March 2017 Complaints Against USAA

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Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 3, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: CA

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Deposits and withdrawals

Full Complaint:
Regular biweekly deposits started appearing in our checking account at the end of last year. Neither my mother nor I knew why these deposits were being made, nor by whom. When the bank was contacted, they said they would try to find the source of the deposits as the only information available on our statements was ” XXXX BIWEEKLY [ and the last XXXX of my mother ‘s SS # ]. ” The bank never contacted us. We called and made the request again. Again, no one got back to us. The third time I contacted the bank I was told that the only information they knew was that it was being transferred by ACH, and that XXXX XXXX XXXX was the clearing house. They say there is no way for them to determine who is sending the money.

Complaint Tags: Older American, Servicemember

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 3, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: None

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Account opening, closing, or management

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 2, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: AZ

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Making/receiving payments, sending money

Full Complaint:
There has been fraudulant activity on my account. I have made contact with the bank and they are not trying to help me in any way. They told me that I am participating in some sort of scam so there is nothing they can do to help me. This is the second time in the past 30 days that something like this has happened. The first time, they claimed they looked into it and found nothing wrong but did reverse my funds. Now, this has happened again and they are not willing to help me at all. There was over {00.00} deposited into my account not by me and I do n’t know who by and then it was taken right back out at a local ATM with the funds that I had in there. USAA claims that this was me and that everything I am telling them is a lie. This is absolutely not me and I have no knowledge of who it is and what bank would allow a withdraw for over $ XXXX at an ATM? I need this issue investigated and I want my funds back that someone has taken from my account.

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 3, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: NE

Product: Consumer Loan
Sub-Product: Vehicle loan

Issue: Shopping for a loan or lease

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 2, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: TX

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 2, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: CA

Product: Credit card

Issue: Other

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with non-monetary relief

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 2, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: MS

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Account opening, closing, or management

Complaint Tags: Servicemember

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 1, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: NY

Product: Money transfers
Sub-Product: Domestic (US) money transfer

Issue: Wrong amount charged or received

Full Complaint:
I made XXXX wire transfer requests via USAA online banking, but the requests were rejected because I put in wrong account number. Nonetheless, USAA charged me {.00} for the failed wire transfer requests. USAA customer service said because I put the wrong account number, so it would not refund the money. But there was no such warning before I submit the wire transfer requests, and I reasonably believed that I would only be charged only if the wire transfers were successful.

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 1, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: OR

Product: Bank account or service
Sub-Product: Checking account

Issue: Deposits and withdrawals

Full Complaint:
XXXX XXXX had my child support payments deposited into accounts that he was not intited to, according to USAA XXXX XXXX put my name As a profile as we were married in which we have never been married. When I talked to a XXXX from the fraud department she stated there was multiple accounts that had me as a profile as spouse but I did not have access to the bank accounts. According to her statement since we resided together during that time they were going to treat as we were married and he was intitled to my child support payments and other deposits that are unknown to me at this time. When I asked for a copy of the bank statements I was told she is not able to give me those bank statements due to my name is not on the accounts. When I asked XXXX how can someone deposit money into a account that does not have my name on the account that I do not have access to. I was told if I wanted a copy of the statements I would need a court order. She also stated he also had me as a spouse under there auto insurance policies.

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


Complaint Details:

Date of Complaint: March 2, 2017

Company Official Name: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

State: PA

Product: Credit card

Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement

Full Complaint:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX USAA/ Consumer Report Dispute Attn : Form Code # XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX Dear XXXX XXXX, I still have not received your official response to my attached later from XXXX and closure of my identity theft case in your organization as outlined in the attached correspondence.

However, in the very beginning of XX/XX/XXXX, after more than five months of lengthy and very painful follow ups by numerous calls and correspondence with your organization, XXXX XXXX XXXX from the office of the CEO at USAA confirmed verbally to me and my attorney, XXXX XXXX XXXX of XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, that finally USAA has recognized and confirmed this case as an identity theft! At the same time, for reasons unknown and surprising to me she said that your organization needs a bit of time to close this matter properly within USAA before confirming to me and credit bureaus in writing! Furthermore, after several calls with XXXX XXXX she promised that the case will be properly closed and communicated to me and all the credit bureaus the latest by XX/XX/XXXX. As of the date of this letter to you on XX/XX/XXXX and after several further reminder messages to XXXX XXXX I am still awaiting proper closer of this matter which has caused me unbearable personal and financial stress during the last six months. If you disagree with any aspect of the foregoing please do advise.

I believe that I have been more than patient with your organization during the last 6 months, during which I have had to put many personal and business activities on hold, which have resulted in unbelievable hardship to me and my family, in addition to significant financial losses. I am therefore writing to you one last time in the hope of moving your organization to do the right thing with urgency and clear my record immediately, as you have already decided, by clear confirmation in writing to me and all the credit bureaus. In the absence of a quick remedy so that I can put my life back together, I will have to take the very unfortunate step of referring your organization to the court of law and I will hold your organization accountable for all the legal and personal costs that I have already incurred and will incur in the future to bring this matter to proper close.


Sincerely Yours, XXXX XXXX CC : XXXX Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Division XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX FBI XXXX XXXX Special Agent XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX Comptroller of the Currency Customer Assistance Group XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, Attorney At Law XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX

Company response:

Response Type: Closed with explanation

Public Response:
Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law


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