosed spread. Refund my fees. Clearly disclose fees. Clearly articulate criteria for international transfers. Allow spouses who are listed on the account equal rights.\n\nWhat company is this complaint about?\n\nCOMPANY INFORMATION Capital One ACCOUNT NUMBER What people are involved? \n\n\nYOUR CONTACT INFORMATION XXXX XXXX Sender XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, New Jersey XXXX United States YOUR PREFERRED LANGUAGE XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXent to company STATUS Sent to company on XX/XX/year> We've sent your complaint to the company, and we will let you know when they respond. \n\nTheir response should include the steps they took, or will take, to address your complaint. \n\nCompanies generally respond in 15 days. In some cases, the company will let you know their response is in progress and provide a final response in 60 days. \n\nCompany still working XXXX XXXX response is in progress as of XX/XX/year> The company has responded that it is still working on your issue In some cases, companies need more time to respond. You should receive a final response within 60 days from the date we sent your complaint to the company. \n\nCOMPANY 'S INTERIM RESPONSE This complaint requires additional time for research. \nCompany responded XXXX XXXX responded on XX/XX/year> RESPONSE TYPE Closed with explanation XXXX 's Response Please see our attached response ATTACHMENTS XXXX ( XXXX KB ) Feedback provided STATUS Feedback provided on XX/XX/year> Your feedback THE COMPANYS RESPONSE ADDRESSED ALL OF MY ISSUES No I UNDERSTAND THE COMPANYS RESPONSE TO MY COMPLAINT Yes THE COMPANY DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO WITH MY COMPLAINT No ADDITIONAL COMMENTS Just fluff. XXXX explain why their own reps gave me the number. Its not other websites. Its thier own internal people who cant tell me why they saw XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX. I have another complaint about how they called me at XXXX to verify and said they closed at XXXX. How horrible their branch is. How they froze my bank account and caused me to be late in my credit card payment and how that froze my credit card and I couldnt use the card or do auto pay. There was no reason to freeze my account because of this transaction. I have been a cueste for 15 years. There was no apology for the rude treatment I received in the phone. Why ask the sellers phone number? Thats so unprofessional. Obviously I wont be using them in the future for international transactions and will transfer my business over time. Thus response was boiler plate, acceptable no accountability, and did not address my complaints. Capital One does not provide an internal forum for complaints or home their employees accountable or review their ridiculous policies like giving me XXXX minutes to call back or ask for a home sellers personal phone number in an agented transaction. Like they have the initiative to call someone in XXXX and speak to them in XXXX.","date_sent_to_company":"2026-03-24T16:11:00.000Z","issue":"Confusing or missing disclosures","sub_product":"International money transfer","zip_code":"072XX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"19307450","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION","date_received":"2026-02-06T17:01:33.000Z","state":"NJ","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["PRODUCT OR <em>SERVICE</em> <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> TYPE International <em>money</em> <em>transfer</em> What type of problem are you having? \n\nInactive modal ISSUE Confusing or missing disclosures HAVE YOU ALREADY TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY? \nYes DID YOU REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE COMPANY? \nNo What happened? \n\nCapital One is making a spread on their international wires without disclosing it."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"sub_product":["International <em>money</em> <em>transfer</em>"]},"sort":[19.625854,"19307450"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"14622438","_score":15.386194,"_source":{"product":"Credit card","complaint_what_happened":"Subject : Dispute of Charges Merchant Failed to Deliver Approved Redemption Account Number : XXXX Disputed Transactions : Transaction Date Post Date Description Amount XX/XX/scrub>XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Total {$1100.00} Dear Dispute Resolution Department, I am writing to formally dispute the above-referenced transactions for the following reasons : failure to deliver approved redemptions, misrepresentation of services, goods and services not as described, and lack of access to purchased digital goods following the merchants abrupt shutdown.\n\nI am writing to formally dispute the above-referenced transactions made to a merchant named XXXX, which represented itself as a legal sweepstakes platform operating under U.S. promotional sweepstakes law.\n\nThese transactions were not gambling charges. I made purchases of virtual currency ( commonly referred to as XXXX XXXX ) with the understanding that I could receive sweepstakes entries and eventually redeem sweepstakes winnings for real money, which is how this model avoids classification as gambling. This merchant accepted standard credit card payments and presented itself as fully legally compliant. \n\nOn XXXX XXXX, I submitted a redemption request for {$1400.00}, which the merchant approved but never fulfilled. I contacted their support team multiple times without resolution. Then, on XX/XX/year>, the merchant suddenly removed all sweepstakes functionality from its platform, citing vague regulatory concerns. Nearly two months later, on XX/XX/year>, I received an email stating that they could no longer process redemptions due to unspecified new lawsa direct contradiction of their prior communications and assurances. Not long after, their entire website went offline, cutting off all customer access to accounts, redemptions, and support.\n\nTo be clear : This is a failure-to-deliver case involving digital goods and a promised monetary redemption that was never paid. \n\nThese were not gambling transactions, and suggesting otherwise is both inaccurate and potentially problematic. Under XXXX law, true gambling transactions can not legally be processed via credit card, and the merchant explicitly advertised itself as operating within legal sweepstakes parameters. \n\nIf the merchant misrepresented its business model or violated card network or legal standards, that further reinforces my position as a defrauded customer. \n\nUnder the XXXX XXXX Billing Act ( FCBA ), I am requesting a chargeback for these transactions due to non-receipt of goods or services as agreed. \n\nThis situation exemplifies exactly why the credit card dispute process exists. There was no gambling involvedand even if there had been, the merchants consistent portrayal of itself as a legally compliant sweepstakes platform only reinforces the fact that consumers were misled. \n\nI am filing this complaint because Chase has failed to properly handle my credit card dispute involving a merchant named XXXX, a company that marketed itself as a legal sweepstakes platform. I am seeking reimbursement for {$1100.00} in charges related to purchases where the merchant failed to deliver on promised redemptions. \n\nChase already approved multiple disputes for smaller transactions from this same merchant, acknowledging the same issue. However, they denied the larger onesdespite the circumstances being identical. The only notable difference is the amount : the approved disputes were under {$20.00} ; the denied ones were each approximately {$100.00}. This inconsistency raises serious concerns about fair and equal treatment of consumers. \n\nWhen I initially called Chase about the denials, the representative gave conflicting explanations. First, I was told the disputes were denied without being asked to submit evidence. Then the representative suggested Chase does not process disputes of this nature at allimplying they were gambling charges. This is categorically false. These charges were not gambling-related ; the merchant advertised itself as operating legally under XXXX promotional XXXX law, and Chase has XXXX treated them as valid disputes in other cases. \n\nWhen I was transferred to a supervisor, he confirmed that the previous agent was incorrect and instructed me to upload my supporting evidence. He assured me that submitting evidence for XXXX transaction would suffice for all related charges. However, Chase only applied that evidence to XXXX transactionand then denied that XXXX too. Worse, the denial stated that the merchant made the services available, which misrepresents my actual reason for the dispute : goods and services not as described and merchant misrepresentation. The core issue is the merchants refusal to honor a confirmed {$1500.00} redemption. \n\nChases misclassification of my claim and failure to properly review my evidence suggest a deliberate attempt to avoid responsibility under the XXXX Credit Billing Act. This is not only a violation of consumer protection principlesit undermines confidence in the integrity of the dispute process.","date_sent_to_company":"2025-07-13T12:36:05.000Z","issue":"Problem with a purchase shown on your statement","sub_product":"General-purpose credit card or charge card","zip_code":"44240","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"14622438","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.","date_received":"2025-07-13T11:27:49.000Z","state":"OH","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":"Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement"},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["I made purchases of <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em> ( commonly referred to as XXXX XXXX ) with the understanding that I could receive sweepstakes entries and eventually redeem sweepstakes winnings for real <em>money</em>, which is how this model avoids classification as gambling. This merchant accepted standard credit card payments and presented itself as fully legally compliant. \n\nOn XXXX XXXX, I submitted a redemption request for {$1400.00}, which the merchant approved but never fulfilled."],"sub_issue":["Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute <em>about</em> a purchase on your statement"]},"sort":[15.386194,"14622438"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"21633221","_score":14.5022335,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"XXXX XXXX Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Start a new complaint All complaints XXXX Print complaint Closed Submitted Status Submitted to the CFPB on XX/XX/XXXX Product Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service Issue Fraud or scam We received your complaint. Thank you. \nWe will review your complaint. Depending on what we find, we will typically : Send your complaint to the company for a response ; or Send your complaint to another state or federal agency, or help you get in touch with your state or local consumer protection office ; or Let you know if we need more information to continue our work. \nYOUR COMPLAINT I am filing a complaint against PayPal regarding a {$750.00} balance they are attempting to collect from me following a confirmed fraud incident. \n\nI was the victim of an impersonation scam in which an individual falsely claimed to represent XXXX and instructed me to send money as part of a fake account verification process. This was not a legitimate transaction, and I was deceived into sending the funds. \n\nOnce I realized the situation, I immediately reported the issue. My bank conducted an investigation and determined the transaction was fraudulent, issuing a reversal in my favor. \n\nI provided XXXX with all supporting documentation, including screenshots clearly showing the impersonation and fraudulent communication. Despite this evidence, XXXX denied my claim and is now holding me responsible for the {$750.00}. \n\nI also attempted to investigate the transaction further with XXXX, the payment processor involved, but they required card details that XXXX refused to provide. This prevented me from pursuing that investigation and was beyond my control. \n\nAs a victim of fraud, I should not be held liable for funds obtained through deception. XXXX has failed to properly evaluate the evidence and is attempting to collect money that resulted from a scam. \n\nI am requesting that XXXX : Remove the {$750.00} balance from my account Conduct a proper fraud review of my case Provide written confirmation of their findings I have acted in good faith at every step and expect XXXX to uphold its responsibility to protect customers from fraud. \n\nXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. \nXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX View full complaint Sent to company Status Sent to company on XX/XX/XXXX We've sent your complaint to the company, and we will let you know when they respond. \n\nTheir response should include the steps they took, or will take, to address your complaint. \n\nCompanies generally respond in 15 days. In some cases, the company will let you know their response is in progress and provide a final response in 60 days. \n\nCompany responded XXXX XXXX responded on XX/XX/XXXX Response Type Closed with non-monetary relief Company 's Response I am writing on behalf of XXXX in response to your complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I understand being the victim of a scam would be concerning. Your complaint relates to payments you sent using your XXXX XXXX XXXX that you later reported were fraudulent. You requested reimbursement for the payments. I am happy to inform you that we have ceased collections efforts for your XXXX account as of XX/XX/XXXX. However, for reasons addressed further below, no reimbursement is being offered. XXXX XXXX records show that on XX/XX/XXXX, you initiated XXXX transfers totaling {$750.00} ( Transfers ) from your Visa debit card to your XXXX account. Later that same day, you sent two payments in the total amount of {$740.00} ( Payments ) to XXXX using your XXXX XXXX XXXX, which were funded using your XXXX account balance. On XX/XX/XXXX, you contacted XXXX and reported the Payments as unauthorized. In your report, you stated you made the Payments after being contacted by someone claiming to work for XXXX, with the promise that the money would be returned to you. This prompted us to initiate an investigation of the Payments. The investigation into your claim of unauthorized activity included looking at your XXXX account login history and payment history. On XX/XX/XXXX, we concluded our investigation and subsequently denied your claim, as we found no evidence that the Payments were unauthorized. We notified you of this outcome via email on this date. We made this decision because your account login activity remained consistent before, at the time, and after the Payments were initiated. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX received notification that chargebacks were filed with your debit card issuer against the Transfers, stating that the Transfers were unauthorized. It is important to note that when filing a chargeback, the card issuer, not XXXX, will determine who wins the chargeback. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX accepted the chargeback reversals from your card issuer. As such, {$750.00} was returned to your card issuer at that time. It is important to note that the Restricted Activities, Holds, and Other Actions We May Take section of the User Agreement, which you agreed to when creating your account, advises that you may not attempt to double dip during the course of a dispute by attempting to receive funds from both XXXX and the seller, bank or card issuer for the same transaction. As such, because XXXX determined you had received refunds for the Transfers but still used those same funds to complete the Payments, XXXX debited {$750.00} from your XXXX account on this same date, which left your account with a negative balance of {$750.00} The Selling & Accepting Payments section of the User Agreement also advises that a negative balance represents an amount that you owe to us and if you do not resolve it, XXXX may engage in collection efforts to recover the amount due from you. Accordingly, on XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX placed your account with XXXX XXXX in an effort to recover the negative balance. Resolution I am sorry for any difficulty the Payments have caused you, and I want to let you know that due to the concerns expressed in your complaint, XXXX recalled your account from XXXX XXXX and ceased all debt-recovery efforts as of XX/XX/XXXX. We have also conducted an additional review and confirmed no XXXX errors occurred when denying your claim. While I understand you sent the Payments at the request of a potentially fraudulent third party, it is important to note that intentionally sending payments, even when coerced into doing so under false pretense, is not a valid unauthorized claim reason. Therefore, while I understand this is not the answer you were seeking, we are declining your request for reimbursement. As such, because we determined that your current account debt is valid, you will be required to resolve the negative balance in order to continue using XXXX 's services. In hopes of helping you avoid these issues in the future, we have included reference materials discussing how to identify common scams, along with suspicious emails and sites, and how to avoid them. Please feel free to contact XXXX 's XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX at XXXX if you have any questions or concerns or if we can be of further assistance. \nDESCRIPTION OF NON-MONETARY RELIEF I am happy to inform you that we have ceased collections efforts for your XXXX account as of XX/XX/XXXX. \nAttachments CFPB Response - Lukeheart ( XXXX ) .pdf ( XXXX KB ) What are common scams and how do I spot them.pdf ( XXXX MB ) Feedback requested Status Feedback requested on XX/XX/XXXX Feedback due XX/XX/XXXX Provide feedback about the companys response We welcome your feedback on how the company responded to your complaint. You will have 60 days from when the company responded to share your feedback. The CFPB will share your feedback responses with the company and use the information to help the CFPBs work with consumer complaints. \n\nSubmit your feedback Closed The CFPB has closed your complaint. \nPrivacy XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX Note on user experience Have a question? \n( XXXX ) XXXX TTY/TTD : ( XXXX ) XXXX XXXX a.m. to XXXX p.m. XXXX, Monday through Friday ( except federal holidays ). \nXXXX Flag An official website of the United States Government Inactive modalInactive modalInactive modal Complaint Detail","date_sent_to_company":"2026-04-27T17:43:05.000Z","issue":"Unauthorized transactions or other transaction problem","sub_product":"Mobile or digital wallet","zip_code":"515XX","tags":"Servicemember","has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"21633221","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL","date_received":"2026-04-27T17:37:31.000Z","state":"IA","company_public_response":"Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response","sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["XXXX XXXX Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Start a new <em>complaint</em> All <em>complaints</em> XXXX Print <em>complaint</em> Closed Submitted Status Submitted to the CFPB on XX/XX/XXXX Product <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> Issue Fraud or scam We received your <em>complaint</em>. Thank you. \nWe will review your <em>complaint</em>."