Treasure Valley Financial We lost $850.00 to this scam Internet
We were looking for an unsecured loan online. We had received a phone call from Angela Norris stating that she could get us the loan. All we had to do is send a western union money gram to a Ralph McKay in Ontario Canada. We did. No money was put into our account. We called her and she told us that someone had stolen $100,000 from the company and we would get our money back. It had been mailed out and we should see it in the next week. When the week went by no check. We called her back. We have not heard from her again. We were told to send personal information by fax or email to her.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Not a loan company. Just scammers.
#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, April 03, 2010
Lenny is correct. This scam is common on the Internet. The scammers routinely change their names once they start showing up prominently on sites like this. They also steal the names of legitimate companies to cover their operations. The FTC has a page devoted to this scam here :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm
Lenny
Houston,Texas,
U.S.A.
Sorry, your money is gone
#3Consumer Suggestion
Thu, April 01, 2010
Sorry, your money is gone. No legitimate company asks for money up front, especially sent by Western Union. Do not send them any more - you are never getting a loan with them. Go to a legitimate bank or credit union.