Complaint Review: First Union Financial Group

I applied for a loan on line thru First Union Financial Group and two days later they called to say that I had been approved for a 5000 loan. All I had to do was pay 616.64 premium. I western union them the money on 8/23/2006 I was told the funds would be avaiable in 6-8 hours. The next day I checked my account and the money was not there. I called them all day. I finally got thru to a guy who told me that I had to pay another 299.00 for the acount be an offshore acct. I live in MD they are in New York, last time I checked that was not offshore.

I am a mother of 3 and because of this I am going to lose my truck, my electric is going to be turned off on 8/28/2006 and my kids have no way to eat. I called them and expalined this to them and they said that there sorry they did business with me. I told them I have contacted the FBI and I want my money back. They then offered to close the account and refund my money in 5 days. Yeah I'll let you know if it shows up.Please do not due business with these people. They are SCAM artist. I have contacted the FBI and I am going to contact local media agencies. If anyone has any advice or can help me in any kind of way please. I am in desperate need of help.

Lisa
Chestertown, Maryland
U.S.A.