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  • Mobile app with tracking tools
  • Relatively low fees and good interest rates
  • No opening balance requirement for checking accounts
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  • Opt-in overdraft charges

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2012

    My husband and I were going on holidays in December of 2011. Our payment due date for our Capital One MasterCard is December 12. Not wanting to be late with a payment we mailed out two checks early in our own envelope. One check from our bank for the amount of $280.00 that was due on the 12 of December and an additional check for $500.00 from Canadian Tire. Both checks had our name and address on them as did all the checks sent to Capital One in the year 2011. Nothing was done differently. On December 05 our checks for $280.00 was withdrawn from our account and December 06 the $500.00 check was posted to our Canadian Tire account.

    These checks that total $780.00 have never been applied to our account as of date. The next statement that arrived said we had missed a payment and we had in fact paid early. Customer service was worse than nothing for helpfulness. Payment investigations is a laugh. We were given a man by the name of Mike (I'm sure that is his real name) who called me and gave me a fax and phone number to get ahold of him. The only problem is the number and extension he gave us just goes to an answering machine and the messages are not acknowledged. The Ombudsman must be related to Mike, they are just as helpful. Who would have thought these thieves would have created this? Shame on the ** who represent Capital One. Take off that veil from your face so you can find the missing checks that you lost on purpose so you could charge illegal interest. Double shame.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2012

    I was asking questions in reference to my account. The initial representative was unsure about the situation, I asked to speak to a lead rep and I explained to her the discrepancy regarding the amount I needed to pay. I still was unclear after speaking to this representative and I asked three times "May I please speak to another manager", the rep told me no, that I may not and that she was attempting to help me but I wont let her talk and threatened to disconnect the call. The rep then went on to tell me she was disconnecting the call because I wont shut up, which she did. I called back and asked for a supervisor and his attitude was totally nonchalant and asked who can I speak with for follow up. He told me that I was speaking with that person and they are not going to tell me what they do to their employees. All I asked for was a follow up, not what reprimands, if any, are given to the employee. I made the payment for the amount I was told was incorrect and asked Allen, whom I was speaking with. Wow.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2012

    I am writing this because I made a payment on Jan 31st. My payment was made for the full amount of $199. I get paid once a month and I always make the entire payment on the last day when I receive my check. This month, I made the payment. I got off work late so I tried to get to the bank when it opened the next day. When I got there at 8:10 am and once I deposited my check, my bank informed me that the Capitol One payment tried to run a check but there was insufficient funds.

    I called customer service and explained to the rep I talked with that I knew the payment would come back because my bank had informed me of what had happened. The rep said that the payment shows that it went through and that I should not make another payment until this one came back. She told me to call back the next day, and once the payment came back then I could make it again.

    I called the next day, which would have been Feb. 2, but the rep told me that the payment had not come back again. I would have to wait and try and call back again the next day. When I called back again, my account had come back, but my account needed to be updated before I could make another payment. On February 6, I called to make sure the payment finally could be made, but I was informed that I had late and return fees.

    I tried to explain that I made several attempts and that there would not have been a return fee if my payments had just been taken on the three previous times I had called. A supervisor, by the name of Zakee, was placed on the call and I explained to him my situation. He did nothing but tell me that after my payment was made, then he would maybe help me but not until he got the payment.

    Is this how you treat people? No matter what their concerns are, it's all about the money you receive? Anyway, I wouldn't be on the phone calling over and over if I was not making the payment, so I do not think I should be paying any late or return fees when I'm calling over and over. Mr Zakee made no attempt to address my problem but only told me he might help after I made the payment!

    I told him that if he could not help me, then I need to speak with a manager. He began to tell me that he would transfer me to the management team. I waited on hold for about 5 minutes, then he came back over the line and said that the management team had left. He told me that a voicemail was available and he would transfer me to that. Again, I waited for about 10 minutes. When he saw that I wasn't hanging up, he came back on the line and told me that he made a false statement and that there was no management team voicemail so he apologized for making a false statement!

    I dont appreciate being basically lied to in my face by a supervisor, especially when it cost me just to call and sit on the phone while I was being laughed at. Is this how Capitol One handles their business? If this is the case, I will take this to the FTC. I did try and make my payment and I felt like a mockery is being made out of hard working citizens. My time was completely wasted and all just to secure a payment that I've been clearly trying to make since Feb. 1st.

    Is your policy to lie and cheat people out of late fees and then make them out to feel bad? As an extra smack in my face, I was hung up on by Alejandro when I called back, and Eric tells me he is unwilling to help at all. Not knowing that I realized that there was a conversation going on between them the whole time then Eric told him to hang up on me! Although I cannot prove that every other part of this email is in every recorded call including all the calls made on Feb 1,2, and 3, and when all I wanted was my account to be corrected, I will not be disrespected and treated like I'm nothing since I pay Capitol One every month.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2012

    My husband and I have had a Capital One auto loan with this company for maybe over 4 years now, when we purchased our Dodge Caravan. We have Capital One set-up to automatically come out of our bank account every 2 weeks (the 10th and the 28th). My total car payment a month is $433 And some change, but the payments every 2 weeks makes it easier on us. Back in November 2011, a rep from Capital One called us at home, to advise us that "we were still behind" on our payments and needed to send in $573, and another $573 (plus change), and this will 'catch us up' to the current months' payments. We agreed to $573 on November 3, 2011, and then again $573 on December 3, 2011, and the agent advised us that then we could start back on our payment schedule, as of January 10, 2012 ($216.95), and the 28th of January ($216.95).

    After a few weeks, we got a call from a Capital One agent, saying "they" made a mistake and needed us to send in $72.00 and this $72.00 would be deducted from the payment of $573 on December 3, 2011, so that payment would now become $503.00, instead of $573 for December 3, 2011. After all of this was taken care of, and my husband and I did what was asked by Capital One, Capital One was "continually" taking the promised amount from our bank, as scheduled on the dates stated, and we "thought" everything was settled, and back on track. For the last 2 weeks, Capital One has been calling our house almost 7 times a day. I work the midnight shift, and I am usually not home when they call. My husband is on disability from a stroke, and having a tumor removed from his brain recently. So, they usually get my answering machine.

    Someone reached me yesterday, on Superbowl Sunday, after I came in from the church! This man from customer service/Capital One told me we where "40 days past due", and that we still owed them more than $600. I had him go over my account history, then he tells me that the 'other agent' who set up our payment arrangements didn't do it correctly". I requested a copy of my payment history to be sent to me, because they had just gotten a payment of $216.95 on the 28th of January 2012, and another $216.95 is scheduled to come out of our bank account on the 10th of January 2012! My husband and I feel like Capital One waited until we got caught up on our payment, then started calling, finding fees that they claim we owe! How is this, when their customer service agent set-up everything, beginning with the two bug payments, and then begin January 10, 2012/scheduled payments of $216.95 every 2 weeks.

    When I got home from work early morning, I look at my answering machine, and Capital One shows on my caller ID and they are calling and calling, instead of leaving just 1 message, and wait for someone to call them back. My husband has told me they have called all the way up to 8PM! I go to bed at 7PM, because I get up so early for work! We are very frustrated and angry at this point with Capital One auto finance. We will never ever have them finance anything for us again! The agents don't talk to each other. They don't read the latest updates on the account. They just call! I am waiting on the letter from Capital One, so I can call them back, and possibly get this settled. Because of the treatment we have gotten from them, hopefully this year, I will trade that car in for something else! I don't even want to deal with them again! People don't need to be harassed, when times now are even harder for consumers. Especially I am the only one working right now!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2012

    My wife and I pay all our bills through E*Trade Bank Electronic Bill Pay. Our payees include nine (9) credit card accounts, and seven (7) other organizations that accept electronic payments. With one exception (Capital One), E*Trade guarantees payment delivery in three days for any vendor accepting electronic payments, and five days for vendors where they have to mail a check using the US Post Office.

    Capital One is the only vendor that specifies electronic delivery, yet still shows up as a five day delivery time. I had E*Trade research this problem. The answer from the E*Trade research department was that Capital One has told E*Trade they must list them as five days to process. Because E*Trade guarantees me delivery in the specified time, they are forced to follow Capital One's instructions.

    I then contacted Capital One and spoke to a supervisor named Frances. Her answer was that five days was their policy, but sometimes it takes less. She had no answer as to why every other company in the country can process an electronic transfer in three days, but they can not. I then went back and looked at some of my past payments, and the time it took to get processed at Capital One. One took three days, the rest took four or five days.

    It is clear why Capital One is adding extra days. For every extra day they have your money, and don't post it, they get to charge you finance charges on your money, and increase the chances that you will be assessed a late charge on your account. In my mind, this is clearly a scam.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2012

    Capital One charges a hidden membership fee of $59. They would not repeal it when I called in. Have been a customer with a large loan for 3 years. Paid it off. Company does not have any loyalty and the card does not offer a reward program to justify $59 fee. It is just another way of raising your interest another 5.9% annually on the first $1,000 of credit line. Except when you are not carrying a balance, they are still gonna clip you for $59.

    What is more disgusting is the response from a Capital One customer service rep. I have copied the information below from our chat. They need to train their reps below better because a lame duck answer like "I apologize, we have had the flexibility to waive this fee in the past, we no longer have that flexibility due to changes in the economy and waiving this fee is no longer an option for us."

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2012

    I opened a Capital One debit card account at the beginning of the month. I only received a welcome email. I was able to check my account online, up until the day I made a deposit. On the day my money was deposited, they decided to put a "hold" on my account, after they received the deposit, with no notification to me or anything. I had been checking my account consistently during the day. It wasn't until I stated getting error messages that I decided to actually call, and see what the problem was. I was then told my account had been placed on hold, and would not be able to be verified, until I physically faxed ID verification into the company.

    I was not told this at sign up, nor at any point, before all my funds were deposited. I feel as if this company has committed fraud. I received no email or info implying I would need to send in additional verification, neither at sign up, nor when I called to activate the card. Why accept the deposit? How do you accept a deposit if the account is on "hold" status? I still have no access to my money, and will not, until I fax in documentation. I do not have access to fax. I find it absolutely horrendous that I received no notification of such a procedure, and they are telling me I cannot be verified using the manual verification process. I will never again use anything with the Capital One name to it, and I am going to suggest to anyone thinking of using their services, to find a different choice.

    I am very unhappy, and I think it is outrageous for you to be able to do such a thing, without prior notification. Had I known this is what I would have to endure, I would've never opened this account. I thought capital one would be a good company. I was 100% wrong. I am also reporting this incident to the BBB, so they are able to warn any other unsuspecting victims like myself. It's just not fair. I have been waiting on my paycheck for a while, and I still cannot access it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2012

    Capital One refuses to close accounts rebates last activity on accounts, add over limit fees to accounts illegally, delays posting payments to accounts in a timely fashion. What is it going to take to get the federal government to act against this company how many people will have to suffer through judgments and garnishments before this company is held responsible for their actions and the actions of collection agencies they sell out of date debts to.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2012

    I have been having problems keeping up with my account, since I was unemployed for 18 months. I have started working again, and have made a major attempt to get back on track. I just sent $239 this past week. I received an offer in the mail, stating how Capital One understood my financial problems, and wanted to offer me a $50 incentive debit card. All I had to do was call and activate it. When I called to activate it, the first representative hung up. This is not good business. The second transferred me to another rep, saying my credit was past due, so I am not qualified for the offer. My question is, why send it to help those who don't need it? I wanted to use it towards my balance. My balance is less than $500, and I am trying my best but it seems that the rich is get richer, and those who work so hard, and do without paying their bills aren't good enough for your so called helpful offer. My card has expired. I understand that. The reason was to not get more indebted than I was. I was hoping to cope after it was caught up, but after this, I will never deal with Capital One again. This sounds more like a scam to me, than any generous offers you may give to help your customers.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2012

    My partner died so I called Capital One to cancel her credit card and instructed them to refuse any further charges from Hughesnet. This was the only charge ever made on the card and I had cancelled the satellite account (I had DSL and was not using Hughes). Not only did Capital One not cancel the CC, they transferred the account to me and continued to accept charges from Hughesnet. After a three-way call to Hughesnet, who said they were removing the charge and Capital One agreeing to finally cancel the card, they are now calling twice a day harassing me to pay the charges from Hughesnet.

    They had no right to transfer the account to me, no right to accept charges on my behalf after me specifically instructing them to cancel the card and not accept any charges or no right to now hassle me about something I was not responsible for. Capital One is fraudulently trying to collect a dead woman's debt. Public beware!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2012

    On January 20, 2012, I paid both mine and my husband's Capital One monthly payment. They were both paid on time. Since I have made those payments, Capital One keeps calling me. I spoke with various Capital One employees and asked them if there was a problem with our bills. They said no, there wasn't, everything was fine. I asked why they were calling me and they couldn't give me a direct answer. Each time I spoke with them, they apologized for the inconvenience and assured me that they would put it on my file, that nothing was wrong with the account and they wouldn't be calling us.

    Whenever I got the phone call, I got the same run around, the apology, but they never keep their word. To me, this is harassment, mine and my husband's next payment isn't due until February. We are both so angry with Capital One, that we have destroyed the cards and will just keep paying our payments until our accounts are paid off. I am at the point that I won't answer my phone when I see their number light up. Is there any way these harassing phone calls can be stopped. I can understand if they call if my payment is late but it's not. Please help me with any information

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2012

    I settled my account with Capital One, but they kept on billing me. I requested for my account to be closed, and paid. They refused to close my account. Every month I get a bill, I send them proof that I have settled the account. What can I do?

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2012

    I was told that before I opened any secured Capital One credit cards, that after a certain amount of time, Capital One will give CLI without adding deposits, and in most cases, transform the secured card into an unsecured card with accounts in good standing. So as someone who is 7 years out of Bankruptcy, I was looking to rebuild my credit finally and obtained two secured cards. Both cards had a $351 CL, with the $200 on each cards deposit. I was thrilled to have those cards become unsecured, or at the least have a CLI with good standings.

    I have now had these two cards for almost 8 months, never been late, and always paid in full each month and never maxed them out. I have had zero CLI and when I called to request one, they told me they do not offer and have never offered this. I then asked how close I was to transforming these cards into unsecured cards and the rep. over the phone practically laughed at me and told me in a not-so-polite tone that this is impossible because they do not nor have they ever offered to transform a secured card into an unsecured card. Wow. What a slap in the face.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2012

    My credit card has been paid off since November of 2010. For the last two months, Capital One has continued to charge me interest and a monthly membership fee on a card that has no balance. When I called to close the account, the representatives supervisor named Laura would not credit my account the $5. It is deceptive that they charge you a monthly fee on a credit card that does not have a balance because if you forget to pay it, they hit you with a $5 late fee. I want the $5 waived off of my account.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2012

    I have been using AOL and AOLl call alert for "dial up" the past 10 years on my computer, until October 23'rd of 2011. When I switched to cable for internet and did not need to pay this service anymore. Aol was alerted on that day and told we did not want it anymore, but I had just paid the bill on October 14th which wasn't due till November 3'rd of 30.85. Anyway, as stated, AOL was alerted in plenty of time, to not charge me again, the service was no longer needed.

    I was using Capital One and never had a problem with the card before. Well, AOL went ahead and tacked on the same charges. I told them to cancel in October, for November, so I called both the card and AOL and was told this was settled.

    Until the next month where I was billed by Capitol One again, this time with interest. I got on the phone again with both parties on a 3 way call and was told again it was settled. But the next month, the credit card sent another bill with late charges. So I got on the phone with the credit card again and they sent me verification from AOL that the charge from November was wrong and not valid. Last week, I got another charge from Capital One. The bill is escalating and I'm a senior and have been annoyed enough.

    I have cancelled the card, but no matter what the operators tell me, the escalating bill for a charge that was false in the first place, keeps coming. I have no faith in anyone I talk to at Capital One anymore. This is borderline harassment. I have proof they sent me notice from AOL that the charge from November was wrong, but when I called the number, the card refuses to erase the charge from the system. As long as that escalating charge is there, I'll keep getting a bill. Help me. Please.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2012

    I have been a loyal customer of Capital One, I even worked there as a temp for an SVP, and was offered a permanent job, but now I am saying they are discriminating against disabled people. I have cancer now (and going through a divorce). Within the past year, I have even paid the credit card company money in advance, when I owed nothing. I am not behind in my payments at all. As a matter of fact, I get weekly mailings that say I am already qualified for another credit card with them.

