Complaint Review: Equiplus Lending Group - Sam Jacobs - David Gill - John Bowman

I to was contacted by a Sam Jacobs of Equiplus lending group. he told me i was approved for a 7,000.00 personal loan but would need a deposit of 1,470.00 up front. After wiring the deposit to a Laurie Ann Taylor in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, I was contacted the next day by David Gill who said he was Sam Jacobs boss and that the insurance company had reassed my risk and if i wanted the loan i would need to make another payment of 1,470.00. I told him I could only come up with 1,100. He said he would check and called me back later to say that was ok. I then wired another 1,100.00 to the Susan M
Hodge.

The next day I was contacted by a John Bowman (Sr. Account Rep) who said that the lender had completly backed out of the agreement and that the he had secured me another loan but i would need to make another 1,470.00 deposit as this was more than the original loan. He said his company would credit the rest of the deposit to the company. I again wired the money but this time it was to a Susan M Hodge in Sherwood Alberta Canada.

I received another call from Mr. Bowman the next day and he explained the insurance company would not accept his companies credit and would need another 1,470.00. At this point I told him that I had no other money to give him and to just forget about it and give me my now 4,100.00 back. He told me that I would get the money back on April 8th.

I at this point started doing some checking on the internet, I should have done this before hand. I never found anything about this exact company but read stories just like what I had been through.

At this point I contacted the FTC and filed a complaint. The lady there gave me a number to Phone Busters in Canada. I called the Phone Busters and they had never heard of this place either and said that I was scammed. She asked what personal info they had of mine, i told her my bank account number and maybe my SSN. She gave me the credit Bureas number and told me to place a block on my credit.

I called the credit bureas and put the block on my credit, they had me file a police report with the local police dept. I did that then filed a complaint with the Iowa Attorney General.

After being contacted by the attorney general I tried to contact the Equiplus people again. Guess What the number is disconnected and there website has been suspended!

I write this in hopes others will read it and not make the same mistake I did.

John
North Liberty, Iowa
U.S.A.