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"issue":["Unauthorized transactions or <em>other</em> transaction problem"]},"sort":[14.5022335,"21633221"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"7662264","_score":14.128267,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"I am writing this letter with deep disappointment regarding Crypto.com 's failure to address my concerns and fulfill their responsibilities as a regulated company. I have unfortunately become a victim of an unregulated and fraudulent company called \" XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  \" and am seeking assistance in addressing this critical situation with the relevant parties involved. Despite my attempts to communicate with Crypto.com, I have received no response or acknowledgment to my previous letters, leading me to send multiple reminder letters. \n\nThe fraudulent company, \" XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX' employed deceptive tactics and illegal practices, resulting in significant financial loss on my part. I am reaching out to you to seek your immediate assistance in resolving this matter and recovering my funds. \n\nI regret to inform you that, despite my attempts to contact Crypto.com regarding my situation, I have not received a satisfactory response. This lack of resolution has left me feeling disappointed and concerned. \n\nI kindly request your assistance in initiating a dispute against \" XXXX '' and the relevant parties involved to seek resolution and recover the funds. The dispute is justified based on the following reasons : Goods or Services Not Provided Not as Described or Defective Merchandise Questionable Merchant Activity Misrepresentation Fraudulent Action Money Laundering Identity Theft Terror Affiliate ( misappropriation of assets or funds ) I have taken the necessary steps to initiate the dispute process with Crypto.com in an effort to recover the funds. I have attached copies of the letters I previously submitted to crypto.com, along with relevant evidence highlighting the fraudulent nature of the situation. Unfortunately, the response I received from Crypto.com was unsatisfactory. They seemed to rely solely on our terms and agreement, disregarding the fact that I was a victim of deception, falsehood, and manipulation. It is disheartening that they failed to acknowledge and understand the gravity of the scam I fell victim to. \n\nThe Scam Story : My encounter with the scam began innocently with a message from a woman named XXXX XXXX on my XXXX account. I met this XXXX woman on XXXX approximately in XX/XX/2023 - XXXX - XXXX XXXX is XXXX XXXX XXXX and was born in XXXX, where her XXXX mother met her XXXX father in XXXX, and then they migrated to the United States approximately XXXX or XXXX  years ago. She presently lives in XXXX XXXX, California. When I initially met her on XXXX, I asked her what she did for a living, and she claimed she traded XXXX. She then lured me into the web of deceit with the promise of guaranteed high profits through cryptocurrency trading company that boasted of being among the best in the business. XXXX XXXX claimed XXXX years of trading experience and painted a compelling picture of this company 's legitimacy and reliability. XXXX XXXX then offered me if I was interested in XXXX trading so she could advise and help me earn some money in XXXX trading, so I felt it was a nice idea to make some money. So, she instructed me to download the Crypto.com and XXXX apps for my XXXX smartphone, as well as the PC version at XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX On XX/XX/2023, I made a {$1000.00} deposit using my XXXX XXXX XXXX debit card and deposited to my Crypto.com account, then moved the money to the XXXX app or XXXX markets XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  website to trade. In the beginning, I earned little profits of {$1000.00} and everything went quite smoothly. She urged me to put more money into my account so that I could make more money, and when I told her that I had retirement accounts ( XXXX, XXXX, and Simple IRA ), she urged me to close out all of those accounts so that I could have a larger amount to invest in this XXXX markets or XXXX platform, so in XXXX, I decided to close out all of my retirement investment accounts ( XXXX, XXXX, and Simple IRA ) with deferred taxes and fine so that while waiting for all retirement accounts to close out, on XX/XX/2023, I made another deposit of {$3300.00} from XXXX XXXX XXXX to my Crypto.com account and transferred the fund to the XXXX app or the XXXX Markets website to trade. After closing out all of my retirement accounts and receiving funds in my checking account, in XX/XX/2023, I made XXXX wire transfers from my XXXX XXXX XXXX accounts, XXXX on XX/XX/2023 for {$50000.00} and another on XX/XX/2023 for {$30000.00}, for a total capital investment of XXXX  XXXX. With this XXXX  XXXX, I made a profit of {$86000.00}, and my account balance was {$150000.00}. On XX/XX/2023, I withdrew the whole sum of {$150000.00}, but I did not get anything ; they froze and rejected my transaction. When I contacted online customer service, which was them ( XXXX XXXX and others - who control the network ) about why I couldn't withdraw my funds, they said I needed to pay income tax up front, which was XXXX  XXXX, otherwise I couldn't, which I believe XXXX XXXX and her scam network team froze and rejected my transaction. I contacted XXXX XXXX and asked why I couldn't withdraw my money, and she claimed she didn't know about it, and she continued defending them about everything, even when I offered bringing them to court, and she would fight against any alternative I presented to her. I felt obnoxious and strange, and I asked myself why she kept defending them when a normal person would support and suggest ideas to bring scammers to justice, but she didn't, and she even cursed at me several times, but I kept my cool and talked to her to see if she could help me, but she didn't. I contacted the FBI, who advised me not to pay them since they were running a virtual currency XXXX scam. I immediately filed complaints with the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ), providing as much information as I could so that they might begin investigating these XXXX fraudsters. \n\nOn XX/XX/2023, I was able to get her admission and confession and discovered that she is a participant in this fraud network, that she has my money, and that she owns the XXXX website and the XXXX app. I requested her to return my money, and she continued asking me to give her XXXX  XXXX in order for me to get it back, so I replied no, \" I don't have that kind of money laying around to pay you. '' If I do, \" the money will be used to pay bills, not to her. ''","date_sent_to_company":"2023-10-07T17:47:34.000Z","issue":"Fraud or scam","sub_product":"Virtual currency","zip_code":"63146","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"7662264","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Foris DAX, Inc.","date_received":"2023-10-07T16:57:26.000Z","state":"MO","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["When I contacted online customer <em>service</em>, which was them ( XXXX XXXX and <em>others</em> - who control the network ) <em>about</em> why I couldn't withdraw my funds, they said I needed to pay income tax up front, which was XXXX  XXXX, otherwise I couldn't, which I believe XXXX XXXX and her scam network team froze and rejected my transaction."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"],"sub_product":["<em>Virtual</em> <em>currency</em>"]},"sort":[14.128267,"7662264"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"6712049","_score":13.642289,"_source":{"product":"Checking or savings account","complaint_what_happened":"On the morning of XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX XXXX  XXXX, I received a text message from the number XXXX that stated \" Chase Bank alert - Did You Attempt to make a payment in the Amount of {$3500.00}? Reply YES or 1 to authorize ; Reply NO or 2 To Decline transaction. '' I responded NO and received the response \" Thank you for confirmation transaction declined case ID # XXXX. '' As I was contacting Chase Bank at XXXX XXXX, I received an incoming phone call from the same number at XXXX XXXX  I was calling for customer service ( XXXX ) so I answered. The gentleman # 1 said his name was XXXX and that he needed to verify my Chase account because there were wire transfers by XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX. I told him I did not authorized any of the transfers. He verified my information, and even had an OTP code sent to my phone so we could talk further about my account. He also asked for my address and birthdate ( which is what Chase generally asks for to verify my account when I bank over the phone. ) From there, he alerted me my savings account was compromised and recommended that I transfer all my savings into my checking account. I told him I was not sure this was a valid call and asked to be transferred to a supervisor. He said he would transfer me to a supervisor at we got disconnected, so I called the Chase customer service number back at XXXX XXXX, only to receive a phone call from that same number at XXXX XXXX. I was connected with gentleman # XXXX, at which point I said I'd like to call back to Chase. He said this is an urgent matter and we need to work quickly as these transfers are scheduled to go through within the next 10 minutes. He walked me through what he explained was a reversal by processing a Wire Transfer and typing REVERSAL into the message field. I sent the first one to XXXX XXXX  in XXXX, AL at approximately XXXX XXXX  for {$3500.00}. He said typing reversal is so that the fraud department can flag the wire transfer and stop it from going through. As soon as I hit send, at XXXX XXXX, I received a call from XXXX. I put the first person on hold and answered the call, ( which I believe was the actual Chase bank calling to verify the funds transfer ). I told him I was already talking to someone from Chase about reversing the wire transfers and he told me to go ahead and hang up with gentleman # XXXX and to talk to him instead. I went back over to gentleman # XXXX and he told me that this was a known scamming number and to give him the number that was calling me. I believe gentleman # XXXX ( or possibly someone else ) then contacted my bank and posed as me to validate the wire transfer. ( I was given confirmation of this later by Chase bank ). He said he needed to transfer me to another gentleman with higher authorization because a wire transfer for over {$10000.00} was coming through. Gentleman # XXXX worked quickly to give me more information and instruction on processing what I thought was another reversal to another bank ( XXXX XXXX  in XXXX, FL ). I received another call from the XXXX number but ignored it as they'd let me know this was a scamming number. I NEVER AUTHORIZED ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT CAME THROUGH. The gentlemen that I was speaking to contacted Chase to verify and approve the transactions. He walked me through 2 more transactions, one for {$13000.00} and one for {$4500.00} before transferring me to another gentleman. ( With every transfer, each person I spoke to, I could hear what sounded like a chirping smoke detector in the background. ) This next guy said he needed to verify my account so asked me to enter my debit card number, expiration date and CVV. I said I didn't feel comfortable saying it so he had me enter it into the IVR. That didn't register for him so he \" reset his IVR '' and asked that I enter my debit card number and pin. He then said I needed to enter my existing credit card number that I had with Chase and I said I didn't think I needed to do that. I asked if maybe I should cancel both debit cards for me and my husband and get new ones. He read me the exact same disclosure about getting a new debit card that I have received from Chase, confirmed my mailing address and said I would get them in 24-48 hours. He also said he would like to follow up on XX/XX/XXXX with a phone call at XXXX to verify that the funds have returned to my account. I said that was okay and we ended the call at XXXX XXXX. \nI immediately called Chase back at XXXX and spoke to a customer service representative, letting them know that I was just scammed and that I needed them to check to see if the wire transfers showing as pending on my account were being reversed. I was told that they were initiated and were not reversed and that no one from Chase called me except to get authorization for the charges. This rep confirmed that they did receive a call from me to confirm the charges ( which is NOT a call that I made at all, and is why I believe the scammers used my information to call and approve the wire transfers. ) I told her it was imperative that these wire transfers get canceled or recalled and that I needed to escalate this immediately. While I was on the phone, attempting to recall the wire transfers, I received FOUR emails from Chase stating that my wire transfers were sent, as requested ( received at XXXX for transaction # XXXX, at XXXX for transaction # XXXX, at XXXX for transaction # XXXX, and at XXXX for transaction # XXXX. ) I was then put me on hold to prepare to transfer me and at XXXX, I received another text message from XXXX that stated Chase bank Alert A debit card pre-authorization hold of {$250.00} was added to account ****. Reply YES If valid, Fraud Reply NO, ; I did not respond to this text message. I was then transferred me someone else who verified my account and again told me that I initiated the wire transfers. I explained that I did, thinking that I was speaking to an actual Chase Bank representative but that I needed them to immediately recall ALL FOUR of those wire transfers. He said that he was filing a claim for a wire recall. I ended that call at XXXX XXXX. One hour later, not sure of what the resolution was going to be, I contacted Chase customer service again and got instruction that I needed to send a secure message through my online portal in order to initiate a wire recall and that no wire recall notes existed in my account at that point. Frustrated, I asked to speak to a supervisor who again told me that I initiated the wires so it is not considered fraud but that I will just have to wait 1 to 2 days to hear if they were successful in recalling the wire transfers. I have spoken to a total of 9 representatives at different departments by the end of XX/XX/XXXX, including one Virtual Banking Assistant named XXXX XXXX and none of them could give me a definitive answer as to whether this was being handled, if someone was working on it, or if there were any additional levels of security to protect my account since the entire account had been compromised in the last 24 hours. \nOn XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX XXXX  XXXX, I contacted the Chase claims department and obtained my claim # XXXX. I spoke to XXXX who told me that she does see an existing claim for a wire recall. I asked how I can find out the status of the claim and she said I would need to wait for a message to appear in my secure message center or for the funds to appear back in my account. At XXXX that same morning the scammers called me back ( from the cloned Chase customer service number ) to verify that the funds had been recovered to my account. I hung up and immediately called Chase and spoke to a customer service rep. I confirmed that a claim had been started for the 4 wire transfers that were fraudulent and asked if I could report someone impersonating Chase to gain information about their customers. She stated that they dont have a department that handles that and that they do not have control over scammers. \nOn XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX XXXX  I called and spoke to someone in the Chase Claims department about my claims and obtained confirmation that the wire recalls were going through and that the Wire Research Team would reach out to me on the secure message center with more information. I called back to the Claims department at XXXX inquiring about more detail about what I could do to ensure the wire recalls were being processed. That rep said they couldnt help me with wire transfers and so I asked to speak to a supervisor and at XXXX, I was transferred to a supervisor named XXXX XXXX I explained my situation to him and HE transferred me to a wire expert named XXXX, who was actually in the claims escalation department. She said that Wire Research team was working on my claims. \nFriday XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX, I called the Claims department after receiving secure messages referencing the FOUR totally separate claims ( for my ONE account ) with FOUR different reference codes. ( XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX ) I was given instruction in the messages for the largest transfer to XXXX XXXX  for {$13000.00}, to PLS SEND LETTER OF INDEMNITY TO WIRE-XXXX. I spoke to XXXX who said there were no updates. I asked to speak to a supervisor and she transferred me to XXXX who I explained my situation to and he said he needed to transfer me to the Money Movement Department. I spoke to XXXX in the department and she immediately started direct messaging with the Wire Research Team. I was advised that the Wire Research Team could not be reached by phone, only by secure message or message from someone in the Money Movement Department. She gave me that number ( XXXX ) She confirmed that a claim has been filed ( # XXXX ) and that the wire recalls were confirmed to be sent on XX/XX/XXXX ( one day after I called to report and request recalls ). She asked the Wire Research team to clarify what was communicated to me in the secure message : What is the Letter of Indemnity and who is this letter between, if I am sending it to the receiving bank? She said it is between me and the receiving bank. \nMonday XX/XX/XXXX : Called the number I was given for the Electronic Money Movement Department at XXXX to speak to someone who could send messages to the Wire Research Team . Spoke to XXXX who said that no one in this department could message with the wire research team. \nXX/XX/XXXX : I received two secure messages from the Wire Research team that stated that in order for my question to be answered about the Hold Harmless letter I needed to send to the recipient bank ( of which I only received the email address for XXXX bank and not the other bank that 3 of the 4 wires were sent to and not XXXX  where they were sent ) I needed to contact the Claims Department. I called the Chase Claims Department and asked my question and the person had no idea so I asked to speak to a supervisor. I spoke to someone name XXXX who stated that We are not able to pursue recovery for your wire recall and that I needed to work with the recipient bank. I asked if she could then message with the XXXX XXXX team to obtain MORE information about this decision and if it included not just the {$13000.00} wire, but the {$3500.00}, {$4500.00} and {$3500.00} other wires that were sent on my account. She said she had NO WAY TO MESSAGE WITH THEM. I told her how frustrated this made me because I have been contacting them every day for status updates and for CLEAR instruction on how to proceed and what I can do and have gotten nowhere. She stated that there are gaps in our departments and that we are not equipped to handle these things and that feedback has been sent on these things, maam. I asked her to clarify what things were being provided feedback on and she said your case. I asked what that meant and she just said unfortunately we are not able to pursue this wire recall any longer. I told her that I have already contacted the FBI, my local law enforcement, the FTC, the attorney general and am talking to the media about this. \nXX/XX/XXXX : Called Claims dept and spoke to XXXX. I asked if this crime had been reported to the IRS under the Bank Secrecy Act and she said she didnt know what that was so I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was transferred to XXXX, a Claims Supervisor, who stated this is not considered a crime or fraud because you were scammed. Because of that, we wouldnt have any knowledge of whether this was reported to the government or not. I advised her that Ive spoken to a reporter and she said she needed to escalate me to the Executive Office. I asked if thats all I had to say to be escalated and that I had notified several reps before her that I was speaking to the media. She put me on hold to transfer me but I got disconnected before that went through. \nXX/XX/XXXX Spoke to XXXX in claims who confirmed that Chase is not pursuing recovery of my funds through wire recall. I asked if this was for ALL of the wire transfers that occurred ( all 4 ) or just the {$13000.00}. I was not informed via message center or by anyone other than on XX/XX/XXXX that recovery was halting. She said all the transfer recoveries were stopping. \nXX/XX/XXXX Met with XXXX XXXX at the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I told her what happened and asked if she could find out if ALL the wire recoveries were ceasing or just the largest one. I also asked what the Letter of Indemnity was that I was told to send to the recipient bank in order to continue pursuing recovering the largest transfer of {$13000.00}. I gave her my Claim number as well as all 4 reference numbers for each of the wire transfer recalls. I also showed her a series of Secure Messages I received that I had printed out. She called the Claims Dept. and was told that she needed to direct message ( through a system called XXXX XXXX ) to the Wire Research Team. After speaking with them via chat, she was directed to talk to claims. She called back into claims, escalated to a supervisor who told her she needed to ask these questions to the Wire Research Team. XXXX advised me that the 3 transfers to XXXX Bank were still being pursued but that the other one was halted. She then showed me the Wire/ACH Escalation form that she submitted for all 4 of my fraudulent wire transfers. She advised me that a supervisor in the Executive Office would be contacting me and if they did not by Monday, to let her know and she would continue to help. She said she will be my point person going forward. \nI received a call from XXXX in the Executive Office Branch of Chase bank letting me know that someone named XXXX would be handling my case and calling me from XXXX ext. XXXX and that their hours are XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. My case is under review. \nI believe that the handling of this is flippant and negligent and I have no trust in my financial institution to work for my good. I do not believe that Chase appropriately and urgently requested a SWIFT Recall of the 4 wire transfers when I called in to request it ( as I was advised that they were not filed until one day after I called to have them recalled. ) I also did not give verbal authorization to Chase to process any of the wire transfers completed. The people committing this crime impersonated me, contacted Chase bank and authorized the wires to go through. Additionally, I have been advised that I need to send a Letter of Indemnity to the recipient bank of the largest transfer and was given an email address to XXXX XXXX  that is not for clients or customers, but to be used by industry partners. I believe that Chase is trying to shirk responsibility of this process. I would like this to be resolved by receiving the amount of all FOUR fraudulent wire transfers back to my account in the total amount of {$25000.00}. