Date Received: 2018-04-02T00:00:00
Product: Federal student loan debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: I had a government loan for school ( several ) one of which they were trying to collect for a school that I did not attend and they did not have a signed promissory note for. I consolidated my loans in XX/XX/2016 and they were paid by XXXX. then they decided to take the loan out of consolidation and send it to collections. The federal student loan informed me via phone that they are aware of their mistake and that they would fix it as soon as possible. they even sent me a letter that states that i was not in default and that i did not owe them money. This was also needed as i was purchasing a home and would have an FHA loan. they corrected it. Only then to reverse it and put it back to collections again and then they also proceeded to garnish my wages ( to date in the amount of {$4000.00} ) and still reported to the credit bureau that I was in default. XXXX confirmed that they have already paid that debt. the federal student loan also refunded me 2 checks of refund that they have garnished from me ( the first 2 payments ). They keep telling me that they are ” sorry for the inconvenience ” but as of today if they don’t correct this issue my Home loan company is threatening to reverse the loan as it is a government loan and they do not approve people who are in default on another government loan. I NEED HELP TO FIX THIS ISSUE STAT. this has been months and months of a nightmare. also when i asked for the promissory note for the school that I did not attend they mailed me a copy with my name typed in the signature box.
Company: COAST PROFESSIONAL INC
State/Zip: FL 335XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2861583
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