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Pankaj Gugale
from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nov 7, 2007
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Around four years back, I was holding a Citibank international silver credit card (Master Card). When the credit card was issued (03/03) the Citibank representative assured me that the card is absolutely free for lifetime and no annual fees will be charged for the same. For the first year I was using the credit card without any issues. Suddenly after one year I was charged a renewal fees of Rs 750/- for the primary card (which was on my name) and Rs 350/- on an add-on card (which was on my wife's name) plus service tax in the monthly statement.

After frequent follow ups on phone with Citibank representatives, requesting them to revert back the renewal fees, they told that the card was free only for first year and I have to pay renewal fees to continue using the card. I was not expecting this response from the bank which showed how unprofessional they are in their business.

Since, the bank was not ready to revert back the renewal fees and even I was unhappy with the banks unethical attitude, I decided to cancel both the cards and informed my decision to bank. Even after both the cards were cancelled, the bank continued issuing me monthly statements (carry forward of renewal fees + late changes each month after month)

I am unable to understand why I am still receiving those monthly statements and again started to follow-up with the Citibank representatives to know the reason. The representative told me that both the cards were cancelled as per bank's record and all the charges will be reverted back soon and will reflect in coming month's statement. So I was hoping to get everything settled by next month and haven't given any attention to this issue after that.

After two years, I received a call from Citibank informing me about making the payments for the outstanding amount immediately and also gave me an option to make settlement by paying some lumpsum amount. To make a settlement I was asked to visit one of their offices in Aundh, Pune. I was really surprised and unable to understand if nothing is due from my side why I should pay any amount to the bank. To know the total amount due on my account I called multiple times to Citibank but was told that the case is now transferred to recovery department and they don't have any information regarding the same. I tried calling the recovery department of Citibank, Pune and they told me to pay Rs 200/- first which will enable then to open my case and then investigate the issue further. This is absolutely frustrating and gave us lot of mental stress.

This I guess is a clear case of mental harassment.

I am very unhappy with the service provided by the bank and also the false commitments made initially for attracting customers. I and many of my friends have already blacklisted Citibank after this event.

Wanted to know can I legally go in court against CitiBank and fight for my rights ?
Aug 13, 2020
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Citi Bank Card — Harrashment

Dear SIr,

citbank woman special card (free of cost) no charges applicable they are issuing me for last 02 years as soon as i received that card i cancelled that card in customer care and i received call from chennai head office same i cancelled this card to them also but for 06 months i received call from citibank distributers they are saying ki you have to 8000 some time they are saying who have to pay 800 like this i am just fed up with all this thing when i already cancelled this card then why should i pay anything

Credit Card — mentaly herrasment

sir i am unable to bear any type of herrasment of collection agency of lucknow by mr. shukla

please do something i am going consumer court to save my life

Citibank credit cards — Fraud & Worthless Service

I hold a CITIBANK Credit Card and of late for the past several months I have observed that the Statements are rarely received and if received are always after the due date. After that comes the pestering. This I feel is a fraud being carried out in conjunction with the courier service. They possibly are in league and share the Late Payment Charges.
Would the Powers that Be in CITIBank look into it.

City Bank Credit Card — Payment related harassment

Hi,

I had a City Bank Credit card about 8 years ago, I did not even use the card and the company never sent me the statements or followed up for payments then, I dont have the card do not even know the card numbers and now after eight years my family is reciveing threatening calls and is being harassed for payments, do the banks wait for interrest amount to be really high and then ask for payments and harass people for payments for their own benefits?

What action can I take against it, please suggest.

Regards,
Amit Methi

Citibank Credit Card — Mental Harrasment

Hi,
would like to make a formal complaint against Citi Bank Credit Card Billing Department as they call me with reminders at all un earthly hours, even after the due date being some days away. I have requested them that the amounts will be paid but still get calls from them every day.
This has caused a morbid fear and I tend to spoil my complete day due to this. This happens every day.
Regards
Milind
Citibank is troubling me by sending me SMS and statement for amount as overdue, when i have already cancelled the card. I have not made any purchases on the card, but it seems the bank is debiting insurance and late payemnt fees on top of that. This is pure harrassment and wish the Banking Ombudsmen takes note of this. There are so many people like me who are harrased, but have very little time to take up the issue with the authorities. Further the bank in its website does not support cutomer compliant on cards.

Citibank Credit Card — No Knowledge about Product

i have a received a credit card from citi bank, but company have no office in lucknow for giving the knowledge abount his credit card fees & charges.
Hi,

This is to inoform you that My Name is Parshant Kothari - Age 48 yrs living with my wife & one baby who is 15 yrs old. Everyday your recovery agents are coming & asking for Narender Singh Pundir at my home address : C-444 Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad.

I have told so many times & request to all of your agents that at my home no one is Narender then again & again why u are sending your agents. By this we are so upset & facing the unnecessary problems. I made a complaint agnst your activity in local police station but if you will not stop this I will go High Court for mental harrasment against your bank. This is the last warning to you.

Above mail copy I am sending to RBI also..
Subject: Information about Aditi Lad Expired.
Respected Sir/Madam,

This is formally inform you and requested you that I m Abini Lad. My sister might (aditi lad) have a citi bank credit card no. ([protected]) we don’t have any idea about that credit card but now she is expired on 27 feb-2009 my self provide her death certificate around 20-22time citi bank branch fort & lower pare as well as bank employee also meet at parel station & take form me (abini lad) that death certificate Xerox copy after that he promises me will never ever call u family & u about your sister(aditi lad) payment.
I am abini still studying in F.Y.S.C in SNDT College in churchget & staying also in college hostel m working part time job in one of Privet Company as a data entry job there I get only 2400/- in month so I can’t pay that amount at all my daddy also retired parson when aditi expired after that my mom dad both shifted in my native place because we three people depend on my sister only! & second thing wherever we was staying first in Kohinoor com. In Dadar there now staying Mr.bhoja he complaint agents your bank recovery boy because they told that recovery guy here not staying lad family after that also they visiting again & again that’s way he complain in bhoiwada police station that guy name I think subhash & his no.[protected]. your citi bank fort branch manager only told me once customer expired bank don’t have any authority to ask for payment & visit customer place but now she is no more we trying to forget her but your bank people not understanding are problem. My dad is hart patient.
So last my humble request is that please don’t visit again & again that dadar add because that Bhoja family very upset on my family whatever problem have to discus u can call on [protected] on Sunday 9.00am to 3.00pm because I m studding & in my classes cell not allow i[censored] want to contact me send me mail also on this same id.
Thanking you.

Your truly
Abini Lad.

Citibank Credit Card — CreditCard Harrasement

Hi,
Four Years back I took Credit card and I never made any transaction on that card. Now they started sending quarterly statements asking me to pay 35000 / - . They are not providing any details on that.
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I am one of the customer, who cheated by HSBC bank. I am holding HSBC credit card since 2007 and paying their all outstaning as per billing. I have taken a BT facility from HSCB in the month of April 2009 and it was decided that I will have to pay a minimum due amount of 5% and 1.5% Monthly rate of interst on outstanding. In the month of October 2009 I had purchase garments from this card of Rs. 9000 and I made payment of Rs. 9000 next to the day. After that I called to customer care executive and She/He told me that first we will adjust your Rs. 9000 in minimum amount and intest of BT and rest of the amount will be adjusted in your purchases. I made again a Rs. 2500 payment after that conversation so that I will be charged a lesser rate of interest. I never got their hardcopy statement. After 3 month I got to know that they have adjusted Rs. 9000 and Rs. 2500 in BT amount and my purchased amount is still pending in which they have started charging me 3.5% rate of interest. I have complaint so many time in customer care of HSBC but they are not responding accordingly and they keep calling me and they are harassing me for making their payment and I want to settle my account or want reassessed statement since Nov 2009 @ 1.5% rate of interest.
Please suggest what should I do for above metter?

Citibank / Credit Card — I have made the settlement not reflected in the statement

I have made the full and final Settlement to CITI Bank Credit Card (proof attached Settlement Letter, bill copy)... but statement showing cash received payment pending overdue(statement Copy attached here)...

Card No. [protected]
pls help me to solve this problem......

Thanking U,
Regards,
Veluswamy.R
don't have to do much - just send a mail to banking obdmensment and rbi and and ofcourse to citi bank too - and don't worry they cannot do anything now just keep that settlement letter in a safe place ;)

Citibank — credit card is not issued and it is someone is using.

credit card is not issued and it is some one is using. now bank is asking me to pay the credit bill. this was happen last 2yrs back. i[censored] want the full details regarding on this please contact me on my mobile. +91-[protected].