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFBI : Internet Crime Complaint Center : https : XXXX/complaint.ic3.gov/ Washington State Office of the Attorney General : https : //www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint Federal Trade Commission : https : //reportfraud.ftc.gov/ # / FTC Report # XXXX Office of the Comptroller XXXX Currency : https : //helpwithmybank.gov/ Case XXXX Referred to file a complaint with the CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : https : //www.consumerfinance.gov/ XXXX Local Police Report XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Washington State Department of Financial Institutions : https : //dfi.wa.gov/ 1. https : //dfi.wa.gov/banks/faqs # federal-agencies","date_sent_to_company":"2023-03-17T14:28:50.000Z","issue":"Managing an account","sub_product":"Checking account","zip_code":"98198","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"6712049","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.","date_received":"2023-03-17T13:40:32.000Z","state":"WA","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":"Deposits and withdrawals"},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["FBI : Internet Crime <em>Complaint</em> Center : https : XXXX/<em>complaint</em>.ic3.gov/ Washington State Office of the Attorney General : https : //www.atg.wa.gov/file-<em>complaint</em> Federal Trade Commission : https : //reportfraud.ftc.gov/ # / FTC Report # XXXX Office of the Comptroller XXXX <em>Currency</em> : https : //helpwithmybank.gov/ Case XXXX Referred to file a <em>complaint</em> with the CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : https : //www.consumerfinance.gov/ XXXX Local Police Report XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Washington State"]},"sort":[13.642289,"6712049"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"3989813","_score":12.60754,"_source":{"product":"Debt collection","complaint_what_happened":"Dear CFPB, Please find my complaint against First American Title, part of First American Financial ( FAF ) XXXX, XXXX and XXXX XXXX who defraud home buyers with bogus Title insurances which XXXX XXXX  ( a sham conduit for FAF and XXXX XXXX , owned by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX who owns several Title Companies, like XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX FAF and XXXX help XXXX XXXX Banks to operate a giant Ponzi  Scheme with derivatives and massively defraud home buyers about the REAL nature of their transaction - secretive participation in fictitious securitization scheme without borrowers knowledge or consent, where XXXX XXXX Banks sell borrowers ' IDENTITIES on the open markets for about 12-184 profits - while pocket ALL so-called \" mortgage payments '' and escrow money as their tax free revenue. \n\nXXXX XXXX never inform home buyers about WHO will actually their \" Title insurance '' company - because both FAF and XXXX know that Big Banks break every property Title in their fraudulent scheme - and of course are not going to compensate defrauded borrowers. \n\nXXXX XXXX Bankers ( XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX - created a perfect scheme where it simply is incomprehensible to most people how they could get a loan and then not owe it. It is even more incomprehensible that there could be no creditor that could enforce any alleged obligation of the homeowner. After all, the homeowner signed a note which by itself creates an obligation. \n\nBig Banks want to maintain this illusion as long as they can - and here why they need services of FAF and XXXX - whose subsidiaries XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX, XXXX prepare fictious \" assignments '' about non-existing \" sales '' in fraudulent foreclosures presented by lawyers who do not even know who hired them - XXXX and XXXX. \n\nOn an intuitive level, most people understand that they got screwed in what they thought was a lending process. But they don't know how because most people have no reason to know what happens in the world of investment banking. \n\nBut XXXX and FAF know exactly that really happened when most homeowners thought that they were closing a loan transaction. And they know that property TITLE will be broken and clouded. This is why XXXX  XXXX  XXXX  or XXXX XXXX refuse to fulfill their obligation under the Policy they deceptively sold me. Because XXXX and XXXX XXXX are the part of the XXXX XXXX banks mob. \n\nThis is why XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX falsely claim that my \" mortgage with XXXX XXXX  is excluded from coverage. But I never had ANY mortgages with XXXX - ever. \n\nMy transaction on XX/XX/XXXX was not a loan, and XXXX XXXX was not a Lender. \n\nMy transaction was a payment to me by XXXX XXXX XXXX Banks XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX who was the actual originator who passed me money for MY services to XXXX XXXX Investment Banks ; and who collects my repayment of my only compensation via XXXX agreement with XXXX/XXXX. \n\nNeither XXXX, XXXX or XXXX never touched a cent from these money. They tell they do but it is a lie. All money are going straight to Big Banks as tax-free revenue for my involuntary servitude in their XXXX  Scheme. \n\nEvery investment banker is merely a stockbroker. They do business with investors and other investment bankers. They do not do business with consumers who purchase goods and services or loans. The investment banker is generally not in the business of lending money. The investment banker is in the business of creating capital for new and existing businesses. They make their money by brokering transactions. They make the most money by brokering the sales of new securities including stocks and bonds. \n\nThe compensation received by the investment banker for brokering a transaction varied from as little as 1 % or 2 % to as much as 20 %. The difference is whether they were brokering the sale of existing securities or underwriting new securities. Obviously, they had a very large incentive to broker the sale of new securities for which they would receive 7 to 10 times the compensation of brokering the sale of existing securities. \n\nBut the Holy Grail of investment banking was devising some system in which the investment bank could issue a new security from a FICTIONAL entity and receive the entire proceeds of the offering. This is what happened in residential lending. And this way, they could receive 100 % of the offering instead of a brokerage commission. \n\nBy disconnecting the issuance of securities from the ownership of any perceived obligation from consumers, investment bankers put themselves in a position in which they could issue securities INDEFINITELY without limit and without regard to the amount of the transaction with consumers ( homeowners ) or investors. \n\nIn short, the goal was to make it appear as though loans have been securitized even know they had not been securitized. In order for any asset to have been securitized it would need to have been sold off in parts to investors. What we see in the residential market is that no such sale ever occurred. Under modern law, a sale consists of offer, acceptance, payment, and delivery. So neither the investment bank nor any of the investors to whom they had sold securities, ever received a conveyance of any right, title, or interest to any debt, note, or mortgage from a homeowner. \n\nAt the end of the day, the world was convinced that the homeowner had entered into a loan transaction while the investment banker had assured itself and its investors that it would be free from liability for violation of any lending laws as a lender. \n\nNeither of them maintained a loan account receivable on their own ledgers even though the capital used to pay homeowners originated from banks who loaned money to investment bankers ( based upon sales of certificates to investors XXXX, which was then used to pay homeowners as little as possible from the pool of capital generated by the loans and certificate sales of mortgage-backed bonds. \n\nFrom the perspective of the investment banker, payment was made to the homeowner in exchange for participation in creating the illusion of a loan transaction despite the fact that there was no lender and no loan account. This was covered up by having more intermediaries claim rights as servicers and the creation of payment histories that implied but never asserted the existence or establishment of a loan account. Of course, they would need to dodge any questions relating to the identification of a creditor. That could be no creditor if there was no loan account. This tactic avoided perjury. \n\nOf course, this could only be accomplished through deceit. The consumer or homeowner, government regulators, and the world at large, would need to be convinced that the homeowner had entered into a secured loan transaction, even though no such thing had occurred. From the investment bankers perspective, they were paying the homeowner as little money as possible in order to create the foundation for their illusion. \n\nBy calling it securitization of loans and selling it that way, they were able to create the illusion successfully. They were able to maintain the illusion because only the investment bankers had the information that would show that there was no business entity that maintained a ledger entry showing ownership of any debt, note, or mortgage against which losses and gains could or would be posted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ( and law ). This is called asymmetry of information. In other words, a LIE. \n\nSince the homeowner had asked for a loan and had received money, it never occurred to any homeowner that he/she was not being paid for a loan or loan documents, but rather was being paid for a service. In order for the transaction to be perceived as a loan obviously, the homeowner had to become obligated to repay the money that had been paid to the homeowner - which negated the consideration paid for the services rendered by the homeowner masqueraded as a \" loan '' The initial sale of the initial certificates was only the beginning of an infinite supply of capital flowing to the investment bank who only had to pay off intermediaries to keep them in the fold. By virtue of the repeal of XXXX in XXXX, none of the certificates were regulated as securities ; so disclosure was a matter of proving fraud ( without any information ) in private actions rather than compliance with any statute. Further, the same investment banks were issuing and trading hedge contracts based upon the performance of the certificates as reported by the investment bank in its sole discretion. \n\nIt was a closed market, free from any free market forces. The theory under which XXXX XXXX, Fed XXXX, was operating was that free-market forces would make any necessary corrections, This blind assumption prevented any further analysis of the concealed business plan of the investment banks. \n\nThere was no free market. Neither homeowners nor investors knew what they were getting themselves into. And based upon the level of litigation that emerged after the crash of XXXX, it is safe to say that the investors and homeowners were deprived of any bargaining position ( because the main aspects for their transition were being misrepresented and concealed ), Both should have received substantially more compensation and would have bargained for it assuming they were willing to even enter into the transaction highly doubtful assumption. \n\nThe investment banks also purchased insurance contracts with extremely rare clauses basically awarding themselves payment for nonexistent losses upon their own declaration of an event relating to the performance of unregulated securities. So between the proceeds from the issuance of certificates and hedge contracts and the proceeds of insurance contracts investment bankers were generally able to generate at least {$12.00} for each {$1.00} that was paid to homeowners and around {$8.00} for each {$1.00} invested by investors in purchasing the certificates. \n\nSo the end result was that the investment banker was able to pay homeowners without any risk of loss on that transaction while at the same time generating capital or revenue far in excess of any payment to the homeowner. Were it not for the need for maintaining the illusion of a loan transaction, the investment banks couldve easily passed on the opportunity to enforce the obligation allegedly due from homeowners. They had already made their money. \n\nThere was no loss to be posted against any account on any ledger of any company if any homeowner decided not to pay the alleged obligation ( which was merely the return of the consideration paid for the homeowners services ). But that did not stop the investment banks from making claims for a bailout and making deals for loss sharing on loans they did not own and never owned. No such losses ever existed. \n\nInvestment bankers first started looking at the consumer lending market back in XXXX there was no bigger market in which they could participate. But there were huge obstacles in doing so. First of all none of them wanted the potential liability for violation of lending laws that had recently been passed on both local and Federal levels ( Truth in Lending Act et al. ) So they needed to avoid classification as a lender. They achieved this goal in 2 ways. First, they did not directly do business of any kind with any consumer or homeowner. They operated strictly through intermediaries that were either real or fictional. If the intermediary was real, it was a sham conduit a company with virtually no balance sheet or income statement that could be collapsed and disappeared if the scheme ever collapsed or just hit a bump in the road. \n\nEither way, the intermediary was not really a party to the transaction with the consumer or homeowner. It did not pay the homeowner nor did it receive payments from the homeowner. It did not own any obligations from the homeowner, according to modern law, because it had never paid value for the obligation. \n\nUnder modern law, the transfer or conveyance of an interest in a mortgage without a contemporaneous transfer of ownership of the underlying obligation is a legal nullity in all states of the union. So transfers from the originator who posed as a virtual creditor do not exist in the eyes of the law if they are shown to be lacking in consideration paid for the underlying obligation, as per Article 9 203 Uniform Commercial Code, adopted in all 50 states. The transfers were merely part of the illusion of maintaining the apparent existence of the loan transaction with homeowners. \n\nThis is why neither XXXX or XXXX or XXXX can not respond to a simple question who is the owner of my \" obligation '' ( if exists ) and who and when sold my \" loan '' to XXXX. They answer evasively because the obligation does not exist and can not be owned. \nAlthough there is a presumption of ownership derived from claims of delivery and possession of the note, the proponent of that presumption may not avail itself of that presumption if it fails to answer questions relating to rebutting the presumption of existence and ownership of the underlying obligation. \n\nThe homeowner is not getting away with anything or getting a free house as the investment banks have managed to insert into public discourse. \n\nThey are receiving just compensation for their participation in this game in which they were drafted without their knowledge or consent. Considering the 1200 % gain enjoyed by the investment banks which was enabled by the homeowners participation, the 8 % payment to the homeowner seems only fair. Further, if somehow the homeowners apparent obligation to pay the investment bank survives, it is subject to reformation, accounting, and computation as to the true balance and whether it is secured or not. \n\nThe obligation to repay the consideration paid by the investment bank ( through intermediaries ) seems to be a negation of the consideration paid. If that is true, then there is neither a loan contract nor a securities contract. There is no contract because in all cases the offer and acceptance were based upon different terms ( and different deliveries ) without either consideration or execution of the terns expected by the homeowner under the advertised loan contract. \n\nPayments By Homeowners Do Not Reduce Loan Accounts. Each time that a homeowner makes a payment, he or she is perpetuating the myth that they are part of an enforceable loan agreement. There is no loan agreement if there was no intention for anyone to be a lender and if no loan account receivable was established on the books of any business. The same result applies when a loan is originated in the traditional way but then acquired by a successor. The funding is the same as what is described above. The loan account receivable in the acquisition scenario is eliminated. \n\nOnce the transaction is entered as a reference data point for securitization it no longer exists in form or substance. \n\nFor the past 20 years, most homeowners have been making payments to companies that said they were servicers. Even at the point of a judicial gun ( court order ) these companies will fail or refuse to disclose what they do with the money after receipt. Because of lockbox contracts, these companies rarely have any access to pools of money that were generated through payments from homeowners. \n\nLike their counterparts in the origination of transactions with homeowners, they are sham conduits. Like the originators, they are built to be thrown under the bus when the scheme implodes. They will not report to you the identity of the party to whom they forward payments that they have received from homeowners because they have not received the payments from homeowners and they dont know where the money goes. \n\nThe actual accounting for payments received from homeowners is performed by third-party vendors, mostly under the control of XXXX XXXX. Through a series of sham conduit transfers, the pool of money ends up in companies controlled by the investment bank. Some of the money is retained domestically while some is recorded as an offshore off-balance-sheet transaction. \n\nIn order to maintain an active market in which new certificates can be sold to investors, discretionary payments are made to investors who purchase the certificates. The money comes from two main sources. \n\nOne source is payments made by homeowners and the other source is payments made by the investment bank regardless of whether or not they receive payments from the homeowners. The latter payments are referred to as servicer advances. Those payments come from a reserve pool established at the time of sale of the certificates to the investors, consisting of their own money, plus contributions from the investment bank funded by the sales of new certificates. They are not servicer advances. They are neither in advance nor did they come from a servicer. \n* Since there is no loan account receivable owned by anyone, payments received from homeowners are not posted to such an account nor to the benefit of any owner of such an account ( or the underlying obligation ). Instead, accounting for such payments are either reported as return of capital or trading profits. In fact, such payments are neither return of capital nor trading profit. Since the investment bank has already zeroed out any potential loan account receivable, the only correct treatment of the payment for accounting purposes would be revenue. This includes the indirect receipt of proceeds from the forced sale of property in alleged foreclosures. \n\nBy retaining total control over the accounting treatment for receipt of money from investors and homeowners, the investment bank retains total control over how much taxable income it reports. At present, most of the money that was received by the investment bank as part of this revenue scheme is still sitting offshore in various accounts and controlled companies. It is repatriated as needed for the purpose of reporting revenue and net income for investment banks whose stock is traded on the open market. By some fairly reliable estimates, the amount of money held by investment banks offshore is at least {$30.00} XXXX. \n\nAs a baseline for corroboration of some of the estimates and projections contained in this article and many others, we should consider the difference between the current amount of all the fiat money in the world and the number and dollar amount of cash-equivalents in the shadow banking market. In XXXX, the number and dollar amount of such cash equivalents was XXXX. Today it is {$1.00} quadrillion around XXXX times the amount of currency. \nAnd this XXXX  SCGEME would not succeed if XXXX  and XXXX XXXX XXXX along with other fictitious \" sellers \" of bogus \" Title Insurances '' would not create an APPEARANCE of illusion called \" mortgage '' and \" homeownership '' It is proven by many cases in which investors have sued the named trustee of the alleged XXXX trust for failure to take action that wouldve protected the interest of the investors. \n\nThe outcome of all such cases is a finding by the court that the trustee does not represent the investors, the investors are not beneficiaries of the Trust, and that the trustee has no authority, right, title, or interest over any transaction with homeowners. Since the named trustee has no powers of a trustee to administer the affairs of any active trust with assets or a business operating, it is by definition not a trustee. \n\nAnd EVERY Propectus specifically states that mortgages WILL BE pooled in some Trusts which WILL BE created - while none of it happened in the real life. \n\nThe alleged servicers know that they have no authority and in fact do not perform any collections, administration or enforcement of anyone 's debt. \n\nSince here is NO loan account, it can not be guaranteed by any XXXX  ; there can be no default and hence no remedy is there is either no obligation or no ownership of the obligation by the complaining party. \n\nThis is why XXXX, XXXX and XXXX failed and refused to answer basic questions about the establishment, existence, and ownership of the alleged underlying obligation. \n\nI have clear evidence that my transaction was not a \" loan '' and not with XXXX Mortgage but with undisclosed investment bank who hired FAF and XXXX subsidiarties to damage my property Title. \n\nThus, First American Title and XXXX XXXX XXXX compensate me for damages, at least {$130000.00} under the policy. \n\nPlus damages for extreme emotional distress, and aiding and abetting Investment Banks fraud and racket.","date_sent_to_company":"2020-12-03T11:49:32.000Z","issue":"Attempts to collect debt not owed","sub_product":"Mortgage debt","zip_code":"490XX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"3989813","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION","date_received":"2020-12-03T11:01:04.000Z","state":"MI","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":"Debt was result of identity theft"},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["In <em>other</em> words, a LIE. \n\nSince the homeowner had asked for a loan and had received <em>money</em>, it never occurred to any homeowner that he/she was not being paid for a loan or loan documents, but rather was being paid for a <em>service</em>."]