Liz L.
Total fraud
A vacation account was opened in my name without my permission. When I attempted to escalate the issue and file a formal complaint, the escalation team representative said that when you give someone your driver's license, that authorizes that individual to open any line of credit in your name regardless of whether you want it or not. I have given my driver's license to the saleswoman at a timeshare to verify my identity and repeatedly said at the meeting that I was declining the offer to make a purchase. Comenity Bank said it didn't matter if I wanted it or not, they were allowed to apply for AND open a line of credit in my name because it was in the "fine print". I didn't receive any paperwork with "fine print" because I never authorized it in the first place. The rep with Comenity Bank admitted that everything is done electronically meaning they never actually knew for a fact that I had signed any paperwork with this so called fine print (which I did not), but she repeatedly insisted that if I gave them my driver's license for any reason at all, that opening the line was completely legal. "This was done over a year ago, so what does it matter?" Do not do business with this bank - once they have your information, it is clear that they believe that it is legal to do whatever they want with it.

