ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.


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

Bank account or service - Checking account
Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Bank account or service - Savings account
Checking or savings account -
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Personal line of credit
Consumer Loan - Vehicle lease
Consumer Loan - Vehicle loan
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - Federal student loan
Debt collection - Federal student loan debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Medical
Debt collection - Medical debt
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Mortgage debt
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt collection - Private student loan debt
Debt collection - Rental debt
Debt collection - Telecommunications debt
Debt or credit management - Credit repair services
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Mortgage - Conventional fixed mortgage
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - FHA mortgage
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Mortgage - Other type of mortgage
Other financial service - Credit repair
Other financial service - Debt settlement
Other financial service - Refund anticipation check
Payday loan -
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Personal line of credit
Prepaid card - General purpose card
Prepaid card - Other special purpose card
Student loan - Federal student loan servicing
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Lease
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan

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Complaint ID: 6325503

Date Received: 2022-12-15

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: Per 15 USC 6805 and FCRA and as a federally protected consumer, I am opting out of any and all authorizations reporting of my personal data to anyone without my prior written consent. Any further sharing of my personal data will be in violation of my rights under the Privacy Act of 1974 and copyright protection. My right to have a fair and equitable consumer report has been and continues to be violated by XXXXXXXX MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT and XXXX XXXX. In addition to the above complaint, per 15 U.S CODE 1681 ( b ) PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE OF CONSUMER CREDIT, I did not give permission to report on my consumer credit. XXXX & the listed creditors and alleged debt collectors is in violation of the law. Under 15 U.S code 1681- Permissible purposes of consumer reports. a ) general subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other 2 ) in accordance with written instructions of the consumer to whom it may relates. I did not give any written instructions to furnish my transaction history on my consumer report and furthermore the FCRA 15 U.S. Code 1681a - definitions ; rules of construction SO EXCLUSION from a CONSUMER REPORT containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report. Credit reporting agencies such as XXXX are defined by the Graham Leach Bliley Act as financial institutions subject to its rule making authority pursuant 15 USC 6804. XXXX is not upholding its role pursuant 15 USC 1681. You ( XXXX ) are not upholding your grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and respect for my right to privacy in the vital role you assumed in collecting, storing, assembling, and sharing an accurate and equitable consumer credit profile on my behalf. This is MY consumer credit profile and reporting inaccurate information is a discriminatory practice and is prohibited pursuant per the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Your failure in responsibilities includes but not limited to, a violation pursuant 15 USC 1681a ( 2 ) ( a ) ( I ) - XXXX continues to furnish reports containing my transactions histories, debt utilization, payment history, inquires, and credit card balances are a few examples of transactions and experiences. A violation pursuant 15 USC 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) - any adverse information shall be excluded from the consumer report. You are subject to civil liability pursuant 15 USC 1681n, 15 USC 1681o and a violation of 15 USC 1692c- you are acting in capacity of a debt collector when you communicate/ advertise my transaction history. You ( XXXX and XXXX XXXX ) are in violation of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g ; 34 CFR Part 99 ). This Federal law protects the privacy of my student education records. I signed a privacy