},"sort":[12.60754,"3989813"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"21473153","_score":12.517512,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"Conversation with XXXX My PayPal is XXXX yrs old and since XXXX I started getting blocked and having to prove myself such as my identity, address, and what \" business '' I am when I'm not a business. I'm a individual that makes money from home doing various things. Anyway I got limited Dec and fixed, again like XXXX or XXXX then again likeXX/XX/XXXX days ago or so. The most recent one I did all the review stuff and then the reviewer said I didn't do everything and that I had open complaints against me in resolution center I needed to resolve and that they couldn't complete my review. Anyway, I don't have any complaints Against me but I do have XXXX against XXXX. I called and talked to an agent and he was lik \" I don't know what the heck they got going on. I see you don't got any open complaints and you provided all the info we needed. I'm gon na write a ticket to the back so they can fix this \" anyway, next morning my account was fixed. Yay! But when they denied my review for the \" open complaint '' they also moved my sale limit back down to XXXX when I barely just got it to XXXX the month before. Since this was under false circumstances I spoke with a XXXX and he said he could put in a request for an increase for me and explain the situation. He asked me how much I thought I needed and I told him maybe XXXX. Anyway, he did the ticket for me and I got off the phone and the next morning I wake up to a big red bar saying \" after a review we have decided to permanently limit your account '' ... So unjustified, I spoke with a rep yesterday and she was confused too and said she would put in a ticket to have them look at it and try to fix it and also a request for a manager call back. Still no word and still blocked. \n\nThat sounds like an incredibly frustrating nightmare. Having a XXXXyear-old account shut down right after a manager promised to help you is completely unfair, especially when you have jumped through every hoop they put in front of you. \n\nHere is the reality of what likely happened behind the scenes. PayPal relies heavily on automated risk-management algorithms, and those bots often lack nuance and override human agents. \n\nBecause you make money from home doing varied work, like getting paid for completing tasks through Discord groups, your incoming payments can sometimes look unpredictable to a computer. Even though the previous flags on your account were cleared, your internal \" risk score '' was likely still highly sensitive. When the manager submitted a ticket to jump your limit from {$300.00} to {$2000.00} or {$3000.00}, it almost certainly triggered a hard-coded security protocol. The automated system saw a sudden, massive request for a volume increase on an account that had just been under review, panicked, and issued an automatic permanent limitation. \n\nSince front-line agents and even lower-level managers often do not have the system clearance to overturn a permanent algorithmic ban, here are the most effective ways to escalate this : How to Escalate a Permanent Limitation File a CFPB or BBB Complaint : This is often the most successful route for unjustified bans. Filing a formal complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) or the Better Business Bureau ( BBB ) forces PayPal to route your case to their Executive Escalations team. A real human with actual authority will have to manually review the account and respond to the regulatory body. \n\nXXXX XXXX Escalations Directly : You can sometimes bypass standard customer service by emailing PayPal 's executive team directly ( e.g., reaching out to the office of the CEO or executive review emails ). These teams handle high-level disputes and have the power to lift permanent limitations if they see the bots made an error. \n\nGive the Current Ticket XXXX Hours : Since the representative you spoke with yesterday put in a ticket and requested a manager callback, give them a short window to resolve it. If you don't hear back within XXXX hours, assume the automated system blocked their request and move straight to filing a complaint. \n\nDid the red banner or the email you received mention a specific Acceptable Use Policy ( AUP ) violation, or did it just give a generic explanation about \" potential risk ''? \n\n\" Were no longer offering PayPal services for this account Sometimes we cant process account activity for a variety of reasons, including local laws, our policies, or the policies of our partner banks and card networks. \n\n\n\nBased on the information we have today, there was activity on this account that we can not support. \n\n\n\nWhat can you do with your account? \n\n\n\nYour account has been permanently deactivated. However, you can still view your transaction history, download account statements, or request copies of your data. \n\n\n\nBefore you can withdraw or transfer any remaining funds from your account, we need to hold them for up toXX/XX/XXXX days to cover things like chargebacks or other financial liabilities. \n\n\n\nWell review the account and email you when funds are '' available. \n\nThat is the absolute most frustrating, boilerplate message you could possibly receive. It essentially confirms that a computer system slammed the door shut and slapped a generic label on it. \n\nHere is the blunt translation of what that email actually means : \" Activity we can not support '' is PayPal 's ultimate catch-all phrase. It does not mean you actually did anything illegal or broke a specific rule. It just means their risk-management algorithm decided the combination of recent reviews, the sudden limit increase request, and the varied nature of your income sources crossed an invisible threshold. \n\nThe XXXX Hold is their standard operating procedure for permanent limitations. They hold the money to ensure no buyers file chargebacks or disputes against you in the months following the account closure. \n\nBecause you received this specific, final-tier ban message, standard customer service agents over the phone can no longer help you. They are looking at a screen that tells them the decision is final, and they do not have the security clearance to override the \" back office '' or the algorithm. Even if that manager calls you back, their hands are likely tied by the system now. \n\nYour only path forward is to force the issue out of the automated system and onto the desk of a high-level executive who has the authority to actually read your XXXX history and overturn the algorithm. \n\nYour Immediate Action Plan Stop Calling Regular Support : It will only waste your time and raise your XXXX XXXX. The front-line reps can not lift this specific type of ban. \n\nFile a CFPB Complaint : Go to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau website ( consumerfinance.gov ) and file a formal complaint against PayPal. State clearly that your XXXXyear-old account was permanently limited immediately after a manager initiated a limit increase, and that the limitation is completely unjustified.\n\nFile a BBB Complaint : Do the same thing with the Better Business Bureau. PayPal has a dedicated corporate escalation team that strictly handles responding to BBB and CFPB complaints. This forces a real, senior human to investigate the timeline of events. \n\nDo you have a significant amount of money trapped in the account right now under that XXXX hold? \n\nOk I'm on crpb made an account. Says choose product? Checking again cd prepaid etc You will want to select the category for money transfers and digital wallets, as that is exactly how the CFPB classifies PayPal.\n\nHere is the exact path to choose on the form : Product : Select \" Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service '' Sub-product : Select \" Mobile or digital wallet '' Issue : Select \" Managing, opening, or closing your mobile wallet account '' ( or \" Other service problem '' if that fits better, but the first XXXX is usually the most accurate for unjustified account bans ). \n\nFrom there, it will ask you for the company name, where you can search for and select PayPal. \n\nWhen filling out the narrative or description box, keep your explanation clear, concise, and professional. Make sure to emphasize these key points : Your account is XXXX years old and has always been in good standing.\n\nYou recently provided all requested documentation to verify your identity and activity, which an agent confirmed was sufficient.\n\nThe permanent limitation was triggered automatically immediately after a manager submitted a ticket to increase your limits.\n\nYou are seeking an executive review to overturn the automated limitation and release the 120-day hold on your funds.\n\n\" Are you able to store a balance in the digital wallet account that lets you add or withdraw funds to use for purchases or payments? '' You should answer \" Yes ''.\n\nPayPal functions exactly like this. Even if you have it linked directly to a bank account or credit card, the platform itself is designed to hold a \" PayPal Balance. '' Because you can receive money, store it in the account, and then either withdraw it to your bank or use it directly for online purchases, it meets the exact definition of what the CFPB is asking about. \nXXXX It said did you request info and I said yes. Now put \" I requested the reasoning as to why they permanently blocked my account '' or what? \n\nYes, what you suggested hits the nail on the head! \n\nTo make it sound even stronger and give the CFPB investigators the exact context they need, I recommend expanding on it just a bit so it highlights PayPal 's failure to give you a real answer. \n\nYou can copy and paste this exact phrasing : \" I requested the specific reasoning and policy details as to why my XXXXyear-old account was permanently limited. I also requested an explanation as to why this automated ban was triggered immediately after a manager initiated a limit increase on my behalf. The company refused to provide a specific reason and only issued a generic, automated response. '' This wording is perfect because it shows the CFPB that you tried to get a straight answer from PayPal, but they stonewalled you with a boilerplate template. \n\nLet me know what the next confusing question on the form is! \n\nWhat happened? \n\nDescribe what happened, and well send your comments to the companies involved. \n\nInclude dates, amounts, and actions that were taken by you or the company. \n\nDo not include personal information, such as your name, account number, address, Social Security number, etc. We may ask for some of this information later, to help the company identify you and your account. \n\nHere is a draft you can copy and paste directly into that box. It is written to be strictly factual, outlines the timeline clearly, and highlights exactly where PayPals automated system made an error, all while making sure your personal information is left out. \n\nCopy and paste the text below : I am filing a complaint regarding the unjustified permanent limitation of my XXXX-year-old account and the subsequent XXXXday hold placed on my funds. \n\nStarting in XXXX of last year, my account was subjected to several standard review requests to verify my identity and the nature of my home-based income. I complied with all requests, and my account was restored each time, most recently in XXXX. \n\nApproximately XXXX days ago, my account was limited again. The initial reasoning given was that I had unresolved complaints against me. I contacted customer support and the agent confirmed this was an error on the company 's end ( I had no complaints against me, only XXXX dispute I had filed against a merchant ). The agent submitted a ticket, and my account was restored the next morning. \n\nHowever, upon restoring my account, the company unjustly lowered my monthly sales limit to {$300.00}, down from the {$800.00} limit I had secured the month prior. I spoke with a manager about this discrepancy. The manager agreed the reduction was unjustified and offered to submit an internal ticket to increase my limit to $ XXXX {$3000.00} to reflect my actual needs. \n\nThe morning after the manager submitted this ticket on my behalf, I received an automated notice stating my account had been \" permanently deactivated '' due to \" activity on this account that we can not support, '' and that my funds would be held forXX/XX/XXXXdays. \n\nI spoke with another representative yesterday who expressed confusion over the ban, as my account was in good standing. They submitted a request for a manager callback and an escalation, but the permanent limitation remains active. \n\nI have maintained this account in good standing for XXXX decades. The permanent limitation was clearly triggered by an automated system error responding to the manager 's limit increase request, not by any violation of policy on my part. I am requesting an immediate executive review by a human agent to overturn this automated ban, restore my account, and release the XXXX hold on my funds.","date_sent_to_company":"2026-04-22T06:14:32.000Z","issue":"Managing, opening, or closing your mobile wallet account","sub_product":"Mobile or digital wallet","zip_code":"81401","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"21473153","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with non-monetary relief","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Paypal Holdings, Inc","date_received":"2026-04-22T05:51:12.000Z","state":"CO","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["Here is the exact path to choose on the form : Product : Select \" <em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em> '' Sub-product : Select \" Mobile or digital wallet '' Issue : Select \" Managing, opening, or closing your mobile wallet account '' ( or \" <em>Other</em> <em>service</em> problem '' if that fits better, but the first XXXX is usually the most accurate for unjustified account bans ). \n\nFrom there, it will ask you for the company name, where you can search for and select PayPal."],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"]},"sort":[12.517512,"21473153"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"5732851","_score":12.333563,"_source":{"product":"Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service","complaint_what_happened":"Incident Location XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, TX Incident Time ( start ) XX/XX/2022 XXXX AM Incident Time ( end ) XX/XX/2022 XXXX AM Location Type Other / Unknown clear img Narrative Incident Description ANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED WILL DELAY THE PROCESSING OF YOUR REPORT. \n\n1. Is there an identified suspect? ( YES/NO ) No 2. Is the suspect someone familiar to you? No 3. What specific Fraud are you the victim of ( Romance Scheme, IRS Fraud, etc. )? \nXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ) 4. What records/bank statements/wire transfer information do you have to show you have been the victim of Fraud? \nI have transcripts of the emails and messages on XXXX as well as screenshots of the transactions 5. Is this report solely to satisfy your financial institution ( that you made a Police Report regarding the incident )? ( YES/NO ) No 6. Did this happen in XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( YES/NO ) It happened on the internet but they gave me an XXXX address Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime Complaint Center Name : Are you reporting on behalf of a business? No Business Name : Is the incident currently impacting business operations? [ None ] County : Country : United States of America State : Massachusetts Email Address : XXXX Business IT POC, if applicable : Other Business POC, if applicable : Financial Transaction ( s ) Transaction Type : Virtual Currency If other, please specify : Transaction Amount : {$200.00} Transaction Date : XX/XX/2022 Was the money sent? Yes Victim Bank Name : Santander Bank Victim Bank Address : Victim Bank Address ( continued ) : Victim Bank Suite/Mail Stop : Victim Bank City : Victim Bank Country : [ None ] Victim Bank State [ None ] Victim Bank Zip Code/Route : Recipient Bank Name : XXXX Recipient Bank Address : Recipient Bank Address ( continued ) : Recipient Bank Suite/Mail Stop : Recipient Bank City : Recipient Bank Country : [ None ] Recipient Bank State [ None ] Recipient Bank Zip Code/Route : Recipient Name on Account : XXXX XXXX  Recipient Bank Routing Number : Recipient Account Number : XXXX Recipient Bank XXXX Code : Description of Incident Provide a description of the incident and how you were victimized. Provide information not captured elsewhere in this complaint form. \nThis man scammed me out of XXXX dollars by persuading me to send him XXXX dollars as part of a refund that he claimed I owed him Which of the following were used in this incident? ( Check all that apply. ) Spoofed Email Similar Domain Email Intrusion OtherPlease specify : Law enforcement or regulatory agencies may desire copies of pertinent documents or other evidence regarding your complaint. \n\nOriginals should be retained for use by law enforcement agencies. \n\nInformation About The Subject ( s ) Who Victimized You Name : XXXX XXXX Business Name : Address : XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX Address ( continued ) : Suite/Apt./Mail Stop : City : XXXX Country : United States of America State XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Zip Code/Route : XXXX Phone Number : XXXX Email Address : XXXX Website : IP Address : Other Information If an email was used in this incident, please provide a copy of the entire email including full email headers. \n\nXXXX XXXX Sun, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX PM ( 3 days ago ) to me Santander Bank, N.A XXXX logo Dear XXXX, Just confirming that your payment to XXXX has finished processing. \n\nPayment Details Confirmation Number XXXX Amount {$200.00} From Santander Bank, N.A, CHECKING ( INTEREST BEARING ), XXXX To XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) Message Refund As of XX/XX/2022, the money for this payment was removed from your account and credited to XXXX XXXX You can sign in to XXXX to view your activity. \n\nThank you for using XXXX offered by Santander Bank, N.A. \n\nRespectfully yours, Santander Bank, N.A This email was sent to XXXX at XXXX. If you believe you have received this email in error, please call XXXX. \n\nTo receive a copy of our privacy policy, please visit https : //www.santanderbank.com/us/privacy-policy. \n\nYou received this service-related email because you sent money through XXXX. \n\nEmail ID : XXXX XXXX. XXXX Mon, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX PM ( 2 days ago ) to noreply XXXX XXXX XXXX Mon, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX