Synchrony Financial Consumer Loan Complaint

Synchrony Financial Consumer Loan department,

Installment loan Managing the loan or lease Georgia

I had a motorcycle financed through Synchrony Bank. When I decided to sell it, I listed it on - and -. A man contacted me wanting to purchase the bike and meet him 4 hours away for him to pick it up. He wanted me to give him our bank account info so he could deposit money into it. Of course, I said no. He then suggested a direct transfer from his bank to my financing bank to pay it off. We agreed and the transaction was completed. I spoke with the representative for the bank who said the account was paid off and the transfer was " instant ''. Knowing that this whole thing sounded fishy, I called multiple times following the transaction to verify the account remained paid in full. Two days later, my wife and I drove 4 hours to meet the man in -. I called to verify again, and received the message, '' Congratulations! Your account has been paid in full. '' - before we left to deliver the bike and immediately before handing it over to the buyer. We met in a large public place with surveillance cameras to make the transaction. He signed


bank account the man transferred the money from had never existed. I was charged a $40.00 fee and still owed the full balance on my motorcycle. I was informed that the transaction was not an instant transfer, but instead an electronic check which, like paper checks, require a waiting period. Why was I not informed of this? I took every measure I knew to take to protect myself. We rely on the banks to help us stay informed as they are continuously seeing new forms of fraud. I am very disappointed in the misinformation that I received. I have filed a police report, which did not lead to any recovery but did get the motorcycle listed as stolen a few weeks after the incident. I 've filed a claim with our insurance company, who will not cover it as stolen since there is a clause in the policy stating they wo n't cover any intent to sell transaction and they consider it fraud. We have also spoken to the bank many times, who says it 's not considered fraud to them because our account was n't fraudulently accessed. Is there anyone looking out for the consumer?