form, which indicated that my student loan servicer would provide my transaction history to any 3rd party company, therefore these must be deleted. My consumer report is a form of communication and advertising my transaction history is an attempt to coerce payment of the alleged debt. The provisions of 15 USC 6801 ( a ) this requires financial institutions to notify consumers of their information sharing practices and provide a right to opt out of certain sharing. I never received an opportunity to opt out of notice from XXXXXXXX MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT and XXXX XXXX. As a violation of 15 USC 6802- you ( XXXX XXXX MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX ) communicated my nonpublic personal information to unaffiliated 3rd parties without my consent and without giving me the opportunity to direct such information not be disclosed. All of the information contained in my consumer report is nonpublic personal information unless I give you permission. You ( XXXXXXXX MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT and XXXX XXXX ) are also in violation of 18 U.S.C 894 for using my consumer report with extortionate means as a way to coerce and swindle me into making payments on alleged debt not owed. I DID NOT AND DO NOT CONSENT to you ( XXXXXXXX MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT and XXXX XXXX ) furnishing this information to my consumer report. I did not give you authorization or permission to have my personal identifying information, which you have obtained by aggravated identity theft in accordance with 18 U.S.C 1028A. Per 15 U.S CODE 1681 ( b ) PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE OF CONSUMER CREDIT regarding inquiries, if the accounts are not open on my credit report all inquiries will have to be removed ; please provide documentation that you used to verify that the inquires ( i.e. promotional or otherwise ) are open accounts with the creditor. Please be advised that I dispute the validity of the listed alleged debt in its entirety. I request a copy of a contract or agreement signed by the alleged original creditor and all parties to any such contract provided. Be advised that a billing statement, notice or any unsigned document is not verification of the alleged debt. You are on notice that you are unlawfully attempting to collect the listed alleged debt. If you opt to provide verification, also provide me with proof of the chain of title ownership of the debt. Also, if the alleged debt was acquired by a debt buyer, you would also need to provide proof of the chain title of the alleged debt, and this must be from the original creditor to the current alleged without a break in chain. This is a notice to CEASE and DESIST of all illegal activities, including reporting which constitutes collection activities. This is also a NOTICE exercising my rights to prevent the processing of my personal data. Failure to remove these debt collection accounts and update transactional history as PAID AS AGREED/ON-TIME on these accounts within 4 days from my consumer report as requested will result in legal matters being taken upon you. I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your company to my home or my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer generated calls and calls or correspondence sent to or with any third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter by USPS. It would be advisable that you assure your records are in order before I am forced to take legal action against your company and your client. This is an attempt to correct your records, any information obtained shall be used for that purpose. During this time collection activity must cease and desist. If any adverse action that is taken during this validation period that negatively impacts my Credit Report, including any potentially inaccurate information, I will instruct my legal consul to take relevant action against the guilty parties. You must immediately remove the collections you fraudulently placed on my credit reports until such a time as the debt is proven valid. If I personally do not receive any response from you for VALIDATION of this account within 4 days, all references and claims to this account must be deleted from your files. Adverse actions taken against me denying my rights, of which the civil damages pursuant to 15 USC 1611 ( 1 ) are up to { { { {$5000.00} } } } per violation, civil damages for 15 USC 1692 ( j ) are up to { { { {$1000.00} } } } .per violation NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO AGENT SILENCE IS ACQUIESCENCE.

