HWD Financial Loan for an upfront fee for Insurance Internet
We were contacted that we were approved for a loan of $6000 for a fee for insurance from Countrywide Insurance Company of $707. I paid the money and was told the money would be wired shortly thereafter. I then received a call the next day offering us $10,000 for an additional fee of $743 (all this money was wired to a guy named Samuel Browne in Canada) That should have been a clue. I was then contacted by my loan representative, Cassandra Reed that the money would be wired to me on Friday November 20, 2009. Fast forward to Monday the 23, I receive a call from Brian who says I need to wire an additional $450 for taxes....I said wtf???? However, he sent me an e-mail guaranteeing me that the money would be wired to me immediately that day. I wired it again to Canada to a guy named Dwayne Walker. Well, guess what? NO MONEY TRANSFER!!!!! They took our money and totally scammed us. Now they won't return our calls and give us excuses as to why they can't give us the wire transfer number.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY AND THESE PEOPLE! They are criminals and are out to steal from you!
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Flynrider
Phoeix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
It's not a company
#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, November 25, 2009
The "Advance Fee Loan Scam" is a common Internet scam. You were actually dealing with a couple of scammers with throwaway cell phones and Internet access. Basically, they just cobbled up some fake documents and told you a story in order to get you to send them money.
For future reference, when anybody claiming to be a business insists that you send payment via Western Union or Moneygram, you are being scammed. The reason that scammers insist on this is that these types of transfers leave no paper trail.
For more info on this scam, the FTC has a webpage devoted to it :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm