If You Provided Personal Information or Made Mortgage Payments to Countrywide Before July 1, 2008, You Could Get Benefits From a Data Theft Class Action Settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached with Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans,Inc., Countrywide Bank, FSB, Full Spectrum Lending Division, and Bank of America Corporation hereafter “Countrywide” or the “Defendants”) about the theft of personal and financial information from their customer databases, according to a Countrywide class action settlement notice.
The Countrywide class action settlement reportedly offers credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, and cash reimbursements for identity theft and out-of-pocket expenses to eligible people whose personal and financial information was stolen.
Chief Judge Thomas B. Russell of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is overseeing the Countrywide class action. The case is known as In Re: Countrywide Financial Corp. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:08-MD-01998-TBR, MDL 1998.
For more information on the Countrywide data theft class action lawsuit settlement and potential settlement benefits, visit the Countrywide class action settlement website:
www.cwdataclaims.com
If You Have Thoughts About The Countrywide Data Theft Class Action Settlement, Share Your Settlement Thoughts Below.
So in order to be part of the settlement you would have to had occured some kind of idenity theft loss, I’m confuse anyone out there could make this more clear?
After 15 minutes on hold I was able to get through to a representative who I can only assume was a representative for the U.S. District Court. I have not yet experienced any problem with identity theft so I am not eligible to file a claim (I think). If I opt out of the current claim I assume I am on my own. I asked about the offer of free credit check information. I was told that I would have to listen to a prerecorded disclaimer. I think there were about 20 state statuted sited of which I knew nothing. It was impossible for me to understand what rights I was giving up if I agreed to the free credit reporting system. When the representative came back on the phone, I asked him that question and was told that he could not tell me. He did say that the information was on the website and sent me on my way. More later.
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i really don’t know much about this, but we have been making payments to country wide for the last 6 or 7 year and don’t know if were involved in this or not. if not please disregard this message.
Derl watkins
I do not know enough about this identity theft. I do remember that I have had to call my Bank at least twice to revoke charges that were not mine. Each time they had to cancel my Debit Card and Issue me a new one, where I have had to wait a number of days before I could use my card again. It was an inconvenience to have to wait each time.
I have been receiving numerous calls, which I refuse to answer unless I know the indentity of the caller and what it was about.
I have been making mortgage payments to Country wide before Bank of America took over since September 2003
I just wonder if all this is a scam wanting your ss no. everything now days is scary. So if anyone out there has contacted a lawyer on this let me know
It is not a scam. I got a letter about it and had to send it back to join the suit. They have settled but I want to know how much we are getting back.
Just because our info hasn’t been used YET, doesn’t mean that 5 years down the road, someone won’t decide to use it then. I suppose we are on our own—kind of like screwed? I have no out of pocket expenses per se but I also have had a couple of fraudulent charges on my bank account which the bank took care of without charge to me–who knows where they came from. Why aren’t we being compensated for the mental stress of having our info sold–I trusted CW to protect me and my info and they failed and now I will forever be compromised. I will not sign off on any law suit without a settlement whether I have charges or not and any attorney who thinks we may, needs to think again. These attornies are not trying to help us, they are lining their pockets, not ours! So where is our protection now and how long does it last?
Joy C
You are right ,the attornies throw the consumer a bone and they get rich off our misfortune while we get screwed ..They call it Justice
Those were my thoughts exactly. They are only offering us protection (PROVIDED by Countrywide!!!) for two years. What happens in five years? and why are they letting the same guys that let the security breach happen in the first place be in charge of protecting us now? Every politician is in some bankers pocket and vice versa. And everyone of them is a lawyer!
The way I see it they sold my idenity and anyone they sold it to is having fun destroying my credit,as I have already seen. I was sent a letter by country wide stating one of their employee’s sold my information.
Everyone involved in this case should object. This guy and who ever else has your information for life. All you get is 2 years of credit monitoring. lol. So what happens when that 2 years runs out and even though this guy/girl is in jail Joe Blow, the person he past your info to is still taking you for everything you have and you cant sue them because you agreed to that release agreement. SO YOU BETTER OBJECT AND ASK FOR CREDIT MONITORING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE…
DON’T BE A FOOL.
In legal definition to Object is not Excluding yourself from the settlement. If the settlement is approved you will still have to adhere to the terms of the settlement. To hold your right to sue Countrywide separately you must “Exclude” from the settlement and you need to do this fast because the deadline is Jun 24, 2010.
Have you all looked at how you object to the settlement? We are going to have to get an attorney and prepare to be represented at a Fairness Hearing, etc, etc. Why must we hire an attorney when there is one already supposedly representing us in this suit? The legal community sickens me because all they want is to get money for themselves.
What the hell! My info was stolen and all Countrywide wants to do is offer me 2 lousy years of free credit monitoring? What happens years down the road when my stolen info. gets used then what do I do? Screw that I want cash for this freaking headache now! Don’t you?
All I can do is pray and trust the Lord for all our safety. Countrywide is a business and now a day, they don’t know who they are hiring to work for them. I’ll just pray that whoever gave out our iinformation would just stop pursuing to do evil. I forgive them and I pray that we all forgive. Let’s ask God for wisdom. He’ll put it within our hearts in what to do…
Yes I have experience calls from outer states on my phone line, but I do not receive calls that I’m not aware of. People lets pray for all our protection. Countrywide and Bank of America needs our forgiveness.
I forgive them and I leave the rest up to the Lord.
i love god but i lost alot and i pray also but no luck
I am very skeptical about this whole situation ,but we had been dealing with Country Wide since 1997 way before Bank of America was even involved.Country Wide had promised us that they would not sell or give other lenders any information without our concent, and before we knew it in 2005 our private info was disclosed. We are going forward with this settlement because who knows who has there hands on our private information.
can you email me. my mom has been making payments to countrywide fro 5-6 years and now BAC
she was in a a really bad car accident nov, 07
i did get a letter RE this but we still made payments.
i am power of attourney and pay all the bills, she is disable and i take care of her.
i dont know what to do?
your help would be appreciated.
