Complaint Review: Alvinston Advisors

 First, of all they come across real nice and tell that you are approved. The guy's name that I was dealing with was Jason Mullins.I was approved for a loan of $15,000. First they tell me that I had to put collateral up and if I did not have it I had to pay 500 plus dollars. This was done. My funds were on the way, right? Wrong. I was then told that insurance on the loan was optional. Then when I send the paperwork back, they needed a payment of $750 to be sent Western Union to a Cecile Louis. I did it desperate to get help for my situation. After being promised that money would be released in 2-4 hours and them stating that they would put up the remaining balance of $2250, I felt pretty good. Jason said he would call me back with more info. I had to call him. And what do you know? You guessed it. Another $750 was due because the system would not release funds. They claimed that if I paid this $750 that they would meet me halfway and the funds would be released. So here it is again I pay another $750 foolishly and they would pay lender, Ms Cecile Louis the rest of required insurance. Then the funds would be released. This time 1 -2 hours. Jason said that it just depends on when Cecile Louis can get to Western Union and give the okay to release funds. So an hour passed, I give Jason a call and I ask him is everything okay? He said things look great and he put me on hold. A so-called manager comes back and says you guessed it. More money was due. This time the remaining balance of $1500 was due before the system released the funds. Infuriated I ask for my money to be released or the money that I put into this to be refunded. Jason "claims he went to bat for me and instead of it taking 30 working days for funds to be refunded. He was able to get them to refund me in 14 business days. This too I can only assume will be a lie. Beware of this company. If you know of anyone who is going through the process with this company, stop them. And if anyone know of this "Cecile Louis" that is a private lender, please let her know of the actions of this company. For all I know she could be part of the plot to take advantage of vulnerable, trusting people. If she is not part of it, someone needs to let her know that she is associated with a scam company.