Emelita
Mountlake Terrace,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, December 12, 2009
i am now getting a loan and I am dealing with this person and I look at the name of this person at the internet and i saw that he is working at moneta before but his lending company now is in vancouver washington and i am dealing with him at the internet to get a loan, try to refinance my first mortgage.
i do not know how can i contact you to give his name and his lending company. if this is the same person.
Cagedbird714
Belleville,#3Consumer Comment
Thu, December 11, 2008
ABS0128, If only it was so easy. Don't you think that these monies are staying in Canada. That money is being siphoned off somewhere else and Canada is just being used as a pit stop. The reason why the police cannot work with the Canadians is a territorial thing, in all honesty no crime was committed in Canada. Yes, the money was sent there however the actual crimes are being committed in the USA. I know I was one of the first victims and I have went through everything. If people are going to continue to send money to these people outside of the states there is nothing that local government can do. Contact the IC3, the FBI and yes even the secret service. Reporting it to the local police will only give you documentation that you are a victim of consumer fraud and you will need that because, you will have to change your bank account if you gave them that information, your driver's license, and any other personal information you might have provided. Been there/done that. You are right that there are plenty of numbers in these scams that are still working and believe me they are getting smart. The first wave, if you googled the address you got some obscure address, the last three that I have investigated are addresses of landmarks -- Cigna Headquarters in Connecticut, New York's Grand Central Station, and Macy's Department store in New York. The first and most important things anyone should do is google the phone number, if it does not show, think strongly about doing business with this company, if you google the address and it gives you the location's name as being some other business, do not do business with them and from personal experience, if they ask you for money upfront in the guise of security or collateral, do not do business with these scammers. If you have been a victim of one of these scams, protect yourself and your identity, report it immediately.
Laurie
Haslet,#4Consumer Comment
Thu, December 11, 2008
For instance - there is a legitimate loan company called Texas Lending. They are located in TX. If you had attempted to map the address, it would have come back as invalid, you did not need the police to tell you this - but you did not bother to check If you got scammed it is because you failed to do any research on the company BEFORE YOU SENT THEM money. yes they are scammers and they prey on people who will just jump into things without doing the research to verify legitimacy. (WITHOUT THINKING) In most cases they give you lots of RED FLAGS - like sending checks for several thousand dollars for Mystery Shopping, or fake lotteries and sweepstakes. If this was an advanced fee loan - you could have searched on Advanced Fee Loan Scams - or even gone to the Federal Trade Commission Website for consumer ALERTS. Even here on ROR they CONSUMER ALERTS The only way to combat this is to be smarter than the scammers and NEVER-EVER BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY until you have a chance to check things out first. With today's technology its easier for the scammers - so YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR THEM to RIP YOU OFF by being skeptical from the start. the internet is a tool that you can use to reseach - but most people I have found come to complaint boards to complain only - not to do research.