    Every time I apply, they say I am not qualified. I have called them, told them that I am on disability, and have cancer, and I am up to date, but I need a credit increase. They turned me down. I want to know why, if I don't qualify, do they keep sending me mailings. When I was not ill, they gave me increases. This is discrimination. I don't see any other reason for it. I would like them to increase my credit limit, based on my past payments, always on time and as I said, I have paid them in advance, so in my time of need, I would like an increase.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2012

    I Spoke with Capital One on 21 Jan 2012 about an account that I accidentally locked myself out of. It took about five minutes and I was back in. Twelve hours later, I was trying to access my other two capital One accounts and they were locked out. When I called, they said I had not set up a profile but could not explain how I was able to make online payments for the last three years, change bank accounts to pay from and resolve issues with online. They told me that it would take 5-7 days to resolve since "I wasn't the only person with a problem and they would have to research it." The problem that I told James from Capital One is that there have to be others that they log into their knowledge base with the same issue and I wanted it resolved because the next time someone asks me, "What's in your wallet?" I'm going to tell them Discover Card and laugh.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2012

    Something needs to be done about these finance companies taking advantage people. They charge you an ungodly amount of interest like in my situation. We have been paying on this car for a year and a half, and according to their figures we have only paid a little over $2000 on this car where the interest rate is 23%. The car payment is $426.75 a month, but when you call to make a payment they want to charge an extra $15 to the payment for calling to make your payment and if you’re late they want to charge an arm and a leg for it being late also. All they are doing is ripping people off.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2012

    The people at Capital One are crooks! They have horrible business practices and even worse customer service. How many complaints will it take to put them under? I have been unhappy with Capital One from the day I opened the account but stuck it out to give them a try. I will be closing my account today and will report if I have any problems with that as well, because I suspect I will!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2012

    Called Capitol One on 01/06/12 to find out the pay off on my account. I had just made a payment on 12/30/11, so I knew the balance had gone down some but I wasn't sure how much. My Loan rep whom I was doing a Debt consolidation loan through had Capitol one on speaker phone we got the figures and mailed the check along with a note saying to close the account once the payment was received. I got online tonight to print off that the account was paid in full and noticed that there was a balance. So I called them to find out why they had applied interest anyway, and what dollar amount they were basing the interest charge on. After 37 minutes on hold with a Rep, while he waited on a manager to be available, they hung up on me. Are you kidding me! That's customer service for you these days?

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2012

    After using Capital One master card for about 2 years and being a great customer with full monthly payments and not having one single late payment, I decided to use just my Chase card and close my Capital One account, so that I don't have to pay any annual fee. When I called them and tried to close the account, they offered me another type of account "Venture" which didn't have any annual fee!

    So I decided to accept the offer and keep the account as a secondary card. After a few months, I received a call from Capital One asking me whether or not I withdrew $200 from my card and my answer was "No"! They assured me that they will remove any charges related to that transaction and that I was not obligated of any payment.

    After a month, I received another call informing me that they didn't find that transaction to be fraud and I have to pay that $200! I tried to give them different reasoning that the transaction was not done by me and based on the policy of the card, they must remove all the fees. However, they said that someone had called them 18 hours before that transaction and set a pin. And if I believe that further investigations are needed, a police report must be filed.

    Today, after calling them a zillion time and filing a police report and a million other forms and reports, I haven't been able to resolve this problem! The funniest thing is that the "agent" who is assigned to work on my case doesn't even reply to my messages, and any time I call Capital One, they say that Ms. so and so "is not available we'll leave a message for her"! I wish I had closed my account that day and didn't accept their freaking offer.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2012

    I am so livid with Capital One that I canceled my credit card on the spot today.

    On December 29, 2011, I made a payment to CO using their online payment method. Like every month since I've been a customer, I pay my bill on time and in full, to avoid interest charges. Not only do I remember making the payment, but 2 things of importance were present when I made the payments. Firstly, although I receive a paper statement, it gets sent to my permanent home address (I am in grad school). When I made my December payment, I was surprised my bill was lower than I knew it should be, because I was aware of how much I spent that month. I figured I was credited for a late payment fee that was erroneously added to my account the month before. It turns out I was charged twice for my December payment. I was never notified.

    Another important factor was what was actually on my statement. I had lost my dog 5 days before I made my payment and I was eager to get that charge off my statement because I did not want to be reminded of his vet bill.

    I had used my card twice in December and made a payment for $120 (this total includes my credit). Even though I received a confirmation number after I processed my bill, I only received it on their website (and not through an email) after making the payment. Since I'd never had any reason to keep my confirmation number before, I closed the site after I saw the payment was scheduled to be made (Never again will I not keep the confirmation number due to this incident).

    Not more than a week later, I was traveling in Florida and went to use my credit card, only to find out I was denied. When I called and inquired why, they said I had reached my limit. When I tried to dispute this, they said they would only refund me if it showed up on my bank account that I had been debited the money, since it wasn't showing on their records. This was unfortunate for me because not only was CO delayed on their proof of payments and online statements, but so was Bank of America. It showed it was never debited from my account. When I called BofA to discuss this with them, they said they never even received a request from CO to confirm the payment, which left me SOL.

    When I called CO, again, I asked for them to review my account activity, to show that I had logged in on 12/29/2011. They told me that they don't keep records of that type of activity because "it would be a burden on their account files and storage on their computers." The only record of account activity they could access was from the current day. That means that no matter what, they can only tell you if you've been on the site that day, not even the last day you've logged in. Seriously? I am appalled at the lack of due diligence this company is practicing!

    Not only that, but I was on the phone for over an hour, placed on hold, and then hung up on. All of their calls are outsourced out of the US. I understand it might be cheaper for them to do so, but when a US customer has a complaint they need to dispute and the numerous people they are trying to speak to barely speak English, it is extremely frustrating. Not only that, but all of their employees are programmed to go through the same routine conversation, and even if you try to tell them what you are calling for, they still go through the whole rehearsed routine of going through your activity where you made them. There is a difference between effective protocol and wasting my time, and this is the epitome of the latter.

    At the end of 2 hours of trying to get someone to understand what I was trying to accomplish, I was left defeated. CO told me they couldn't even check to see if anyone even attempted to connect with BofA to make a payment to my account, nor could they even tell me if it was done manually or if a computer program just did it automatically. BofA had encouraged me to ask about this process because one of its (BofA) associates told me that often, credit card companies enter in routing and account numbers incorrectly, so that would explain why BofA never had a record of an attempted payment by CO.

    Even though it's only $120, that is besides the point. It's the principle of it. This card was only for emergencies, hence the vet bill, and had a max of $200. As a grad student, paying a bill once is hard enough on such a limited budget. But when it makes you feel like you're being taken advantage of, that is just too much. If I was never notified of my credit, who's to say I won't be notified that they mysteriously found my previous payment. I'd been a loyal, prompt and reliable customer for 3 years and this was how they repaid me. This company needs to be exposed for how they exploit their customers, and it needs to happen asap!

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    Coverage

    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2012

    Payment protection plan has not been what they say it would do. Not initiated despite claims sent and proof of disability. Still owe money that plan covers.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2012

    I paid off the card in full on 8/15/11 and have not used it since. Capital One created phantom charges, added interest and then late payments. Now I "owe" $104.28. Not only do I "owe" $104.28 for no products or services delivered in return, but my credit report was dinged as well because I didn't know I could be charged phantom fees and interest. Stay as far away from Capital One as possible. The barbarians they use in their TV ads are real and their job is to steal your money.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2012

    I tried to use my Capital One card to make a payment for a cruise. The travel agent stated that the card was refused. I called customer service, and found out that the card was placed on hold, due to the $8.50 that was inadvertently left out of my payment to Capital One. I pay off the balance monthly, and have been doing so for 10 years. I have about $20,000 in accounts with Capital One. I had them move money from an account, to pay the $8.50, but the hold will take a day or two before they can have it removed, so I can't use my card to pay for the cruise, and get rewards. I am tired of talking to customer service people like Peggy, etc. It seems that no one in customer service gives a ** about their customers. So long Capital One. I'll be closing out, and moving my money some place, where it is appreciated.

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2012

    My experience was less than 1 star with Capitol One. So Why do I have to rate my experience? Here’s my complaint: I have tried since Sept 2011 to close my Capitol One Credit Card. They have absolutely refused.

    I transferred my entire balance on the card to another credit card and requested the card to be closed at the same time. I found out later that they did not close the account, and they are still accepting all transactions that are from "yearly and monthly" type of accounts.

    It's always been my understanding that if an account is requested to be closed, it's closed and no "New" transactions are to be accepted. If there had been a balance when the account was closed, then yes the balance must be paid. This seems to me to be a "tad" illegal.

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2012

    I closed my account with Chevy Chase Bank on 12/14/2011 and the teller asked what could she do to encourage me to keep my account open. I informed her I did not like Capital One's practices with regard to their customers. My accounts have always been in excellent standings. I received a letter from them on 12/30/11 stating they paid an automatic payment of $7.41 and charged my account $35 for an overdraft fee. I called their 800 number and the representative told me my account was closed on 12/14/11 and she does not know why anything was paid after that date, but I would have to forward $42.41 to them because my account was now in the negative. I am disputing this $35 charge fee and feel I should not have been charged since my account was officially closed. The $7.41 should have been refused due to account closed. This is another way for Capital One to get money from good customers. Your assistance in this matter will be appreciated.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2012

    On 1/11/12, I called and used the automated system to pay the minimum payment of $15. Today, 1/12/12, I woke up to find my bank account negative over $300. To my surprise ,I found out that for some reason Capital One paid off my balance in full which I did not authorize. I called Capital One only to be told that it would take 5 business days to refund me my money which, for me, is unacceptable considering it was their mistake.

    We have a newborn baby that we need to buy formula for and we can't do that with a bank account that is negative $300. It's not like Capital One even cares though. There should be no problems with me faxing them my bank statement and they refunding me immediately but according to the supervisor, she cannot do that. I call ** on that one. I will be cancelling my Capital One card and never getting any form of credit from them again!

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2012

    I have a Sony Rewards card through Capital One credit card. Last month Sony rewards had a special promotion to redeem points for particular items by a certain date to receive by Christmas. I redeemed points for 3 items. I received one item and it was not the one I ordered, so I immediately contacted Sony rewards. I was assured by the representative that they would do an overnight for the correct item through FedEx and at the same time FedEx would pickup the wrong item. I stayed home the next day and no one came from FedEx. When I called Sony I was told that they don’t know anything about it and until they receive the wrong item back they can’t ship the right one. FedEx finally came after a week and only when I kept calling Sony since no one actually placed an order with FedEx to do a pickup.

    It has now been 3 weeks since Sony received the wrong item back and they have not shipped anything to me. I called them a few days ago and the representative could not tell me when my order of the 3 items will come since the one they made a mistake on has not even been shipped. The representative told me that they received the wrong item back and don’t know when they will ship the correct one to me. They also don’t know where the other two items are.

    Sony Rewards has taken the points away, and although they promised last month in their advertisement to deliver by Christmas this is false advertisement and theft of points. The points are like cash and these points can only be used to redeem items listed in the Sony Rewards catalogue. Sony has not given me what I redeemed my points for and I am out of the points and don’t have any of the 3 items. Sony feels that they can get away with this because these items were not technically purchased; if this is the service, I would receive through credit card purchase and by now my credit card company would be involved. But since this is only a points redemption, Sony feels that they can act unprofessionally and unethically by taking my points away and not providing me with any items.

    I had contacted Capital One credit card and they stated they cannot help me. I keep calling Sony and neither the customer support nor the managers are able to assist me. I want my 3 items sent to me or the points that Sony has taken away returned to my account. Sony Rewards has not shipped anything to me. Sony Rewards cannot tell me when my items will be shipped. Sony had promised early last month in their ad to have items before Christmas and have not followed through. Sony Rewards has taken my points but have not provided me with the items I redeemed points for. Capital One credit card that is associated with the Sony rewards program refuses to help me.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2012

    On 8/30/11, my wife called Capital One and spoke with Clair, asking to have our due date moved from the 10th of the month to the 28th of the month. My wife explained that one of our vehicles had just broke down and we needed the money to get it fixed and did not want our credit card to be delinquent since we could not pay it by the 10th. My wife told her we would pay it by the 28th. Clair said, she thought she could do this, however 22nd may be the only option. She would check. Also, the change would take 30 days to happen. We would probably see a late fee on the next statement, just call and ask for it to be removed. In September, we went into a debt management program. Capital One sent us a letter on 9/15 accepting the terms of $85/month.

    The debt management company paid the bill on 9/24. On 10/8, we called and spoke to Joel, to have the $25 late fee that did show on our statement removed. He said that he would remove it, never stating that there was a problem since we were on the debt management program. On 11/21, in the midst of our grandson's funeral, we received an email notification from Equifax of a credit change. We missed the email due to the family emergency, and then the holidays.

    We received another notification on 12/29 from Experian of another charge. When we checked the credit bureaus, we discovered that Capital One had reported us as 2 months past due, because the payment had gone up to $92 and the debt management only paid $85. This created a delinquency in Capital One's eye of $7, and had never been paid, therefore they reported it. This report caused my credit score to drop 93 points. We called Capital One on 1/2/12 and spoke to Andrew, to ask why the late fee was never removed and why we were reported as 2 months past due.

    He said that we missed the September payment and that the late fee could not be removed because of that. My wife told him payments were posted for Sept, Oct, Nov and Dec between the 24th and 26th, which was on time by the 28th due date as previously requested and agreed upon. Therefore, the $7 they are claiming we are late on, should have never been had the late fee been removed.

    We wanted the late fee removed and the negative comments retracted, so my credit score would be reinstated back to what it was prior to 11/21 submission. After going through all the conversations and payments again, Andrew said, that it appears that the company had made an error. However, he could not remove the late fee, only a manager could do so, and no one was available that day. The only thing he could do was to submit an investigation to the credit bureaus. He suggested that we pay the $7 to bring the account current. so he could correct the due date.

    He suggested it be moved to the 2nd that way the payment made by the 28th would be on time. He would also request that a supervisor or manager call us to discuss the issue with the late fee. My wife gave him her cell phone and the house phone. She requested that they call the cell number first, then the house phone number. We only had 1 call to our house phone, from them, no messages were left. (We have caller ID ND voicemail)

    We called back on 1/4, 3 times only to be hung up on twice. The last time we spoke to Pam, who claimed a supervisor had indeed called us 3 times but we never answered the phone. She also would not transfer my wife to a supervisor because I was not at home to give my "approval". My wife asked her to make sure a supervisor calls her back on her cell phone. To date, no one has called her. We called again on 1/9/12 and spoke to Carla. She also claims that a supervisor has called us 3 times, no one answered and said that a message is never left for privacy purposes. Carla also told my wife that she only has authorization to discuss the account, she cannot make any changes. It has to come from the card holder. (I have given my approval every time she has called to make a change.)

    Carla said that the late fee could not be removed because we are in a debt management program and that the inquiry to the credit bureaus probably will not change anything. Per their computer records, we were delinquent and therefore the comments will probably stand. We went into this debt management program in order pay our bills and keep our credit score good. Had we known that one credit card -- will do what they want and file a negative comment to drop our score, we would have just filed bankruptcy. It just does not pay to do the right thing anymore because corporations apparently do what they want to. No one makes them do the right thing. I think we the people need to start fighting back. This has to stop!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2012

    I was approved for a Student Rewards credit card from Capital One. I received the card on Saturday, January 7, 2012. I called Capital One and activated my card with a $500 credit line the same day. I used the card two times for purchases totaling $29.50 and then attempted to use my card for a $4 purchase only to have it declined. Thinking there was an obvious mistake, I ran it through three more times only to keep getting declined. The clerk informed me this is commonplace at their establishment and not to be worried. To establish it was their mistake and not my card's I tried to use the card outside at the Redbox kiosk, declined once again.

