Amerifirst National Financial of Venice Loan Scam Venice, Florida
Amerifirst National Financial of Venice Company approved me for a "personal loan"
then said I was a high risk based on my credit rating and I had to pay for insurance $995. When I
was skeptical I searched the internet checking BBB and Florida Atty
General and found nothing, Called Venice Chamber of Commerce and they
gave great feedback that they were area of the company and definately
legitimate even did research on the insurance company they gave me a document on indicating my coverage. I still have not received any funds....this a very
sophisticated Scam as all documents looked legitimate.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
jessicacal
calgary,Alberta,
Canada
Same thing happened to me this past week!! "Jannet Heins" 1866-869-0478 x535
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, May 08, 2011
Same thing happened to me. I have a reprt on here about them aswell. I transferred a total of $1800 to 2 "private lenders" on ontario.. I cant believe thos happened. I have contacted the FTC, RCMP and phone busters. Guess what there number is diconnected now. If you check there webiste at www.amerifirstnationalltd.com and the transouthfinancialcorp.com its the same website but the "president" has 2 different names. Who did you deal with? The police told me the Scam is really operating out of Canada. :(
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Common scam.
#3Consumer Comment
Sat, May 07, 2011
Sadly, this is a very common scam. The scammers just appropriate the name of a reputable business in order to make themselves look legit. Just out of curiosity, did they ask you to send the money through Western Union or Moneygram (common scam element)? Also, did you send the money somewhere other than Venice? Most of these scams involve sending the money out of the country (usually Canada).
Here's the FTC's webpage on the scam :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm
The main tipoff is that it would be illegal for a lender to require you to buy "insurance" in order to obtain a loan.