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Complaint Review: Union Trust Finance - Saint John New Foundland
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Union Trust Finance
11 Hill Ave Saint John, A5C 3x6 New Foundland, Canada
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Union Trust Finance Tax Scam ripoff Saint John, Newfoundland Canada
Another example of global financial rip-off.
I received a check for 4,800 with a letter to call a claim agent [David Johnson]. The phone number given is 1-604-779-7704. I called he told me to deposit the check and i asked is this a real check he assured me it was so i did then i was told to send 2,800 dollars to Karen Nelson, 214 Harryford Ave, St.John, NF. Canada, V5C2M6, so i did.
I was told after i sent the money by western union to call him to confirm the action had taken place after that he said i was to call him in two days and we would get the money transactions taken care of. So after two days i called him and he did answer the phone when i asked about the money i was told i had to pay for shipping through Fed Ex which was 1,700 dollars so i called him and said couldn't do that much money so he said could i do 950.00 dollars i said yes and sent it the same lady Karen Nelson via Money Gram after i did i call him back to let him know that the transaction had taken place he said that he would send it out, he also told me a date and rough estimated time to be at the house with two forms of ID.
Now this is all sounding totally legal to me now when he said i need to forms of ID all before that was a little ify. Okay here come that day it should arrive and there is no Fed Ex so i call him back once again he answers and i tell him the package hasn't arrived could i get a tracking number on it and i will find out where it is, but then he proceeds to tell me i have to pay a customs fee on the money which cost 2,500 dollars, so now i say just keep the prize or give it to someone else and just send me back all the money i have already vested in this scam, when i said scam he assured me it was not a scam so i said ok just send me all the money i have vested in this business matter, he says all i have to do is send the customs fees and i will get my prize money but when i asked for a phone and tracking number to customs he says he couldn't just give it out like that.
So i feel like he or they have just taken me costly lifes lesson.
Allen v
Kansas City, Missouri
U.S.A.
I received a check for 4,800 with a letter to call a claim agent [David Johnson]. The phone number given is 1-604-779-7704. I called he told me to deposit the check and i asked is this a real check he assured me it was so i did then i was told to send 2,800 dollars to Karen Nelson, 214 Harryford Ave, St.John, NF. Canada, V5C2M6, so i did.
I was told after i sent the money by western union to call him to confirm the action had taken place after that he said i was to call him in two days and we would get the money transactions taken care of. So after two days i called him and he did answer the phone when i asked about the money i was told i had to pay for shipping through Fed Ex which was 1,700 dollars so i called him and said couldn't do that much money so he said could i do 950.00 dollars i said yes and sent it the same lady Karen Nelson via Money Gram after i did i call him back to let him know that the transaction had taken place he said that he would send it out, he also told me a date and rough estimated time to be at the house with two forms of ID.
Now this is all sounding totally legal to me now when he said i need to forms of ID all before that was a little ify. Okay here come that day it should arrive and there is no Fed Ex so i call him back once again he answers and i tell him the package hasn't arrived could i get a tracking number on it and i will find out where it is, but then he proceeds to tell me i have to pay a customs fee on the money which cost 2,500 dollars, so now i say just keep the prize or give it to someone else and just send me back all the money i have already vested in this scam, when i said scam he assured me it was not a scam so i said ok just send me all the money i have vested in this business matter, he says all i have to do is send the customs fees and i will get my prize money but when i asked for a phone and tracking number to customs he says he couldn't just give it out like that.
So i feel like he or they have just taken me costly lifes lesson.
Allen v
Kansas City, Missouri
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Dave
New Westminster,British Columbia,
Canada
Vancouver phone number
#2Consumer Suggestion
Fri, December 22, 2006
File a complaint with the RCMP in British Columbia. That is a Vancouver-area phone number. (Vancouver has its own police force, but the number could be outside the city of Vancouver, and the RCMP is better equipped to fight this sort of crime. They have joint operations with the FBI.) Even though you are addressing a money wire to Newfoundland, the transfer can be picked up anywhere in Canada. This is one of the "features" that Western Union offers to scammers. The use of a NL address is just to throw you off. Tell anyone you know: Never send any money via Western Union (or any wire service) unless you personally know the recipient. Do not add a security question to the transfer -- that makes it possible for anyone to collect the money. They don't even need to have ID matching the name and address on the Money Transfer. Also, no person in Canada is ever going to send money to someone in the US. They are all scams. Advance Fee Loans are illegal. Foreign Lotteries are illegal. A legitimate business is going to receive money via a banking service -- check or VISA -- and never ask for a wire transfer.
Dave
New Westminster,British Columbia,
Canada
Vancouver phone number
#3Consumer Suggestion
Fri, December 22, 2006
File a complaint with the RCMP in British Columbia. That is a Vancouver-area phone number. (Vancouver has its own police force, but the number could be outside the city of Vancouver, and the RCMP is better equipped to fight this sort of crime. They have joint operations with the FBI.) Even though you are addressing a money wire to Newfoundland, the transfer can be picked up anywhere in Canada. This is one of the "features" that Western Union offers to scammers. The use of a NL address is just to throw you off. Tell anyone you know: Never send any money via Western Union (or any wire service) unless you personally know the recipient. Do not add a security question to the transfer -- that makes it possible for anyone to collect the money. They don't even need to have ID matching the name and address on the Money Transfer. Also, no person in Canada is ever going to send money to someone in the US. They are all scams. Advance Fee Loans are illegal. Foreign Lotteries are illegal. A legitimate business is going to receive money via a banking service -- check or VISA -- and never ask for a wire transfer.
Dave
New Westminster,British Columbia,
Canada
Vancouver phone number
#4Consumer Suggestion
Fri, December 22, 2006
File a complaint with the RCMP in British Columbia. That is a Vancouver-area phone number. (Vancouver has its own police force, but the number could be outside the city of Vancouver, and the RCMP is better equipped to fight this sort of crime. They have joint operations with the FBI.) Even though you are addressing a money wire to Newfoundland, the transfer can be picked up anywhere in Canada. This is one of the "features" that Western Union offers to scammers. The use of a NL address is just to throw you off. Tell anyone you know: Never send any money via Western Union (or any wire service) unless you personally know the recipient. Do not add a security question to the transfer -- that makes it possible for anyone to collect the money. They don't even need to have ID matching the name and address on the Money Transfer. Also, no person in Canada is ever going to send money to someone in the US. They are all scams. Advance Fee Loans are illegal. Foreign Lotteries are illegal. A legitimate business is going to receive money via a banking service -- check or VISA -- and never ask for a wire transfer.
Dave
New Westminster,British Columbia,
Canada
Vancouver phone number
#5Consumer Suggestion
Fri, December 22, 2006
File a complaint with the RCMP in British Columbia. That is a Vancouver-area phone number. (Vancouver has its own police force, but the number could be outside the city of Vancouver, and the RCMP is better equipped to fight this sort of crime. They have joint operations with the FBI.) Even though you are addressing a money wire to Newfoundland, the transfer can be picked up anywhere in Canada. This is one of the "features" that Western Union offers to scammers. The use of a NL address is just to throw you off. Tell anyone you know: Never send any money via Western Union (or any wire service) unless you personally know the recipient. Do not add a security question to the transfer -- that makes it possible for anyone to collect the money. They don't even need to have ID matching the name and address on the Money Transfer. Also, no person in Canada is ever going to send money to someone in the US. They are all scams. Advance Fee Loans are illegal. Foreign Lotteries are illegal. A legitimate business is going to receive money via a banking service -- check or VISA -- and never ask for a wire transfer.