This Countrywide Data Settlement has nothing to do with the mortgage payments obtained through Countrywide. There was a separate classaction related to unfair lending practices of CW and your state Attorney General should have more information. Sadly the last days to claim regarding this settlement was Mar 2010. If you have been affected I would contract your attorney general quickly.
Hey! Every1, I kn every1 is frustrated but I highly recommended that no1 should not opt out fr this claim. The reason I say that is bc years ago I used to work for a company that went bankrupted. Since the co went bankrupted, alot of us didn’t get pay for the hrs that we worked so a bunch of us got a lawyer to represent us and few years later every1 got paid except for me bc I opted out of the settlement. Wat I am trying to say is that we all r victims so pls dong opt out and tried to get ur $$$ rather it’s big or small amount. Don’t worry AB the lawyer’s fee bc they r being paid by countrywide and B of A to represent us.
I don’t think we should opt out, but we can object to this suit as this is just BS that they want us to settle for them paying for new checks, phone calls, etc when it will cost so much more 5 years down the road if someone uses the info they got from CW’s negligence and that is what it was, their negligence. You would expect more from your doctor if he screws up your surgery from his negligence, why expect any less from a multi billion dollar industry? It is simple, they failed to protect our info we gave to them and that is negligent. They can pay for new checks, phone calls, my mere time for now but I expect so much more.
I do not plan on opt out. BUT I do know I do not want no @#$%$#credit monitoring. I want the person/s who sold our information to go to court and pay damages. Real damages. I’m sure he/she got lots of money for selling our information, which I believe falls under fruad and a few other crimes..What happened to checks and balances with confidential information. I know under the HIPPA regs. if someone violates them there are fines and jail time.
I recived that statement to that my ID was stolen. Bottomline it was stolen along with millions once already from that employee from CY! So my opinion is everyone who has had their stolen should recieve lifetime credit report. Including the first 50,000+ dollars for the first offense which CY is in my opinion responsible. I agree with Joy C this is BS. The banks take enough as it is, foreclosures etc. They should be liable and pay
SO Who”s going to pay for the internet ,the electricity, and time you spend keeping up with this free credit monitoring for the next two years ??? CW Ya right !!!
Who”s going to pay for another PC if yours goes down ? CW Right! WHERE Did all this info GO ???? This is and will be a Lifetime Ordeal
ONE BIG HEADACHE My ssn, name, address,and all additional info about me and my family being stolen is a claim itself which this BS 2 years credit monitoring is very degrading.
Subscribing NT
A class action to have bank of america go under with country wide would be more appropriate… they are a bunch of crooks with license to do business, you can monitor your credit as long as you want and they can still rob you…
I DONT TRUST NO ONE THEY WANT MY SS NUMBER THEY ALREADY HAVE I WAS WITH CWIDE FOR 10 YEARS
I think that we should get credit monitoring for life! I don’t think that we should have to give our SS# until they agree to pay for life time credit monitoring.
I got the card yesterday. As far as I know, nothing has happened yet – but maybe I just do not know about it. This is pretty upsetting! Like someone memtioned before, they might not use the info for a few years, then bamb! What then? I think the free credit reports for life and the first $50,000 to each person they did this to. Then if there are more than 1 incident, $50,000 for each of those. I did not like Countrywide very much but I really do not like Bank of America! I sold my home, so I do not have to deal with them any longer.
Who wants your SS #? CW and BOA or whoever is your mortgage company already has your SS# and unfortunately that is one of our ID things that was sold!
No one wants their personnel imformation leaking out out to people who shouldn’t get it,and Countrywide should have had protection levels in place.
hi all, this is upsetting , have had the same bs since i was notified almost 2 yrs ago, the jerk is in jail and some of the people who he sold it too had there computers etc. confiscated, however most are correct in assuming that yrs. down the road someone else may have this info too.you are also correct that if you opt out you are on your own,paying for your own lawyers. it is also correct that you must have incurred some expense to get reimbursed,such as having to buy new checks, pay for credit monitoring if your 2 yrs. from them are up, etc… I certainly agree with those of you who feel that we should be compensated for our headaches and trouble we need t o all object to this method of settlement,and demand compensation , i too have no incurred costs becuase my bank did not charge due to the circumstances,however i fell they are in breech of contract, i want my mortgage liquidated . unite all and lets punish them, as we will forever live in fear of being violated by others who have this info.this is not fair to those who have understanding banks and creditors such as I, yet i am to live with no recourse of action except for what they feel is right or justifyable,BS TO THEM, THIS IS WRONG , WE NEED COMPENSATED TOO. OBJECT OBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOREVER SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF THESE IRRESPONSABLE COMPANIES. if this was you or I we would be doing hard time in prison and paying fines out the ass, why should they get off so easy. tripljk@comcast.net
KEVIN U ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT I MYSELF WILL OBJECT TO THIS SO CALLED SETTLEMENT. ITS ONLY A CHEAP WAY FOR THE BANK AND THE INABILITY IN PROTECTING OUR IMPORTANT INFO WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN NUMBERS AND MONEY
ITS OK TO THEM TO FORECLOSE ON SOMEONES HOME THAT SOMEONE HAS PAID 28 YEARS ON A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE BECAUSE THEY GET BEHIND 2 TO 3 MONTHS AND THEY STEAL EVERYDAY WITH THEIR INTEREST RATES BUT WHEN THEY R IN THE WRONG UR NOTHING BUT A NUMBER AND THATS MY OPINION OF CW , AND BOA WHICH IS BULLSHIT OF AMERICA
WE SHOULD ALL STICK TOGETHER AND DEMAND PENALTYS AND DAMAGES FROM THEIR NEGLECT PLEASE RESPOND
AND BY THE WAY IF U TRY TO GO TO A BANK AND TRY TO STEAL ANYTHING AND SEE WHAT U GET MORE THAN A SHITTY 2 YEAR FREE CREDIT MONITORING
I DONT HAVE MUCH BUT WHAT I HAVE IS MINE
Does anyone have any legal experience—like writing an objection or have an attorney friend that would help draft a letter of objection? There is quite a bit of info needed to object—which I think is their way of trying to get us not to object. If someone can draft the letter and then we all can share it and include our personal info then we can send it on to the courts. That will start the ball rolling and show them that we are serious about objecting to this sick settlement. I am planning to call an attorney in my town to discuss this but regardless of what he/she says, I still am going to obejct. Anyone think they can write an objection for us? We need to act now as the deadline is not really that far away.
