Review and analysis of over 108 complaints against HSBC
HSBC consumers have reported over 108 official complaints related to Taking/threatening an illegal action. Out of the 108 consumer complaints against HSBC, 10% were disputed by the consumer (i.e. the consumer was not happy with how HSBC responded to their complaint) and 100% were processed in a timely manner. 0% of consumer complaints against HSBC resulted in the consumer receiving monetary compensation (e.g. money, cash reimbursement, etc.) and 0% resulted in non-monetary compensation.
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HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt December 15, 2015 - They not only THREATENED to sue me on debt that is too old to be sued on, THEY IN FACT DID. - - -, - and their attorney - - ( -, CO ) actively pursed a lawsuit against me on a debt they knew to be a Time-Barred Debt. The debt was a credit card account - had purchased that was originally a credit card from HSBC - -. They completely disregarded the Federal and State Laws on debt collection practices, harassed me in - County Court in Colorado, and attempted to even illegally obtain a judgement against me in - County Court. I had to fight them for approx. a year... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt November 24, 2015 - First they called me and left an unintelligible message. The next day they called my - mother in another state and told her there was a warrant for my arrest. Then I called the number and was repeatedly transfered receiving different information at each step, " it was a subpoena, '' it was a " civil suit. '' Finally was transfered to " director of litigations - - '' who belittled, insulted, and implied they would sue me, trying to extort at least $200.00 before I finally hung up. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt November 11, 2015 - - called my place of employment and told my Assistant that they needed to speak to me in regards to serving me papers. They claimed not to know what the policies at work were but wanted to find out from me. She got a name and number. - - - ext. -. I called - - back and she told me that if I did n't pay on an old debt within 72 hours I would be served papers and would have to respond to my local courthouse within 72 hours. This debt is for $2800.00 from an old credit card that I had disputed since -/-/-. She offered to settle with me for $2100.00. She was going to ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt November 3, 2015 - back in 2009 i got a credit card from -. they contacted me today and said they are coming to my work to serve me. they have called me atleast - times today. last month i told them that the statue of limitations in oklahoma is 3-5 years and they got real hateful and said we can argue this in court and hung up on me. i need to know what i need to do about this. please help ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action attempted to/collected exempt funds October 20, 2015 - The original creditor sold the debt to more than one collection agency. I was making payment but I stopped making the payment as soon as these agencies started to contacting me about the same account. One of the collection agency took me to court and I showed the judge all the document to prove my statement. The judge grand me the case and dismissed without prejudice. Therefore, another collection agency has been calling me on my job harassing me and threatening to collect the money from my employment. I tried to explained them that they ca n't do that without a court notice since I was alread... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt September 25, 2015 - I was called to the office by my -. I was advised that I needed to contact this company to avoid Legal Court Papers being served at my place of employment. To avoid this legal action I needed to contact their office. When I contacted to avoid this harassment they indicated they wanted to settle to avoid taking legal actions against me. This credit card is over 10 years old. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt September 23, 2015 - Demands I send them money using a prepaid credit card instead of me sending them payments through my bill payer. It 's a credit card debt I had several ago and they - - - -. They have just started calling me this month. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt September 15, 2015 - I 've gotten a couple calls from - telling me there going to serve me papers on a debt that was discharged from bankruptcy. ive told them its been discharged and its past SOL I was told that I could prove it in court then ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt July 16, 2015 - Today I was at work when I was interrupted by my Supervisor around - and was notified that Security needed to see me. My supervisor escorted me to Security and I was handed some paperwork. The man appeared to have a badge on his blue shirt that read Constable ''. I was told by the man who had the badge that I was being served for a credit card but that it was n't a big deal and that I had 20 days to respond. He was explaining to me that I was being sued for a credit card but he did n't ask me to sign anything and I did n't end up sign anything at all which I thought was odd. After taking a... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt July 15, 2015 - I received a voicemail saying that they had received documents with a complaint attached, '' and left an account number and a phone number. The voicemail instructed me to call to find out the nature of the complaint. '' I called and was immediately confronted by a very rude man, he claimed that he was a process server ant that I was being sued in my county of residence. He had actual information about a real debt, my current address, and he read me my social security number. When he identified the debt, I immediately knew he was lying because the debt was from -/-/-. The statute of limi... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action sued w/o proper notification of suit July 3, 2015 - COMPANY CONTINUE TO DEMAND PAYMENT ON OUTDATED (-)ACCOUNT, NOT MINES AND PAST STATE(GA) STATUE OF LIMITATION OCGA 9-3-24, OCGA 9-3-25 ; (4) YRS ON OPEN END ACCOUNTS, VIOLATED FCBA, FCRA AND FDCPA...NOTE: ID FRAUD AFFIDAVIT WAS FILED WITH FTC# -... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt July 3, 2015 - Threatened that I would be sued or was being sued by HSBC. This caller ( with a masked caller ID - stated that '' he did n't want to have to notify - named my employer ) with this '' - take it to them - but had to speak to me TODAY. I researched and found that HSBC might mean any number of companies of credit. I have had no contact with any of those companies in more than - years IF at ALL. I firmly believe that this company is pursuing debts that exceed the statute of limitations and are trying to use bullying tactics to do such. I did contact a financial attorney today and inf... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened arrest/jail if do not pay June 26, 2015 - There is a credit card that was issued by Household Bank. The debt went bad. I settled this debt with a debt collector years ago. I received a call from a collection company or attorney in Florida stating that they were going to have me arrested for Fraud. I spoke with an - the first time. She would not give any information and started insulting me. I told her I was going to file a complaint with the FTC and my state 's attorney generals office. As I was filling out this form I called back to ask the address of the firm. They forwarded me to another person named -. He was very argumentat... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt June 16, 2015 - i received a call from a lady named - with the phone number - - - - and shed said they were issuing a subpoena for court to be sued. She then directed me to call - - - to see the reason why i was being sued. - then asked for the number - gave me which was - - - so i gave that to her and she came back to me with the reason i was being sued was for a debt with HSBC which was a credit card debt that was back in - they have called me - times threatening on this matter. telling me that the debt will - if they have to take me to court and trying to for... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action sued w/o proper notification of suit June 13, 2015 - Not informed of court date received default judgement. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt June 11, 2015 - This collector, - - -, - - -, called my daughter, my ex-husband and me threatening to sue for a credit card bill from -/-/- or -/-/-, he could n't make up his mind. Then he called and terrorized my ex-husband who agreed to pay $250.00 and committed me to another $250.00 the following week. - - called my job and my cell - times within - hour. He also had a process server call my job, my cell and my office manager. I never authorized contacting me at work. I paid $750.00 and although asking several times for proof of debt. I emailed and faxed - -... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action sued w/o proper notification of suit June 11, 2015 - - - contacted me regarding a charged off HSBC. I advised the collector that I did not believe the debt was collectible because it was already charged off. I requested debt validation via phone, fax, and mail. I never received anything and they stopped contacting me. They then obtained a default judgement. I was never served. They never validated the debt. My paycheck was garnished and when I contacted my employer I was notified that my paycheck would garnished for 25 % until the debt to - - - is paid. I contacted - - at - - - and she said I owed $1700.00 as of -... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action attempted to/collected exempt funds June 10, 2015 - - and - contacted me concerning a debt that I owed to HSBC in the amount of -. They set up payment arrangements and collected the money. I received a letter from The - - showing this debt to be paid off. Now I am finding out that I had already paid this debt back in 2012. I tried to contact them to receive my money back to find that the phone number is just busy or you can not leave them a msg for a return call. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened arrest/jail if do not pay June 10, 2015 - I received a phone call from a relative stating I had an threatening phone call from - -. I contacted the company and the representative stated if I did n't pay the account of $560.00 in - days my wages will be garnished. I asked when was the last time a payment was made on the account she stated it was irrelevant and it needs to be paid immediately. I asked how long has this account been open she stated since -. I informed the representative to stop calling my relatives and I was told to send a letter and inform the company not to contact my relatives. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action sued w/o proper notification of suit May 20, 2015 - I was contacted by mail on -/-/- by the law firm of - and -. In the letter it was stated that they had obtained a judgment against me on behalf of their client - - - -. They then stated that I had an outstanding judgement balance of $10000.00. I have never received any paperwork notifying me of a lawsuit and in fact the original debt was by my records charged off in -/-/-. I had moved on -/-/- and on -/-/- so if they had served the paperwork to an old address it was n't to me. Furthermore I just received a phone call from one of their representatives at ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt May 19, 2015 - I received a call on - -, 2015 at - from a process server '' working for - on case number - who said she has suit papers for me. She said that I needed to call - with the case number. The representative stated I am being sued on a debt that 's over - years old. When told the debt is time barred, '' he stated the debt was re-aged and I could be sued for the debt. He also said I must pay up or take my chances in court. In fact, the debt is so old, it 's not even on my credit anymore, which they assure me will change. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action sued w/o proper notification of suit May 13, 2015 - I was a - many years ago. I applied for a corporate credit card. I was told over the phone ; while completing the application that the company would have to use its tax ID to apply for credit. Since it 's a corporation I can not be a personal guarantor. The organization went down under and was not able to pay its bill. The business was dissolved and has since been defunct for about 10 years. Since 2011 I 've notice that - judgment was placed against me totaling -. I have no idea why this company is going after me, knowing it is the company that is responsible for the debt and not me. ... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt May 9, 2015 - I have received - phone calls from a - - - at - -. In my - dealing with - - he claimed that I had a debt on an - credit card in the amount of $3000.00. I informed him that I had just pulled my credit days prior to his phone call for a mortgage and that credit card shows a zero balance and has been cancelled. He told me that the debt is mine and must be paid. I asked him what his address was so that I could send a verification of debt letter. He refused to give me his address claiming I could be some sort of whacko '' and how did he know I was n't going to send... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt May 5, 2015 - This company started calling me about 6 months ago and has progressed to the point where they now call me every day. They also call my parents home several times a week. They leave threatening and harassing messages claiming that there have been several cases of fraudulent activity attached to my social security number. They state that they will be filing - charges in my county against me but that if I call them within 24 hours, that we can resolve the matter. I have called this company back at the number they leave on more than - occasions and have spoken with individuals who claim they... |
HSBC Debt collection taking/threatening an illegal action threatened to sue on too old debt March 27, 2015 - I had an HSBC credit card that was opened in - -. The last date of activity on the account is - -, -. My husband was contacted by - - - -, - in - of - regarding this account. He was told we needed to take care of this debt immediately or a judgement would be filed and we would be served. We both reviewed the account and knew it was beyond the statute of limitations. They continued to call and harass my husband at his office of employment. - - - -, - NEVER contacted me directly even when asked to do so. They also made statements to my husband s... |