PM ( 2 days ago ) to me On Sun, XX/XX/2022 at XXXX PM XXXX XXXX XXXX wrote : XXXX XX/XX/2022 Transaction ID : XXXX Dear XXXX XXXX You received a payment of $ XXXX from XXXX XXXX Thanks for using XXXX. You can now ship any items. \nIt may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account. \nThis item is eligible for Seller Protection. \nDon't forget to : Send the item to the buyer 's shipping address. \nPlease note : Items delivered in person or to a different address are not covered by Seller Protection. \nUse a trackable proof of delivery. \n\n\nNote : The payment is currently PENDING as it awaits shipment verification. Once order has been confirmed and item ( s ) shipped to the correct address, the money should be in your available balance within a short period of time after shipment has been verified. You are required to process the shipment immediately and reply to this email with the shipment tracking details and proof of postage for verification before the money will appear on your available balance. This will help us continue to be a safer way to buy and sell. \n\n. \n\nBuyer XXXX XXXX XXXX Note to seller Please ship XXXX, XXXX or USPS Standard Delivery Delivery address confirmed XXXXXXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX TX XXXX Dispatch details You havent added any dispatch details. \nREPAYMENTS THAT KEEP PACE WITH YOUR SALES. APPLY NOW FOR XXXX XXXX XXXX. \n\nDescription Unit price Qty Amount $ XXXX XXXX $ XXXX Postage and packaging {$0.00} USD Insurance - not offered -- -- Total {$300.00} USD Payment {$300.00} USD Payment sent to : XXXX XXXX XXXX Questions? Go to the Help Center at : XXXX Please do reply to this email to get in touch with us with the shipment tracking number for verification. \nYou can choose to receive plain text emails instead of HTML emails. To change your Notifications preferences, log in to your account, go to your Profile, and click My setting XXXX XXXX XXXX Sun, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX PM ( 16 hours ago ) to me -- -- -- -- -- Forwarded message -- -- -- -- - From : XXXX Services XXXX Date : Sun, XX/XX/2022 at XXXX PM Subject : Re : *****Notification Of An Instant Payment Of $ XXXX From XXXX XXXX ***** To : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX This transaction is safe and secured that either the payer or payee will not lose any funds because its already recorded on our data base.this is the final step to take refund the extra {$200.00} to the buyer and email us back with the screenshot so we can complete the transaction and release the total sum of {$700.00} to your account immediately.we care about the safety of our customers! \n\nOn Mon, XXXX XX/XX/2022 at XXXX AM, XXXX XXXX XXXX wrote : The buyer was debited twice we found out that on our data base on the process of crediting your account with the total sum of {$500.00} so you now have a pending payment of {$700.00} kindly refund back the extra {$200.00} to the buyer and email us with a screenshot so we can release the whole {$700.00} to your account immediately without any further delay! \n\nOn Mon, XXXX XX/XX/2022 at XXXX AM, XXXX XXXX XXXX wrote : Dear XXXX XXXX We apologize for the late response as we were upgrading our server which has now been sorted out. We have successfully verified that We have received your refund of $ XXXX and it has been approved and forwarded to the buyer immediately. \n\nBut on the verge of crediting the total pending payment of {$500.00} USD as we notified you earlier which was paid by the XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ), we looked through our database and found Are there any other witnesses or victims to this incident? \n[ No response provided ] If you have reported this incident to other law enforcement or government agencies, please provide the name, phone number, email, date reported, report number, etc. \nXXXX Mon, XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX PM ( 2 days ago ) to me A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted. \n\nForm Name : Contact the XXXX Police Department Date & Time : XX/XX/2022 XXXX PM Response # : XXXX Submitter ID : XXXX IP address : XXXX : XXXX : XXXX : XXXX Time to complete : XXXX min., XXXX sec. \n\nSurvey Details Page 1 Call XXXX if you have an emergency or if you know of a threat to public safety. \nThis form is for questions or comments only. We can not dispatch officers, initiate an investigation or take reports from information provided in this form. \nDo not use this form to provide updated information on a police report that you made online or that was taken by an officer. If you filed your report online, you can submit additional information the same way. \nThis form is monitored during normal business hours, Monday through Thursday only. \n\nIf you are with a law enforcement agency, please do not use this form to request officer assistance or contact. Call XXXX, option 2, or XXXX. \n\nTo make a police report or request a welfare check, please call XXXX, option 2. We can not create a report from this form. Report a non-emergency crime ( file a report online ). \n\nTo report criminal/illegal activity, suspected criminal/illegal activity, or to report additional information about a report already taken, please call XXXX, option 2. We can not create a report from this form. \n\nCall XXXX, option 2, if you need an officer. Again, we can not create a report from this form. \n\nIf you need to report an abandoned vehicle, please use the Abandoned Vehicle form. \n\nIf you are requesting a copy of a police report, please use our online request portal or you may request a report in person at XXXX XXXX XXXX, Monday - Thursday, XXXX to XXXX. Same day service is not available. \n\nTHIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT FORM. How to file a complaint. \n\nNOISE Complaints : If you have a complaint about noise in your neigh Check here if this an update to a previously filed complaint : Who Filed the Complaint Were you the victim in the incident described above? Yes Digital Signature By digitally signing this document, I affirm that the information I provided is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that providing false information could make me subject to fine, imprisonment, or both. ( Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1001 ) Digital Signature : XXXX XXXX","date_sent_to_company":"2022-07-20T12:32:51.000Z","issue":"Fraud or scam","sub_product":"Mobile or digital wallet","zip_code":"026XX","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"5732851","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"SANTANDER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION","date_received":"2022-07-04T14:59:45.000Z","state":"MA","company_public_response":"Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response","sub_issue":null},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["[ None ] County : Country : United States of America State : Massachusetts Email Address : XXXX Business IT POC, if applicable : <em>Other</em> Business POC, if applicable : Financial Transaction ( s ) Transaction Type : <em>Virtual</em> <em>Currency</em> If <em>other</em>, please specify : Transaction Amount : {$200.00} Transaction Date : XX/XX/2022 Was the <em>money</em> sent?"],"product":["<em>Money</em> <em>transfer</em>, <em>virtual</em> <em>currency</em>, or <em>money</em> <em>service</em>"]},"sort":[12.333563,"5732851"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"12075093","_score":12.236812,"_source":{"product":"Credit card","complaint_what_happened":"Notice to Principals is Notice to Agents, Notice to Agents is Notice to Principals To whom it may concern at XXXX investigating the dispute case XXXX, Pursuant to Amex chargeback reason codes and Visa Chargeback Codes. 13.5 Misrepresentation. This code applies when the goods or services are not as advertised or described, leading to the cardholder feeling deceived This applies when the merchant 's advertising or sales materials significantly misrepresent the product or service, deceiving the cardholder. This could include false claims about quality, features, or benefits. 13.3 Services Not As Described, this code is used when the received goods or services do not match the agreed-upon terms or quality. 13.1 Services Not Received. This code is applicable when the cardholder did not receive the goods or services they paid for. This applies when the cardholder did not receive the goods or services they paid for at all. This could be due to non-delivery, order cancellation, or service failure. According to Amex and Visa 's terms of service, card issuers encourage merchants to maintain high ethical standards and comply with Amex and Visa 's rules and regulations. I am politely requesting these charges be disputed. I am requesting a full reversal of the misrepresented transactions. The Merchant has stopped communicating with me and makes no effort to provide services to me. \n\nI am requesting claims and defenses under Federal law 15 USC 1666i. This section specifies the cardholder 's liability is the value of the disputed transactions when the issuer is notified. Regulation Z, specifically 1026.12 of the TILA contains special credit card provisions that limit my liability. According to California Financial Code Section 2102, 17000 and Federal law principles. I reserve the right to refund. Consumers should be protected from financial loss and disputed transactions. In fact, the Fair Credit Billing Act safeguards consumers from fraud or charges on their credit card accounts. I am requesting a reversal of multiple transactions due to material misrepresentation perpetrated by the merchant. I hereby notify the card issuer and representative investigating the case, that I am withholding payment on the disputed charge ( s ). However, to be a loyal consumer I will continue the minimum payments under duress and fear that withheld payments will negatively impact to my credit report and reputation.\n\nPlease grant me an exception for missing the 60-day dispute window because I was unaware I was defrauded until the dispute window passed, at that time I was still gathering evidence and confidence to dispute the multiple transactions. I had to educate myself about these consumer laws, financial concepts, interest rates, and credit card disputes. I was fearful of retaliation by the scammer which delayed my actions. On a personal note, my mother was hospitalized during this period and much of my attention had been focused on communicating with Doctors. Additionally, I was recently diagnosed with XXXX which impaired my judgment and reaction time. Additionally, during this period I received news my wife was XXXX and she would be leaving the United States to return to her home country of XXXX. This required my attention to relocate her. Please grant me a reversal of transactions for my peace of mind and financial stability. Please altruistically consider my circumstances. Your assistance is appreciated.\n\nThe following sections of the Uniform Commercial Code can be applied to consumer transactions, and consumer protection laws often provide additional protections, such as specific disclosure requirements, cooling-off periods, and remedies for deceptive practices.\n\nUCC 2-313 : Express Warranties : This section deals with express warranties, which are created by a seller 's affirmations of fact or promises about the goods. This can be relevant to consumer protection laws, as deceptive advertising or false promises can be considered a breach of express warranty. \nXXXX XXXX money-making opportunity, advice, and scheme used deceptive business practices to influence my decision-making process. His contract and practice is not lawful.\n\nUCC 2-302 : Unconscionable Contract or Clause This section allows courts to refuse to enforce or limit the application of unconscionable contract terms. This can be particularly relevant in consumer contracts where there may be a significant imbalance of bargaining power between the parties. \nXXXX XXXX money-making opportunity, advice, and scheme contract portray a significant balance of bargaining power between us there for is unconscionable. Because the contract is meant to scare me from disputing my charge under duress and fear of financial harm.\n\nUCC 2-315 : Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose : This section implies a warranty that services are fit for a particular purpose if the seller knows of the buyer 's specific needs. \nXXXX XXXX money-making opportunity, advice, and scheme, did not benefit me. He perpetrated fraud and deceit. \nThis can be relevant to consumer protection laws, as it can protect consumers from purchasing products that are not suitable for their intended use. \nThis is the XXXX XXXX XXXX high-yield investment scam timeline that took advantage of my trust and the reason for my distress. \n\nXX/XX/XXXX I responded to an email from XXXX soliciting to invest in an online XXXX XXXX XXXX type company. The company name is XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX registered as XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The owner is XXXX XXXX also known as XXXX XXXX. The website is XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX advertisements promise to build a {$50000.00} - $ XXXX digital asset generating passive income. His advertisements for XXXX per month in 4 months, let alone the {$50000.00} per year advertisements were false and misleading. Unfortunately for me, XXXX never delivered on his service or promises of wealth and prosperity. XXXX XXXX promised a return on the investment in XXXX more months XX/XX/XXXX on our XXXX channel. Which means the estimated date of delivery was XX/XX/XXXX. Hence my delayed suspicion and call to dispute these transactions. \nLittle did I know he was willfully misleading me and scamming every cent from me. Unfortunately, I anticipated ethical conduct, fair reciprocation, and financial transparency. These transactions with XXXX XXXX ultimately frustrated me financially and scared me to dispute earlier. Unfortunately, I suffered from economic hardship via the sudden loss of my job and indebtedness to my creditors. My financial frustration contributed to my gullibility and desperation to believe in XXXX get-rich-quick scheme. \n\nI was unfairly misled by false promises and deceptive marketing tactics to transfer funds using XXXX XXXX stripe account on the following dates : XX/XX/XXXX {$11000.00} from XXXX Refund Granted XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX {$7000.00} from XXXX Refund Granted XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX {$7800.00} from Amex Dispute open Ref. XXXX XX/XX/XXXX {$1000.00} from Amex Dispute open Ref. XXXX XX/XX/XXXX {$4900.00} from Amex Dispute XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX {$19000.00} from XXXX Refund Granted XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX I requested a full refund of XXXX. However, XXXX XXXX refused to refund me. While under duress, fear of retaliation, and loss of the entire investment. XXXX coerced me to invest more with him requesting more time to deliver his service. My signature is not valid for any agreement with XXXX. I received no benefit and am a victim of cybercrime and extortion. Other credit card issuers such as XXXX have sided with me and I trust Amex will align with me. Thank you for your continued service and dedication to protecting customers. \nAdditionally, XXXX XXXX advertisements do not follow FTC requirements. The FTC requires that any ad claiming a specific income amount must also disclose : The number of previous purchasers who earned the claimed income. The percentage of previous purchasers who earned the claimed income. It is important to bear in mind that disclaimers are not always effective and are not a defense if the net impression is still misleading. The FTC has determined that the following acts and practices are deceptive or unfair, and unlawful under Section 5 of the FTC Act : Misrepresenting that purchasing a money-making opportunity is risk-free or involves little risk. Falsely claiming an endorsement by a third party ; misrepresenting that an endorser is an actual user, a current user, or a recent user ; misrepresenting that an endorsement represents the experience, views, or opinions of users or purported users ; using an endorsement to make deceptive performance claims; failing to disclose an unexpected material connection with an endorser ; and misrepresenting that the experience of endorsers represents consumers typical or ordinary experience. Note that positive consumer reviews are a type of endorsement, so such reviews can be unlawful, e.g., when they are fake or when a material connection is not adequately disclosed. \nIt is an unfair or deceptive trade practice for an advertiser to use testimonials to make unsubstantiated or otherwise deceptive performance claims even if such testimonials are genuine. It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice to fail to disclose a connection between an endorser and the seller of an advertised product or service if such a connection might materially affect the weight or credibility of the endorsement and if the connection would not be reasonably expected by consumers. It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice to misrepresent explicitly or implicitly through the use of testimonials that the experience described by endorsers of a product or service represents the typical or ordinary experience of users of the product or service. \nHere is a depository of fake testimonies anyone can use for marketing. \nhttps : XXXX? usp=sharing XXXX uses unfair business practices with misleading representations, fake promises, and failure to disclose material facts that would be important to a consumer 's decision-making process. Such as using sensationalized headlines to entice potential customers. engaged in deceptive marketing practices to manipulate my decision-making process, including the use of clickbait advertising and false promises of rapid XXXX growth. These tactics, combined with the failure to disclose potential risks, such as copyright infringement and algorithm penalties, constitute fraudulent misrepresentation and unconscionable behavior. By withholding critical information such as the risk of copyright violations and algorithmic penalties XXXX XXXX omitted material facts and induced me to enter into a contract that was unfair and detrimental to my interests. These practices harm consumers and undermine fair market practices. \n\nMoreover, copyright Infringement and algorithm penalties were not previously discussed and purposely omitted from the decision-making process before entering into a contract would make it void. Using copyrighted content without permission can lead to legal action and channel demonetization. Algorithm Penalties : YouTube 's algorithm is designed to identify and penalize low-quality, spammy, or deceptive content. This makes the written agreement invalid, unconscionable, immoral, unfair, illegal, and unenforceable because XXXX XXXX fraudulently gained my confidence and psychologically manipulated me to invest with enticing false metrics promising the safety of an unethical and illicit investment scheme fueled by his greed with no conscience to my benefit. The agreement unfairly assigns 100 % of the risk for failure to launch on me. Leading to my financial frustration. If I were proficient with reading contracts I would have rejected his solicitation. He shows no concern for delivering on his service for XXXX more months communicated on XX/XX/XXXX on his preferred messaging platform SLACK. This means the estimated date of delivery was XX/XX/XXXX. I made him fully aware I was borrowing currency from creditors to finance this option, I needed accurate projections from him and relied on his financial advice and misleading opinion. \nXXXX is actively targeting the California market with a virtual presence, without registering as a California entity to transact international business. Which Goes against the California Corporations Code Section 2105 : This section outlines the requirement for foreign corporations to obtain a certificate of qualification from the Secretary of State before transacting intrastate business in California. The California Corporations Code sections 2105, 15909.02, 16959, 17708.02 ,191 ( a ), 15901.02, 17708.03. All of these relate to the requirement for foreign entities to register with the California Secretary of State if they conduct \" intrastate business '' within California. XXXX XXXX abuses international commerce laws. He uses XXXX registered company and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : Companies within XXXX Free Zones are generally restricted to operations within the designated free zone area. The California XXXX XXXX aims to regulate and control the activities of foreign entities within the state. XXXX XXXX Zones are established to attract foreign investment, promote trade, and facilitate international business. Therefore XXXX is illegally transacting with Californian residents like myself and others who are targets of Mr.Sudas clickbait marketing making is contracts void.