Object folks!!!! I am insulted with the settlement and the judge that approve it! Iike many have said on this blog what happen after the 2- year creidit monitioring? I don’t want’ some dam monitoring for 2- years. I want it for life! And like a couple of people said $50,000 payment and $50,000 for any incident after that for life. STOP FLEECING US!!! Own up to your screw ups! Pay me NOW! I agree let’s all stick together and object to this settlement. I want to be compensated NOW! Hell forgot my wife is on the theft letter they sent too, so they owe us both ! all E-mail me please
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS LESHAWILKY@YAHOO.COM….IM IN THE SAME SITUATION AS YOU FOLKS!!….MY MOM IS DISABLED AND LIVES WITH ME NOW. SHE WORKED HER WHOLE LIFE , HAS BEEN WITH COUNTRYWIDE FOR YEARS, NOW WITH BOA.
PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED , AS I AM IN CHARGE OF HOUSE AND ALL BILLS.
I just meant i need advice.
thanks much
I think we should all object and demand $50,000 and lifetime credit monitoring. This is the only way we could get back at CW; remember, CW made billions so we deserved to be compensated for their wrongdoing.
Where do we go to object to this settlement?
I’ve also had my idenity stolen, and never found out who or how they did it, and as everyone has mentioned, it may come into play 5 yrs down the road. We’ve been paying these a-holes for 10 yrs. and go foward with this Class Action settlement, against CW. We now get at least one phone call a week, from other Banks/Morgage companies, I’ve never heard of, or wanted to hear from. I wonder how they all found out how to contact me?? I do not answer any of these calls, If I needed something from them, whoever they may be, I’d be contacting them. I feel confident CW has released my personnal and / or financial information, and a I don’t just want my credit monitored for 2 yrs. I want it for life! $50,000 is pocket change for these jerks, and I want payment for the confusion, stress, personnal time, phone calls, answerless questions, and hoping I can make my house payment, each month to a bunch of crooks. It’s been a nightmare, and I want to be compensated for this nightmare, and whatever may come up down the road, from selling or using my personnal information, that could cause me to loose everything, after paying these fools for so many years. Let’s nail these ripoff artists!!!
Marlene,
Up in the first paragraph of this site, underlined is Countrywide class action settlement notice, click on that(it’s written in blue) then it is on page 11. Anyone willing yet to write a letter and let all of us copy it? My email is TinksMabby1215@gmail.com
Joy
hey all, for those folks not sure of what to do: on the first site on the internet when you open it, where you found this site, go there and then on t here header you will find FAQ’S click on it, scroll the sections down to where it says how to object, click on first question and read what comes up,this should help for that.any of the basic questions you need answered can be found in individual sections on there.if i recall there is about 38 diff. quest. that they explain, fairly good detail about it. they have to, it is under court rule now.suggest that people read most of these questions and look at the answers that come up when you click on it. i did this and had a much better feel for what is happening, and what i wanted or needed to do for my personal situation.you can see all the documents from the court and all that was agreed to at this time. you will also find that the court has to final approve this settlement yet, that is where t he objects come into play, the more objections to this settlement the better your chances that the court may insert some kind of payment for thosse of us who feel we are being shafted by this present agreement. tripjk@comcast.net
I just got the postcard in the mail yesterday. Didn’t have a clue as to what they were referring to..when all this was happening I was pre-occupied with my health..and dealing with the after effects of major surgery and then chemotherapy treatments. I don’t recall receiving anything from Countrywide other than opportunities to refinance my mortgage, which I just shredded and dumped. I’ve been dealing with them since August 2003. I think it is absolutely insulting to offer someone just 2 years of credit monitoring when you did not hold up your end of the contract. My identity is compromised well beyond 2 years. I plan to object to the settlement. The compensation is horrible..and a smack in the face.
this is BS again we are trashed , we all play buy the rules as consumers and yet we get cheated , with little to none compansation , reject this settlement , this not only affects our lives but our childrens lives as well !!!!!!
WHEN I FINANCED MY RENTAL IN 2005 WITH CW I’VE RECEIVED ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF E-MAILS FROM OTHER BANK’S FOR CREDIT CARD’S, REFINANCING ECT. I BELIEVE THEIR IS SOMETHING LINKED TO THIS AND I FEEL THAT MY PRIVACY HAS BEEN INVADED AND BELIEVE COMPENSATION SHOULD BE SUMMITED TO ALL THAT WERE DEALING WITH COUNTRYWIDE DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
There are basically saying we are screwed for life but there is quantum of solace 🙂 Oook very lame joke.
I did not hear about Countrywide losing my personal information before. Should I object to this settlement, if yes, would it cost me anything?
