Anthony
Crestview,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sun, May 27, 2007
James, Call who ever you sent the money gram through. Give them your gram # and ask if the other party has accepted the money yet. IF THEY HAVE, NOT CANCEL YOUR MONEY GRAM! If they have accepted it, then yes- you are looking at a loss of your $1250 security deposit. What you need to do now is contact all of your authorities. Local police, online FBI, and especially the Canadian authorities. You sent the money to canada and the US does not have jurisdiction over them. To TRY, and I repeat TRY to get your money back: Depending on who your insurance is, you might be able to file a claim with them stating you have a theft case. Also, if you paid for your money gram with you bank's Debit card, you can try disputing the transaction. I did it, and they granted me my money back. Here is the letter I sent them. To whom it may concern: I am writing to dispute this unauthorized transaction on my account in accordance with Federal Regulation E. This was unauthorized and my account was NOT to be charged! Please refer to hundreds of victim's reports that were filed on Rip-off Report.com for this same instance. The company who is responsible for this is (Enter your Scam Artist's companys name) . Their number is 888-673-4158 and fax 1-(866) 386-2288. A represenative there is Rosa Rodriguez at extenson 997.\ Please REVERSE this charge in my favor and take actions to prosecute \this company.\ Sincerely, You James, I am sorry for your loss...it SUCKS! Happend to me, and a million of other people and we wont be the last! So get your stuff together NOW and try getting your money back! Good Luck! Anthony
Anne
Dayton,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, May 25, 2007
We are all a part of this scam, victims of the heartless. I'm sorry to disappoint you but your hard work and research on the addresses and phone numbers of these people are no good. The names you have found in the yellowpages and the address has no relation to Fairfax Lending Services. Their address originating in Rochester, NY is a fake address which means they do not reside in that area. The address the have used is actually I believe a Lounge of some sort. They are all from Canada (which is why all are funds have gone to Canada as you may have noticed from all the other victims' reports) and there is an article on Canadian cross border scams. They are all Canadian scamming Americans, which is why they can get away with this. They made a lot of money from us, and it's hard to catch them because they don't live in our country. I found that it's been hopeless to get my money back since I found that out, so I gave up. It's a loss we all have to cope with, and can only hope our government does something about that company in Canada. Sorry to break it to ya, it's the plain and painful truth.
shannon
Bremen,#4Author of original report
Tue, May 22, 2007
WELL IT IS NOW MAY THE TWENTY FIRST AND WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THIS STUPID COMPANY THAT DOESNT EXIST. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER INFO ON ALL THESE GUYS TO LET ME KNOW.HERE IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS SO IF THERE IS ANY MORE INFO THAT U WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PLEASE DO SO (((ROR REDACTED E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES))).. PLEASE IF THERE IS ANY ONE THAT CAN HELP JUST LET ME KNOW AND THANKS.. CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.
Mike
River Edge,#5Consumer Suggestion
Tue, May 15, 2007
Please note the following: 1. All fee in advance loan companies are scams. 2. Never send any money western Union or moneygram (their website expressly discuss this) 3. All contact information and names are either completely fake or a stolen identity. You do not need anything more than a fake ID to collect at Western Union. 4. Once they get enough suckers to fall for this scam the numbers won't work. Try filing a report with the FTC, and if you mailed a money order, the USPS for mail fraud. Good luck, they get thousands, just do research on here and elsewhere for "Fee in advance" scams