Company Response:

State: LA

Zip: 700XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-15

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6324415

Date Received: 2022-12-15

Issue: False statements or representation

Subissue: Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official

Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX a alleged court officer claimed that there was seizure order on my vehicle from a fraudulent case XXXX where a company I had no contact with XXXX XXXX XXXX filed a case in XXXX. I called XXXX XXXX XXXX Police they came checked for warrants found none but still allowed clearly fake court seizure. For some reason neither my legal service, nor any lawyers would defend me. I filed insurance claims called lawyers and received strange responses including mailed request, This had been a year where constant bank errors, XXXX XXXX, credit cards being cancelled without cause, constant calls requesting another person etc. I filed response and finally another law firm sent me s certificate of Satisfied judgment from a Midland Funding LLC for another fraudulent case number in another court area I didnt live in, case number XXXX in XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX A case was dismissed with that case number for fraudulent filing. In spite of several companies being involved with proof from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXnd several credit card and XXXX XXXX XXXX Police, my Civil Liberties was being violated and monies stolen in phone calls from XXXX and XXXX and Xfinity were clearly being redirected. I have documents to prove items but with is very much Shady event as a result many agencies seem to be trying to protect reputations instead of my rights.

Company Response:

State: MI

Zip: 48439

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-15

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6322395

Date Received: 2022-12-14

Issue: Getting a credit card

Subissue: Card opened as result of identity theft or fraud

Consumer Complaint: Hello, Midland Credit Management bought my debt from XXXX. I have no contract with them, they can not prove that I owe this debt, after numerous letters asking for proof. They continue to harass and fraudulently claim that I, the Living Woman and Consumer owe them money. I have found many Federal Law violations, 1692 J ( a ) Furnishing certain deceptive forms, unlawful to send and state a false that there is a collection, 15 USC section 6892, 15 USC Code section 1692g V, 15 USC 1692a, 15 USC 1692j ( a ), 1692b ( s ), 1692d ( 2 ) are just a few of the violations I have found. I have also realized that I, the Consumer/Living woman living in the private should not pay for any Goods or Services for household use. All Debts are paid in advance for consumers Title 18 U.S.C. - 8. I am a Consumer/Living Woman living in the private and I demand to be treated as that.

Company Response:

State: MT

Zip: 590XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-14

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6322306

Date Received: 2022-12-14

Issue: False statements or representation

Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2022 & XX/XX/2022 I was notified by all three XXXX that MIDLAND FUNDING LLC XXXX had increased the balance of the account XXXX times from {$6600.00} to {$6700.00} without reason. This is an old collection account and should not have any further balance. I have attached screenshots from my credit monitoring service.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77571

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-14

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6321743

Date Received: 2022-12-14

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt is not yours

Consumer Complaint: Midland Credit Management has repeatedly contacted me for over a year in regards to several accounts in which I do not know about. Ive received several notices in the mail with my name on them, but that I have no knowledge of. They have not provided me with copies of a signed agreement between me and Midland Credit Management to use my name or social security number to pay them this money they are requesting. They are threatening to sue me for these accounts. They are harassing me and attempting to extradite me for money that I do not owe them. They have reported these debts to credit reporting agencies. Midland Credit Management has broken my consumer rights under the fair debt collection act.

Company Response:

State: OH

Zip: 441XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-14

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6318777

Date Received: 2022-12-14

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: For years now Ive been fighting with this company XXXXXXXX XXXX to dispute fraudulent charges thats on my personal credit report. This business is report and that I owe a company name XXXX XXXX over XXXX which I personally never collected because this account was never opened in my acknowledgement or consent. I believe the account was open sometime in XXXX and Ive been fighting since then to get these fraudulent charges off my credit report. another company is XXXX XXXX theyre stating that I owe them over XXXX, from XXXX. This account as well, its not mines, or was an open to my acknowledgment or to my consent. The previous home that I was in I left my personal wallet in my phone inside of a hidden closet inside of a closet totally forgot about it. The house was remodeled and whoever went inside that cubby space has access to my personal information.

Company Response:

State: OH

Zip: 44137

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-14

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6316885

Date Received: 2022-12-13

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft

Consumer Complaint: This company continues to send me letters regarding debt that I do not owe. I have sent the company several letters to Cease & Desist from contacting me.

Company Response:

State: OH

Zip: 44070

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-13

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6316051

Date Received: 2022-12-13

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt is not yours

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the fair credit reporting act Midland credit management has violated my rights. Violation of privacy and consent 15 USC 1681 section 602 states I have the right to privacy 15 USC 1681 section 604 A section 2 A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. 15 USC 1666B A creditor may not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose

Company Response:

State: MO

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-13

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6310964

Date Received: 2022-12-12

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt is not yours

Consumer Complaint: In XXXX I received a notice that an account in my name was in collections, however, there was never an account opened by me during that time. I have searched back through 10 years of records and they are stating it's a XXXX XXXX XXXX account that they purchased from XXXX, however, we have no record of opening that account. I have never opened any accounts in JUST my name as I haven't worked for almost 20 years. My husband has never opened an account for me alone and we do not own credit cards. We tried to file a dispute last year with a demand letter and they have yet to provide information showing this was our account.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 33455

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6310340

Date Received: 2022-12-12

Issue: Written notification about debt

Subissue: Didn't receive enough information to verify debt

Consumer Complaint: I found out about the debt through a garnishment on my job. yet this account has the wrong address as well as it is over 10 years old.

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 11233

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-12-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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