    I contacted Capital One online and am told to call the next day during business hours. After being transferred five times, I spoke with a "fraud agent" who informed me my account was put on hold because of suspected fraud. I inform the man of my situation and am told the only way to undo the hold is to fax in one form of government issued ID, a pay stub, and a utility bill to prove my address.

    After they received the documents, it would take an additional 3-5 days for them to review the documents and take the hold off my account. Why was my card declined in the first place? I was not provided any answers except that I needed to provide these documents and wait patiently. Wake up people. Capital One has a long history of doing the exact same thing to new card holders. Don't waste your time. I will be reporting them to BBB also.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2012

    I had an account that I fell behind on payments with. I needed to get it taken care of because it was keeping my credit score low. I pulled money out against my 401K in order to pay it down. I paid 850.00 towards the bill, and that left a balance of 500.00. They told me that I could make minimum payments of 20.00/mo with 0% interest. Sounded good to me. Well here it is over a year later, I'm still paying down the 500 that seems to never go away even though I'm supposed to be on 0% and they still have me listed as Derogatory on 2 of the 3 credit reporting agencies. I'm really pretty ticked off. We entered into an agreement and I am keeping up my end of the deal, yet they are still trying to strangle the life out of me! Any suggestions out there?

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2012

    Capital One sent a disputed account to a collection agency and once it was again disputed, now it is with a law firm who is threatening to take me to court. I have not received the requested information:
    1. The amount of the original debt which does not include finance charges that have accumulated after 3 years;
    2. The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed;
    3. Provide a verification or copy of any judgment (if applicable);

    4. Proof that you are licensed to collect debts in (Texas)

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2012

    In September 2011, I received 2 notifications via mail from Capital One Auto Finance for good or bad credit. I was looking to purchase a newer vehicle despite my derogatory credit rating, so I called the number and was routed to Hillside Auto Mall. On 9/25/11, I traded in a 2004 Jaguar X-Type for a 2009 Honda Accord EX Coupe at Hillside Auto Mall, Inc. located in Queens, NY. The dealer, Ray and I discussed and agreed on 72 months finance with a schedule to refinance with Municipal Credit Union in 3 to 5 months.

    I have made 2 car payments in the amount of $998.00 total. My Capital One statement has all of the aforementioned payment as interest with no monies going toward the principle loan amount. I contacted the dealer who stated he had never heard of such and would call Capital One. After several additional calls to both Capital One and the Dealership there has been no resolution, just the runaround. Finally, Capital One floor supervisor, Nick **, informed me of signing a contract for a simple loan with daily interest of $12.00 per day accrued from purchase 9/25/2011 until first payment scheduled 11/9/11.

    However, as I explained thoroughly, I never was told anything in regards a "simple loan" with daily interest, nor was I given the option to avoid accrual. The fact of the matter is my trade in was not paid off until 10/21/11. I was still responsible for the payments which were taken from my direct deposit. I would not have made this deal had I known in detail what financial risk were involved. I totally feel this is wrong and must be corrected.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2011

    I have had a Capital One Master Card since early 2005. It had a small limit, which was not helpful when traveling. I called and asked about a credit line increase. I was told that they would grant me one on the condition that I accept Credit Protection on a monthly basis. I was unemployed at the time and they knew it. Late last year, they were apparently sued in a class action suit (Spinelli) for their Credit Protection practices. I was not made aware of it and was unable to make a claim. I have since closed the account and am continuing to make payments.

    This Spring I moved. In the early fall, I called Capital One and told them I wanted rid of the Protection Plan. They transferred me to a retention unit, who asked a few questions. When they asked if I was employed at the time the Plan was added and I said no, they freaked and transferred me to the Plan Department. The representative there said it would be removed immediately. It was.

    I am so upset. I calculated the amount I paid over the last 6 years and it is roughly $2000, almost enough to pay the ** card off. Yet that $2500 balance sits there with its incredible jacked up 29.9% interest rate and even with it closed, it never seem to get much lower. Let this be a warning. Capital One specializes in fraud and legalized theft from consumers. Between us, my husband and I have four of their cards; once these are paid, never again.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2011

    This has now gone on since June 2011. I received a letter that denied additional credit on June 4th, 2011 on a Capital One card I didn't know I owned, especially since in 2009 after short selling my home, I received a letter claiming that my credit line had been cancelled. The credit card number had never been used by me. I disputed all charges and filed a police report. All charges were made while I was in Jamaica. The only person to enter my home was my 30-year-old daughter to water my plants and feed the cats.

    According to Capital One, the activation call was made from my home phone on May 2011. I advised Capital One that my credit is very important to me and I am willing to have even my own daughter arrested, but I have no proof that the card exists. Since June 4th, I have spoken to Spencer, David, Jessica, Adam, Meredith, and Kathy. David was assigned our fraud case. He has been so horrible and made a claim that I conspired with my daughter to take money from Capital One. I was treated like a thief.

    They have now changed the credit card number three times and my first statement from Capital One since 2009 was issued on December 5th, 2011, claiming 5 months of late fees and incredible interest rate. My daughter has signed a letter of responsibility, yet they want to destroy the good credit I have regardless. They are the worst company. The charges were fraudulent, not authorized and not mine.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2011

    I had a Capital One card and I was paying the protection plan. When I lost my job, I called to let then know and I asked them about the protection plan, and they told me there was such a thing and that I had to pay the bill. Now they have been coming after me for payment. I paid then $500 so far and when I told then I couldn't pay them anymore, they came after me for another $1024. I just received a letter in the mail from the marshal for payment of $216 a week until its paid off. I'm not working at the moment. What do I do?

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2011

    Capital One is really hurting the economy. I hope this Credit Card Company really goes out of business. This is a joke! They do so many illegal things that aren't right. The workers for this company over the phone are also rude. They don't have any ethical decisions and if they do lose their jobs, it's about time they feel how others feel who. They are also have a little scam going on with "No Hassle". Oh, they really do hassle your billing at a high APR! They got me once when I was 18 years old a long time ago. I was new at this credit card thing.

    My credit limit was $300 and I tried to make payments. Every time I was late just once, they charged me like more than the APR interest! My bill went from $300 to $2000 plus. I was going through Basic Training in the Army when Capital One was continuously charging my credit month by month. When I came back from training, I paid that $2000plus bill and framed my credit bill receipt to remind me that I will never ever apply for any other credit card company except my debit/visa card. It makes me feel sick to my stomach that after ten years of not seeing a Capital One, they have the ***** to send me another mail application that I am approved for a higher line credit. This is absurd and I don't think they should go on with this craziness! Someone needs to put a stop on them!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2011

    On December 27,2011, I received a letter from Capital One stating that it is possible that someone opened an account using my identity information. I called several of those numbers that were in the letter and no live person to talk to, just recordings of how to prevent yourself from identity theft. I don't know if this is a selling thing to get a protection plan or what.

    I have a slight disability, understand these type of things. I was very scared and worried. I drove over the police department and show a deputy the letter. He told me, if any further letters or some fraud took place, the deputy will handle it. This Capital One should take the time to apologize what they have done. I am really hurt. I can't afford an attorney.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2011

    On October 24, 2011, I made arrangements to pull from the account $161 on November 6,2011 but on November 3, 2011 I called and made payment for amount of $181 with Nick, customer representative. I informed Nick that I wanted to cancel payment for November 6, 2011. Nick informed me that that payment will be cancelled and will not be taken from my account. Well, on November 6 ,the payment was taken from my account. I contacted Capital One and informed the representative what happened. The representative informed me that it will take 7-10 days to be investigated. I informed the representative that they caused me overdrafts because my other bills had been taken from my account and they took $161 that was not fully there. I also again told them they put me into overdraft and that it is causing overdrafts ever day. They didn't care.

    They knew they were not to go into my account again on Nov 6 but they did it anyway. They just tell me they don't know how it happened. Well, they put back $161 but didn't pay over drafts. When the $161 was returned the overdraft took that because the account was in massive overdraft. I again called Capital One and informed them that. The representative informed me that I had to send bank statement to show the overdraft which bank sent the dispute about the charge. Still, today it hasn't been taken care of. The account is still in over draft and Capital One calls me everyday and I explained what they did over 50 times. They just tell me again to send statement which I have done on 4 different times.

    This includes bank sent statement to correspondence department; also they just tell me they are working on it. It has been almost a month now but they continue to call me for a payment which this bank account is now in over drawn amount of $867 because of Capital One. And they are aware of this but they want me to pay my credit card bill which I will and have no problem doing. I have been customer of Capital One for over 10 years now. Please inform me what to do.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2011

    My first payment I sent in was two $500 money orders and I received an email stating my $500 payment was posted. I became worried and called. They kept me on the phone for an hour talking to numerous representatives and there was nothing they could do to help. I'm assuming they opened the envelope for one payment and threw the other away. I had the receipts and am now waiting a month in Western Union to be reimbursed. My second payment, I did a check by phone. On Dec. 20th, the money was out of my bank account the next day. I went to CA for Christmas and got a rental car. Upon returning the car, my Capital One card was declined (Dec. 27) because they said the payment hadn't posted yet. When I called to talk to them about this, I talked to 4 different people I could barely understand what they were saying. I was hung up on 3 times. Incredible that someone that has thousands of my dollars "tied up somewhere" would treat me that way. These people are a scam.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2011

    Capital One has screwed many people over the years on mortgages & other financial products. Do not deal with these people. I wrote to them to stop any further solicitations, even if they are giving away free money.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2011

    In the month of October, I sent in 2 separate money orders, each one $100.00. These were in separate envelopes, and one had November payment at the bottom and the other one had December payment on it. I called about my balance, and now, I have a late fee for the December payment plus my interest will go up to 29.99%.

    This just can't be right. They are telling me I missed the December payment, for which I now owe $15.00 late fee plus high interest rate for the remainder of the balance. This can't be right.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2011

    As being a business owner, in this day business has been slow. It's also been very hard to keep up with business and personal bills and keep the cash flow flowing. We also hired the wrong bookkeeper who has been trying to put us out of business. This lady has many different names and has felonies on her record. She was recommended through a chain of FL state agencies. We got behind in our car payment as well. We made a double car payment yesterday and only behind one payment now.

    By the way, they charge over $200 a month in late fees (our payment is only $358 per month). Capital One still took the car last night with our 3 kids car seats and strollers in the vehicle. The agency that recovered on behalf of Capital One (their client) said it was a holiday weekend and they close at 12 noon today and to call back on Tuesday. We are Jewish and feel that we're being discriminated against because they decided to close for a holiday we do not celebrate. I don't see how a company should take a vehicle a day before a holiday closing and expect the family to go without their personal belongings, especially when they are going through a hardship already.

    I'm sure they are still going to charge us a per day fee. Where's our government to help "We the People"? Capital One also does not refinance their own vehicles because they want to keep more money from the people and ask the government for more money to help the people. What people are they helping? CEOs of Capital One?

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2011

    They are billing me on a closed account that was paid off and closed by me. The fees charged are their own fees, late charges for their fees and interest on the fees and late charges! They pyramided the fees and late charges and now trying to damage me with this fraud. They keep on sending me notices. I disputed the charges on my credit report and the information fell off my report due to being too old. I did close this account years ago with written notice and I paid off of the balance. I have no charges on this account. This is them charging up an account under my name.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2011

    I had a Capital One credit card that, because of tough times, I was unable to pay 2 years ago. I continued to get statements and letters from various attorneys and collection agencies offering settlement offers. Meanwhile, Capital One was reporting to the credit bureaus that my account was "charged off as bad debt". They continued to charge me interest and past due charges. On 11/9/2011 I was contacted by an attorney and was able to work out a settlement. I was told it was paid in full and taken care of.

    On 12/19/11 I received an actual statement in the mail from Capital One showing that they received my "settlement" payment, charged me interest, showed my balance and indicated my account was past due. Obviously I took out a loan to take care of the problem and the problem is still there. They are still destroying my credit and the issue hasn't been resolved. They continue to harass me.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2011

    I've had a Capital One credit card since 2007. I have used it a few times, but never carried a consistent balance. I've always paid it off within a maximum of 2 months. My card had a zero balance as of August 2010, and the card itself actually expired on 12/25/2010. Today, 12/19/2011, my wife calls me and says that we have a $135 balance on the card. So, I called and the lady said, "oh, your account isn't coded to us. Let me transfer you". After about 10 of those useless calls to some Arab terrorist call center, I get another moron on the phone who actually takes it to the next step of, "how can I help you with your account? " Wow! That was about all she did right.

    I told her the situation, and she said, "you've had 0 balance, but your account has a 3 dollar membership fee each month. I said, "so your charging me interest and late payment fees on my member fee?" She said, "don't worry about it, Capital One is going to wipe that balance, but your account has been closed". I said, "I don't want my account closed". She said, "that's just how it works". I said, "that's fine, I don't want to do business with a company that is that incompetent, and who also employs camel jockey morons, who can't even speak English". I had a few choice profanities for her and her mother, before she finally hung up. Anyways, morale of the story is pick another credit card company and bank, to do business with. ** Capital One!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2011

    In September, 2011, I took advantage of one of their 12-month 0% interest programs, as my account had a zero balance and had been paid off for a few months. I bank online as well as pay this company online. The 0% check posted to my account timely, but Capital One did not send my notice of payment due in November and now expect me to pay the 22%+ interest on this $1,250.00. They did send the notice of payment due in December, at which time I posted a $200.00 payment and noted that I had a $39.00 interest charge.

    The first representative, Lem in the Philippines, with whom I spoke stated that the check for the interest-free loan did not post to my account in time to take advantage of the offer. He said it posted on 10/04. My statement shows it posted on 10/03, which was in time. He then said I didn't make my November payment. I have every email sent me from Capital One since March of 2010, so I know the November 2011 notice of payment due was never received. Lem spoke with a manager who offered a $50.00 credit and then asked if I still had the money in my bank account, as if this were any of his business!

    How many others are scammed into taking advantage of a 0% loan and then get jacked around like this. I am waiting for a representative of Capital One to get back with me on a weekday, as it appears the international call center takes over on weekends. If there is the opportunity for a class action suit or cause to pursue one, I certainly will be a part of it. I have taken advantage of similar programs with other credit card companies but have never met with this type of excuse-serving employee blame-pushing.

    It is my expectation that Capital One will credit back the interest they have charged and set the interest to 0%, until such time as the terms of the advance are met. If it can be proven that other consumers have experienced this same "convenient" payment missed treatment by Capital One, it may be worthwhile to pursue this as a class action suit.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2011

    I have been trying since 11/29/2011 to have a letter faxed to a mortgage company stating my grandson was removed as an authorized user on my account. I tried on 12/13/2011 and 12/16/2011. The latest excuse was "the backup office is closed." Absolutely nothing has happened!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2011

    Last month, Capitol One took my payment out of my son's checking account. His checking account is at a completely different bank than mine. Amanda spent many hours with us and assured us our problem was taken care of. This month, my son's payment was taken out of my checking account. I spoke with 8 of your representatives between last evening and between 7:00 am to 10:00 am PCT this morning and have gotten nothing accomplished!

    It's absolutely absurd that I should have to work this hard to be able to pay my bill out of my checking account. I have been a customer of Capitol One for over 10 years as has my son. We have been paying without incidence up until last month. What is going on and how are you going to correct this! Telling me to "get a check from your son" is not satisfactory. You are taking unauthorized funds from our checking accounts.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2011

    The problem is that over many years, the majority of my purchases (all quite normal) are simply denied and I'm forced to call their hotline. The number on the back of the card is out of order. According to Capital One, there is no replacement or the out of order number sometimes works. Their service is so terrible I've stopped using the card for all but emergency purchases. Not including the various (sometimes serious) complications for me, there are two main problems evident.

    First it is part of their contractual obligation as a credit card bank to facilitate charges on each authorized (by me when giving all correct information) transaction. The second problem is that while it's sometimes not even possible to call (because of the out of order number), when I do get in they record the private phone call without my permission. This is illegal in most places where phones exist and for good reasons.