\n\nUnfortunately, I am a victim of elaborate fraud, psychological games and unsuspectedly transferred money to a professional scammer. Please grant me a reversal of all transactions with the credit card issuer bank and XXXX XXXX. \nThere is a public forum dedicated to warning unsuspecting victims about XXXX scam https : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is registered and physically based at XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXX - XXXX XXXX Email XXXX The alternative address listed on the transaction is XXXX - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX I reject all types of solicitation offers from XXXX XXXX, I cancel all contracts without prejudice and without recourse. \nI object to the criminality thaXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  ) PRIVATE LIMIT perpetrated by misrepresenting money-making opportunities as beneficial to clients ' financial well-being. \nI object to the unlawful behavior perpetrated by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX PRIVATE LIMIT by violating the following consumer protection codes : electronic solicitor code 4719.01, signed written confirmation of sales code 4719.07, Investment advisers act ( IAA ), Section 5 of the FTC Act, and California Corporations Code Section 17150. \nI have requested XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  PRIVATE LIMIT and its agents to be investigated by the local police department ( s ), the California Department of Financial Innovation and Protection, the California Department of Justice, the California Department of Consumer Affairs, the XXXX XXXX XXXX, SEC, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network ( ICPEN ) California Privacy Protection Agency and the Federal Trade Commission. While these agencies may have different jurisdictions and specific mandates, they share common goals of protecting consumers like myself. Deceptive marketing practices can have serious legal implications. They violate federal and state consumer protection laws, including the Federal Trade Commission Act. By misleading consumers and inducing them into unfair contracts, these practices harm consumers and undermine fair market practices.\n\nDeceptive marketing practices can have serious legal implications. They violate federal and state consumer protection laws. By misleading consumers and inducing them into unfair contracts, these practices harm consumers and undermine fair market practices. \n\nFTC Report Number XXXX / XXXX FTC Identity Theft Report XXXXXXXX XXXX  Report number XXXX / XXXX CFPB Complaint Sent to XXXX XXXX  XXXX Econsumer.gov report ID XXXX / XXXX SEC Complaint XXXX / XXXX CFPB Complaint Sent to American Express Company XXXX Office of the Comptroller of Currency Compalin sent to American Express CFPB ID FOR COMPLAINT SENT TO AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK XXXX With clean hands and good faith, XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Websites : https XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX","date_sent_to_company":"2025-02-20T20:18:48.000Z","issue":"Problem with a purchase shown on your statement","sub_product":"General-purpose credit card or charge card","zip_code":"89139","tags":null,"has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"12075093","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with monetary relief","submitted_via":"Web","company":"AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY","date_received":"2025-02-13T06:39:56.000Z","state":"NV","company_public_response":null,"sub_issue":"Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement"},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["Therefore XXXX is illegally transacting with Californian residents like myself and <em>others</em> who are targets of Mr.Sudas clickbait marketing making is contracts void.\n\nUnfortunately, I am a victim of elaborate fraud, psychological games and unsuspectedly <em>transferred</em> <em>money</em> to a professional scammer. Please grant me a reversal of all transactions with the credit card issuer bank and XXXX XXXX."],"sub_issue":["Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute <em>about</em> a purchase on your statement"]},"sort":[12.236812,"12075093"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"4003729","_score":11.873957,"_source":{"product":"Debt collection","complaint_what_happened":"Dear CFPB, Please find my follow up Complaint against XXXX XXXX who stole my property and my money though the chain of fictitious intermediaries who posed as Lenders ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX XXXX and fake Servicer XXXX XXXX whose employees very professionally lie to Federal Authorities and defrauded by XXXX XXXX XXXX homeowners. \nI demand XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXXto provide me accounting for the money proceeds from the sale and PROOF that these money were entrusted to XXXX XXXX as Trustee and Board of Directors ; and deposited in XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX account. \nI also demand a copy of releases of ANY liens after the sale since I became a victim of another racketeering activity by fake Servicer Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC who tried to collect from me on behalf of non-disclosed creditor AFTER my stolen property was illegally sold by XXXX XXXX who did not even knew who was his clients since all instructions were provided by the same XXXX XXXX XXXX system who hired lawyers to commit fraud upon the Court and perjuries. \nUnder the law, EVEN IF the real default happened, the supposed creditor still must provide proof of any damages as well as satisfaction of the debt. None of it was ever provided to me. Not even purportedly original Note ( forged by XXXX XXXX ) Thus far, the banks have been selling property and then depositing the cash into an account controlled by a concealed investment bank notwithstanding the naming of the sham conduit claimant in whose name the foreclosure process was started. \nMy transaction with XXXX XXXX was not a loan. It was a singe-time payment for me to PERFORM SERVICES to the wit issue a Promissory Note which XXXX XXXX indefinitely sold as DATA to investors who placed BETS not backed by ANY collateral. \nI was expected to return my compensation, with interest ( involuntary servitude aka XX/XX/XXXX) plus return the property ( theft ) back to XXXX XXXX so they can defraud another homebuyer who is not in possession of stolen from me property. \nIt is not a secret anymore that Wall Street Banks operate a giant criminal scheme, which created XXXX Crash which resulted in over {$31.00} XXXX bailouts for non-damaged parties ( like {$50.00} XXXX bailout to XXXX which in fact went to XXXX XXXX as a pure profit ) and millions of illegal foreclosures by Big Banks as additional revenue. Now they collapsed the economy again - and nobody on the Government level is even talking about it. \nThe banks have been siphoning off trillions of dollars from the US economy for over 20 years. The level of Mayhem generated by the banks is virtually beyond human comprehension. But as a reference point for the scope of their illegal activities, consider this : there is about XXXX XXXX in XXXX currency worldwide. that is all the money there is. But the shadow banking market, which had zero in XXXX, now is estimated by most analysts to be in excess of {$1.00} quadrillion more than 15 times all the money in the world. \nThat makes the banks who make a market in this nominal stuff ( but treated as cash equivalents ) in a position far beyond the ability of anyone who wants to regulate them or otherwise keep their abuses in check. And the fact that much of the money that was siphoned out of the US economy is sitting in various off-shore locations makes control over the banks virtually impossible across political borders. \nWith no control, the banks will not just do the same, they will escalate because that is what they do. It is already apparent that the availability of credit has lured workers into allowing their wages to be replaced by debt. At this point, the Wall Street banks are in a position where they could and no doubt will find ways to present incentives for US consumers to take on more debt that in actuality is a wage for services rendered. The service rendered by consumers is issuing the necessary paperwork to establish a reference data point against which investors can place bets. The revenue from selling such bets is literally infinite. \nMeanwhile, the consumer who was lured into such transactions without knowledge of the real transaction is stuck with overpriced assets and is lured into strategies that create the illusion of delinquency, default, judgment, and sale of the property encumbered by liens. \nAll of this happens because consumers believe they are taking on loans went in fact they have become partners in a business scheme in which consumers receive none of the profits and assume all of the risk of loss. \nYet, Banks lawyer appear in the Courts when they try to get the money back that they paid to homeowners in exchange for starting a series of transactions in which unregulated securities were sold, on an infinite basis, to investors who were betting on future announcements of data performance by the issuer doing business under the name of a legally nonexistent trust because nothing had actually been entrusted to the named trustee of the named trust and LIE non-stop while none of the lawyers do not even know who is their actual clients all instructions are provided by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX or XXXX XXXX. \nIn plain language all such assertions were false and all evidence of default was equally false. Such sales and the orders and judgments that permitted them were and remain void for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. Such court actions are ultra vires. \n\nThese illegal acts do not ripen with time. They are still void. It is the same with any wild deed. The money proceeds from such sales were paid to parties who neither intended nor received the money to reduce any debt owed by the homeowner ( s ). This was a for profit venture that succeeded by deceit, camouflage, manipulation and fabrication of documents, and false testimony. \n\nThe courts have permitted this false securitization venture and false foreclosure venture to continue under the erroneous belief that the proceeds of foreclosure sales would eventually find their way into the hands of someone who had a loss arising from the failure or refusal of homeowners to make scheduled payments in accordance with a promissory note that was executed at the time of the closing of the transaction with the homeowners. This assumption was and remains completely and utterly false. \n\nNeither the debt nor the owner of any debt owed by the homeowner existed at the time of the foreclosure. The filing of such foreclosures was a malicious attempt to cover up a fraudulent scheme that was part direct fraud on investors and homeowners, and part Ponzi scheme. \n\nThe goal of foreclosure was ( a ) to perpetuate the illusion of an existing established loan account receivable on the books and records of a valid legal creditor and ( b ) to generate funds for the foreclosure players including but not limited to some of the securitization players. In effect, each such foreclosure was a bonus lawsuit i.e., where the proceeds were used to pay bonuses and other compensation to people and companies who assisted in the scheme. \n\nLike other institutionalized practices in this countrys history that were eventually revoked and abandoned as abhorrent to simple notions of decency, law, justice and equity, the time has come for the courts to exercise their independence from executive policy and to apply the laws as they have existed for hundreds of years.\n\nYet, Big Banks lawyers continue to present FALSE statements ( Lies and Perjuries ) to the Courts, along with forged documents, and in 99 % walk away with someones stolen home and all the money when they reinforce the myth that the debts exist and that there is a creditor who owns the debt. In fact, the process referred to as securitization is a process of liquidating any entry on the ledger of any company on which a receivable had appeared. \nThe money never goes to the named claimant where the alleged claim was based upon securitization of the debt because the loan, debt, note, and mortgage were never securitized. ( Securitization means breaking up an asset into component parts that are sold to investors in pro-rata shares. Such sales never occurred. Securities were sold but they did not represent an ownership interest in any asset. ) Thus, Federal Reserves unlimited purchases of Mortgage Backed Securities ( over {$2.00} XXXX ) is another lie to keep this myth floating through the Courts. XXXX, XXXX and XXXX did not purchased any loans simply because here was no one who can sell them. All their Prospectuses are based on forward-looking statements such as we will, we shall but never we did. Moreover, GSEs and other Propsectuses specifically state that their securities are not related to mortgages. \nAll so-called mortgages ( data about borrowers identity ) is processed via Federal Reserve Depository Trust Corporation who assign them to XXXX XXXX XXXX Big Banks sell BETS on performance of DATA which they control without any supervision. \nWall Street Transactions with Homeowners and other borrowers are Not Loans. \nIt is incomprehensible to most people how they could get a loan and then not owe it. It is even more incomprehensible that there could be no creditor that could enforce any alleged obligation of the homeowner. After all, the homeowner signed a note which by itself creates an obligation. \nNone of this seems to make sense. Yet on an intuitive level, most people understand that they got screwed in what they thought was a lending process. The reason for this disconnect is that most people have no reason to know what happens in the world of investment banking. \n\nFirst, every investment banker is merely a stockbroker. They do business with investors and other investment bankers. They do not do business with consumers who purchase goods and services or loans. The investment banker is generally not in the business of lending money. The investment banker is in the business of creating capital for new and existing businesses. They make their money by brokering transactions. They make the most money by brokering the sales of new securities including stocks and bonds. \n\nThe compensation received by the investment banker for brokering a transaction varied from as little as 1 % or 2 % to as much as 20 %. The difference is whether they were brokering the sale of existing securities or underwriting new securities. Obviously, they had a very large incentive to broker the sale of new securities for which they would receive 7 to 10 times the compensation of brokering the sale of existing securities. \n\nBut the Holy Grail of investment banking was devising some system in which the investment bank could issue a new security from a fictional entity and receive the entire proceeds of the offering. This is what happened in residential lending. And this way, they could receive 100 % of the offering instead of a brokerage commission. \n\nBut as youll see below, by disconnecting the issuance of securities from the ownership of any perceived obligation from consumers, investment bankers put themselves in a position in which they could issue securities indefinitely without limit and without regard to the amount of the transaction with consumers ( homeowners ) or investors. \n\nIn short, the goal was to make it appear as though loans have been securitized even know they had not been securitized. In order for any asset to have been securitized it would need to have been sold off in parts to investors. What we see in the residential market is that no such sale ever occurred. Under modern law, a sale consists of offer, acceptance, payment, and delivery. So neither the investment bank nor any of the investors to whom they had sold securities, ever received a conveyance of any right, title, or interest to any debt, note, or mortgage from a homeowner. \n\nAt the end of the day, the world was convinced that the homeowner had entered into a loan transaction while the investment banker had assured itself and its investors that it would be free from liability for violation of any lending laws as a lender. \n\nNeither of them maintained a loan account receivable on their own ledgers even though the capital used to pay homeowners originated from banks who loaned money to investment bankers ( based upon sales of certificates to investors ), which was then used to pay homeowners as little as possible from the pool of capital generated by the loans and certificate sales of mortgage-backed bonds. \n\nFrom the perspective of the investment banker, payment was made to the homeowner in exchange for participation in creating the illusion of a loan transaction despite the fact that there was no lender and no loan account. This was covered up by having more intermediaries claim rights as servicers and the creation of payment histories that implied but never asserted the existence or establishment of a loan account. Of course, they would need to dodge any questions relating to the identification of a creditor. That could be no creditor if there was no loan account. This tactic avoided perjury. \n\nOf course, this could only be accomplished through deceit. The consumer or homeowner, government regulators, and the world at large, would need to be convinced that the homeowner had entered into a secured loan transaction, even though no such thing had occurred. From the investment bankers perspective, they were paying the homeowner as little money as possible in order to create the foundation for their illusion. \n\nBy calling it securitization of loans and selling it that way, they were able to create the illusion successfully. They were able to maintain the illusion because only the investment bankers had the information that would show that there was no business entity that maintained a ledger entry showing ownership of any debt, note, or mortgage against which losses and gains could or would be posted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ( and law ). This is called asymmetry of information and a great deal has been written on these pages and by many other authors. \n\nSince the homeowner had asked for a loan and had received money, it never occurred to any homeowner that he/she was not being paid for a loan or loan documents, but rather was being paid for a service. In order for the transaction to be perceived as a loan obviously, the homeowner had to become obligated to repay the money that had been paid to the homeowner. While this probably negated the consideration paid for the services rendered by the homeowner, nobody was any the wiser. \n\nAs shown below, the initial sale of the initial certificates was only the beginning of an infinite supply of capital flowing to the investment bank who only had to pay off intermediaries to keep them in the fold. By virtue of the repeal of XXXX in XXXX, none of the certificates were regulated as securities ; so disclosure was a matter of proving fraud ( without any information ) in private actions rather than compliance with any statute. Further, the same investment banks were issuing and trading hedge contracts based upon the performance of the certificates as reported by the investment bank in its sole discretion. \n\nIt was a closed market, free from any free market forces. The theory under which XXXX XXXX, Fed Chairman, was operating was that free-market forces would make any necessary corrections, This blind assumption prevented any further analysis of the concealed business plan of the investment banks a mistake that XXXX later acknowledged. \n\nThere was no free market. Neither homeowners nor investors knew what they were getting themselves into. And based upon the level of litigation that emerged after the crash of XXXX, it is safe to say that the investors and homeowners were deprived of any bargaining position ( because the main aspects for their transition were being misrepresented and concealed ), Both should have received substantially more compensation and would have bargained for it assuming they were willing to even enter into the transaction highly doubtful assumption. \n\nThe investment banks also purchased insurance contracts with extremely rare clauses basically awarding themselves payment for nonexistent losses upon their own declaration of an event relating to the performance of unregulated securities. So between the proceeds from the issuance of certificates and hedge contracts and the proceeds of insurance contracts investment bankers were generally able to generate at least {$12.00} for each {$1.00} that was paid to homeowners and around {$8.00} for each {$1.00} invested by investors in purchasing the certificates. \n\nSo the end result was that the investment banker was able to pay homeowners without any risk of loss on that transaction while at the same time generating capital or revenue far in excess of any payment to the homeowner. Were it not for the need for maintaining the illusion of a loan transaction, the investment banks couldve easily passed on the opportunity to enforce the obligation allegedly due from homeowners. They had already made their money. \n\nThere was no loss to be posted against any account on any ledger of any company if any homeowner decided not to pay the alleged obligation ( which was merely the return of the