jessicacal
calgary,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, May 08, 2011
Same thing happened to me. I have a reprt on here about them aswell. I transferred a total of $1800 to 2 "private lenders" on ontario.. I cant believe thos happened. I have contacted the FTC, RCMP and phone busters. Guess what there number is diconnected now. If you check there webiste at www.amerifirstnationalltd.com and the transouthfinancialcorp.com its the same website but the "president" has 2 different names. Who did you deal with? The police told me the Scam is really operating out of Canada. :(
Flynrider
Phoenix,#3Consumer Comment
Sat, May 07, 2011
Sadly, this is a very common scam. The scammers just appropriate the name of a reputable business in order to make themselves look legit. Just out of curiosity, did they ask you to send the money through Western Union or Moneygram (common scam element)? Also, did you send the money somewhere other than Venice? Most of these scams involve sending the money out of the country (usually Canada).
Here's the FTC's webpage on the scam :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm
The main tipoff is that it would be illegal for a lender to require you to buy "insurance" in order to obtain a loan.