For the past 2 years I’ve been trying to get some assistance in reducing my mortgage with Countrywide and in the latter Bank of America. It seem like everytime I did what they wanted me to do they would come up with a new excuse why they couldn’t help me . It went from I had lost my job in construction they told me that if I found a job they could help me . I find a job and they tell me I’m not making enough , so I find a job making twice the amount of the previos job , they tell me that my loan has a third party on it and they will not allow them to do the modification . So they came up with a repayment plan . I had to make my first payment by Dec. 19th 2009 . I made that payment on time and on Jan. 4th 2010 they sold my house actually they bought my house (BOA) . I was told that I’ m going to have to get an attorney any way in order to keep my home . I’ve already had to had things taken off my credit report that were not of my making . If you’ve gone through the kind of mental and physical stress that they’ve taken me through . You would be a fool if you did not join in this lawsuit .Your credit information may already be out .If thats the case you need out to find to what extent . I feel those that are a victim of this Bank of America should be forced to give you the deed to your home, pay the taxes and insurance for the next 10 years . Am I filing a claim HELL YEAH because I now know why I’ve been having credit problems the last few years it’s because of them giving my credit information to the thrid party and no telling who all he sold it to . And for the fact that they sold my house 2 weeks after I made my first payment of the payment plan
Dude, It’s YOUR FAULT that you can’t pay your bills, not a mortgage company’s. Take responsibility. Yes, it’s sad for people who can’t make their payments, but you are the one who agreed to the loan, you are the one who bought your damn house that YOU can’t afford anymore. No mortgage company put a gun to your head! Some people just don’t get it
How much will everyone get just cash? When? How soon after the settlement?
We have made CountryWide mortgage payments on a loan on a home we bought. I don’t know if this had anything do with this But my husband idenity stolen through his federal income tax return. Country wide was in Gahanna,Ohio at one time. The news people went behind their building in the dumpster there were people information on paper in the dumpster. I hope I never have be a victim of idenity theft again.It too long time to get this straight up on this matter.
Kenneth, there is possibly going to be a class action suit against BOA for problem you incurred with them. If you want the web site, email me and I’ll send it to you, I am also thinking about joining that one. Maybe I could just become the class action queen! TinksMabby1215@gmail.com
my bank account was compromise bck in june of 09 – it took a while to get my money back – I too wanted to lower my monthly payments – back in 06 however, I was denied , but I did catch up on my payments and made them each month. sometimes late – but I did pay late fees and all.
For those of you who now have BOA as your mortgage holder and have been trying to go through their home retention program to keep your house and have been jerked around, screwed, etc., here is the site about a possible class action suit against BOA. If you are part of this group I urge you to fight against BOA, they are breaking federal law!
https://classactionlawsuitsinthenews.com/class-action-lawsuits/bank-of-america-mortgage-modification-class-action-lawsuit-filed/
It’s way past time consumers start uniting and demanding their rights against these corporate giants who are not treating us fairly.
Countrywide is making an attempt to settle out of court a classaction started by 19 class representatives regarding the theft of personal information by a Senior Financial Advisor employed in LA, CA for Countrywide Morgage. This settlement has received preliminary approval by the judge in Kentucky and offers 3 benefits:
1. Credit monitoring for 2 years if you did not already accept a similar offer
2. Reimbursement for ID theft
3. Reimbursement for limited out-of-pocket expense
Letters were sent out and postcards were sent to notify millions whose data were and might be compromised.
Here is the problem: total reimbursement for ID theft they are offering is $5,000,000 at a max of $50,000 per claimant. I don’t know the exact number that might have suffered from ID theft, but at $50k/person that covers only 100 claimants. Once the money is gone…that’s it. The out-of-pocket reimbursement is also limited to a total of $1.5 million.
Now guess how much the attornies are getting? $3.5 million plus expense for administrative costs.
This settlement is in no way fair to those that lost personal and private information. My name, social security number, address and anything else I placed on my loan application was sold for 4.5 cents. The financial advisor that stoled my identity sold 20,000 blocks of personal data for $500 at a time for a period of 2 years. I’m worth more than that and so are you. Think of every day you need to stay awake at night and worrying if someone out there will use that information and wreck your credit. For anyone that had their credit compromised, to regain your credit is not easy.
You can do something about this settlement by objecting. The fairness hearing is on Jul 19, 2010 in the Western District Court of Kentucky. But you only have until Jun 24, 2010 to send your objections. The case number is 3:08-MD-01998-TBR.
According to the settlement, if you do nothing you agree to the terms and you will not be able to sue Countrywide at a later date.
hello i like your statement im from jersey talked to fbi in LA i actually had money stolen from me i want it back and will do anything to get it i even know more
It seems that all our vital info has been sold. Our SSN is truly in deep trouble for our lifetime. A credit monitoring for three years will not correct the problem that will happen five years from now as you alll have said. Let us fight.
well how do we go about getting the 50,000. please respond back someone…
Usly when something like happen we never here any more about it . It just get swaped under the rug,s and all our info is just out thear.
yes let get us fight
My wife and I just received letters today about the class action suit against CW. Should we fill out the info. and send it in? If the judge finds in the class action’s favor how much are we looking at getting? Thanks, any help would be great, I don’t want to waste my time and get my hopes up.
Under the proposed settlement, you get no money…only 2 years of free credit monitoring.
Insulting to say the least…
2 separate notices were actually sent out. Minority of the group of millions received a subscription for a 2 year credit monitoring through Experian, the majority don’t even qualify for this and is being offered a reimbursement for monitary losses due to ID theft. No reimbursement for the headache or time you have to put into clearing the mess.
did you lose money i did and im pissed
I talked to several people on the Settlement information line and finally got someone that knew anything there….ask for extension 1103. He knows his stuff and nicest person I talked to.
866-940-3612 1103
As for how much you will get…nothing. This settlement offers no cash award….only reimbursement….after your identy is stolen. I had my ID stolen once and I’ll tell you just getting my money for the trouble is not worth it.
so u work 4 countrywide then
MIKE@LIFELOCK.COM-FILING SOON!,
sgaskell@nydailynews.com filed complaints
FBI-212-384-1000
info@vfw.org-filed denied gi bill PENSIONS too!…
askdoj@usdoj.gov-filed Soc Sec denied funding-1-800-772-1213.
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I just got post card yesterday.Didn’t have a clue as to what they were referring to.When this happen I am dealing with health issues i recall i remember from country wide The only thing I got was to refinance my mortgage which i tore up and threw it out.To me this is insulting to offer just 2years of credit monitoring where they did not hold up end of contract.My identity was stolen beyond the years i trusted Country Wide.As to the settlement no amount of wrong will compensate the wrong that was done dealt to those who trusted Country Wide Cant afford a lawyer/don’t trust them..
