Granite Lending INC says you get a loan then wants money Woodland Hills, California
Told me that I was approved for a loan but need to pay 500 dollars first. I did
pay for that on 2/24/2012 and then They said I need to pay more. Like 450
dollars more I told them I don't have that much more.. Mr Johnson said that I
was approved before I give him the 500 he said yes and after I gave them the
money he said that it will be fund for the 5000 dollar loan on Monday around 4pm
at 2:36pm I got a email saying need to pay more on it of a total of 950.00 and
then the funds will be funded the next day. But I don't have no more money.
I
call every day and the first two day They said that the money will be sent to my
bank on wensday never got the refund. They will not pick up the phone and I have
emailed them and They will not write back.. I take to bobby Lewis on tueday and
he said that he was very sorry for All of this and I was approved but the insur
backed out and said that I have something on my credit report and that's why
They are asking for more and he said that They were very wrong for what They did
but he would make sure I have my money back in one day.. I was so upset because
that's All the money I had and bag them not to steal my money he said were not
hear to do that and that the money will be in my bank in 1 day. I have All
the emails and phone report to prove this.. All I want is my money back and I
will go away.. Now They will not pick up the phone at All so now I don't know
what is going on with my money I will go as fare has I have to on this
case.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Robert
Irvine,California,
U.S.A.
Sorry
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, March 08, 2012
You don't want to hear this but your money is gone and you have gone as far as you can. You fell for a very old scam known as the Advanced Loan Fee Scam. It is illegal to ask for money up front to guarantee a loan.
These people do everything they can to be anonymous. The phone number was a "Throw-Away" cell phone that they paid for with cash or a stolen credit card. Any address they gave you was fake, it is either a "Drop Box"(such as a UPS Store), a vacant lot, or a business that has nothing to do with them. Any names they gave you are fake. You didn't say it but I bet you sent them the money either by Western Union or a series of Pre-Paid Debit cards. Both of those are untraceable. Oh and the biggest thing they are in a foreign country.
In other words even if you went to the police, they may take a report but that is as far as it would go as they have nothing real to investigate.
For the future, if someone you do not personally know asks you to send money through Western Union you can pretty much guarantee it is some sort of scam..regardless of the reason they give you.