    Of the many problems and abuses by Capital One as shown on consumeraffairs.com, I'm considering closing the account. If only it were possible to force them to honor their part of the contract (for example with a lawsuit), then it would be great. They pose various disadvantages for the customer. This includes being stuck outside a hotel where the customer can't check in because Capital One refuses to pass the perfectly valid transaction. Then when frantically calling the number on the back of the card, customer will be getting a permanent busy tone or even 'this number does not exist' recording (which later a Capital One representative acknowledged).

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2011

    I have had an account with Capital One C.C. for over 10 years. Up until 2 or 3 years ago, I maintained the 9.9% Fixed Rate Interest account. I paid always on time. In the past 4 or 5 years, online payments were made directly. About the time the government announced they were going to start cracking down on credit card companies for their fees, but before the laws were in place, Capital One raised my rate to 17% and changed it to a variable rate, no longer fixed! Remember my perfect payment record. This meant nothing to them. I called customer service and really complained as recommended by consumer reports. And Capital One was "kind enough" to lower my interest rate to 10 % but for only a 6-month period, then it would go back up. After that, they would do nothing about it. About that time, the minimal payment due amount increased two-fold.

    Fed up with the treatment I received, I no longer used this card for purchases and just paid down the balance. As of last month, I was to a point where I could send one large "payoff" and clear the balance of this card. I called and went online to find out the current pay off balance. You know, like all creditors will give you, figuring out if paid by the interest charged for that time. Well, it was not available; they would only provide me the full account balance for that month's statement. So I just paid that full amount and sent priority mail with tracking so I had proof. Low and behold, two weeks later I receive a bill from Capital One with over $40.00 due for fees and interest!

    They charged me a late fee and interest on the payoff balance! The customer service rep stated that since it didn't arrive by 12 am on the morning of the date due, the account was accessed with a late fee and interest was charged on the balance. To me this is a scam! He also tried to tell me the payment arrived three days later than it actually did until I informed him I have proof of delivery in my hand!

    After much frustrating effort to get him to explain to me why they are charging full interest on a balance that was paid in full, he promised that they would remove the late fee. I made sure I got a confirmation number, but I still need to pay the interest because the payment did not arrive prior to 12 am on the due day. Really?! Any other creditor is happy to receive a large lump sum payment and would forgo the 12-hour time frame since it was sent priority mail! Well, Capital One, you just lost a long-term prompt paying client of 15-plus years. Bad business!

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2011

    I asked Capital One to settle my debit because I have medical problems in my household. My husband has only been able to work 4 months this year and has had 2 surgeries .I wanted to pay half and to be done with them but they said no. It is only $1500.00 but I guess that must be someone's bonus this year. I understand it can't be done for everyone but I think in some cases it should be accepted. Well, nice job guys. You have another hater among the group.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2011

    In early September of 2011, I applied and was approved for a Cap One secured MasterCard in anticipation of a trip to Ireland. I had been told that I would receive the card prior to the trip (the only reason I'd opened it was that it's difficult to rent a car in Ireland with only a debit card). When it became clear that it would take considerably longer to receive the card than anticipated, I called to cancel the card prior to leaving for Ireland (prior to September 21st), and requested a refund of the $200 deposit and $29 annual fee, as I had been approved for an unsecured card through B of A.

    This call was placed before even receiving a card in the mail; I never even had use of the card at all. I was assured that the account was closed as of that September date. Now, I'm being told that the account was not closed until October 9th. I had called on the 9th to check the status of the account closure that was to have happened in September, just to be sure all was going as planned, and that it takes two complete billing cycles, or 60 to 90 days, for refunds not counting processing and mailing time.

    So, Cap One had no trouble taking my deposit with three days, but it could take as long as three months for me to get my money back, with multiple phone calls and inconvenience in the process. In other words, they hang on to consumers' funds as long as possible, and have use of those money during that time, while the consumer is left without use of their own money.

    They now say that I will have my refund by December 30th 2011. We'll see. That is a full 2.5 months since I first requested the refund. I do not recommend anyone to deal with this company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2011

    In 2004, I opened a Capital One business credit card. In 2008, I received fraud charges from Dubai. I called Capital One, and filled out and filed the necessary paperwork, and thought the account was closed. Capital One, along with every other credit card companies, sent several items that I threw in a drawer in my home office. I received a letter in 2009 that because I had short sold my home, my credit with them had been terminated. I knew I didn't have any credit with them. In May 2011, we went on a vacation to Jamaica. In June 2011, I received a bill from Capital One, with nearly $3,000 in charges. I did everything that Capital One asked, filed a protest and a police report. I told them that I did not have an account with them, and that my account had been closed in 2008. They claimed that I was sent the credit card, and since my daughter had fed my cats and watered the plants while on vacation, that I am responsible.

    I have no debt, and have worked hard to have perfect credit. On July 27th, 2011, we were sent a letter that was claiming that they had received everything, and we had no liability. On November 29th 2011, Capital One sent a letter, and has now destroyed my credit. They have added charges, interest, and late fees. The claim from David ** was, conspiring to commit fraud with my daughter. We received this letter on Saturday, December 3rd, but unable to speak to anyone until December 5th, then December 6th, then December 7th, and today December 8th. They are sending my 30 year old daughter a letter of responsibility. This is so horrible. We have no proof that she did it, or who did it. The police won't help. We have never received a notice that they were going to negatively hurt our credit, nor did we receive any statement from Capital One, since we filed the fraud statement. I will never ever use Capital One for anything.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2011

    I will never open a Capital One secure credit card again! The first time I paid my bill, they are restricting my account! They keep saying I tried to pay with Sovereign Bank information. I paid with Wells Fargo Bank and have proof of the transaction on my statement. I told them I want to cancel the account now and the supervisor said I had to wait 15 to 20 days.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2011

    I applied and was accepted to have a credit card by Capital One. I tried to use the card to purchase an item at the local gas station for $7.84. The card was declined the very first time I used it, I had activated the card and everything. I called customer service at Capital One and they said the charge had been declined for fraud. This was the very first time I used the card.

    They asked that I fax in all my information my drivers license, bank statement and everything. This was a time when I was in dire need of emergency funds, I was hurting for money so bad. They also told me that there was a $41.23 charge on my account that had gone through. I called them at least a dozen times and have tried to close the card. If I can't use the card what good is it? Well, I've been trying and trying to call them and they will not close the account until I pay for the balance on the account, which, mind you, is nothing I purchased.

    Today, I finally broke down and paid $107 on the account. I have no recourse, bad credit or paying money I don't owe. Capital One people are thieves of the highest nature and should be avoided at all costs. I'm going to post this everywhere.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2011

    My wife and I needed to move from our current location and we owed considerably more than the value of our house. To protect our assets, we decided to file bankruptcy. In anticipation of filing, we contact Capital One to get two secured credit cards and sent a total of four thousand dollars.

    Once we filed the bankruptcy, Capital One cancelled our cards. Even though the cards were secure and not included in the bankruptcy, they cancelled the cards. But the frustrating part was that they kept our money. They said they needed proof the card was not part of the bankruptcy. We sent proof. Then there was a supposed dispute of a charge that never was made; when we asked for proof, they said they could not send us information about it. Then they said we needed to send documentation. We sent it. We were actually on the phone with an agent who was telling us she could see the letters from our lawyer, but we needed to send one. Now they are saying they have a clause in the contract allowing them to hold our funds until the BK is discharged. However, my wife keeps everything and when she asked for where it was in the contract, they said they could not give us that information over the phone due to security and we would have to send in another form.

    Remember this is our money, not theirs. So be really careful. My wife and I have decided to sue. We are meeting the lawyer Friday. However, I got to thinking this has to be their policy. Too many agents say the same thing. So they are in the habit of taking people’s money. What I want to know is how many other people are out there that this has happened to and would it make sense (if there are enough people) to combine forces and jointly file a lawsuit?

    Please let us know if this has happened to you.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2011

    I went on travel and reserved 1 night; the hotel put a hold on $296.06. That night they put through a charge for the room at $173.58. Cap One was supposed to put the difference, $123.48 back on my card right away. They didn't. I ended up staying 2 extra nights and put it on the card as I had $500 I could use on my card. The card rejected the last 2 nights after taking another $185.

    I may bounce my rent as I had to pay $400 with another card. The hotel was paid by Cap One $482.01 but I still had to come up w an additional $400. As the hotel said they did not get paid.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2011

    My husband and I both have had employment issues due to the economy. I have never missed a payment on our Capital One card, just was a few days late paying. Our card balance went over the limit due to late payment fees. I started receiving numerous calls from Allied Interstate Collection for the total amount due on our card. I called Capital One to see why we were turned over to a collection agency even though I was making the minimum payments.

    Low and behold, they would not talk to me directly but put me straight through to Allied. I told the lady I was making my payments on my card, so why were they calling me? She said I needed to make a payment of $38 to catch it up. I told her that payment was scheduled to be made on 12/9 (even though payment due date wasn't until 12/17)/ She said she knew that and could see that on the computer! So once again I asked why the ** were they calling? She couldn't answer that question, so I told her to never call me again or I would get them with harassment! Totally sick of Capital One!

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2011

    After filing for a Divorce, I ran a credit report for myself and discovered that I had an account with Capital One. I called their general number and was put to a Credit Card Fraud Investigator and was told to not make any payments to them while they investigate my claim. They also took my new address from me. 60 days later, I received a late payment notice from them and was subsequently told that even though the account was in my name only it appeared to be opened by my soon to be ex-wife who used it to pay off one of her Credit Cards.

    I complained that I was listed as a delinquent account and after verifying that my ex did open the account under my name and that I was responsible for the amount owed I paid off the entire amount $3500.00+ and closed the account. To date, I have negative credit ratings from them on all three Credit Rating Companies and despite literally hundreds of calls and assurances and promises that they will correct the issue and will fix my negative report. They have done nothing to help me out. I was last told to inform each of the 3 agencies of the issue and they will correct it and to date all 3 agencies are telling me that Capital One list me as a delinquent payer. If I could prosecute them I would.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2011

    Capital One recently took over one of my credit cards which was recently managed by Chase. After it got switched over, I set up the new online account and a payment account with my main bank account. However, since the switchover, Capital One has been taking auto-pay payments from another bank account of mine that I kept very few funds in because I stopped using it a long time ago, except very occasionally where I'll transfer money to that account for a specific purpose. I never provided Capital One with the account information for the account they were taking auto-pay payments from, and never set up auto-pay on either account.

    The auto-pay payments come out even if I go to their website and pay the entire balance before the payment is due, meaning payments happen twice. Because of this, I currently have a credit. The auto-pay payments are showing up in my statements, but if you look at the payments I have set up they are not there, and if you look at the payment accounts I have set up, that account is not listed. I was unable to cancel from the website, so they are going to manually cancel it with a paper form. They will not reimburse me for the overdraft fees it caused.

    I did not have the same auto-pay set up on Chase before the transition so I'm not sure why it's happening. It's possible that I did have it set up with Chase a long time ago, but I don't remember that, and definitely not at the time of transition.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2011

    I was paying for the payment protection plan for the card that I had since I worked in the automotive industry at a manufacturing plant. When laid off, I never used the card again. The payment protection plan was paid every month until I went back to work. When I returned to work I called Capitol One to get the balance owed and I was surprised that there was a huge amount that was left. I was at a zero percent when I was laid off and payment protection was in place. I called and spoke with Capitol One as to why the amount was so high but they did not know why. I asked the representative for the amount that had been paid by the payment protection plan but what was in the system did not show where the payments came from and did not have dates and the amounts that were paid. I was advised that Capitol One representative would remove 3 months of late fees and also the other fees that were applied during the payment protection plan and should not had would be removed. I made a payment with the representative and then I was transferred to a manager to find out what had taken place. The manager and I went over the information and advised me to contact the payment protection plan to get the dates of all of their payments and the amounts.

    I did as the manager advised and called them. I was given all information and called Capitol One back to talk to the manager. The manager that I had spoken with was not available so I spoke with another manager that had gone through the notes to see what was going on. I told the manager that I had all the information they requested and we began the process of getting to the balance actually owed. After 2 weeks of working with them and building a spreadsheet with the managers, the balance that was owed was paid in full. 4 months after the payment, I received a bill by email with triple the amount that was ever owed and after calling and talking with the representatives, only to find out that they are not allowed to go back to see what happened. They are not allowed to take ownership of their actions on accounts and the amount that was paid in full is not accepted. The check was cashed stating paid in full with representative’s initials on this check along with the spreadsheet sent in to verify the payment in full.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2011

    My card was supposed to be fixed rate 6.9%. At one point they had it up to 23%. I was current on my payments, but was paying $134 a month finance charge. I got sick and then became disabled. I haven't used this card in at least 5 years. They keep charging me finance charges, late fees and over the limit fees even though I closed this account. Now they are trying to get a judgment against me for over 17,000. If they left it a 6.9 like they were supposed to, my original debt would have been paid off already. I am living on SSDI and can not pay them. Can you help me?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2011

    On December 29th, I was asked by a man I had only known for 4 weeks by the name of Jason **, if I would like to accompany him on a trip to Las Vegas. I said I did not have the financial means to make such a trip at the time. Jason said that he would take care of all the expenses made while on stated trip. The next day I received a phone call from the Jason stating that Travelocity booked our flights to land on the 31st of December, 2010, but our hotel stay was not booked till the 1st of January, 2011 (as shown on attached pages). Jason said he had the hotel receptionist from Aria on the line and asked me which room I would like to stay in on the night of December 31st 2010. When Jason went to pay for the room, his card was declined. Jason stated it was probably due to all the cancellations on his credit card from the reservations. I authorized the receptionist to charge my credit card, but only for the night of December 31st, 2010.

    While in Vegas, Jason stated he wanted to get married. I did not want to get married and suggested we just got engaged, he agreed. On the way back to our hotel, the limo driver convinced Jason to head to the chapel and marry that night, January 3, 2011. I still disagreed. The limo driver then suggested just to head down to the courthouse and see what the process is. I did not want to go, but Jason agreed and we headed downtown to the court house. Jason brought me inside the court house and told me to fill out my paperwork as he began his. I looked at his paperwork which was partially incomplete and full of incorrect information. I also looked at this identification card and noticed the picture did not look like him. I continued to fill out my paperwork. He grabbed my paperwork and I assumed that they would not process our paperwork for Jason's paperwork was filled with fraudulent information. They processed the paperwork and handed back a marriage certificate. At that point, I fell into a state of shock.

    The morning of January 4, 2011, we began our departure for Los Angeles. Frontier airlines would not give us a flight back claiming they had no recollection of our flight arrangements. Even with our itinerary as proof of purchase. Jason then took me to Hertz Rental Car. Since Jason did not have a valid drivers license, he told me to rent the car and he would pay for it when we got back to Los Angeles. Once in Los Angeles, Jason applied for an apartment in my name and in his alias, forging my signature on the application (as seen on attachments). While I was in the state of shock, Jason paid for the apartment by taking me with him to the bank, telling the banker I was his wife and we need to pull out $2,500 on my credit card. Jason also took the rental car keys and told me he had returned the rental car and it was paid for. Since it didn't see the transaction on my credit card. I suspected it was true.

    On January 10th, I noticed I had been charged for both hotel reservations. I called Aria hotel and questioned why I was being charged for both reservations. They informed me that Jason's card had been declined and he had them put my credit card on file. I told Jason my card had been charged for all the hotel charges. He told me to log into my account and tried to make a payment of $3,667.12 which was reversed 10 days later. On the 12th of January 2011, Jason took me to living spaces and filled out paperwork, in my name, for the purchase of furniture. Making me sign for the agreements and charges stating he would pay for those charges with his bank account. On the 14th of January 2011, he tried to make a purchase with my card, which was declined, so he made two more payments: one on January 14th 2011 on the internet for the amount of $2,702.93, the second was made after I had called Capital One to cancel my card ,then took the phone went into the bathroom and tried to be added on as a authorized user and made another payment for $3,998.24 which also reversed seven days later. All I could do at that point is wait for my card to reach its maximum limit of $4,500.

