Complaint Review: Alliance Mitigation Group

This company called me,out of the "blue," acting like they were empowered by the Federal government to help me modify my home mortgage because I was having trouble arranging a re-finance.  I checked out their web site and they had a link to MSNBC, so I thought they were legit.  The rep emailed me a list of documents that they needed, which I gathered and faxed back to them and although he did describe the company as non-profit, he did say the lawyers who negotiated the agreements with the mortgage companies charged a flat $2400.00 fee for their services.  Although this is somewhat difficult for me to come up with, being more than 10% of my annual income; I did manage to get it to them in March of this year.  This was money that I would have used to pay my 2009 property taxes on my home.  I heard from the company a few times since sending the payment, but nothing after July 7, 2010.  In one email message, Kim Arnhardt said not to pay my property taxes!  I have never not paid my taxes and for the first time ever my name was listed in our community newspaper as a delinquent taxpayer. Recently, I requested an investigation by the Better Business Bureau in the Fullerton, CA area and within a week I received a voice message from Michelle Cousimano requesting unknown and unnamed documents to be faxed for a file update.  Curious, yes?  These folks scammed this old man out of $2,400.00.