consideration paid for the homeowners services ). But that did not stop the investment banks from making claims for a bailout and making deals for loss sharing on loans they did not own and never owned. No such losses ever existed. \n\nInvestment bankers first started looking at the consumer lending market back in XXXX. But there were huge obstacles in doing so. First of all none of them wanted the potential liability for violation of lending laws that had recently been passed on both local and Federal levels ( Truth in Lending Act et al. ) So they needed to avoid classification as a lender. They achieved this goal in 2 ways. First, they did not directly do business of any kind with any consumer or homeowner. They operated strictly through intermediaries that were either real or fictional. If the intermediary was real, it was a sham conduit a company with virtually no balance sheet or income statement that could be collapsed and disappeared if the scheme ever collapsed or just hit a bump in the road. \n\nEither way, the intermediary was not really a party to the transaction with the consumer or homeowner. It did not pay the homeowner nor did it receive payments from the homeowner. It did not own any obligations from the homeowner, according to modern law, because it had never paid value for the obligation. \n\nUnder modern law, the transfer or conveyance of an interest in a mortgage without a contemporaneous transfer of ownership of the underlying obligation is a legal nullity in all states of the union. So transfers from the originator who posed as a virtual creditor do not exist in the eyes of the law if they are shown to be lacking in consideration paid for the underlying obligation, as per Article 9 203 Uniform Commercial Code, adopted in all 50 states. The transfers were merely part of the illusion of maintaining the apparent existence of the loan transaction with homeowners. \n\nAnd this brings us to the strategies to be employed by homeowners in contesting foreclosures and evictions based on foreclosures. Based upon my participation in review of thousands of cases it is always true that any question regarding the existence and ownership of the alleged obligation is treated evasively because the obligation does not exist and can not be owned. \n\nIn court, the failure to respond to such questions that are posed in proper form and in a timely manner is the foundation for the victory of the homeowner. Although there is a presumption of ownership derived from claims of delivery and possession of the note, the proponent of that presumption may not avail itself of that presumption if it fails to answer questions relating to rebutting the presumption of existence and ownership of the underlying obligation. Such cases usually ( not always ) result in either judgment for the homeowner or settlement with the homeowner on very favorable terms. \n\nThe homeowner is not getting away with anything or getting a free house as the investment banks have managed to insert into public discourse. \n\nThey are receiving just compensation for their participation in this game in which they were drafted without their knowledge or consent. Considering the 1200 % gain enjoyed by the investment banks which was enabled by the homeowners participation, the 8 % payment to the homeowner seems only fair. Further, if somehow the homeowners apparent obligation to pay the investment bank survives, it is subject to reformation, accounting, and computation as to the true balance and whether it is secured or not. \n\nThe obligation to repay the consideration paid by the investment bank ( through intermediaries ) seems to be a negation of the consideration paid. If that is true, then there is neither a loan contract nor a securities contract. There is no contract because in all cases the offer and acceptance were based upon different terms ( and different deliveries ) without either consideration or execution of the terns expected by the homeowner under the advertised loan contract. \nPayments By Homeowners Do Not Reduce Loan Accounts Each time that a homeowner makes a payment, he or she is perpetuating the myth that they are part of an enforceable loan agreement. There is no loan agreement if there was no intention for anyone to be a lender and if no loan account receivable was established on the books of any business. The same result applies when a loan is originated in the traditional way but then acquired by a successor. The funding is the same as what is described above. The loan account receivable in the acquisition scenario is eliminated. \nOnce the transaction is entered as a reference data point for securitization it no longer exists in form or substance. \nFor the past 20 years, most homeowners have been making payments to companies that said they were servicers. Even at the point of a judicial gun ( court order ) these companies will fail or refuse to disclose what they do with the money after receipt. Because of lockbox contracts, these companies rarely have any access to pools of money that were generated through payments from homeowners. \n\nLike their counterparts in the origination of transactions with homeowners, they are sham conduits. Like the originators, they are built to be thrown under the bus when the scheme implodes. They will not report to you the identity of the party to whom they forward payments that they have received from homeowners because they have not received the payments from homeowners and they dont know where the money goes. \n* As I have described in some detail in other articles on this blog, with the help of some contributors, the actual accounting for payments received from homeowners is performed by third-party vendors, mostly under the control of XXXX XXXX. Through a series of sham conduit transfers, the pool of money ends up in companies controlled by the investment bank. Some of the money is retained domestically while some is recorded as an offshore off-balance-sheet transaction. \n\nIn order to maintain an active market in which new certificates can be sold to investors, discretionary payments are made to investors who purchase the certificates. The money comes from two main sources. \n\nOne source is payments made by homeowners and the other source is payments made by the investment bank regardless of whether or not they receive payments from the homeowners. The latter payments are referred to as servicer advances. Those payments come from a reserve pool established at the time of sale of the certificates to the investors, consisting of their own money, plus contributions from the investment bank funded by the sales of new certificates. They are not servicer advances. They are neither in advance nor did they come from a servicer. \n\nSince there is no loan account receivable owned by anyone, payments received from homeowners are not posted to such an account nor to the benefit of any owner of such an account ( or the underlying obligation ). Instead, accounting for such payments are either reported as return of capital or trading profits. In fact, such payments are neither return of capital nor trading profit. Since the investment bank has already zeroed out any potential loan account receivable, the only correct treatment of the payment for accounting purposes would be revenue. This includes the indirect receipt of proceeds from the forced sale of property in alleged foreclosures. \n\nBy retaining total control over the accounting treatment for receipt of money from investors and homeowners, the investment bank retains total control over how much taxable income it reports. At present, most of the money that was received by the investment bank as part of this revenue scheme is still sitting offshore in various accounts and controlled companies. It is repatriated as needed for the purpose of reporting revenue and net income for investment banks whose stock is traded on the open market. By some fairly reliable estimates, the amount of money held by investment banks offshore is at least {$3.00} XXXX. In my opinion, the amount is much larger than that. \n\nAs a baseline for corroboration of some of the estimates and projections contained in this article and many others, we should consider the difference between the current amount of all the fiat money in the world and the number and dollar amount of cash-equivalents in the shadow banking market. In XXXX, the number and dollar amount of such cash equivalents was XXXX. Today it is {$1.00} quadrillion around 15-20 times the amount of currency.\n\nIn the final analysis, if the truth was fully revealed, each foreclosure involves a foreclosure lawyer who does not have any idea whose interest he/she is representing. They may know that they are being paid from an account titled in the name of the self-proclaimed servicer. And because of that, they will often saying that they represent the servicer. They are pretty careful about not specifically saying that the named plaintiff in a judicial foreclosure or the named beneficiary in a nonjudicial foreclosure is their client. That is because they have no retainer agreement or even a relationship with the named plaintiff or the named beneficiary. Such lawyers have generally never spoken with anyone employed by the named plaintiff or the named beneficiary. \n\nWhen such lawyers and self-proclaimed servicers go to court-ordered mediation, neither one has the authority to do anything except show up. Proving that the lawyer does not actually represent the named trustee of the fictitious trust can be very challenging. \n\nIf you find the cases in which investors have sued the named trustee of the alleged XXXX trust for failure to take action that wouldve protected the interest of the investors meaning that the trustee does not represent the investors, the investors are not beneficiaries of the Trust, and that the trustee has no authority, right, title, or interest over any transaction with homeowners. Since the named trustee has no powers of a trustee to administer the affairs of any active trust with assets or a business operating, it is by definition not a trustee. For purposes of the foreclosure, it can not be a named party either much less the client of the attorney, behind whom the securitization players are hiding because of a judicial doctrine called judicial immunity. \n\nIf you ask whether the lawyer who shows up is representing for example XXXX XXXX. Or you might ask whether XXXX XXXX is the client of the lawyer. The answer might surprise you. In some cases, the lawyer insisted that they represented XXXX or some other self-proclaimed servicer. \n\nI am writing to you because In less than 2o days, most moratoriums on foreclosures will expire, unless they are extended. That means that hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of foreclosures will be filed or completed over the next year. And just like the XXXX meltdown, the securities brokerage firms that call themselves investment banks will be swarming like maggots over the carcass of millions of lives for demand back money received by homeowners was an inducement to enter into a concealed transaction in which the homeowner was not intended to receive any benefits. \n\nBorrowers asked for a loan but never received a loan. It was not part of a loan agreement because the money was received from players who had no intention of being lenders subject to statute and who had no intention of maintaining a loan account receivable against which payments could be received and posted. \nThe attempt to get payment from homeowners is a concealed attempt to zero out the consideration paid to the homeowner for the concealed transaction. \nIn short, the homeowner was attempting to purchase a loan with the note and mortgage but didnt get it. And the money paid to the homeowner was only temporary consideration for a concealed transaction in which the players received all the benefit and the homeowner took all the concealed risks. \nAnd just like the XXXX crash, the impact of the new wave of foreclosures and evictions based on such foreclosures will be felt for years to come. The full impact of the COVID pandemic wont be known for a long time. It could result in many more people falling into the grasp of greedy Wall Street bankers.","date_sent_to_company":"2021-01-05T13:22:44.000Z","issue":"Attempts to collect debt not owed","sub_product":"Mortgage debt","zip_code":"606XX","tags":"Servicemember","has_narrative":true,"complaint_id":"4003729","timely":"Yes","company_response":"Closed with explanation","submitted_via":"Web","company":"Specialized Loan Servicing Holdings LLC","date_received":"2020-12-10T07:39:23.000Z","state":"IL","company_public_response":"Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response","sub_issue":"Debt was result of identity theft"},"highlight":{"complaint_what_happened":["Dear CFPB, Please find my follow up <em>Complaint</em> against XXXX XXXX who stole my property and my <em>money</em> though the chain of fictitious intermediaries who posed as Lenders ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX XXXX and fake <em>Servicer</em> XXXX XXXX whose employees very professionally lie to Federal Authorities and defrauded by XXXX XXXX XXXX homeowners."],"company":["Specialized Loan <em>Servicing</em> Holdings LLC"]},"sort":[11.873957,"4003729"]},{"_index":"complaint-public-v1","_id":"4003724","_score":11.80565,"_source":{"product":"Debt collection","complaint_what_happened":"Dear CFPB, Please find my follow up Complaint against XXXX XXXX who stole my property and my money though the chain of fictitious intermediaries who posed as Lenders ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX XXXX and fake Servicer Wells Fargo whose employees very professionally lie to Federal Authorities and defrauded by XXXX XXXX XXXX homeowners. \nI demand XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and Wells Fargoto provide me accounting for the money proceeds from the sale and PROOF that these money were entrusted to XXXX XXXX as Trustee and Board of Directors ; and deposited in XXXX Trust XXXX XXXX account. \nI also demand a copy of releases of ANY liens after the sale since I became a victim of another racketeering activity by fake Servicer XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX who tried to collect from me on behalf of non-disclosed creditor AFTER my stolen property was illegally sold by XXXX XXXX who did not even knew who was his clients since all instructions were provided by the same XXXX XXXX XXXX system who hired lawyers to commit fraud upon the Court and perjuries. \nUnder the law, EVEN IF the real default happened, the supposed creditor still must provide proof of any damages as well as satisfaction of the debt. None of it was ever provided to me. Not even purportedly original Note ( forged by XXXX XXXX ) Thus far, the banks have been selling property and then depositing the cash into an account controlled by a concealed investment bank notwithstanding the naming of the sham conduit claimant in whose name the foreclosure process was started. \nMy transaction with XXXX XXXX was not a loan. It was a singe-time payment for me to PERFORM SERVICES to the wit issue a Promissory Note which XXXX XXXX indefinitely sold as DATA to investors who placed BETS not backed by ANY collateral. \nI was expected to return my compensation, with interest ( involuntary servitude aka SLAVERY ) plus return the property ( theft ) back to XXXX XXXX so they can defraud another homebuyer who is not in possession of stolen from me property. \nIt is not a secret anymore that XXXX XXXX  Banks operate a giant criminal scheme, which created XXXX Crash which resulted in over {$31.00} XXXX bailouts for non-damaged parties ( like {$50.00} XXXX bailout to XXXX which in fact went to XXXX XXXX as a pure profit ) and millions of illegal foreclosures by Big Banks as additional revenue. Now they collapsed the economy again - and nobody on the Government level is even talking about it. \nThe banks have been siphoning off trillions of dollars from the US economy for over 20 years. The level of Mayhem generated by the banks is virtually beyond human comprehension. But as a reference point for the scope of their illegal activities, consider this : there is about XXXX XXXX in XXXX currency worldwide. that is all the money there is. But the shadow banking market, which had XXXX in XXXX, now is estimated by most analysts to be in excess of {$1.00} quadrillion more than 15 times all the money in the world.\n\nThat makes the banks who make a market in this nominal stuff ( but treated as cash equivalents ) in a position far beyond the ability of anyone who wants to regulate them or otherwise keep their abuses in check. And the fact that much of the money that was siphoned out of the US economy is sitting in various off-shore locations makes control over the banks virtually impossible across political borders. \nWith no control, the banks will not just do the same, they will escalate because that is what they do. It is already apparent that the availability of credit has lured workers into allowing their wages to be replaced by debt. At this point, the XXXX XXXX banks are in a position where they could and no doubt will find ways to present incentives for US consumers to take on more debt that in actuality is a wage for services rendered. The service rendered by consumers is issuing the necessary paperwork to establish a reference data point against which investors can place bets. The revenue from selling such bets is literally infinite. \nMeanwhile, the consumer who was lured into such transactions without knowledge of the real transaction is stuck with overpriced assets and is lured into strategies that create the illusion of delinquency, default, judgment, and sale of the property encumbered by liens. \nAll of this happens because consumers believe they are taking on loans went in fact they have become partners in a business scheme in which consumers receive none of the profits and assume all of the risk of loss. \nYet, Banks lawyer appear in the Courts when they try to get the money back that they paid to homeowners in exchange for starting a series of transactions in which unregulated securities were sold, on an infinite basis, to investors who were betting on future announcements of data performance by the issuer doing business under the name of a legally nonexistent trust because nothing had actually been entrusted to the named trustee of the named trust and LIE non-stop while none of the lawyers do not even know who is their actual clients all instructions are provided by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX or XXXX XXXX. \nIn plain language all such assertions were false and all evidence of default was equally false. Such sales and the orders and judgments that permitted them were and remain void for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. Such court actions are ultra vires. \n\nThese illegal acts do not ripen with time. They are still void. It is the same with any wild deed. The money proceeds from such sales were paid to parties who neither intended nor received the money to reduce any debt owed by the homeowner ( s ). This was a for profit venture that succeeded by deceit, camouflage, manipulation and fabrication of documents, and false testimony. \n\nThe courts have permitted this false securitization venture and false foreclosure venture to continue under the erroneous belief that the proceeds of foreclosure sales would eventually find their way into the hands of someone who had a loss arising from the failure or refusal of homeowners to make scheduled payments in accordance with a promissory note that was executed at the time of the closing of the transaction with the homeowners. This assumption was and remains completely and utterly false. \n\nNeither the debt nor the owner of any debt owed by the homeowner existed at the time of the foreclosure. The filing of such foreclosures was a malicious attempt to cover up a fraudulent scheme that was part direct fraud on investors and homeowners, and part Ponzi scheme. \n\nThe goal of foreclosure was XXXX a ) to perpetuate the illusion of an existing established loan account receivable on the books and records of a valid legal creditor and ( b XXXX to generate funds for the foreclosure players including but not limited to some of the securitization players. In effect, each such foreclosure was a bonus lawsuit i.e., where the proceeds were used to pay bonuses and other compensation to people and companies who assisted in the scheme. \n\nLike other institutionalized practices in this countrys history that were eventually revoked and abandoned as abhorrent to simple notions of decency, law, justice and equity, the time has come for the courts to exercise their independence from executive policy and to apply the laws as they have existed for hundreds of years. \nYet, Big Banks lawyers continue to present FALSE statements ( Lies and Perjuries ) to the Courts, along with forged documents, and in 99 % walk away with someones stolen home and all the money when they reinforce the myth that the debts exist and that there is a creditor who owns the debt. In fact, the process referred to as securitization is a process of liquidating any entry on the ledger of any company on which a receivable had appeared. \nThe money never goes to the named claimant where the alleged claim was based upon securitization of the debt because the loan, debt, note, and