    On January 20th 2011, I had received a call from Hertz Rental Car stating that my rental had not been returned. After having endured enough abuse mentally, financially, and physically, I was able to come out of my state of shock and take action. I asked Jason to tell me the truth about who he really is and to tell me what happened to the car. He refused and threatened me, so I called the police for domestic violence (as seen in attachments). I filed a police report for identity theft. I also filed a report against Jason for fraud. I was told by the officer that I needed to contact my credit card company and have them press charges. I had got in touch with an agent at capital one named Lisa. I explained to her my situation and told her I needed her help. She assured me that everything would be fine and they would take care of it. February 2, 2011, I faxed her at 1-800-231-9598, all the information I had at the time. All the charges on my card were then credited. I continued to file my police reports and started my legal suit against Jason smith and the fraud he had done during the alleged marriage. Two days after the arrest of Jason Smith I found the rental car in the neighborhood. I took the car to Hertz Rental Car and reported it stolen.

    Then on March 10,2011, all the fraudulent charges had been reversed back onto my card. Stating Capital One had found no fraud. My case had then been sent over to a supervisor agent by the name of Jamico. He had not contacted me for 4 months after my fraud had taken place. I then began to contact Capital One by electronic and physical letters. Not only did Capital One not assist me in getting justice, they had aided in making the fraud upon me worse by allowing over the limit spending, which I did not authorized violating the laws under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. Also Violating our own agreement as seen in the attachments . Capital One also failed to report my account as disputed to the three credit bureaus, violating the FDCPA section 807(8), causing my credit score to drop over 100 points putting me at financial risk.

    8 months later, on August 30th, 2011, I finally received a judgment from the courts in Clark county in Las Vegas, Nevada, that my marriage is deemed annulled (I was never legally married) and all the charges made on my credit card by Jason Smith are fraud made upon me and responsibility of Jason Smith. On September 16th, 2011, I mailed my court order to Capital One and received no response.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2011

    Capital One is the worst credit card company, period! I attempted for years to get my account set up to auto debit the minimum payment. They have no process to do this online, like good credit card companies. Instead, you have to go through some mail response process that never seems to get completed. Then, if you miss your payment due date by as little as 5 days, they count you as past due and ding your internal credit score. Since they already have some of the highest interest charges, these dings only provide them with the fuel to raise your rate.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2011

    I have had 2 Capital One credit cards in 2002. I condensed them into one account a year or so later. At that time I was happy with Capital One. They would be more than happy to assist me. This summer, I saw a $50.00 promo to open an interest bearing savings, and when I talked to a representative for assistance, he suggested that I also open a money market account so I would be able to access funds immediately with an ATM card. Then I received a notice from Social Security requiring opening a direct deposit account as they are spotting checks. So I saw a $100.00 promo with Capital One to open a direct deposit checking account.

    So I called, opened the checking account with the promo info, and got my new checking account number to give to Social Security to arrange direct deposit. When I saw that I did not receive the $50.00 promo for savings, I began sending messages through my online account (about 5 or 6 messages) until I finally got the real reason I did not qualify for the promo. I had a pre-existing account (credit card). When I realized that I had not received my ATM for my money market account, all they suggested was to cancel the one they claimed they sent and they would send another; I never received that one either!

    Finally, the online checking account, they closed it. Please read my message to them, for whatever good it does. I found this page online looking for Capital One Corporation to lodge a complaint on their new business practices, but only found this. Yes, I notified them and I still have not received the second one! However, these last few months, I feel that I have been given the run-around.

    This was the last message I sent them: I am disappointed with the recent events concerning all of my Capital One accounts. I had a Capital One credit card since 2002. I had a high interest rate (my daughter over charged my account a couple times) which I understand and I was in the hospital and missed a payment about a year ago (sorry), but I always pay significantly more than the minimum due. When I called to inquire if I could qualify for lower interest rate and/or an account with no annual fee, it was not offered. Therefore, I paid the account in full and closed it. When I opened the interest savings account (before I closed my credit card), I was under the impression of a $50.00 promo, again I was denied.

    After several messages, I finally found out the real reasoning: denial was that I already had an account, my credit account. Now I opened a checking account for direct deposit for my Social Security check. I was also under the impression that I was to receive $100.00 promo for that. I received the notice from Social Security that they have made the adjustment to direct deposit to the Capital One checking account (which I had to open to get an account number to give them) and I notified Social Security immediately. (Well, I guess the government is slow.) Today, you tell me that you have closed my checking account because the deposit was not made before the 30 days from opening the account? I was supposed to have my Social Security on October 27th, 2011. So, what have you done with my government money, money that I am dependent on to live? When I opened and talked to your representative, I was not informed that you would only hold the checking account for 30 days. How am I supposed to live?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2011

    I get constant calls from them on my cell phone, daily at all hours. I don't pick up any longer; they don't leave a message. But the calls don't stop. There doesn't seem to be any way to stop it. Can you help me?

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2011

    I notice my interest jumped from 13% to 22%. I have been an on-time and good customer. I have a balance of $2,364.38 and wanted to pay $1,000. The next day, I can lower my balance. I hope they let me. The interest for this year is $208.24. They were the ones who increased my limit to $1,500 and they would not lower it down. I asked to pay off the account because most of it was interest. They will not as of this time. I am sure if I even paid the balance this year, they would make excuses about something new.

    Why is it that when a customer wants to pay off than let it go into credit department to be negative, they will not negotiate? I feel like they are in control of our credit for being good paying customers. Somebody help us and sue them. Do not get credit cards from Capital One. I rather have Bank of America because they treated me right when I paid my account and did not increase my limit without my permission. Shame on you Capital One! I hope your business goes down. I just put in $1,000. I hope to get it paid off as soon as possible. I’ll never deal with them again!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2011

    The week of October 31, 2011, in response to an offer I received in the mail for a Capitol One Credit Card, I called the customer service line and applied for the card. I was told that I had been approved for $300. The representative went on and on about how this would be a wonderful opportunity for me to reestablish my credit. I received the card on the 8th of November, and called in to activate the card. Approximately 30 minutes later, I contacted "Comcast" to pay my cable bill on the card in the amount of $130.00. I was then told the card had been declined. I was outraged. I called back Capital One. After entering in my card number, I was transferred to the fraud department, where I was told there was suspected fraudulent activity on my card and my card was now suspended. This made absolutely no sense at all.

    I contacted Capital One from the phone number associated with my account, and the "Comcast" bill I attempted to pay was in my name. There was nothing suspicious about the transaction, other than their decision to decline the card. I spoke with 4 different representatives on the 9th of November. I was told that I needed to send in a copy of my driver's license, utility bill, pay stub, as well as my credit card number in order for the suspension to be lifted. I considered taking care of this until I read complaints on this sight of the very same situation occurring with other customers. I contacted Capital One after reading the complaints, and said I wanted the card cancelled immediately. The representative told me if I cancel my card, it could affect my credit negatively. I told her I have not used the card so therefore it should not, and if they report anything negative to my credit report, I will sue them. She cancelled that card and indicated I would receive a letter in the mail indicating the account had been closed.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2011

    Capital One has been posting debit card transactions from highest to lowest dollar amount to extract overdraft fees from customers.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2011

    They are suing me for a credit card account of 4 years ago which they charged off by themselves as per credit report records and by exceeding their credit limit. Now, they are wanting a huge interest fees after being discharged and the debts are re-arranged. I cannot produce the agreement that I signed. It is a fraud on Capitol One. The processor who served me had over 300 in just my little town of Livingston, Texas

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2011

    I just received my statement and my APR went from 7.9% to 14.9%. I've been a cardholder for three years and I've never been late and has always paid well over the minimum amount due. I called Capital One and was told that I was sent a letter in May of 2009 that my interest rate would be increasing October of this year 2011. I demanded that my interest rate be lowered and I was told that if I keep my account at the current status, I could lower the interest after three years. This bank is a joke!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2011

    Capital One restricted my account for no reason and without notifying me. After restriction and block; they put a long list of out-of-state charges to my account and changed my account. Customer service did not reply to my emails and representatives did not let me tell my story, cutting me off constantly and never transferred me to any supervisor. Chat did not offer more than a phone number for reporting fraud. Upon my several calls and report, the charges are still on my account with other charges the bank is not entitled to charge. I am stuck with long list of extra charges belonging to another person.

    They are unwilling to listen and to help solve the problems by correcting errors made by the bank. They are refusing any communication with customer. It's an unfair treatment and illegally adding charges.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2011

    I can't say this has not happened to someone, but this month, Capitol One had someone come to my door and summoned me to come to court for a late bill, that I couldn't pay, over the last couple of years. Yes, I was working, but surviving and trying to keep a roof over your head is hard work! So I have grown to know now that Capitol One are a bunch of thugs.

    How are you going to take me to court over a little debt, then gave someone permission to take my ID and get a card in my name? That's right folks, Capitol One gave a credit card to a false person who claimed they were me! I am looking into suing them. I need a great lawyer team, plus it seems here, I'm not the only one! I hope someone sees this and contacts me. They are messing with people's lives, and think they will get away with it!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2011

    I have had this credit card account for several years and elected to receive electronic statements. Then Capital One stopped emailing the statements, although I have made no changes to my account or email. Now, I set a reminder to log into Capital One to retrieve the monthly statement. My email inquiries to Capital One have not yielded useful help.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2011

    I have just received my statement from this credit card company and my APR went from 7.90% to 17.90%. My payments were not late. I was paying more than the minimum amount, and now I can't. They have changed the payment from $81.00 to $120.00. I don't think it is right to be treated like this.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2011

    This is the worst bank I have ever dealt with. The customer service is horrible and they refuse to allow you to speak with a supervisor. In addition, they closed my account without my permission.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2011

    I received a call on a past due balance. I told him I have been laid off and don't have a date. He started name calling, so I hung up. He called me back 12 times in 20 minutes harassing me. I have all the calls in my call log. He violated (15 usc 1692d) 806(5)&806(2)

    I want to prosecute this man! He has no right calling me names and harassing me.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2011

    About 8 years ago, I had a Capital One card. I had created a large balance, but under my limit, due to being unemployed for nearly a year. During this time, I missed getting a statement. I called Capital One and discovered I had a late charge. After much hassle, they removed it. I transferred my balance to a new card and closed the account. Recently, I began getting pre-approved applications. I sent them back asking they stop sending them due to my name on them and it being easy for someone to take a card in my name. They actually began to send more applications. I just discovered the offer to opt out of receiving mailings and signed up. I believe Capital One deliberately 'loses' statements so they can add late fees. I do not trust them.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2011

    A credit account I had for years was recently acquired by Capital One. I received a notification by mail along with a new card that stated Cap One was acquiring the account and I would receive my first bill shortly. The first bill never arrived and I had to go through several phone calls with the old creditor and Cap One to finally get access to my statement online. I paid the bill and two subsequent ones on time. That was July 2011. Today I received a call from Cap One's collection department asking for payment on a past due credit account. I had no idea what they were referring to and logged into my credit account online to see what was going on. Sure enough, I had made a few charges in August of 2011 that were never paid. In addition there were late fees and interest charges on the account for August, September and October.

    I called them back right away and asked why I never received any statements from them over a three month period. We verified that they had the correct address and that no mail was returned to them. I told them I would pay the balance immediately minus all the service charges. The first and second time I spoke to someone they hung up on me when I mentioned not paying the service charges. On the third call attempt the rep insisted I signed up for e-statements and that was why I never received anything in the mail. This was as I was staring at my computer at my account online that stated I was signed up to receive paper statements. I argued with him and he just kept reading off his screen. He told me that several emails were sent to me in an attempt to contact me when the account was in arrears. I asked him why they didn't just pick up the phone like they did now that I was in collections? The rep eventually offered to take off one late payment charge but that was all he could do.

    Then when I was about to make the payment he said that by agreeing to pay today over the phone I was agreeing that Capital One would not offer any more credits to my account for a 12 month period. I did not agree and questioned why they would even ask that? He tried his best not to answer my question. I paid the balance and then closed the account as I do not wish to have any further trouble with this company. He then had the nerve to ask why I was closing the account. He kept saying that maybe the post office was to blame. Maybe they are and I intend to investigate, but 3 pieces of snail mail and 3+ emails from the same company not coming to my attention is rather coincidental. I am so afraid that this is not the end of the story with them and they have probably messed up our excellent credit. I paid for unnecessary fees and now deal with a lower credit score and aggravation.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2011

    I have been a member of Capital One since 2003. I have always paid on time in full. They canceled my card yesterday without notice. I called and they said that it was a managerial call. They will not let me know exactly what I did wrong. Actually, the lady who I spoke with didn't know. She just said that I broke a rule. I am stunned. Anyway, my accountant thinks it's because I paid in full and they didn't make money on me. So now, I'm stuck transferring all my automated recurring bills to another card. Luckily, I wasn't on vacation or on a date or something. Has anyone experienced this? The moral of the story is when asked what's in your wallet, keep in mind that you might be surprised to find that it doesn't work and prepare for embarrassment. I had to pay cash and I wish Capital One bad luck forever.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2011

    I received a bill from Capital One in the amount of $141.74. I called a Capital One representative, and she was unable to help me. I had to go through 4 reps to try to resolve this problem with no luck. I paid my Capital One card off and closed the account about 3 years ago. I believe that someone has used my account number illegally for dental work. Capital One could not provide me with a contact number where this purchase was made. I have great credit, and I don't want to destroy my credit due to this problem. Can you help?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2011

    On October 15th, my wife and I went to our local Capital One branch to close our checking account that we had before the previous bank was purchased by Capital One.

    All seem to go smoothly and my wife and I were reassured that there would be no issues. Come October 18th and I checked to see if the account had been closed, and lo and behold, money had been moved from the overdraft protection into the account. I called my wife who had to call the bank branch to get this problem resolved. As of the morning of October 19th, nothing has changed. Prior to this, my sister-in-law was able to deposit money into this same account after it was supposedly closed on the 15th. I had to go to the bank and get the money out and that took some doing as the branch manager had to intervene.

    Last evening, Oct. 18th, I received a call from Maritz Research concerning my recent visit to Capital One. I did not sing any kudos nor did I offer any praise. As of this writing, I will be watching to see how long it takes Capital One to close this account. If it is not closed in the next few days, I do have friends in the government who I will call on to intervene.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2011

    I was under the assumption I had no annual fee. I paid it last year according to records, without knowing I paid. Today, checking my account history, there was no annual fee charge listed. If I hadn’t searched for account activity, I wouldn’t have discovered the charge. I will also note before the charge, my account was close to extending the limit. I couldn’t find any information regarding my account details online and my statement shows a variable interest rate. They based my annual fee on what they felt was suitable for me as a lender, but didn’t disclose that they have chosen something different as far as I was aware. It’s even more bothering that I couldn’t find this charge on my statement online. The $59 annual fee is $10 higher than any annual fee card they advertise.

    Review policies governing credit cards and impose policies that force credit card companies to warn customers about any account charges, the month before the charges happen, on or before the monthly statement.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2011

    I had a card due to expire and so I had to call Capital One for a new card. Needless to say, I also moved notifying company four times to update my info so I'll get my statements on time. My card was due to expire Sept 2011. So I called first week of Sept 2011 to notify Capital One of card expiration and when will I be receiving a new card. I moved on July 2011, but in the same complex just different apartment.

