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Countrywide Sends Fraud Alert Letters: 'Your Info May Have Been Sold'

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2:45 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Ben Popken
783 views, Comment

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Ex-Countrywide Employee Sells Your Data, They Offer Credit Monitoring Service, Hang Up When You Ask For It

Re: Countrywide Sends Fraud Alert Letters: 'Your Info May Have Been Sold," Reader Esqdork writes, "Yesterday, I phoned Countrywide to get them to extend the credit monitoring service [that they offered in their apology letter] to my co-borrower and was promptly hung up on." The only surprise here is that they even picked up in the first place.

12:18 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Ben Popken
5,563 views, 21 comments

Latest by dddjones: I feel this whole this is a scam itself and nothing to do with Countrywide. I called the number on the letter and was very careful and suspicious. They answer the phone in a very generic way. They had to ask what company I received the letter from, then they more »

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Countrywide Sends Fraud Alert Letters: 'Your Info May Have Been Sold'

A Countrywide customer emailed to tell us he received an unpleasant surprise in the mail today: a former Countrwide employee may have sold his loan info.

I received a letter from Countrywide today that says:

"We are writing to inform you that we recently became aware that a Countrywide employee (now former) may have sold unauthorized personal information about you to a third party...

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6:57 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
By Chris Walters
29,517 views, 56 comments

Latest by aljaxart: it's hard to OPT OUT when you didn't even get loan...... "In the beginning, Rebollo would email the contents of his thumb drive to his buyers from a public computer at Kinko's. Frequently he would export data requested by his buyer, such as "new declines", or people who had a loan more »

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Homeowners Sue Countrywide!

Who isn't suing Countrywide lately? Phuong Cat Le from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says that a group of homeowners are now suing Countrywide, alleging that the lender steered them toward high-risk loans without disclosing the inherent risks. More »

5:20 PM on Mon Aug 25 2008
By Meg Marco
7,464 views, 46 comments

Latest by moracity: So, they are suing because they were either too lazy or too stupid to realize what they were doing. In criminal cases, I am pretty sure ignorance of the law is not a defense. It shouldn't be a defense here. No one forced them into a loan. The people made bad financial more »

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Donald Trump Saves Ed McMahon From Foreclosure!

Donald Trump doesn't know Ed McMahon, but he "grew up watching him on tv," so he'd like to be his new landlord. McMahon is currently facing foreclosure from Countrywide, and had 2 weeks to sell his house before the bank repossessed it. Mr. Trump has agreed to buy the house and lease it to McMahon, says the LA Times. More »

11:29 AM on Fri Aug 15 2008
By Meg Marco
8,489 views, 44 comments

Latest by mariospants: Either McMahon borrowed too much money against his house or someone's math is off... regardless of how much Ed will pay upon completion of the mortgage term (i.e. $10M, as quoted above), if he sells his property tomorrow he only needs to pay his outstanding mortgage obligation, which is whatever more »

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Throwdown! Connecticut Sues Countrywide For Deceptive Lending

Someone ring a bell because Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has just sued Countrywide (and, of course, Bank of America) for deceptive lending practices. They're seeking damages of $100,000 for each violation, as well as "up to $5,000 per violation of state consumer protection laws, disgorgement of all ill-gotten gains and an order compelling the company to cease its illegal practices." More »

4:59 PM on Thu Aug 7 2008
By Meg Marco
7,116 views, 46 comments

Latest by jswilson64: I like the Google ad for Countrywide that accompanies this story... more »

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Former Countrywide Employee Arrested For Stealing, Selling Customer Identities

The FBI has announced that a former Countrywide employee and his accomplice were arrested on charges related to "illegal access of computers containing personal information," and "illegal sale of the data." A criminal complaint filed last Friday alleges that one of the men, Rene L. Rebollo Jr., a senior financial analyst for Countrywide Home Loan's subprime mortgage division (who was let go in July), had been harvesting data from Countrywide's computers for the past two years — downloading and storing the information on personal flash drives. More »

9:59 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Meg Marco
10,307 views, 27 comments

Latest by LAbattlezone: As one of the recipients of the "Dear ---, We are so sorry your personal information was stolen by our employee...." from Countrywide here is what you get "two years of credit monitoring" Whooopiiiiiieeeeee. That's not enough! It is time for them to pay for failing to monitor both the more »

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If My Bank Collapses, How Long Before The FDIC Pays Up?

If your FDIC-insured bank implodes, how long does it take for the FDIC to start paying depositors? Ever since IndyMac imploded, the question has no doubt been on many people's minds. One reader emailed me saying that he had asked the his banker about how long it might take. Allegedly, the banker squirmed around before finally saying that the FDIC had 20 years to pay people back. This is not true. More »

5:58 PM on Tue Jul 29 2008
By Ben Popken
14,440 views, 24 comments

Latest by Treefingers: @FHJay: Because trusting in a privatized central monetary system that SELLS money to the US government at INTEREST isnt wacko or anything. Ron Paul for President! more »

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Countrywide Home Loans Wins Consumerist's Worst Company In America Contest

Duhn duhn da duhn! Envelope please... yes, America has voted and... the Worst Company in America award goes to.... Countrywide Home Loans (now owned by Bank of America)! The final vote was... More »

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4:08 PM on Mon Jul 28 2008
By Ben Popken
35,315 views, 66 comments

Latest by ivy99: we won! yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!! on behalf of the company i work for i'd like to say its great to be acknowledge as the worst of the worst! eat your heart out comcast more »

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Worst Company In America Final Death Match: Comcast VS Countrywide Home Loans

Well, folks. This one is for all the marbles and a beautiful lucky golden shit statue, suitable for display in the corporate headquarters of either Comcast or Countrywide (now Bank of America). More »

By Meg Marco
35,460 views, 209 comments

Latest by JeffM: @taylorich: Seriously though- wasn't the the government that dipped into our taxes to pay for these idiots? Countrywide sold a product and some folks bought into it, you can only blame them, it doesn't take but 30 minutes of research to understand how much house you can afford and you're more »