mortgage were never securitized. ( Securitization means breaking up an asset into component parts that are sold to investors in pro-rata shares. Such sales never occurred. Securities were sold but they did not represent an ownership interest in any asset. ) Thus, Federal Reserves unlimited purchases of Mortgage Backed Securities ( over {$2.00} XXXX ) is another lie to keep this myth floating through the Courts. XXXX, XXXX and XXXX did not purchased any loans simply because here was no one who can sell them. All their Prospectuses are based on forward-looking statements such as we will, we shall but never we did. Moreover, GSEs and other Propsectuses specifically state that their securities are not related to mortgages. \nAll so-called mortgages ( data about borrowers identity ) is processed via Federal Reserve Depository Trust Corporation who assign them to XXXX XXXX XXXX Big Banks sell BETS on performance of DATA which they control without any supervision. \nXXXX XXXX Transactions with Homeowners and other borrowers are Not Loans. \nIt is incomprehensible to most people how they could get a loan and then not owe it. It is even more incomprehensible that there could be no creditor that could enforce any alleged obligation of the homeowner. After all, the homeowner signed a note which by itself creates an obligation. \nNone of this seems to make sense. Yet on an intuitive level, most people understand that they got screwed in what they thought was a lending process. The reason for this disconnect is that most people have no reason to know what happens in the world of investment banking. \n\nFirst, every investment banker is merely a stockbroker. They do business with investors and other investment bankers. They do not do business with consumers who purchase goods and services or loans. The investment banker is generally not in the business of lending money. The investment banker is in the business of creating capital for new and existing businesses. They make their money by brokering transactions. They make the most money by brokering the sales of new securities including stocks and bonds. \n\nThe compensation received by the investment banker for brokering a transaction varied from as little as 1 % or 2 % to as much as 20 %. The difference is whether they were brokering the sale of existing securities or underwriting new securities. Obviously, they had a very large incentive to broker the sale of new securities for which they would receive 7 to 10 times the compensation of brokering the sale of existing securities. \n\nBut the Holy Grail of investment banking was devising some system in which the investment bank could issue a new security from a fictional entity and receive the entire proceeds of the offering. This is what happened in residential lending. And this way, they could receive 100 % of the offering instead of a brokerage commission. \n\nBut as youll see below, by disconnecting the issuance of securities from the ownership of any perceived obligation from consumers, investment bankers put themselves in a position in which they could issue securities indefinitely without limit and without regard to the amount of the transaction with consumers ( homeowners ) or investors. \n\nIn short, the goal was to make it appear as though loans have been securitized even know they had not been securitized. In order for any asset to have been securitized it would need to have been sold off in parts to investors. What we see in the residential market is that no such sale ever occurred. Under modern law, a sale consists of offer, acceptance, payment, and delivery. So neither the investment bank nor any of the investors to whom they had sold securities, ever received a conveyance of any right, title, or interest to any debt, note, or mortgage from a homeowner. \n\nAt the end of the day, the world was convinced that the homeowner had entered into a loan transaction while the investment banker had assured itself and its investors that it would be free from liability for violation of any lending laws as a lender. \n\nNeither of them maintained a loan account receivable on their own ledgers even though the capital used to pay homeowners originated from banks who loaned money to investment bankers ( based upon sales of certificates to investors ), which was then used to pay homeowners as little as possible from the pool of capital generated by the loans and certificate sales of mortgage-backed bonds. \n\nFrom the perspective of the investment banker, payment was made to the homeowner in exchange for participation in creating the illusion of a loan transaction despite the fact that there was no lender and no loan account. This was covered up by having more intermediaries claim rights as servicers and the creation of payment histories that implied but never asserted the existence or establishment of a loan account. Of course, they would need to dodge any questions relating to the identification of a creditor. That could be no creditor if there was no loan account. This tactic avoided perjury. \n\nOf course, this could only be accomplished through deceit. The consumer or homeowner, government regulators, and the world at large, would need to be convinced that the homeowner had entered into a secured loan transaction, even though no such thing had occurred. From the investment bankers perspective, they were paying the homeowner as little money as possible in order to create the foundation for their illusion. \n\nBy calling it securitization of loans and selling it that way, they were able to create the illusion successfully. They were able to maintain the illusion because only the investment bankers had the information that would show that there was no business entity that maintained a ledger entry showing ownership of any debt, note, or mortgage against which losses and gains could or would be posted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ( and law ). This is called asymmetry of information and a great deal has been written on these pages and by many other authors. \n\nSince the homeowner had asked for a loan and had received money, it never occurred to any homeowner that he/she was not being paid for a loan or loan documents, but rather was being paid for a service. In order for the transaction to be perceived as a loan obviously, the homeowner had to become obligated to repay the money that had been paid to the homeowner. While this probably negated the consideration paid for the services rendered by the homeowner, nobody was any the wiser. \n\nAs shown below, the initial sale of the initial certificates was only the beginning of an infinite supply of capital flowing to the investment bank who only had to pay off intermediaries to keep them in the fold. By virtue of the repeal of Glass-Steagall in XXXX, none of the certificates were regulated as securities ; so disclosure was a matter of proving fraud ( without any information ) in private actions rather than compliance with any statute. Further, the same investment banks were issuing and trading hedge contracts based upon the performance of the certificates as reported by the investment bank in its sole discretion. \n\nIt was a closed market, free from any free market forces. The theory under which XXXX XXXX, Fed Chairman, was operating was that free-market forces would make any necessary corrections, This blind assumption prevented any further analysis of the concealed business plan of the investment banks a mistake that XXXX later acknowledged. \n\nThere was no free market. Neither homeowners nor investors knew what they were getting themselves into. And based upon the level of litigation that emerged after the crash of XXXX, it is safe to say that the investors and homeowners were deprived of any bargaining position ( because the main aspects for their transition were being misrepresented and concealed ), Both should have received substantially more compensation and would have bargained for it assuming they were willing to even enter into the transaction highly doubtful assumption. \n\nThe investment banks also purchased insurance contracts with extremely rare clauses basically awarding themselves payment for nonexistent losses upon their own declaration of an event relating to the performance of unregulated securities. So between the proceeds from the issuance of certificates and hedge contracts and the proceeds of insurance contracts investment bankers were generally able to generate at least {$12.00} for each {$1.00} that was paid to homeowners and around {$8.00} for each {$1.00} invested by investors in purchasing the certificates. \n\nSo the end result was that the investment banker was able to pay homeowners without any risk of loss on that transaction while at the same time generating capital or revenue far in excess of any payment to the homeowner. Were it not for the need for maintaining the illusion of a loan transaction, the investment banks couldve easily passed on the opportunity to enforce the obligation allegedly due from homeowners. They had already made their money. \n\nThere was no loss to be posted against any account on any ledger of any company if any homeowner decided not to pay the alleged obligation ( which was merely the return of the consideration paid for the homeowners services ). But that did not stop the investment banks from making claims for a bailout and making deals for loss sharing on loans they did not own and never owned. No such losses ever existed. \n\nInvestment bankers first started looking at the consumer lending market back in XXXX. But there were huge obstacles in doing so. First of all none of them wanted the potential liability for violation of lending laws that had recently been passed on both local and Federal levels ( Truth in Lending Act et al. ) So they needed to avoid classification as a lender. They achieved this goal in 2 ways. First, they did not directly do business of any kind with any consumer or homeowner. They operated strictly through intermediaries that were either real or fictional. If the intermediary was real, it was a sham conduit a company with virtually no balance sheet or income statement that could be collapsed and disappeared if the scheme ever collapsed or just hit a bump in the road. \n\nEither way, the intermediary was not really a party to the transaction with the consumer or homeowner. It did not pay the homeowner nor did it receive payments from the homeowner. It did not own any obligations from the homeowner, according to modern law, because it had never paid value for the obligation. \n\nUnder modern law, the transfer or conveyance of an interest in a mortgage without a contemporaneous transfer of ownership of the underlying obligation is a legal nullity in all states of the union. So transfers from the originator who posed as a virtual creditor do not exist in the eyes of the law if they are shown to be lacking in consideration paid for the underlying obligation, as per Article 9 203 Uniform Commercial Code, adopted in all 50 states. The transfers were merely part of the illusion of maintaining the apparent existence of the loan transaction with homeowners. \n\nAnd this brings us to the strategies to be employed by homeowners in contesting foreclosures and evictions based on foreclosures. Based upon my participation in review of thousands of cases it is always true that any question regarding the existence and ownership of the alleged obligation is treated evasively because the obligation does not exist and can not be owned. \n\nIn court, the failure to respond to such questions that are posed in proper form and in a timely manner is the foundation for the victory of the homeowner. Although there is a presumption of ownership derived from claims of delivery and possession of the note, the proponent of that presumption may not avail itself of that presumption if it fails to answer questions relating to rebutting the presumption of existence and ownership of the underlying obligation. Such cases usually ( not always ) result in either judgment for the homeowner or settlement with the homeowner on very favorable terms. \n\nThe homeowner is not getting away with anything or getting a free house as the investment banks have managed to insert into public discourse. \n\nThey are receiving just compensation for their participation in this game in which they were drafted without their knowledge or consent. Considering the 1200 % gain enjoyed by the investment banks which was enabled by the homeowners participation, the 8 % payment to the homeowner seems only fair. Further, if somehow the homeowners apparent obligation to pay the investment bank survives, it is subject to reformation, accounting, and computation as to the true balance and whether it is secured or not. \n\nThe obligation to repay the consideration paid by the investment bank ( through intermediaries ) seems to be a negation of the consideration paid. If that is true, then there is neither a loan contract nor a securities contract. There is no contract because in all cases the offer and acceptance were based upon different terms ( and different deliveries ) without either consideration or execution of the terns expected by the homeowner under the advertised loan contract. \nPayments By Homeowners Do Not Reduce Loan Accounts Each time that a homeowner makes a payment, he or she is perpetuating the myth that they are part of an enforceable loan agreement. There is no loan agreement if there was no intention for anyone to be a lender and if no loan account receivable was established on the books of any business. The same result applies when a loan is originated in the traditional way but then acquired by a successor. The funding is the same as what is described above. The loan account receivable in the acquisition scenario is eliminated. \nOnce the transaction is entered as a reference data point for securitization it no longer exists in form or substance. \nFor the past 20 years, most homeowners have been making payments to companies that said they were servicers. Even at the point of a judicial gun ( court order ) these companies will fail or refuse to disclose what they do with the money after receipt. Because of lockbox contracts, these companies rarely have any access to pools of money that were generated through payments from homeowners. \n\nLike their counterparts in the origination of transactions with homeowners, they are sham conduits. Like the originators, they are built to be thrown under the bus when the scheme implodes. They will not report to you the identity of the party to whom they forward payments that they have received from homeowners because they have not received the payments from homeowners and they dont know where the money goes. \n* As I have described in some detail in other articles on this blog, with the help of some contributors, the actual accounting for payments received from homeowners is performed by third-party vendors, mostly under the control of XXXX XXXX. Through a series of sham conduit transfers, the pool of money ends up in companies controlled by the investment bank. Some of the money is retained domestically while some is recorded as an offshore off-balance-sheet transaction. \n\nIn order to maintain an active market in which new certificates can be sold to investors, discretionary payments are made to investors who purchase the certificates. The money comes from two main sources. \n\nOne source is payments made by homeowners and the other source is payments made by the investment bank regardless of whether or not they receive payments from the homeowners. The latter payments are referred to as servicer advances. Those payments come from a reserve pool established at the time of sale of the certificates to the investors, consisting of their own money, plus contributions from the investment bank funded by the sales of new certificates. They are not servicer advances. They are neither in advance nor did they come from a servicer. \n\nSince there is no loan account receivable owned by anyone, payments received from homeowners are not posted to such an account nor to the benefit of any owner of such an account ( or the underlying obligation ). Instead, accounting for such payments are either reported as return of capital or trading profits. In fact, such payments are neither return of capital nor trading profit. Since the investment bank has already zeroed out any potential loan account receivable, the only correct treatment of the payment for accounting purposes would be revenue. This includes the indirect receipt of proceeds from the forced sale of property in alleged foreclosures. \n\nBy retaining total control over the accounting treatment for receipt of money from investors and homeowners, the investment bank retains total control over how much taxable income it reports. At present, most of the money that was received by the investment bank as part of this revenue scheme is still sitting offshore in various accounts and controlled companies. It is repatriated as needed for the purpose of reporting revenue and net income for investment banks whose stock is traded on the open market. By some fairly reliable estimates, the amount of money held by investment banks offshore is at least {$3.00} XXXX. In my opinion, the amount is much larger than that. \n\nAs a baseline for corroboration of some of the estimates and projections contained in this article and many others, we should consider the difference between the current amount of all the fiat money in the world and the number and dollar amount of cash-equivalents in the shadow banking market. In XXXX, the number and dollar amount of such cash equivalents was zero. Today it is {$1.00} quadrillion around 15-20 times the amount of currency.\n\nIn the final analysis, if the truth was fully revealed, each foreclosure involves a foreclosure lawyer who does not have any idea whose interest he/she is representing. They may know that they are being paid from an account titled in the name of the self-proclaimed servicer. And because of that, they will often saying that they represent the servicer. They are pretty careful about not specifically saying that the named plaintiff in a judicial foreclosure or the named beneficiary in a nonjudicial foreclosure is their client. That is because they have no retainer agreement or even a relationship with the named plaintiff or the named beneficiary. Such lawyers have generally never spoken with anyone employed by the named plaintiff or the named beneficiary. \n\nWhen such lawyers and self-proclaimed servicers go to court-ordered mediation, neither one has the authority to do anything except show up. Proving that the lawyer does not actually represent the named trustee of the fictitious trust can be very challenging. \n\nIf you find the cases in which investors have sued the named trustee of the alleged XXXX trust for failure to take action that wouldve protected the interest of the investors meaning that the trustee does not represent the investors, the investors are not beneficiaries of the XXXX, and that the trustee has no authority, right, title, or interest over any transaction with homeowners. Since the named trustee has no powers of a trustee to administer the affairs of any active trust with assets or a business operating, it is by definition not a trustee. For purposes of the foreclosure, it can not be a named party either much less the client of the attorney, behind whom the securitization players are hiding because of a judicial doctrine called judicial immunity. \n\nIf you ask whether the lawyer who shows up is representing for example XXXX XXXX. Or you might ask whether XXXX XXXX is the client of the lawyer. The answer might surprise you. In some cases, the lawyer insisted that they represented XXXX or some other self-proclaimed servicer. \n\nI am writing to you because In less than XXXX days, most moratoriums on foreclosures will expire, unless they are extended. That means that hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of foreclosures will be filed or completed over the next year. And just like the XXXX meltdown, the securities brokerage firms that call themselves investment banks will be swarming like maggots over the carcass of millions of lives for demand back money received by homeowners was an inducement to enter into a concealed transaction in which the homeowner was not intended to receive any benefits. \n\nBorrowers asked for a loan but never received a loan. It was not part of a loan agreement because the money was received from players who had no intention of being lenders subject to statute and who had no intention of maintaining a loan account receivable against which payments could be received and posted. \nThe attempt to get payment from homeowners is a concealed attempt to zero out the consideration paid to the homeowner for the concealed transaction. \nIn short, the homeowner was attempting to purchase a loan with the note and mortgage but didnt get it. And the money paid to the homeowner was only temporary consideration for a concealed transaction in which the players received all the benefit and the homeowner took all the concealed risks. \nAnd just like the XXXX crash, the impact of the new wave of foreclosures and evictions based on such foreclosures will be felt for years to come. The full impact of the COVID pandemic wont be known for a long time. 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