    I phoned my new info thrice and updated my new address online. Three weeks later, October 2011 bill still went to my old address and Capital One still had the old address in their system. I can't wait to pay my balance off so I can just deal with a new company. I think the problem is they hire foreigners to save a dollar and most of their clients are US citizens who speak straight English. And these people who answer phones, I never can understand what they are saying. It must be same for them, they can't understand what I am saying. Cheap ** Capital One!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2011

    I had a Capital One credit card about 7 years ago. I paid off the full balance and cancelled the account. I received no further statements. Around 6 or so months ago, I got a letter from a bill collector for this card, to the tune of over $900! They could not tell me why I owed this. I called Capital One, and they said they could not help me because it had been turned over to a debt collector. I have talked to another person from the collection agency, and it is over $1,000 now. They are still tacking on interest on an account that I paid off, closed, and heard nothing further on for over 6 years. I'm at a loss as to what to do about this, but I will not pay it. I have no credit cards now, nor will I ever again. They are all crooks.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2011

    Capital One payment protection plan is a major fraud. If companies like Capital one require credit reports for potential customers then customers should also be provided credit reports concerning companies. A company's credit report would explain why America's credit has dropped. They say we need to change our spending habits, but instead we should adopt a business credit report for financial institutions world-wide. Companies like Capital One won't be able to exist because of poor credit ratings along with these overseas scams that ship poorly made goods into this country illegally.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2011

    I have initially opened my Capital One credit card account with my tax-id number. After some time, I was eligible to get a Social Security Number and I started faxing my information to numerous banks, such as Bank of America, Chase Bank, and PNC Bank to update my SSN, including Capital One Bank. All the banks, except Capital One Bank has processed and made the necessary changes. Even though I have faxed Capital One the exact documents I have sent to others, they kept claiming the faxes were too dark to read. I have faxed my information for four times in the past 5 months, and they have not changed a thing. And they don't even call back, even though they say they will. And now, to add to my stress, they have restricted my account and I cannot make a payment. The due date is closing in and I am running out of options. They do not accept anything but faxes. I have asked them if I could go to a branch and show them the necessary documents to take off the restriction, but they said "no. "They are in my opinion the worst bank ever, very irresponsible, and unresponsive. They keep repeating the same answer over and over, and not creating any other options.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2011

    After speaking with multiple customer service representatives about never deducting from my bank account for payment, a deduction of $91 was taken and cleared from my bank account without my authorization. When trying to solve the situation through the payment investigation department, an agent said that the refund would be cleared within three days if I followed the procedure.

    When three days passed and the money had not cleared, I called back. The next agent from the department said that the agent I spoke with before him did not follow procedure and messed up. It would now take up to fifteen days for the money to re-appear. I am finding him to be such a hassle to speak with and I ended the call. When I called back later to file a complaint, I was directed to an agent in the department who said that I should not worry, and that the paperwork had been handled and the money should clear by the following day.

    Well, today is that day and I am still without my $91 refund. I called the company again and was directed to an agent who said that there is nothing they or I can do to expedite this process. When I asked for the phone number of his superior, he said that he do not have one. There is apparently no one higher in the chain of command than the customer service manager on duty. When I said that I did not believe him and would appreciate a phone call, he responded by saying that whoever I talk with isn't going to make my money come back any faster. He then assured me that all the representatives I spoke with will be dealt with accordingly.

    I hope that they get more than just a slap on the wrist. These people are messing with hard-working American's financial freedom.

    How dare you Capital One!

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2011

    Capital One contacted me today to say they are reducing my business credit line by $1250. They indicated the change was immediate and that there is no appeal process. I use their card to purchase inventory for my business. I have never been late with a payment nor have I ever exceeded the credit limit. When I called to complain, they said that they review accounts every 6 months, and make adjustments as necessary based on creditworthiness. When I asked the representative why Capital One is poking around in my credit report every 6 months, they only said that this is "routine" procedure for them.

    So let me get this straight, I have never missed a payment, pay far in excess of the minimum payment each month, and have never exceeded my credit limit. And this is the thanks I get from Capital One. I'll be paying off my account as quickly as possible and using a different card for business purchases. I think Peggy is now working at Capital One.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2011

    I pay my credit card bill online every month. This month I paid $100.00 as usual, but Capital One took the full amount I owed out of my account ($1695.68), and completely emptying my account! When I called the customer service number four times, all I got was, “Yes, we can do that in five days!” I am stuck in a hotel, in Louisiana. Capital One refuses to expedite their process, or escalate the request above the call center manager. We are now on the street with no money or food, and 2000 miles away from home. The childhood cancer charity event that I am involved may be completely shut down. This was my military retirement check they took without authorization, and they don't want to give an exception regardless of the outcome.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2011

    I paid my Capital One secured MasterCard bill 27 days early and my payment was posted and applied to my account ($200) in the morning, but then, it was rescinded later and I had $0 available balance. I called customer service and was told that it was because "secured" cards have a lot of fraud associated with them so they have to verify funds, which takes 7 days.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2011

    I have made bank to bank transfers to Capital One online. When I scheduled the transfer, they stated that the funds would be posted the next day, and it did. But they put a hold on my account. The transfer was done on 9/29 and was posted on 9/30. Today, 10/04, I checked my account and noticed that there are all kinds of fees for payments that I scheduled over the last couple of days. The fees are for "held funds fees," or insufficient funds. Are you kidding me? There is $2,000 in my account and they have placed a hold--they even dare charge me for the hold. I checked with my other account and the ACH transfer was completed on the 30th. I have been told that the Capital One is the modern Al Capone. But where are the regulations and the government?

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2011

    On three separate occasions, my ex-husband has used my checking account information to pay his late car payment. In June, I contacted my bank of 35 years after the first incident. I explained to my bank what had happened. They took care of it without any hassle. They even apologized. I then made contact with Capital One after one hour. I finally got ahold of someone who I thought was going to help me. Boy, was I wrong? Of course, I was told everything I wanted to hear. They explained that my account would not be charged again, and that I needed the account holder to contact them to have my account info removed. I went on to explain that I did not know the whereabouts of my ex. Needless to say, it has happened two additional times since. I was forced to file a police report, close my bank account, and wait 45 days for $2100.00. I never once spoke with the same person. Never once did anyone ever apologize. Never once did anyone ever offer to assist me. But lo and behold, they had no issue debiting my account and taking my money. My bank has since taken excellent care of me. At this time, I still do not feel safe with shady businesses like Capital One in our midst. My name was never even on the account nor the loan.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2011

    On, 09.24.11, I made my first payment on this new business card account by telephone and the customer service agent told me that the funds would be available on the following Tuesday, 09.27.11. The payment was posted on 09.26.11 and the funds cleared my bank account on 09.28.11; however, my account has not been credited.

    When I called CapitalOne to inquire as to why my account wasn't credited, it was explained that sometimes they did this with new accounts (sometimes for the first few billing cycles) and the funds would be available on 10.08.11. When I asked why this was, no one was able to give me an answer other than "policy."

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2011

    13 years with Capitol One. I took the offer of balance transfer at 3.99% for 12 months and trusted that it was done. 3 months later, I checked the statement and I am getting charged at 17.9%! I Called them and they said no offer like that was ever made. They would not do anything to correct the problem. Capitol One is over as far as I am concerned. I guess 13 years as a good customer means nothing these days. Well, same goes here. Capitol One will never get business from me again and I will tell everyone I know not to trust them. They are crooks. Do not accept balance transfer offers from them, you will get scammed.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2011

    I have never had a credit card with Capital One. This year, I have received three statements from them. After opening up these mailings marked "statement," it appears to be a bill for over $5,000 with charges that have been accumulating at 28% interest in addition to late fees for years. There is no information concerning what this charge has been applied to. It is simply a bill that this company, this year, decided to send to me. I have been living at this address since 2005. I didn't receive any statements from this company in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010. However, they appear to have been charging late fees and interest for years to a charge or charges that they aren't even willing to identify. Again, I have never applied for a Capitol One card. This is piracy as far as I am concerned.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2011

    I signed up for "Match My Miles" program with Capital One Venture card. Back in March, I submitted all the necessary paperwork. I called to confirm they received it, and asked when the miles would be posted. They stated six weeks. I called a couple of months later, and they told me to be patient because it was coming. In August, I called, and they told me that I had been denied, as I did not submit the proper paperwork. I challenged the person; they went and checked. They found my submission, and felt that it was all there, and they would re-submit for approval.

    End of September, still no miles card; I called again. They told me that I was denied and that what I submitted did not show miles, which was a blatant lie. I told them to send back to me what I submitted (it was electronic); they told me that they did not have it anymore, and there was nothing they could do. I asked them why they did not call me, since I was clearly contesting it in early August. No response. I feel scammed by Capital One; they sucked me, and then changed the rules.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2011

    They lowered my credit limit and created an over limit debt of over $900. Then they turned my account to Allied Interstate, who makes harassing phone calls even though I've made commitments to pay with several people. They clearly don't document anything in the computers. I can't talk to anyone at Capital One without being transferred to Allied Interstate.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2011

    Capital One has very poor consumer service. Last April 11, 2011, I had paid my credit card account in full but I am still receiving emails stating payment is due. I have been on the phone with them for hours and was not able to resolve the problem. I have always paid on time and late charges are still added to my account for no reason. This credit card company is a joke. I feel that a major law suit should target this company. I will no longer have anything to do with them.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2011

    I have a loan agreement with a loan balance of $583.00 and there is $1,527 balance of late charges and fees accessed. My contract was for 60 months and paid all of it except for the above. However, Capital One has sent my account to NCO Financial to collect additional charges of interest, which will not be interest upon interest. Is this legal?

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2011

    I have 3 credit cards with Capital One. I pay my bills online with my bank. One of my credit cards did not have an account number on it for the 3 months I was paying from my bank on that account.

    When Capitol One received the check with no account number, they just applied it wherever they wanted (other 2 cards showed payments for that month) They did not apply the payment where it was obvious, since the other 2 had been paid.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2011

    Capital One has been calling my cell phone for two solid months at least six times a day. This is pure harassment! My husband and I are not going to tolerate this much longer. Something needs to be done. What is wrong with these people?! I do have an account with them. I missed a payment by mistake and have paid them. So, why are they still calling, and why so many times a day? This is unreal!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2011

    On September 1, I received an e-mail from Capital One saying there was possible fraudulent use of my Visa card. They read off the recent transactions, and sure enough, there were two of them, both for around $500 in Illinois (I live in NY), that were fraudulent. I called the fraud number they had given me in the e-mail, and confirmed that the two charges were fraudulent. CapOne canceled my card and sent me a new one. All good so far, right?

    Fast forward to September 19, I checked my statement and there were the two fraudulent charges, with no offsetting credit to cancel them out. So I called CapOne. The customer service rep said, "Oh, yes, there are those fraudulent charges. You should get reimbursed for those". And he handed me off to a Disputes representative. It turned out I needed to ask for a dispute form, then mail it in, and then get the amount credited back to my account. If they can automatically detect fraudulent use (I always admire how their computers figure that out), then they should automatically credit their customers. But the way they do it is just as sleazy as the original fraud perpetrator - taking someone's money and hoping no one notices. As soon as I get it all settled, I'm canceling my CapOne card.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2011

    Last November, I received a letter from Capital One stating that if my balance on the account went to $35.00 instead of my normal $15.00, I would have to pay the balance off. At least, that's how I interpreted their letter, so I did not opt out. My payments were immediately raised to $35.00. I also had to pay $1,800 for dental work (still unfinished) and my rent is going up. Since my "nest egg" was spent on dental work, the only income I have is that of Social Security. And I have other debts. We worked out a plan through their "hardship department" for lower minimum payments for three months.

    Even though I have a month left, I got a call from them "regarding an important business matter," a collection call, in other words. To keep this account, I'm supposed to pay $75, the minimum payment for three months, minus what smaller payments I made. This wasn't spelled out during our phone conversation. Obviously, I can't do it. The options they gave me was to 're-age' the account for another three months, which would wipe out their $75.00 fee. During those three months, I can't use the account. This isn't something I can afford to do, either. I told them I'd draw up a "letter of intent", stating I'll pay the account off at $15.00 a month. Then, the bombshell, they will continue to add $35.00 late fees every month. In essence, I'll be paying this account long after I'm dead and it will never be paid up.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2011

    Auto-Payment Services. I received a letter dated September 9, 2011, requesting for my check with pre-printed name etc from Capital One! I have no checking account; thus, no checks. I had the bank place my account info on the service acceptance form which I signed and mailed in the envelope supplied by Capital One. I have now received your letter suggesting the information was not sufficient. What happened to the information that I submitted with my account number etc? Please tell me exactly what Capital One needs from me to accomplish this task. I deposit my money through direct deposit, and I would like to pay my bills the same way.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2011

    Capital One keeps updating their Web Page and every time I try to make a transfer from one checking account to another, I can't just click onto online banking and enter my information. It used to be so simple and now it is the most complicated system that is trying to get you to sign up for a credit card (which I already have). Please have a simple Capital One Transaction online banking window.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2011

    I applied for Capitol One credit card. I was approved and I received a letter telling me about the card terms of service, but I did not receive a card. I have read the complaints here and I see this has happened to others where there had been an account opened and the charges added up with interest. I am afraid this may happen to me. What I am afraid to call is to find out if there is an account open or put up a red flag to start an account. I know it is illegal to open an account without authorization, but it seems a common practice with them. What would be your recommendation on this?

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2011

    I received my Visa monthly statement on 9/15/11. It showed my payment in full for $189.20 was received on September 5, 2011. I always pay the full balance down to $0. It also showed a past due fee dated September 3rd, 2011 of $25, plus additional interest on the $189.20 of $3.06. My payment due date was September 3rd. I inquired about the late fee and additional interest. I was told my payment was due on the 3rd of September and they did not receive my payment until the 5th of September. I then explained that it would have been impossible for them to receive my payment on the 5th of September. That was Labor Day and there is no US mail pick up or delivery. I then explained that it was also impossible to receive my payment on the 4th of September. That was a Sunday and there is no US mail pick up or delivery.

    Miriam insisted that they received my payment on September 5th, Labor Day. I insisted that that was impossible because there was no mail delivery on the 4th, Sunday, or the 5th, Monday, a national holiday. I insisted that she explain to me how this was possible. She then relented and said that my payment was probably received on September 3rd, the due date, but after 4pm, making it late according to them. I then carefully reviewed the front and back of my statement. I looked for a "cutoff time" with relation to a payment's due date and could find none. With no "cutoff time" stated, I believe I had up until 11:59 pm on September 3rd, the due date, to consider my payment received on time. Miriam then decided it was an honest mistake and said they would credit the $25 late fee. I do not yet know if the $3.06 in additional interest will be credited also. Miriam was polite. But her arguments, on behalf of Capital One, were hollow, time consuming, and frustrating.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2011

    Is everyone aware that Capital One Bank is no longer cashing checks?! Cashing checks! That seems pretty close to being at the top of the list of things a financial institution is supposed to do! I do not have any loans, credit cards, etc. The only thing I really use my bank for is cashing and depositing checks, and for them to no longer cash checks means I no longer need them as my bank. I'm waiting for the day they stop having checking and savings accounts, which I'm sure will be any time now. I also bank at a local credit union, who I will use full time now. The credit union offers me cashier's checks for free, at CapOne they are $10 each. When I go to my credit union, I drive through the window and tell them I need $20 from my checking account. They hand me $20, I go about my merry way. At CapOne I have to fill out all kinds of paperwork, sign here, sign there, it's crazy. Also, good luck trying to figure out your balance, because they don't give it to you. My credit union puts my balance on everything. Capital One is the absolute worst bank I have ever, ever dealt with.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2011

    I got a car note from Capital One, in Oct 2010. I have never been late on a car note. In August of 2011, I was able to pay all of my car note, except $130.00. I received a call from a Capital One representative, at the end of August. He said that he could schedule a payment, on September 12, 2011. I told him not to do this. I advised him that I would schedule my own payment because I didn't get paid till September 15, 2011. He said that the furthest he could take the payment out was September 13, 2011. I explained again, that I didn't get paid till September 15, 2011 and I would schedule the payment on my own.

    I scheduled a payment on September 7, 2011 on the web for $130.00 to come from an outside bank account, on September 15, 2011. I voided the transaction on September 12, 2011 via the web. I also set another transaction via the web for $130.00 but cancelled it September 13, 2011. Capital One went into my SunTrust bank account and took an unauthorized $130.00 payment out, costing me $108.00 in fees.

