AutoManagement.com - Auto Management Group - Max Martin aka Mike Pham aka Minh Chu Pham - David O'Neal Mike Pham aka Minh Chu Pham aka Miunchu Pham aka Max Martin and David O'Neal A subleasing scam, they take your vehicle, do NOT adhere to their contracts, your car will end up stolen and you lose $$!!! Newport Beach, California, Centennial, Colorado, Internet
HERE IS THE SCAM AND HOW David O'Neal and Minchau Pham aka Mike Pham aka (Max Martin is a fake name he has made up to sound more American) MAKES THEIR MONEY.
He Contacts the owner(me) usually from Swapalease or Craigslist and tells you he found a qualified user and has this headache-free system. He calls it a "Peace of Mind Payment Guarantee"
The user isn't really qualified, or goes under a false name, and is part of their racket!
David Oneal and Minchau (Max) swindles both. As soon as he gets your car hes gone. He takes your car to the user and charges the user $15, 000, $10, 000 whatever as an upfront down payment on the car should they want to purchase at the end of the lease. As soon as they get that money and the car they're gone!!
REMEMBER: The contracts Minchau (Max) provides are false i.e. no good. It gives you all the protection in the world but in the end Auto Management Group delivers on 0%
NO payments are made.
NO insurance is obtained.
NO piece of mind is achieved.
I have yet to get my car back and currently my payments are 4 months past due and my car is stolen!!
***IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MAX/AUTO MANAGEMENT GROUP***
1. You are probably have a listing on Swapalease OR Craigslist. FYI - subleasing a vehicle is illegal almost everywhere. Call Swapalease or Craigslist and tell them someone running an auto subleasing scam is using their site for leads. They should know better.
2. He probably told you your vehicle has 'negative equity' in these 'tough market environments.' Tell him you'd rather take it then any false positives from him.
3. He'll act like your best friend until he gets the car, after that - he's scammed you. Say goodbye to that fine automobile cause it's probably being driven across the border to be sold!!
4. Disregard the website. It's a hoax like he is. He'll say he has a boss, he doesn't. He's the head of an illegal enterprise.
5. Delete his e-mail and follow point 5 below. (Most Important)
***GUIDELINES TO SOME RESOLUTION IF YOU WERE SCAMMED***
1. Revoke your limited power of attorney IMMEDIATELY, contact your local PD department immediately!! And file a report with the FBI IC3 division for internet crimes! They have probably have crossed state lines making their offense(s) FEDERAL!
2. Demand Max/Minchau/David O'Neal to return your vehicle - otherwise report the car as stolen/embezzled (see point 5 below). It's absolutely imperative that the vehicle be recovered. If you have Lojack, put that knowledge to use!
3. Please be advised that Max "Scam" does not pick up any phone #'s
4. File the amount you deserve (up to $5, 000) in your state's small claims court in addition get on board with the approx. 47 other people and $2.2M in damages outstanding, and identify Minchau Pham/David O'Neal/Auto Management Group/AutoManagement.com as the culprit. Any amount in excess of $5-$10K, a civil lawsuit is necessary, and chances are someone is already filed and a class action may be pending.
5. GOOD NEWS: There are plenty of the good guys looking for this THIEF (LAPD, FBI, etc to name a few). If you have any information or have been scammed (latter is likely) please call the lead investigator on this case:
Sgt. Henry or Officer MacKenzie
Newport Beach PD
Newport Beach, CA
or
Santa Clara PD & DMV Auto Crimes Division (as they put Max in jail in 2009!!)
Santa Clara, CA
Contact the FBI, Attorney General's Office (who is preparing a suit) & Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force. Any information is helpful - especially other people that Mike Pham & David O'Neal may have put in contact with you during this whole process.
6. Notify the attorney general. Try the Secret Service ECTF, FTC, BBB, LAPD, your local PD. Feel free to warm call them - they're job is partly to put away sleazebags like Minchau Pham aka Max.
7. Remind him he's a THIEF and that you will gladly testify at any trial set-up to prosecute him. People like these don't deserve to steal from other people's hard work and success.
8. Know that you are NOT alone, many others in different states have been victimized! Don't give up, your help may save someone else the troubles you're in!!
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Rob
Denver,Colorado,
United States
Auto Management is no rip-off
#3Consumer Comment
Wed, December 27, 2017
I have known David O'Neal for over 20 years and in that time have assumed payments on 3 vehicles through his Auto Management program. His company has earned a AAA Rating through the Better Business Bureau. The way the program works does seem too easy to be true, which is maybe why some people think it must be a scam. I can tell you from experience it's not.
Say you have bad credit but want a nice car. If you have solid income and can back it up with proof and verifiable references, chances are you can quailfy.
On the other hand, if you are in a lease or purchase contract and all of a sudden have financal worries that don't allow you to keep the vehicle, David can help by finding someone to take over your payments. You keep your good credit and can walk away from the vehicle without worry.
I had a Mercedes GWagon through the program. I got rear-ended and so the police came and we had to deal with insurance. I was nervous because I feared the paperwork David had given me would not be enough info to convince the cops that I had the right to be driving this vehicle. I was also afraid that my insurance company would not do the repairs needed because my paperwork wasn't in order.
Everything worked beautfully. The cops were fine with my Permissive Use statement and my insurance company did over $19K in repairs with no questions asked.
My experience with David O'Neal and Auto Management is nothing but good. I think the ripoff report on his company is not justified. I would recommend anyone do business with him with no reservations.
President, AutoManagement.com
Centennial,Colorado,
Mostly Lies
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, March 03, 2014
There is a grain of truth to this complaint. The individual Mike Pham (aka Max Martin, real name Mihn Pham) worked as an independent contractor for AutoManagement.com for several months before it was discovered that he was misrepresenting our company and its service and that he was being prosecuted in California for fraud. Our company cooperated with the authorities in California to see that justice was done.
As to the rest of the complaint, it comes from an individual that has a personal grudge against Mike Pham, who never had any direct dealings with this company and who once threatened to put AutoManagement.com out of business unless we paid him a great deal of money. AutoManagement.com has an "A" rating with the Denver BBB while, the last I heard, the person who filed this report was in jail.