Citibank — Mental Harrasment

I had marked so many mails to citi bank but they are not going to take any action against there recovery agent,They are coming day on day at my relatives home & using abuse language all the times,Kindly help me out from this.
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    vimal jain
    from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
    Oct 20, 2007
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    Hi, I have been using Citibank credit card since the past 2 years, recently i had received ING VYSYA bank credit card, and bank has offered me Citibusiness instead of my JetCiti Gold card, both cards have a limit of Rs.1,50,000 & 75,000 each. i want to bring to your notice that on 6/10/2007 at 16.22 hrs I received a call from Citibank (ph number [protected]) a person named Satish claiming he is from Citibank said there is an offer on my card for upgrading of card limit for today i.e on 06/10/2007. for which he wanted my address, date of birth and mothers maiden name were required for confirmation. After giving him the details, he said it would be done in 24-48 hours and i would be getting a message and call from bank on for the confirmation. I called the bank the next day i.e on 7/10/2007 to check on weather i was offered for any limit upgradation, bank said there was no such offer on my card. On suspection, I asked the bank person to block my card to avoid further misuse (it was not). Yesterday, i.e on 9/10/2007 I called the bank to check the status of my card but the bank person has refused to give any details saying details which i have given is not matched what was available with them. I did not understand what went wrong, on having argument with the person he said he would help me but will not disclose what and where the transaction have taken place, he has given me only amounts and dates. Later, the bank person said my card has a balance credit of Rs 236 remaining and the rest has been used up. I was shocked on hearing this, he informed me there have been a transaction with Air Deccan on 7/10/2007 and on 8/10/2007 there are several more transactions for mobile recharge for multiple amounts of Rs 1,111/3,300/1,500/ and so on on both my cards. Thereafter, I instructed the person to send me the details, he replied that it will dispatch the same would be send via mail. on confirming my mail id, it was found that mail id was tampered . That’s when the bank said they would ship the hard copy to my address. On confirming the address, it was found changed, ditto with the mobile number. NOW THIS IS SERIOUS TROUBLE, the ING card was never used, how could transactions be done on it ? And if there are multiple transactions on a single day, what was the bank doing? Is it not the responsibility of the bank to check with the card holder? If any person calls for change of address, or any details is it not the responsibility of the bank to check and verify with the old number?
    Now there is a suspicion, that the information was leaked and carried out from Citibank or an employee of the bank , otherwise how and who will have access to my card a person says he has card number he only required my date of birth and other details. On checking when the details were last updated, the bank person said the latest updates where on 7/10/2007. That’s the date from which my Telephone PIN, Internet PIN stopped working. coz earlier i have used the T-PIN and I-Pin to access my details.
    Today i.e on 10/10/2007 , I tried calling the bank’s Call Centre; they refused to answer my query as details available with them weren’t matching their records and they couldn’t reveal the data I requested. Instead, they said the conversation has been recorded. Then, I asked them to check the voice data on the date the details were altered. They began telling me that -" I need to cooperate but they will not cooperate, and i do not require to tell them what they are supposed to do " .
    I was informed that Jet Citi business card has already been dispatched and should be reaching the updated address soon. I requested them to do something to stop it.
    the shocking thing is if the banks says the address was changed on 7/10/2007, then how can they deliver new card on my old address which has a date of shipping on 9/10/2007, which was suspected to be deliver at wrong address.
    I am certain this is a case of Identity Theft which has happened from bank, a bank employee is most likely involved.
    I seek your help as the bank is not responding or cooperating in a proper way. Please advise me on what I must do now and if something can be done at your end.
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    COMPLAINT logged with CITIBANK REF- REQUEST no.07106144/ 07106575/ 07106748
    Aug 13, 2020
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    hello sir,
    i am anurag shrivastava .
    i have applied for city bank credit card and today i got sms regarding my referance no.
    i want to check my status and my credit limit .
    please help me out
    thanking you
    Anurag

    Citibank /Credit Card — I.D theft /fraud transactions

    I'm current customer of Citibank credit card division .I'm also a Saving a/c holder the day since I was Employed .there was a Fraudulent trnasaction made on my a/c on 08/29/08 iao Rs 55, 000 the Beneficiary was Baharti Cellular Co. The Company is not willing to provide the name of the Benfiacairy & the company knows the person's name but they are not providing the name of the person, so that I can file a legal complaints aginst the Co & the Bank ...i some one can assist me can send the Email to my Email ID...
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      S.Muthu kumar
      from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
      Oct 11, 2007
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      Dear sir/madam,

      I am working as a System administrator in a private concern, chennai, tamil nadu,india. I have got personal loan Rs.30000 on[protected] from the citifinancial (Anna Nagar branch ), chennai, Tamil nadu, India. My monthly installment is Rs.1675. I paid three months installments. When i get this loan the following details they have given to me.

      Details.

      Prcessing fee : Rs. 1000.00+ 124.00

      Insurance premium : Rs.434.00 + 54.00

      Total installments : Rs.1675 * 30

      My cheque amount is : Rs.28,388 ( after the deduction of processing fee + Insurance)

      cheque no: 624999 dated[protected]

      When i repay the loan amount after the two or three or six installments, the insurance amount(as above details) is refundable at the time of closing. Balance amount you have to pay, There is no any other fees, this is what they told me when i get the loan.

      Then i planned to repay the loan after the three installments & i went to the branch office. At the time of closing they are telling

      you have to pay 5% percent of loan amount you have to pay for closing penalty and also your insurance amount is not refundable.
      Aug 13, 2020
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      Citifinancial — cheating

      without sending the cheque for the collecting the loan EMI, claimed that the cheque has dishonourded eventhough the huge amount had in the bank as balance and fined and collected payment. all things have happened from the fault made by city bank official or from thier bank only.
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        kailash chandra sharma
        from Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
        Oct 8, 2007
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        it is to inform you that my citibank credit card no [protected] i have got ministatement for the period of 27/08/07 to 27/09/07 i have surprised some amount rs 7094/ was shown by citibank by health scheme , it was surprised me that i never applied health scheme or never aceept any documents for the citi bank .


        kindlely help me and infrom me about fake amount on my statement.

        thanking you
        Aug 13, 2020
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