Object people. But you have to do it by June 24, 2010. There is no cash award for CW not protecting your personal information, but had you not paid your mortgage or kept up your end of the contract, I bet they’d come after you in a flash.
The consumer needs to truly get fed up and start a revolution in the streets! Let’s stop laying down and taking whatever the system dishes out or believes is fair. I bet if the judge or executives at CW or BoA were involved in such a situation, they wouldn’t accept some lousy credit monitoring.
REJECT THE SETTLEMENT..AND let’s find a lawyer or representative willing to challenge it and fight for our rights …. and not be greedy like the current slugs…anticipating their 3.5 million pay day! Bastards!
OBJECT OBJECT OBJECT..
I excluded myself from this settlement.I hope that you all do the same.They.Countrywide will not play fair in this.we must get together and get attorneys that will look out for us all.I have had my mortgage lost, sent back to the bank and it laid their for three weeks without my knowledge.My bank account has been tapered with.By me not balancing my chech book monthly i have know idea how much i was taken for.I could go on and on.If any of you decide on gettting Attorneys to do this ,Please inform me my email is above .My all be blessed.
Countrywide didnt assit me with my loan, citi bank did help with my second but my cw loan which was also thrown around…. they can hide by claiming a bk and not believe that dont owe something to former home owners.. shows how flawed our system is..lets see if any attorney got the balls to fight for something..
I called the 800 number they will tell you if your name is on the list mine was on the list . I would not trust the lawyers that they have on the list for us to use.I live in Charlotte NC what I would like to do is get a lawyer in the Charlotte area and if there is anybody living in this area that feels that there credit has been giving out. I think if we joined forces together and got together and hired a lawyer . It would be beneficial if we got together instead of us individually getting a lawyer. We should do that in every city across the nation.If anyone in the Charlotte is interested get back with me on the followup comment.
Kenneth, what did you finally end up doing about the “CW” lawsuit?!
I am a victim of identity theft by the countrywide,
I too had my identity stolen. This person opened up 6 accounts for about 25,000$. I do not understand the 50,000 liability does this mean only if you had to pay these bills? This occured 12/22/08. The only web site that had it all was credit diagnosis.com I am going to bombard them (CW) with info Ive had to deal with. The sheriff says what these crooks do is stop using your info for 2 years then begin again, so 2 years of credit protection is nothing. What have you found out? I got a different kind of claim form, and I never got any notification.
i live in st louis. if anyone else lives here we should get a group together and hire an attorney!!! email me if you do
Fran,
I live in Pacific,I just got this notice the other day?what can you tell me about this?I am thinking of sending this card back to the data center to get more info?your input would be greatly appreciated!
Sam.
Couple questions: Did you have a mortgage with Countrywide prior to July 1, 2008? If yes you are a part of the settlement automatically and you have to do nothing. If you lost money due to identity theft, then call the center and ask for the claim forms. Returning that card will just get you more info and the process is slow…just call the center.
I did have a mortgage with Countrywide prior to July 1st,’08,but did not have a problem with identity theft,I;m assuming that ‘they’ will inform me later if action is necessary from my end?
Yeah…good luck with that! CW, or BoA won’t care if someone steals your identity on day 731… and checking your credit will no longer be free. They don’t care now.
im really not sure what to do. i have rec’d letters/postcards and it seems like a case that all these people will get nothing!…..i was with CW since 2004.
yes i was with CW before july of 2008….im with BOA right now, and i am wanting to change. they are all crooks!
I am a victim as well. I want to join anyone interested in bringing a class action against Countrywide. My email is tracee4524@yahoo.com. Anyone who’s seriously interested please email me. I’m willing to pool money together so we can get this done
If you got a letter from the courts, isn’t your name already on the list?
I am a victim to of identity theft by the Countrywide
this is for KB, YOUR APPARENTLY NOT TOO BRIGHT,you sent me an email saying i cant afford my mortgage, wrong ,i wasnt stupid enough to sign something i cant afford, besides that it has nothing to do with the identity theft that has come about by CW mortgage co.Before you go making statements like that know what your talking about first.this is not about forclosure, or inability to pay, which i am neither one, my credit rating is at its tops, these idiots have compromised millions of peoples lives for a long time by allowing their info. to be sold by an asshole employee.mine included in this shit. and im am not going to settle for nothing, they should have to pay out there ass’s to all of us they have compromised. so until you know what is going on shut up.
i know who the guy was i was the first to get ripped off by the russians
this is for this Kevin guy, it seems your not to bright either calling people stupid
, poeple’s identity have been stolen here this is serious stuff and i’m one of them, manage your posting buddy or better yet shut up.
who bailed these banks out of debt the middle class like my self they boa couldnt monitor whats going on in the offices i know people who work the phones and cant even go on break w/out being questioned by someone LISTENING in so bullshit i got violated know who did it no symphathy
This comment is for KB . DUDE from your comment your either someone who is living such a good life to where you don’t feel the affects of the forecloser situation or either your someone who has bought into the lie that you cannot be helped either way I don’t care . But there are a lot of us out here that know the guide lines that our government set out for the banks to use was designed to help a very small percentage of the people that our in a foreclosure . Since the start of the HOME SAVE PROGRAM less than 10% of the people have been helped . They other 90% has been deemed as the sacraficial lambs of the housing market .That’s our governments solution for solving the proplem . Our government has turned there backs on that 90% that the banks our going to foreclose on .DUDE I know what I’m talking about I just found out 2 weeks ago that my house was sold back on Jan. 4th of this year . I was served a letter from the law firm that handled the foreclososer telling me that I had 10 days to vacant the premises . So DUDE if you think that it’s the homeowners fault . Millions of home loans were doomed to fail before the homeowners even signed their names to them . So with this information if you still think the homeowner is at fault YOUR STUPID DUDE
I AM A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT BY COUNTRYWIDE
how do you know you were a victim?
Two years of free credit monitoring? HA! Then I’ll be on their mailing list and getting phone calls to renew my subscription. How about CountryWide, now Bank of America, pays off my mortgage!!
