Complaint Review: Allianz Security Protection

I am a 25 year-old male college student; I have been unemployed for over a year and collecting unemployment. I was robbed of three hundred and nineteen dollars ($319.00) by "Allianz Security Protection" located at 244 West 49th Street, Room 701, New York, New York 10019. They are thieves of the worst caliber and kind for they steal and rob from unsuspecting and innocent individuals in dire need of work. During these difficult and trying economic times, they mask themselves as an employment agency in the security enforcement field with the skills, knowledge and connections to place individuals in jobs. They require their recruits partake in training programs and earn needed certificates in the security field and as consideration for the money given recruits are guaranteed lucrative job positions. They collect the money and never fulfill their end of the deal. This experience has been disgusting and disgraceful.

I found their offices via craigslist using the following link.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/lab/3207532093.html

On Thursday, August 16th, 2012, I contacted their offices and spoke with a Mr. Diaz at 646-275-9635. He provided me with basic details about the available jobs and immediately insisted that I acquire security guard certificates because the more certificates you have the higher the wage [they are] able to start you off with. Quickly, he scheduled my interview for the following day, and on that day, I met Ms. Porsha, her mobile number is 917-873-3670. On the day of the interview, I provided her all my personal documentation. She immediately and without hesitation requested three hundred and nineteen dollars ($319.00) to place me in an overnight security job with one of their clients. According to Ms. Porsha, the job is open and yours but to officially obtain it, you need to immediately acquire two certificates. The certificates were: (1) Fire Guard Certificate; and (2) 8 Hour Annual In Service Certificate conducted by Imperial Security. I informed her I lacked the funds but would return in two days.

As promised, I returned and gave her eighty dollars ($80.00.) She immediately assured me that I would be placed at the Verizon Building in Battery Park as an overnight security officer and my pay was in the range of fourteen to eighteen dollars ($14.00 to $18.00) and that my schedule had been approved. However, I needed the remaining balance of two hundred and thirty-nine dollars ($239.00) to close the deal. I immediately started looking for the balance and borrowed the money from my elderly grandmother and returned nine days later. I gave her the money and she requested I return Monday, September 3, 2012 for immediate job placement. Ironically, I reminded her it was Labor Day and to that she quickly brushed my
off and said, Right. Come Tuesday.

On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, the charades begun. I went to their offices three times to no avail. I was brushed off, ignored, dismissed and treated like a vagrant. I was in an office with full staff and no one was available to see me. I was livid. It was only after I started alerting others of their scam, that I was approached by Mr. Lewis who was now in an extreme haste to keep me quiet. He escorted me to his office and he advised I file a refund on Saturday, September 8, 2012, although there is no guarantee for a refund. Mr. Lewis is a good man and failed miserably at disguising their scam; he genuinely felt my anger but his hands were tied. 

On Saturday, September 8, 2012, I returned but surprisingly to a different floor; all refunds are done on the fourth floor but their scam is run off the seventh floor.  The fourth floor was filled with individuals suffering my same anguish and many with bigger losses. I heard of losses as large as one thousand and ninety dollars ($1090.00.) It was there I met Mr. Cook, a gentle and kind man who again is a pawn to the scam. He offered a refund for two hundred and nineteen dollars ($219.00) but explained that the remaining balance is non-refundable. I explained to him that I wanted my full balance. The event was crazed and police officers were called. Shortly after, I spoke with Mr. Chase who confidently boasted of how he fears no repercussions from anyone for what they are doing and laughed at threats of complaints to the Better Business Bureau. He compared any and all claims against them to Walmart.  And, mocked me by saying Walmart has over 300 complaints! The Better Business Bureau is nothing!

I need help from these crooks. I need this money. I borrowed the money with the hope of being able to quickly repay it but that hope is lost. Please help me.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.