Flynrider
Phoenix,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, August 30, 2012
What you describe is the classic Advance Fee Loan Scam. It is a fairly common Internet based scam that has been reported here quite regularly for years. I have never heard of anyone successfully identifying the individual who took their money. The scam is set up so that the victim ends up sending cash via an untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram (and more recently GreenDot). This cash can be picked up by anyone, anywhere in the world if they have the MTCN number.
If this were an actual company you might stand a chance, but it's not. It's just a group of scammers that use fake names, addresses and documents to make you think they are a lending company.
The FTC has a web page about this scam here :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm