Date Received: 2019-01-29T00:00:00.000
Product: Credit card debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: The company XXXX ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) contacted me repeatedly and my parents repeatedly in a 2 day time period starting on XX/XX/XXXX. The first person to contact me was XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. He left multiple messages on my phone and my parents phone. He claimed he was trying to collect a debt from Citibank from the year XX/XX/XXXX. He said that the last activity on the debt was XX/XX/XXXX and that because the bank put the debt on hold due to the government bailout and now he was coming back to collect the debt. I asked him if he could do that and he said yes and if I didnt pay he was going to report it to all three credit bureaus. I told him I filed chapter XXXX bankruptcy and he said that didnt matter and he was going to do whatever was necessary to collect the debt including garnishing my wages. He said since I have repaired my credit now that when he did report it to all three agencies it would ruin it again. I asked to speak with his supervisor and thats when he let me speak with XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX said the same things including ruining my credit, garnishing my wages, said he was happy to call my parents to see if they could pay the debt for me. He said a debt is a debt and they can come and collect at anytime until I die.
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State/Zip: GA 301XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 3136493
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