The credit monitoring is offered through Equifax and no you will not be harrassed by them to renew. It is programed to terminate after 2 years. Your name and address are already in the database of both Equifax and Countrywide. Except in certain states like NY this provides coverage up $1 million incase you are the victim of Identity theft.
I had a mortgage with Countrywide starting in December ,2007. Does this mean that I was a victim of identity theft. What documentation is needed? Looking for answers.
Fact you had a mortgage in 2007 doesn’t mean you are a victim of ID theft, but it does mean you are a part of the settlement. The fairness hearing or approval for the settlement will happen July 19, 2010. Call the information center and make sure your name is in the database 1-866-940-3612. Now the extension 1103 is the guy to talk to, but he is totally overwhelmed with calls..so if don’t get through talk to any of the other agents and get your name added.
cwdataclaims.com/FAQ.aspx
How do I know if I am part of the settlement?
The Court decided that the Class includes everyone in the United States who: (1) received a letter from Countrywide anytime from August 2, 2008 to and including November 2, 2008, notifying them that their personal information was involved in an alleged theft committed by a Countrywide employee; or (2) who obtained a mortgage from Countrywide or whose mortgage was serviced by Countrywide prior to July 1, 2008. Countrywide, for this purpose, does not include Bank of America.
This site has other Q & A’s that should answer your questions about if you are involved.
KEVIN,
I READ UR COMMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING
WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE
AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH U I CAN BE A WEEK BEHIND ON MY MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND BOA {BULL SHIT OF AMERICA }
AND THEY R CALLING ME AT 9:00 AT NIGHT NOT EVEN GIVING ME THE 14 DAY GRACE PERIOD. THE BANKS WANT EVERYTHING
AND CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
ITS TIME FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THIS IDENTITY THEFT
TO STAND TOGETHER AND OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT
AND DEMAND AS THEY WOULD U PENALTYS
ANYONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO OBJECT TO THIS PLEASE RESPOND
MY OPINION CW SOLD OUT TO BOA TO CLEAR THEM FROM THEIR LIABILITY TO U AND ME AND EVERYONE THAT WAS A VICTIM AND THEY SHOULD PAY OUT THE NOSE
I CALLED THE LAWYERS ON C.W. SIDE FROM PHILLY THE NUMBER IS 215-851-8262 ASK FOR MELISA WOJPYLAK I ALSO CALLED OUR LAWYERS FROM CHICAGO 312 621 2000 I GOT NO WHERE BUT I HOPE SOMEONE ELSE TRIES AND CALL LET THEM KNOW WERE PISSED AND THERE GETTING RICH OFF THIS MATTER THEY DIDNT SEEM TO CARE TOO MUCH
I think this is a classic case of lawyers who premeditate the filing of a suit aganst a defendant who was already trying to do the right thing. It’s legal extortion. These lawyers stand to make approx 5 million in attorney fees and all they are giving the victoms is products Country Wide was providing with no legal action. I think the attorney fees in this case are totally out of line compared with what they are getting for the victoms. The only real benefit is the credit monitoring unless you were actually damaged from idenity theft. That means about 95% of us get nothing and the lawyers get rich for doing nothing. I think we should all object to this case and require the attorneys prove their fees are; number one justified, and number two, that they are recovering meaningful damages for the victoms. In addition, although their notice talks about being able to get instructions on filing an objection, I was never able to actually find them.
Not everyone even got the 2 year credit monitoring. CW sent out notices to 2 groups: One group got letters with a subscription code to apply for the monitoring. Second group got postcards. The ones with the postcard, do not get the 2 year monitoring. The majority of the people only got postcards….so most don’t even get the credit monitoring.
But understand this, those that got a recent letter with the ability to subscribe for the credit monitoring were already offered this in 2008….and didn’t accept it at that time. …and if you did accept the offer back then…you are not eligible for monitoring now.
As for the so called 3rd party administrators, EPIQ Systems, well BoA pays the bills…they determine, what hours they will get paid, what questions the clerks can answer…to be honest, you guys are all getting robbed and you don’t even know it.
Debbie B
My personal accounts were targeted.
LIKE I SAID PRIOR I ACTUALLY GOT RIPPED OFF WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING BUT WE ALL HAVE TO GET NAMES IM TRYING
I KNOW THIS IS AN CW WEBSITE SO IM PROBABLY NOT REACHING ANYBODY AGREE
For years i knew something was wrong.They would lose my payments where i had to pay for some type of recovery of the money order.I had to stop sending checks because they would wait weeks before acquiring them to my account making an overdraft on my account.They sold my mortgage on more than several occassion and each time my mortgage payments went up.My wife and i dicede to be excluded from this settelment.We all need to get together and put it to these crooks.I been living in my home for 20 years on a 30 year and the way these people have muniplated our payments is ridiculous.And believe me .Bank America is just as bad.
I get your anger. I’m in that percentage trying to hold on to my home and still make my payments. But for God sake, people, learn how to put a sentence together and use a dictionary. You lose alot of credibility when you sound like you never went to school. And don’t blame it on e-mail qwriting. If you want people to take your complaints seriously, then sound like you paid attention in school.
Feel free to rave and rant at me if you choose but the more articulate you are, the more attention you get!
Thanks for your comment. I couldn’t agree more; how do we expect to be taken seriously when we can’t even write a decent sentence!
Send an email to email address with the information below…If everyone send an email, They will inturn (hopefully) get tired or overwhelmed with all the emails and provide the list for free online, and CW might just stop the game playing
EMAIL I sent is below.. to info@CWdataclaims.com … Please just copy and paste it into your email, and send it 10 or more times…
_________________________________
Claim # ????
Denial of Identity Theft Losses Claim Notice.
Customer Data Security Breach Litigation.
Dear Settlement Administrator,
Countrywide Data Settlement
P.O. Box 2730
Portland, OR 97208-2730
We, ….( PLACING FIRST AND LAST NAMES HERE) need a copy of the letter … That we are A member of the class action suit ) that was mailed to us, Due to Countrywide Financial Corp, requested I mail orginal copy to them.
