Review and analysis of over 91 complaints against Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo consumers have reported over 91 official complaints related to Taking/threatening an illegal action. Out of the 91 consumer complaints against Wells Fargo, 16% were disputed by the consumer (i.e. the consumer was not happy with how Wells Fargo responded to their complaint) and 99% were processed in a timely manner. 1% of consumer complaints against Wells Fargo resulted in the consumer receiving monetary compensation (e.g. money, cash reimbursement, etc.) and 14% resulted in non-monetary compensation.
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Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt November 11, 2015 - I got a letter in the mail today then 5 minutes later called the sender -. -. The letter was signed by - -, - -. I spoke with - -. She said I wrote a bad check to Wells Fargo sometime in 2008 in the amount of $1000.00 and I now owe -. - $2700.00 because they were retained by Wells Fargo. She also stated that I performed malicious intent to fraud a banking institution. I use to have a bank account with Wells Fargo, but they never paid a bad check and that account was closed in 2008. I got a similar call about 4 years ago and contacted Wells Fargo, who stated th... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt September 24, 2015 - I first recieved a call from an UNKOWN number, I picked up and a man answered, when I asked him the reason for the Call he said my name and asked me to acknowldege if it was me. He said he was with a processing company and that they were trying to reach me so that they could serve me with papers for reasons that he was not able to say, he gave me a number to the law firm attempting to provide me with summons papers. - I called this number and gave them the case # that the man had provided, they pulled me up and transfered me to their Legal Dept '' where a lady named - - picked up and... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action attempted to/collected exempt funds September 2, 2015 - I received a call from - informing me that they were attempting to produce paper work on me concerning a court order for a debt from a -/-/- Bank Account that I had previously with Wachovia Bank, NA. This account was closed and I have a current account which lists me as a member since -/-/- with Wells Fargo Bank NA. The woman whom I spoke with stated that she represented - - - in California and that they would be processing the paper work to serve me either later today or tomorrow at work in -, FL. The old debt was charged off by Wachovia, even before I left Georgia. S... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt September 1, 2015 - A debt of what was recently said to me of $810.00 was a result of an overdraft fee from 2006 by a bank under FDIC. A phone call was received by company who was tasked with contacting me to deliver a summons or something to that effect provided me with the information of the attorney 's office that accepted the case. When I proceeded to contact this office a representative of this office did not fail to enforce understanding upon me of severity of paying the amount in full or be taking to court. However as I requested detailed information of the matter by rights of the first initial contact r... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action seized/attempted to seize property August 12, 2015 - I have a personal loan with Wells Fargo and I was out of the country for a funeral and my personal loan fell behind. Wells Fargo discontinued my debit card while I was overseas and took all my funds from both my checking and savings leaving me without no funds without sufficient notice and failed to refund the money when i asked them why they took all funds from my account. I had no money for rent and my direct deposit check was seized as well. ... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt July 6, 2015 - My wife and I have been getting harassing phone calls on our cell phones and at work about a debt we know nothing about. ( They called her - in the last 5 days at work and told her manager she would be served papers at work when she returned ) they are claiming we owe a debt to Wells Fargo from 2005 ( well past the 6 year statute of limitations in Washington state ) they say we are going to be sued and that her wages will be garnished. they wo n't give us any more info without disclosing sensitive information with them. ... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt July 1, 2015 - Wells Fargo Dealer Services is giving false credit information about me to the credit reporting companies, -, -, and - in flagrant violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. ... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt June 22, 2015 - Back in 2009, I was hurt at work and was given a settlement of $4000.00 in the form of a check. I then took the check to Wachovia bank to cash. I ended up opening a checking and savings account putting about $ 500- $800.00 in checking and $2000.00 in savings. Within a month i spent all that was in my checking and in turn had to transfer funds to my checking from my savings. I lost track of the fees that were accumulating everytime i transferred and before long I was $300.00 in the negative. All due to fees. Shortly after Wachovia gets bought over by Wells Fargo who I have an account wi... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt May 20, 2015 - Debt was charged off over 4 years ago by original creditor. Account went delinquent - of 2009. Communication with - parties : Contacted - other people that I am aware of, including old Landlord, and extended family trying to get ahold of me for a legal matter ''. Left messages on answering machines with case # - -. Harassment : Claimed to be delivering service of summons and would not disclose name or information of process server at my request. Used the threat of a pending lawsuit to get me to make a payment by the following day in order to stop the process. Making False and M... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt April 14, 2015 - I - -, -, residing at - - -, - -, - - does hereby state for the record that Wells Fargo Bank , N.A . is in violation of my rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for trying to extend the timeline of a judgment that is no longer enforceable from the original state where it was procured. All documentation to my complaint is attached, proving that a foreign judgment, although enforceable from -, the terms of the judgment validity still is maintained in the original state. Without exception, the - judgment was filed in 2008, and under terms of - ... |
Wells Fargo Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action attempted to/collected exempt funds March 31, 2015 - - confiscated my Federal Income Tax Return for - and -, with no --day notification of said action. In addition, - began garnishing my wages as of - -, again with no - day notice of said action or notification of my rights to prevent such measures, as spelled out in the Consumer Protection laws, Administrative Wage Garnishment laws and the FDCPA, etc.. In addition, I had previously mailed - a debt-validation request letter and then a follow-up letter informing them that they are attempting to collect on a Zombie Debt. '' The latter mentioned letter was entirely ignor... |