    I called and spoke to Paul **, manager of the car loan department, who was rude, cocky snd very un-willing to resolve my issue. I explained to him the issue and advised that I had never been late on my car note. He said that he saw that but I must have scheduled the payment or someone that I gave access to my web information. I advised him that no one else had my web information and that I didn't schedule a payment for September 12. I also reminded him of the representative that was trying to schedule a payment for that day and he said that he didn't do it. However, I am aware that the representatives do get a bonus structure for collecting payments. I asked Paul if there was another department or manager I could speak with to dispute this and he told me he was the top person and that there was nothing that he could do.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2011

    I have had my wages garnished three times from this company. Is there no end to this? I do believe that the debt is beyond the statute of limitations. How do I get them to stop?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2011

    I sent them a large monthly payment via USPS four days before it was due. I then watch online to make sure that my account gets credited for the payment but ten days after it was due, I still have not seen it credited to my account. I called them and they assured me that they have not received it.

    My account is now overdue, suspended and has been sent to the collection agency. I have to argue with them that I am not late as I paid extra this month and what I sent four days before the due date was an extra payment but not needed to keep my account in good standing. I was told by the Capital One person that the payment did not count and that they could refund my late fee but that was it. I start getting calls from the collection agency as to when I can make a payment and when I tried to explain to them that I am not late and that I have made my payment and should not be getting these harassing calls, they doubled the number I am receiving. The following month, I have to pay "extra" to bring my account into good standing. To this point, there is no reason that it should have not been in good standing. I called them every week to see if they have received the payment and I am told over and over that they cannot give me that information because my account is not in good standing.

    I filed a Money Order inquiry with the USPS and they were able to tell me that the payment was deposited in Capital One's bank account three days after I mailed it to them. So I called them and they tell me that they do not know what I am talking about. After being on the phone with Capital One for one hour, to their surprise, they have received my payment but for the last 52 days they have told me they do not have it. This is 52 days that Capital One has had my payment and not credited my account for it. They sent my account to the collection agency and informed me that my interest rate will go up. They harassed me with collection calls and put wrong information on my credit history that will negatively affect my credit score and they lied to me about not having my payment. They were only able to find it after I assured them I had a copy of the cancelled money order and were going to credit my account for it.

    I am thankful that I will be getting credit for the payment I sent them but what about the rest; harassing phone calls, bad credit history, lower credit scores, lying, and not accepting the payment that was made earlier in the month. When does Capital One have to be held liable for their actions and those of the employees that work for them?

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2011

    I responded to an offer by mail to receive a Venture Card from Capital One, which would match points from any other credit card. I sent the information 3-30-2011, by fax, email and USPS. I was told numerous times that I would receive the matching miles. One person read from my fax. Now, they are telling me that they did not receive the info until 5-26-2011. They are liars and cheats.

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2011

    On March 10, 2011, I sent their credit cards back. On March 3, I made a payment of $30.00. On March 17, I paid $300.00 and on April 2011, I paid $37 which paid off this debt. Well, they said that they never received the $300.00. I went to Garnett State Savings Bank and they typed a letter showing that they were paid. Linn ** typed the letter. It was mailed to them on August 2011.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2011

    I can't express how disgusted and frustrated I am with Capital One's customer service . I find myself yelling at the top of my lungs and screaming my head off every time I try to prove (for an hour) that I am me to a bunch of outsourcing that has such horrible accents, in which I can barely understand 5 percent of what they are saying. All I was trying to do was inform them that they had made a mistake when resolving a fraud matter and they took the false charge-off on my card twice. So, my balance was zero, but my available credit and total credit were not the same. This does not effect me yet, but the fact is I owe them money and I can't pay it off until they solve their problem. I told them if they wanna keep my balance at zero, that's fine.. I'll take free money, but I better not get screwed later when they realize they made a mistake.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2011

    I have a car financed by Capital One in 2006. Due to the economy, I have had late payments. Initially, I was charged 5% for the late payment fee. I currently have a payoff date of Feb 2012. The problem is since midyear of 2010 Capital One has doubled the late payment fee to match the payment. So every month, I am charged the payment plus the late fees that is equivalent to an amount double the payment.

    I have tried to speak with customer service to straighten this out, but I have been consistently told that a supervisor will tell me the same thing. I still owe double the payment for late fees. How can this be every month? In May 2011, I made a payment of over $2000.00 in an effort to bring my loan current. The next month there was still the payment and charges for late fees of $1300.00, and this continues every month even if I make a payment within the month (but sometimes past the due date). I have 5 more payments on my vehicle. I feel powerless against this company because no one there would listen or attempt to help with this.

    I noticed another consumer was charged double late fees each month. Is this a fair practice? I requested my payment record and it was sent by the company but difficult to read, as well as my initial contract of purchase. Can anyone help me with this?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2011

    I received a telephone call that my account was late. I checked my bank statements and found that I had made my payments early in July and August. I called the customer service center to try to rectify this situation and was told that nothing could be done, because I made my payment too early in the month.

    I asked to speak to someone who could help me with this problem and was told that nothing could be done. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told none was available, but someone would call me within the next 48 hours.

    I received a call today from a supervisor and was told that nothing could be done. I asked to speak to her supervisor and was told no one was above her and to just pay double this month and all would be well. I asked again who could I speak to and was told that I could fax my complaint to the customer service office, but I would be told the same thing.

    I will file a complaint tomorrow with the Better Business Bureau and will fax my complaint.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaffEase of Use

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2011

    My husband and I both applied for Capital One "no hassle" credit cards. We were thinking they'd be convenient and easy to use. The very first month, our bills arrived in the mail (with no delay by the post office) just one day short of the "due date" for payment! Although we mailed our payment the same day, we were charged late fees! We contacted the company to complain and ask why our bills were not mailed to us until it was already too late for us to timely pay. We were told that the company "does not take responsibility "for the timing of [its own] billing". And they refused to cancel the late charges! To boot, the representative with whom I spoke to cautioned that it will be best if we just "ate" the amount of the late fees in order to retain our good credit. It was because the matter was already "out of Capital One's hands", and was automatically "turned over to collection agencies"! Thus, after a grand total of 6 weeks as Capital One cardholders, we canceled our credit cards from this mismanaged, irresponsible, and unprofessional company. And we vowed never to do business with Capital One again.

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    Contract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2011

    This company deserves no stars. I got a credit card with them when I was 19. I kept it paid on time and paid extra every month for that account security they have. Supposedly when you have the account security, if you have financial hardship or lose your job or anything, they will hold off your payments without charging you interest for up to one year. I lived with my parents and they decided to move out of state. I obviously had to leave my job, and when I moved, I began attending school because I could not find a job. Capital One started calling me multiple times per day.

    I had already called and explained to them that I was looking for a new job and I would like to use my account security until I found something. They never processed my request and continued harassing me. A few months later, I get a letter in the mail stating I was sued in New York. I was never served, I never even knew I was being sued. They sued me for over $800, but the balance on my credit card was less than $150. Their account security is a bunch of **! They charged me hundreds of dollars in fees when their contract states they wouldn't. I recommend any credit card except Capital One. They will royally ** you. I Googled what happened to me and you should read some of the horror stories from people who have dealt with these heathens.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2011

    I called the Capital One customer service line to complain why they still charge me for the fee and interest. I was not happy. They transferred me to the manager, but they put me on hold for fifteen minutes. I said hello so many times, and nobody answered. I only heard the customer service representative talking with somebody else. This is the worst customer service I ever had. I called again, and they still cannot help me at all even the manager also. I recommend to all customers who want to apply for a credit card from Capital One, please say,” no” or you will regret!

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2011

    My husband applied for a Capital One and was denied even if he has the best credit rating possible. We asked them why they refused him. They said we don’t know and you will have to wait for the letter. We received the letter and it does not disclose why and says to call the credit bureau.

    We called both in Canada TransUnion, Canada and Equifax. They said we can’t tell you why you were refused. There is no reason for you to be refused when your credit is excellent. I called them back and stated what was said and they said we don’t know.

    I will put it in plain English why these scammers didn’t give him a card. Because he pays his bills every month in full, there will be no room for interest. They are truly a disgusting company trying to screw people as much as they can. Going through some of these reviews proves that. Watch Michael **’s documentary. Capital One bank and Chase are out to put you in debt, no doubt.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2011

    My 2 year old son was going into the hospital for surgery, so I decided to send my payment in a little early. They then said that I didn't pay them for August and charged me late fees. I called them and told them what happened and they took the late fee and interest off. I went to pay my September bill and it still said I was past due and had twice the minimum payment as usual. They never switched the July payment to August. When I called about this, they said that they could not do anything and I was going to have to pay double the amount. I could not talk to a district manager and my problem would not be passed on higher.

    Early today, I had sent in my normal payment for September of $25. When I found out about all of this and called them, their response to me was that I needed to make arrangements to pay them another $25 in two days or they would charge me late fees and make my minimum payment three times as much.

    In the hurricane this week, I had a tree go through my car and my other car caught on fire from a down power line. I cannot afford to be paying more than I should normally have had to because I have been running my sons medical devices 24/7 for the last week with a generator. After they told me I could not speak with another manager, I asked them if they could relay my situation to their bosses and get back to me but they refused. Every person I dealt with told me that they understood what had happened and that due to a glitch in their computer system, there wasn't a thing they could do. Meanwhile, I pay for the emergency protection. Not one person I talked to mentioned to me that I can use that (not that I ever should have had to). Finally, I remembered it and mentioned it to them, and they said that would be the only thing I could do to fix the problem.

    They then thanked me but not before they looked through my 3 year history with them and noted that I had never missed a payment but with the exception of July-September of this year and had always paid way more than the minimum and had even paid it off fully three or four times. They told me I was one of their more valued customers - valued my **!

    They have the worst customer service ever. My husband and I have this card for emergencies when our son needs to go to the hospital (he is disabled), and we have decided to pay it completely and close it. We were also in the process of getting an auto loan with them. None of these things are happening now! I will never use Capital One for anything ever again. Do yourself a favor and don't use this fraudulent company. They will take advantage of you no matter what. Oh and also, on a side note, they outsource their customer service to India so none of the representatives speak English very well. I am truly disappointed in this company.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2011

    I made an online purchase of a TV for $1,300.00 and what had arrived was a $1.50 Pinky Ring. Yes, a pinky ring! I attempted to contact the merchant but they would not respond so I filed a fraudulent complaint with Capital One.

    Capital One sent me some documentation to fill out and send back, which described the transaction. I sent this documentation via registered mail with the USPS and received a signature of receipt from Capital One. Capital One credited my account and made contact with the merchant who supplied a tracking number showing that I had received the TV and thus again, sent me some paperwork to fill out. I again filled it out and sent it back to Capital One, registered, and again, received a signature receipt.

    After 3 weeks, I received a letter from Capital One stating that they were going to put the charges back on my card because I had not sent in the paperwork, so I called Capital One and informed them that I did and had a signed receipt of such. So, the Capital One representative again sent me some paperwork and stated that this would be processed because of my signed receipt and that something must have happened to it after it was delivered. So once again, I mailed in the paperwork to the address indicated on the letters received from Capital One and again, sent it registered for signature.

    After another 3 weeks, I called Capital One to inquire why the charge was still on my card. They again said that they had not received the paperwork. I was pretty upset at this point and they again asked me to resend them. So, I made copies of what was previously sent and also took pictures of the Pinky Ring and the envelope with the tracking number from the merchant so as to show what was received and how it was packaged when received. The envelope was approximately 6x4 inches and physically impossible to hold a 73" TV.

    Again, Capital One sent a letter stating that they were closing the case. So again, I made another call, only this time to find out that Capital One had transferred this case from the Fraud Department to the Dispute Department way back when the merchant was contacted, but they never told me this in any of their written or verbal communications and all of their written communications had the same return address as that of which I was sending.

    So, at this point, Capital One told me that I must send it to their Dispute Department. I asked them why they did not transfer all correspondence when they transferred the case and they stated that they don't have an internal transfer (yet they transferred their case internally). I also explained that I had spent over $100.00 in registered mailings and expected them to reimburse this or, at minimum pay, for the next mailing since it was their mistake. They refused and I told Capital One that I would not send the paperwork again unless they did pay for it and that if they did not remove the cost of the TV, I would stop making payments on my credit card. They stated that this would just mess up my credit.

    I continued to use my credit card and called them 2 more times to try and resolve this issue. When I saw that they did not remove it on subsequent bills, I stopped making payments with a balance of just under $5,000.00. I figured that if they were going to hold me hostage for $1,300.00, then I was just as fair holding them for $5,000.00, especially since I was not the one who violated our contract.

    Capital One and the collection agencies that they have assigned to have contacted repeatedly and I had always maintained that once Capital One fixed their mistake (repaired my credit and sent a letter of such to me and those who have run my credit report), I would pay the balance that I owed at the time that I stopped payments and that I would not pay the interest on the $1,300.00 nor would I pay interest on the balance from the date that I canceled the card.

    I then made contact with the 3 major credit reporting agencies to dispute the negative report by Capital One, only to find that I am only allowed 100 words to explain. This is in no way possible and the people requesting credit information don't even care. They see a score and that is all they care about. They don't even ask me to explain in person or mail a copy of all of the documentation, which I still have to this day.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2011

    I had a Capital One account. I paid off the full balance and discontinued the account because they weren't crediting my account. I have the cancelled checks proving so. Later, after several attempts to clear this with them, all failed. This all started in 2006 and then in October of 2010, I received summons and appeared in court. It was set for trial and the court dismissed the case in my favor.

    I continue, to this day over a year later, receiving billing for the same thing. I have made several other attempts to clear the matter providing the court order, and they still harass me. I've tried to get the best credit rating possible and Capitol One remains slandering my credit score with their refusal to accept the facts.

    Today, I have received another bill and I am currently on the phone holding for two hours and fifteen minutes but no one has answered yet! I get the same thing from them all the time. I've even contacted Corporate office and get the same thing. With the continuance of Capitol One's refusal to take me off their collection list despite the court order, I was unable to make very important financial measures crucial to my prosperity and well-being. I am unable to make critical health repairs that were needed and seemingly to be so, in the future.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011

    Capital One approved my credit, sent me a card and I went to use it and it was declined. What a joke!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011

    They have the poorest customer service I have ever encountered. I have had to call these people more than 5 times to change the account info. They still have not changed it!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2011

    I have called them twice to obtain some help with paying my bill either by reducing the percentage paid or interest, with comments resulting in, "we can't help you". I have paid one bill late because I had cancer surgery, and they have called ten times a day since then, until they received it. If someone's always paid on time for the past twenty years, wouldn't you try to obtain good customer service?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2011

    I have been paying down this credit card for some time now. Due to financial hardship, I was behind in my payments. I have been making payments since the suspension and have done so on a monthly basis. Capital One suspended by account and would not re-activate it. Now they are charging me a $39.00 member fee, which is of no benefit to me. I don't want this account, and they will not close it until the full amount is paid. We're talking about a balance of approximately $750!

    I do not have the credit card and have not for a long time. I can't use it, although they still want to charge me $39.00. They give conflicting information on the phone, so my time is useless working with these people. Who owns Capital One anyway? I have dealt with Bank of America and Chase with my credit card accounts with them, and they have been willing to work with me to get these accounts paid off. These accounts are much higher than $750.00!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2011

    Most recently, on August of 2011, my Capital One card was charged a Payment Protection "fee" or "charge" by Capital One without my authorization. I watch my transactions online but not regularly, and they only show the last 5 or so by default when you log in online.

    One time, when I was checking my account, I noticed a small charge for $4.22. I believe it was or something really small like $4.00. I called and told them I never authorized it. The customer service told me it was authorized over the phone. I stated I have never called Capital One ever. I wanted it removed. She stated that this was the first time that a customer disputed the fact that it was unauthorized. I was shocked.

    These are tactics they teach their people to try and ride some guilt on them. I said, well I never had my own credit card company put unauthorized charges on my card. I also told her that I read about the class action suit against Capital One that proved that they customarily did this sort of thing on a regular basis. I also told her I pay it off every month or all but $100. Why would I need it? I only use it sparingly. She came back and told me it was removed - all $40.00 of charges! $400.00? What? I thanked her, hung up, and went back into my transaction history.