( Name’s and Address on agreement ) …Wish to pursue this matter futher to individual arbitration.
I had my information stolen from me . My name is on the list. You can’t trust your loan company. I am sick of CountryWide and Bank of America. I will never deal with people again. It took me over 8 months to fixed this problem from stealing my information from me.
what list?..how can i access that list??
thank you
On the back of the card it says up to 50,000 $ per incident.
my identity has been stolen approx. 4 times since 2005.
I have approx. 70% equity in my home and I still pay PMI.
requested it be removed 5 times. and they want me to hire
them (landbank) or something like that to appraise my house
for 400$ to save 45$ a month in PMI – if they deem my house
worth what the house is worth. (I bought it hurricane damaged)
fixed it … to better than new and remodeled about 30K and it
still has to go through their owned establishment to be a valid
appraisal…. these are CRIMINALS…
I too had my identity stolen. I only found out by accessing a web site called credit diagnosis.com. Trans, Equi etc showed nothing was going on. These crook have opened up 6 accounts beginning 12/08. I filed a police report, the sheriff says what they do is stop using your info for 2-3 years the begin again, so 2 yrs is nothing. These crooks have charged $25,000 so far. It is never ending and I am going to bombard them(CW) with papers that I have spent weeks on. This $50,000 per episode is only if you personally had to pay it? Does anyone know how that works? This is costing all of us because someone has to pay a Macys or Sears. Iam not sure what action to take next. My experience with c lass actions is the lawyers get rich and the victims get a coupon. Are not these employees bonded?
I had my identity stolen 2x- The people had all my personal information including copies of cancelled checks etc i used when i purchased another home out of state. I know this was from CW because they were the only ones i supplied that documentation to. The people opened up accts in my name as well as my husbands. They bought laptops etc on ebay using my name and account info. Cell phones. I would really like to pursue this case on my part. I was living in California with all this CW issues and moved to Texas and the identity issues still came. PLEASE CONTACT ME with any info on me pursuing
T here offering us 2 years free credit checking The last time I talked to someone (my lawyer) people get one free credit check per year anyway so they got us there also excuse my punctuation and stop worrying about that stuff u inane idiots and plu how do u know im not using brail
Here is some language people can use for ideas if you’d like to object to the settlement and request credit monitoring protection for life. Don’t forget – responses must be postmarked by June 24th.
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This is for u Tina
no matter how u put your sentences together or how serious u sound
put this together millions of people have been affected
by this and maybe u should go back to school and learn whats wrong and right
by today’s laws which means nothing to the banks and perhaps you.
so you go back to school and learn a little bit and you maybe taken seriously
which the banks included you cannot comprehend with
quote you need to learn how to spell yourself you can’t even spell write its easy go back to school
When i first startsd a loan with country wide the loan officer and i agreed on a 30 fixed loan on 6% the papers he sent in the mail to me read as a 30 fix 6% i did read it well we talked on the phone and came to a comfremd loan on a 30 year fix at 6% after all that a guy came to my home with the origenal loan papers i looked threw them but not good i singed them later on i looked at them again then i seen where it was a 40 year fix loan at 6% i called the loan officer back but he was lalways on the phone or not in his office this went on for a long time i never got to talk to him y6ou no i had never had heard of a 40 year loan in my life no one would talk to me about this matter i would like to no what i can do about this . THANK YOU MR. RICKY D. WILLIAMS ; PHONE 1-606-263-4123 – ADDRESS- 30 COUNTRY LANE PRESTONSBURG KY. 41653 PS, AQS OF MY SHARING ALL OF MY PRIVITE THINGS I DONT LIKE IT AT ALL
I Also received a post card in the mail about the suite against Countrywide and have in the past 2 years have recieved multiple loan modification prequalifications in the mail to remodify my loan with all my personal information pertained in these prequalifying letters. I have just tried to call the phone number on the class action suite to be added to the list and they ( on the recording ) QUESTIONS? CALL 1-866-940-3612 TOLL FREE, OR VISIT CWDATACLAIMS.COM
The web site can not be found.
Jeff
What are we supposed to do if we haven’t already experienced identity theft? We should be entitled to something-what if we are a victim in the future, after their money runs out?
you never know what will come out of this settlement.just hold tight.countrywide. BAC all are crooks.Just be patient.What’s in the dark will surely come to light.And especially when it is wrong.
It is now July 25th, 2010. Is there anything else I have to do? Should I just wait to hear the outcome? Not really sure of anything.
Exclude yourself.Then you have a chance to get an attorney and posiibly get much more than they are offering now.They have a deadline on being excluded.If you do nothing ,you will not be able to do anything if something else come up.so do this now.
The info says we will only be reimbursed out of pocket expenses of value.. Umm excuse me, but my identity has a very high value. Which has been stolen 2x now – These people keep your info, lay low and re-use the information later… How does that not qualify for some type of settlement???
Stacy I also had my identity stolen on dec 2008, just past the dates. The judge was supposed to “rule on the settlement,” July 24. I sent him copies of all the transactions and police reports., 1 week before. I have heard nothing. Don’t you love our tax dollars paying these morons, who feel no need to be accountable. The lawyers only want the money and could care less about the “clients”. Something needs to be done about these class action suits and their rip off treatment of the so called clients, but as long as the legislature is composed mostly of lawyers we can not seem to change anything, but this whole situation with class actions gone wild needs an about face. I do not think we can do anything at this point. Did you send your info to the judge?
Thinking about it all,Bank of America has Paid someone to let them off the Hook,(BOA) are the one who should be run out of the country along with Countrywide.They should be maid to pay each client a 1,000,000 settlement plus all Attourney fees then vacate the United States Or face serious criminal charges. To the person thats angry with the Government, Write or call your coungress, Let them know your concerns, if you get a negative Response, Then you have the right to Organise in Serious Protest against The cause. The cause here is Unfairness in housing pratices, if Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac can be punished, Then so can (BOA-and -Countrywide.
