HSBC Credit Card — Harasment post closure.

Dear Sirs,

I used to operate an HSBC credit card bearing number [protected] till the month of Nov 07.
In Nov of 2007,against a total outstanding of Rs 105000/-(one lakh and five thousand only) on my card I had called an HSBC officer to ask him close my card as I was in the process of a transfer from Kolkotta to chennai.For this I had asked if I close the entire amount,what will be the discount on this closure.
The HSBC officer asked me to make a total payment of Rs 90000/-(ninety thousand only) and this will ensure the account will be settled as closed.He also assure me a letter will be sent from HSBC against the cheque realisation as this was the process.
I thus made a payment through an ICICI cheque for Rs 90000/- in Nov 09 & was waiting for the settlement letter.To my surprise in about two weeks I recvd a call from some phone banking officer saying why I wanted to close the card.When I stated the reason & asked him about the settlement letter,he said the amount was 92000/- for final settlement & not Rs 90000/- & asked me to make a payment for Rs 2000/- as final settlement.
Fully believing, I made a cheque payment on ICICI for Rs 2000/- after which there was no phone call,no settlement letter or no any news.In between Dec 07 & July 08 there was no news from any body on this.Then again in July 08,I recvd a statement showing that my outstanding was Rs 19706/- & the bank asked me to make immidaite payment.
On calling the bank & against my naration of what I was told,the officer said there was no closure done on my account & this payment must be done.I told him that the card was destroyed by me & was not in use since November 2007 so why should I pay any more.This harasment kept happening over the months.In Dec 2008 when the phone came from HSBC,I told them I will be going to court to complain this issue for which so phone officer from Delhi called up saying the legal way will take a long time,please pay Rs 5000/- & we will immidiately give the closure to this account.
I guess this time again the bank fooled me and collected Rs 5000/- from me saying in a receipt as Final settlement.
But even to this day the bank is still calling me & harrasing me on this.It is about time I am going for a Complaint with the "consumer forum" as well as the police ainst the FRAUD HSBC BANK.
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Please allow me to introduce myself my name is Michael Mason-Mahon and I am a shareholder of HSBC Plc. I am based in London.
I was in Mumbai in September where I had a meeting with the CEO of HSBC to raise my concerns about the way HSBC was treating its customers.
I am going to ask the RBI TO DO A FULL INVESTIGATION into HSBC India.
For me to do this I need people that are willing to send their complaints to me and to allow me to forward their complaints, not only to the Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings Plc also to the Governor, Dr. D Subbarao and Shriv.K.Sharma, Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India to investigate HSBC India as evidence to support the way that (and this is my personal belief) the Bank has breached the Code of Banks Commitment to Customers.

Please help me to help you, if we join together we will be able to make a change in their behaviour (I do hope so).
I have also sent a letter to all Board Directors of HSBC Holdings Plc.
Reference HSBC India
I refer to the concerns that I raised at the AGM in May concerning the behaviour of HSBC in India. Following my representation of complainants against HSBC India I have found the behaviour by the Bank to be totally unacceptable. This is my personal belief.
(This is my personal belief.)
I have found that the Bank has failed to comply with the RBI and the Banking Ombudsman Rules and Regulation in the handling of complaints. Also in all the complaints that I have personally handled there was no evidence that the Bank had informed the complainants of their right to take their complaint to the Banking Ombudsman which the Bank was obliged to do under the RBI rules and regulations.

So if you would like to contact me, please send me your complaint in full.

Kind regards
Michael

Mobile: 0044 [protected]

E-mail: [protected]@aol.com

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