    Yes, small charges here and there - $3.10, $1.88, $2.67 for about a year, I'm guessing. I'm embarrassed, and now, I check my history 3 times a week and I'm going to have to cancel out the card soon because I don't do business with liars and cheats.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2011

    Recently, I applied for an auto loan. The loan was quickly approved. After reviewing the loan, I noticed my Equifax credit score was 688. This was odd. I pulled my credit score from Equifax and it was 745. I called Capitol one and they could/would not explain the difference. I also sent several emails. I checked all three of my FICO scores (765, 745, 745). I have all the documentation and my credit score that I pulled.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2011

    They no longer let you use your credit card at the gas pump, unless you are in your home state. For other merchants, when they are handed the card (and thus can check the signature on the back), it will be the merchant who is liable if it's a stolen card or unauthorized charge. But when the card is swiped at the pump, it's the card issuing bank that will be liable. So, the bank is no longer willing to let the card be swiped at the pump if there is any risk at all. If you are 150 or 200 miles from home, they view that as too risky. So, they flag it and won't let you use the card at the pump. You need to go inside so the bank can't be liable.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2011

    Yes, I did have a balance on my Capital One master card ending with 3560. I was making my payment on time. I had a health problem come up [cancer], so I called to say I would be a little late on upcoming month payment. A lady at Capital One,1-800-955-7070, told me that I needed to get in the re-age program and if I made 3 payments on time, I would not be late or past-due, which I was not already.

    Capital One sent me the paper work of my acceptance into the re-age program. I made my 3 payments early. First one was 98.00, 2nd one 101.00, and 3rd one 100.00. All this time, I was getting a monthly statement that was not showing these payments being deducted from my balance plus an interest growing by the day. I sent the 3 payments to a different address from my normal statement address. I called the re-age phone number, 1-800-955-6600, and was told each time not to worry and that it would be fine.

    The 3 re-age payments were higher than my regular monthly payments. When I called regular customer service they acted like they knew nothing about any re-age program, and I was way behind and in trouble with my account. I called at least 2 times to 1-800-955-7070. On my monthly statements, it even showed available credit open. These people do not even know what goes on inside their own company. I have paid off the entire balance in full. Capital One even tries to trick you when you send your final payment in.

    The next month, I got a statement for 3.05. They were hoping I would overlook, so they could charge 35.00 for late fee, but I did not! So, I just got a statement this month, saying that it was paid in full and my account had been cancelled. The last lady I talked to at customer service was very rude and could have cared less if I was a Capital One customer. By the way, she knew nothing about the re-age program, even though I have a letter of completion from Capital One. The last lady I talked to said my account was default. If so, it was Capital One who made it that way!

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2011

    I received a promotion of 0% interest on purchases and balance transfers for 12 months. They were charging me interest and said those were not the terms they agreed to. I transferred balances from a 7.9 and a 12.24 to get the payment down. They charged me the 4% to transfer and now, 19.94%. This was not the promotion I got in the mail and I would have never agreed to pay a fee and to pay a higher interest rate. I have called and they said they have to go by what the computer says and they cannot help me.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2011

    We are in the midst of Hurricane Irene. We called capital one and asked for an extension in our credit for emergency provisions and to gas up our cars. We were told we were approved, told them the store we were going to use and the gas station.

    We went to gas up the cars and the card was declined. We called after the second time and was told that because we exceeded our credit limit, we weren't getting the approval. I said we did get approved, I just went to get food rations and medical supplies, but was at the gas station trying to gas up before Irene gets here. They said, "No ma'am, you just went to several stores." I said no, we left Walmart and came to the gas station. She said, "Well, we will put fraud alert out and cancel your card and send you a new one." I kept explaining we were trying to get the cars gassed up to leave if the flood waters came to us or had to leave our home. She said they were sorry, they couldn't extend it.

    I was so upset and worried knowing the consequences of a hurricane, especially considering we pay our bills on time and always either pay them off or overpay. I asked them, "So you are telling me that Capital One doesn't want to help their customers in emergency situations like this?" She said nothing!

    We decided Capital One isn't for us anymore and pray we will be able to survive the hurricane.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2011

    We have been paying for the credit card's payment protection plan for years. It covers both my husband and myself. When I called and asked about using it due to my 2 1/2-year long unemployment, I was told that I didn't let them know as soon as I was laid off so I can't use it. The time limit for notifying them has already passed. Apparently, they penalize you for paying your bill. We had never been late in all the years we've had the card and we had an excellent record. They would rather pay the bill, than us, I guess.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2011

    I had purchased the payment protection plan. When I lost my job, I called Capitol One to notify them that I would need to use the payment protection plan; they said okay. It wasn't until 6 months later that I was six months in default and my cards had been canceled. Since then, my credit has been destroyed because of Capital One. I am still trying to get them removed from my credit along with all the additional late fees and charges.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2011

    In 2010, a Capital One card was opened in my name with a $500.00 limit. The statements were coming to my previous address. My mail was forwarded to my new address 3 months later, and I received a statement saying that I had missed several payments. I called Capital One and explained to them that I never applied for a card. As a matter of fact, this card was applied for online, WOW. After what they called an investigation, they told me that I was responsible for the card because of the mailing address.

    I asked what type of investigation was done and the person could not answer the question. All they could tell me was the previous address matched the statement address. I asked them to provide me signatures but it never happened. I asked them to locate the stores to see if maybe cameras were operational on those dates that the card was used. I asked Capital One, don't it look strange that this card was maxed out in a couple of days? They said not really.

    Now I have this card on my credit report with no payments. I don't see why I should be liable for this card and they told me to go to the police station and file for a stolen card. Are you serious? PLEASE. Capital One needs to do their job. A good investigation needs to be done, not an investigation from behind a desk.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2011

    I asked this Branch Manager Dozier whether this is a higher interest rate than my current interest online plus account. The Branch Manager told me another account type, Simple Savings, at that time offers a higher rate. Then he opened that account for me, of course, by my request. However, the next thing he offered was unsolicited "help"; asking me to authorize balance transfer without mentioning anything about wire transfer fee! Later, I called that guy and he told me, "Don't worry, you won't be charged". However, I was still charged wire transfer fee. This is not the end of the story: I found the APY rate was not what he told me, this really pissed me off. How dare he lie to a custom like this! I have his name card with his handwriting on it showing the discrepancy. I have further evidence if required.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2011

    I received an email saying that we had a very important message from CapitalOne. Since I am always leery of any email about any of my financial business, I went to CapitalOne's website. Much to my surprise, I found that they had lowered our credit limit to within $350 of what my balance was on one of our cards. This card had not been used since February 2011 and the payments have never been late in eleven years and more than the minimum amount was always paid.

    We were told that it was because of too many revolving credit accounts, one of which they gave us less than a year ago and one that has a zero balance plus we have a cash balance on their card. The cash balance is around $1,000 and was taken out due to an emergency illness in the family. We told them to just close both accounts as they now make it appear that we maxed out a credit card on our credit report. We were told that they will only close these accounts when there is a zero balance on the cards.

    How can they refuse to close an account? To rub salt in the wound, their customer service supervisor seemed to think it was funny that we were upset over this. It was a nice way to treat a long-term customer!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2011

    On January, my dad got his new car and my brother told them to use his bank account until my dad opens one for the car payments. Well, they took out the money for the car on February and before the next payment that was due on March, my brother stop the payment and my dad called Capital One and told them and gave them the new account. They used the new account to take out the payment for March. Then on April, that's were they mess everything up.

    After me and my dad called them a bunch of times telling them about the accounts and gave the new account number, they still were trying to take out money from my brother's account and making my dad's car payments late. After supposedly they were not able to get any payments for March, I send it over the bank's website. But the week after that when I check the bank statement, they did took out the payment and right after that they receive the other payment I made over the bank's website. They had two payments and they still kept calling and harassing my dad and sending letters saying the payments are overdue. Their website kept telling us the payments were paid and the next one was for June.

    Well after all that, I called again because they kept calling five times in a day, everyday. They were being very rude over the phone when it was their mistake. When I called last month on July, I had to talk to four different people; none of them knew anything. They told me that all this was happening because we made a stop payment on the account. When I ask the account number, they gave me my brother's account number. They were still using the old account and not the new one.

    That's how unprofessional they are. I gave them the whole information again and had to beg them to stop using the other account. Well, we thought they would do things right this time but they didn't and the day after that, they called again saying that they still weren't able to take out the payment because the account has a stop payment. Are they serious? After a few phone calls and talking to many different people, they finally got it right. But they keep trying to take out money from the account before the payments were due. Now my dad has to pay overdraft fees on top of the fees they charged because of insufficient funds.

    What can we do to make this people stop calling and harassing my dad and for them to start doing their job right and learn how to communicate to each other?

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2011

    On June 27th 2011, I was informed by Capitol One that if I had a complaint with them to fax information to Capitol One P.O. Box 30285 Salt Lake City, Utah 84130. Apparently this was incorrect. I spoke with Kristina, the Travel Specialist, who was very helpful and she gave me the above address if I had a complaint. I forwarded a faxed copy on August 3rd 2011.

    Short story of the situation: I booked Westin Hotel in Chicago, which was recommended on their travel site, for Saturday June 25th 2011 and had a situation that was not favorable. Check in should have been 3 but did not get checked in until 7. Westin made good on their part. I had to use 37,000 points to book this hotel. Capitol One was going to only reimburse me back 1,500 points which I felt was unreasonable, therefore my writing to you. By checking out my history to Capitol One, I spend quite a bit on this card and will, if this cannot be resolved, cancel my card. I feel that I am entitled to a significant amount of points to be put back into my rewards since they had recommended the hotel to me.

    I would like to hear back from someone at Capitol One that they received my paperwork which was resent to them, via regular mail, August 3rd which to date has no acknowledgement and I would like more reward points added back to my reward account.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2011

    On the second Sunday in August 2011, I went into the bank, as the daughter-in-law of Mr. Henry **. I had a notarized singed document called a "Durable Power of Attorney and the NYS addendum, filled out as best as Mr. Henry could do; he was in the hospital dying of cancer. It was his wish that I take care of some banking for him. I was not withdrawing any money just changing some accounts but the bank would not honor the document because I was not a blood relative. It states in the document that I do not have to be. This was the first incident with this bank and this banker Joan **.

    My father-in-law came out of the hospital, and had to be taken to the bank with oxygen and take care of this. This extra stress on him could have been averted had they honored a legal document. On August 17th 2011, my father in law passed away.

    Prior to his demise, he made a bank account that had my husband listed as his beneficiary, my husband went to the bank on Sunday, August 21st to claim his funds. He had a NYS drivers license, his social security card, birth certificate, and the death certificate. The same woman, Joan ** who knew my face from the previous encounter, and saw my brother-in-law come in a half hour earlier, saw us there and knew why we were there. She also knew my father-in-law.

    We waited one hour for service, there was only one person helping people, and she was it. We sat down, she gave my husband her condolence and never even looked at me (plain rude, he was my father-in-law for 25 years). She tried to get him to open an account and he said that he would like a check. She finally agreed to give a check and said that she would be back in a minute.

    She then came back and said that there is a problem; we need a letter from the bank for signature verification. It's a new law and she was on vacation the prior week and didn't know about the law. My husband sat there dumbfounded. I, however, could believe the treatment because that is what they did to me, two weeks earlier.

    We live in Staten Island and made two trips specifically for banking purposes to this branch, in Brooklyn, NY (#814, I believe). So, after all of what we had been going through the past month, the recent loss of my husband's father, we waited over an hour for bank service, then we had to leave without our transactions completed. My husband had a valid NYS drivers license with him and the death certificate, and his social security card and his own birth certificate. I also showed them checks from our checking account with Citibank and they said that it is not good enough. My husband's name is on the check with our home address, which can also be confirmed on his driver's license.

    This bank branch is deplorable. I am asking that you please look into the dealings of this branch and what they are doing to people. For us to be treated in such a manner, after what we just suffered, was horrible especially with all the documentation that was provided. There was no reason for it and I believe they were breaking the law by not giving my husband his money that was rightfully his.

    Please look into this matter for us. I would never want something like this to happen to another family. I sincerely appreciate your time into this matter.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2011

    In 8-2010, we started to have difficulties to pay our bills. We decided to apply for a debt consolidation program with Greenpath. We had 5 credit cards. The Capital One card was the one with the higher balance of $ 4499.12. We tried as much as we could of keeping our payments. But the minimum payment was too high and out of our reach ($152.00) at that time. I called them many times to try to get a lower monthly payment, but it was unsuccessful. The minimum started to go up. And today it is $860 to put my account up to date.

    The problem is that while the minimum payment was going up, Greenpath started to make monthly payments of $85 to these accounts, sometimes double payments. They were trying to fix the minimum payment issue, which is a total of 12 payments, $1,020 from October 2010 to August 2011. They charged us late payment fees for a total of $295.98, even though we were making the payments as agreed with them through Greenpath. Today's balance with Capital One is $ 4,306 and going up. It is the same balance as a year ago. The $1,020 that we sent them didn't affect at all the balance. They keep charging a late fee of $35 monthly. They charge $5 monthly for membership. And to finish, there's no way to have a conversation with their customer service. All the agents sound like programmed to request the minimum payment or there's nothing to do to help me at all. I still have the account with Greepath, but it is not helping. We are wasting our money.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2011

    My husband applied for a business card and was given one last year. However, it had such a ridiculously low limit so he called and canceled it even after they offered to raise it for another $200.

    Today, August 18, 2011, he gets a "Past Due" notice on that very account so he called and tried to explain the situation. But all they kept asking him was if he wanted to make a payment. He asked them what was the charge amount for and they told him that it was two years of annual cardholder fees! Two years? When he canceled and never activated it?

    We are still fighting with them over this. Who knows what will happen? They will probably win.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2011

    I received a phone call on my cell telling me that I owed money on a credit card. I said not me! I told them they had the wrong person. The person they were looking for was my mother and that we had the same name .

    This guy pretty much called me a liar even after the birth dates did not match. I even tried to tell him were to find her and all he said was, "Mrs. Jackson, don't play with us." I have sent letters to them proving that I am not the one they are looking for.

    This has happened one time before and I finally got it to stop and now it has started all over. I pay my bills and I will not pay someone else's.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2011

    I lost one of the incomes in my household. For the first time in a very long time, I was forced to pay a couple of my bills late. The bill I chose to pay late were bills with very low minimum payments, $15-$20.

    Only eight days late at the time, I began receiving calls from these creditors, understandably. The problem is the frequency of these calls. I came home from work one day to find 22 missed calls. Capital One is leading the pack with a call about every hour.

    I'm not denying my debt. I just don't want to be harassed for $35. Creditors should only be allowed to contact your home once a day. Honestly, I've turned the ringers off on my home phone. I work six day a week and I don't wish to be awakened by Capital One at 8:00 AM on a Sunday morning.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2011

    In early July 2011, my social security number, birth date and other identity information was stolen from my employer. When I learned of this, around July 20 2011, I checked my credit report and made phone calls to the companies who had made inquiries of my credit based on fraudulent applications. I called Capital One about one such inquiry around July 22, 2011. The representative I spoke with assured me that he could not find a new application. But he would note in my file that my identity had been stolen and that they should not grant credit to any applicants using my personal information.

    On August 14, I received an alert from Equifax that a new account had been opened at Capital One under my name. When I called the fraud department, I was told that they were unable to close my account, because the address information I provided did not match the information they had for the new account. I explained that my identity had been stolen. And that the reason the address did not match was that someone had been using an address different from mine to apply for credit. I reiterated that I had spoken with someone in mid July to inform them of the potential fraud. And I had been reassured that the problem was taken care of. The woman I spoke with on August 13th informed me that they had sent me information. If I did not have it, she could not help me (the information was presumably sent to the address of the identity thief). I am aghast and appalled at the lack of responsiveness to clear fraud. I hope that this can be resolved soon.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2011

    They are harassing me. I receive phone calls 3-5 times daily. They are looking for a Patricia. The calls have been going on since I purchased this phone on 08-11-11. Each time I have called back, the supervisors and agents that answer have assured me that the number would be removed. Then an hour later, I get another call and the process continues. I am tired of these calls. If they do not stop, I will seek attorney representation for harassment.

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    Capital One Company Information

    Company Name:
    Capital One
    Year Founded:
    1988
    Address:
    1680 Capital One Drive
    City:
    McLean
    State/Province:
    VT
    Postal Code:
    22102
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.capitalone.com