I GAVE UP WE ARE LOW LIVES TO THEM THEY DONT CARE JUST ANOTHER PRIVATE JET FOR JUNIOR .SEE NOW HE IS GOING TO YALE ,AND HAS TO COME HOME ON W/ENDS TO SEE MOMMIE AND DADDY SO THEY CAN GIVE HIM SOME MORE OF OUR MONEY TO SPEND ON WHO KNOWS WHAT?
Well… I didnt get anywhere at all, just my identity stolen. but i did get the final happiness. Filed BK in 08 and never reaffirmed on the house so this year i said F it and told them to take my house cus we arent paying for it and are not financially obligated to do so since it was discharged in our BK. Now instead of actually helping out one of their home owners, they have a $215k debt to try and recover some as a foreclosure. Have a great day
I think Countrywide should have to pay what they had done. I believed that countrywide sale my personal information to other party as well. They were sale my second mortgage to third party without notify me. So I didn’t receive my mortgage’s bill and a month later I was calling the Countrywide to find out and they said that the mortgage was not longer with them. I said why and they said to me that because they were sale my second mortgage to the third party long a go and I had to call the third party for the bill. Plus the Countrywide also said that I was late for the payment and they were going charger me for the late fee as well. I respond it was not my fault, you didn’t send me the payment bills and I just keep waiting for it. They said to me that it doesn’t matter it was already late then I should get too paid for the penalty. So now it’s time to take that back and I think countrywide desire it. It doesn’t matter how the countrywide denied that they didn’t do it. I can tell how they were having done for me and there no one can trust countrywide as well. Have nice day
What is going on with this lawsuit? Have I missed something and it has been settled. Haven’t heard anything in a long time.
What do we do now? Let’s do something about it. Please contact me with your thoughts!
Im not to happy to.I had my indentity stolen to .Please contact me by email.
I’ve had my identity stolen too, I think we should do something about it .
fuck em
I was posting earlier explaining a terrible experience I had recently with BOA but was somehow knocked off right before I finished. I will make this short. I recently had someone/something try to access my BOA accounts. I received this notice from BOA but they would not respond when I followed their instructions for resolution(?). I recently received a Reimbursement Form for settlement. What a joke…..They are asking for documentation I don’t even have anymore to prove peanuts. It has always amazed me how these scenarios play out. BOA is one of the banks whom have been exposed in numerous evasion schemes and I believe we also bailed these tyrants out. Basically, they want to give me $60 ($10/hour) for their theft. After the actual theft took place I called to find out who had done this. Of course, they couldn’t release this info. In other words, we will jeopardize your future and its OK because we are the banks. Face it, these people are legalized thugs. They will get away with this as they always have. They will reveal nothing. And as this is done, some people will make lots of money at our expense. This is the system we live in. It is easy for the money people to suppress the working people and take this to the bank as well. Bernie got away with it for years. He was only used as a scapegoat. There are still hudreds of examples similar to this going on and nothing will be done because they are in the driver’s seat. This is a perfect example of why the Banks, etc. should never have been bailed out with working class tax dollars. Is it working for you?
05/8/11
My identity was stolen by CW, in 2002. I purchased my home in 1999, and another company sold my loan to CW, then CW sells my loan to Spectrum Lending. My payment location was in Pasedena, California however ,the mailing address was in Dallas, Texas . I had an excellent payment history in the beginning of my loan, then several years later, all my checks started to bounce, with severe late fees, outrageous ballooning payments, and during this time, I also had an account with Bank of America.
In, or around 202-2003, someone attempted to purchased a home in my neighborhood, using my name and my father’s ss#. My father whom is now deceased received a call, from some other mortage lender, confirming I had been approved for another house for $73,000.00, my father, “said he told the company, that I had already purchased a home, and I did not need another one”. The mortage company called my parents, home and also sent a letter confirming my status, to qualify for the new loan, I had not requested. The letter was also mailed to my parents address, and they lived 32 miles from me, at the time.
My mortage loan at the time was for $89.ooo.00, of which I put an initial downpayment of $15,ooo.00, and the owner financed $10,000.00 of the 89,000.00. CW financed the rest.
I called the company to inquire , and I was told that I needed $3500.00 for closing costs, on the other home. I also received notification from one of the credit bureas that a loan amount of $73,000.00 had been approved in my name.
My parents and I were totally confused, becaused I had a hard time getting the loan, I had for $89,000.00. Now, that this identity fraud scam has surfaced, the incident makes sense.
I want to be compensated for two different indentity theft claims one for me and one for my father. CW, used my name and my father’s social security number to secure a bogus loan.
“Claiments there is strenght in unity and numbers, lets band together!”.
Sincerely,
Charlotte E. Henry
Ccelaine25@aol.com
I am living in Portland and my identity has been stolen in counrywide and pursuant to judgement, counrywide has to pay me at least $250.00 for my
stolen identity. Although my name was included in class action. They have denied and sent me a letter. I would like to report the situation to judge for
investigation.
Jim Farjami
Are we doing anything on this ?
Just got off of the phone with CW settlement officer, she said that Iwill not be reimburesed for any loss relating to my identity theft. One of them being credit score taking a hit and not being able to refinance
Are we doing something ‘please let me know
When a final suit is filed or pursued cna someone let me know and email me at kiesha.rice@yahoo.com!
everyone whose personal identity was stolen should be paid something. after all your personal info is out there and you cannot get it be. and the people who has it can use it whenever they want to.
Me and my husband are paying ohr mortgage atleast 8 years.. we recieved the notice about our own identity was theft..but we dont know what to do..and we dont experience any scam yet…but 2 days ago my credit card got hack..im staying in guam and the hackers is using my card at connecticut….please somebody help email me what im going to do..if someone out there having the same probleem..please..
I had my loan bought by Country Wide and serviced for at least 2-3 yrs, then taken over by BAC then BOA. I had no clue there were shady stuff going on. What can I do? In fact my loan fell behind two months while country wide handled it.