ACE CASH EXPRESS, INC. – CFPB Complaint ID 3097532

Date Received: 2018-12-10T00:00:00.000

Product: Payday loan debt

Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided

Consumer Complaint: Received phone calls in regards to an old ACE Cash payday loan from 2013. XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX all claiming to be attorneys and XXXX a process server. He threatened to serve me with officers regarding the legal suit being filled and fraudulent banking laws in Texas. Threatened to repossess my car and if it’s financed advising that I am unable to drive until the debt is paid in the original amount of {$640.00} or if it goes to court, would be over XXXX. They catch you when you are not thinking and make you afraid and I like a fool gave my card information before filling checking them out. There is no listing for them and they sent document to be signed authorizing them to go into my account and draft funds. I have closed the account and never signed the document. I received calls from XXXX, XXXX & XXXX They gave a case number of XXXX

Company: ACE CASH EXPRESS, INC.

State/Zip: TX 752XX

Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation

Was Company Response Timely: Yes

Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A

Complaint ID: 3097532

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