Anonymous
Aurora,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, April 02, 2010
This sounds to me like a Ben Narter scam. He stole lots of money from homeowners trying to refinance. Search his name, read the comments left by others on ripoff report. Does it sound familiar, like the two scams could be from the same person?
Ramjet
Somewhere,#3Consumer Comment
Thu, March 25, 2010
It's important for people like you to tell theses stories about these disgusting creeps. It's easy to flog yourself for letting them sucker you but when you're desperate and think you can trust people, you are, unfortunately an easy mark.
I hope they get caught too but they probably won't, and don't count on their conscience bothering them, they don't have one.
Good luck and I hope you've helped someone else.
Flynrider
Phoenix,#4Consumer Suggestion
Wed, March 24, 2010
"I just know next time I will never deal with someone out of state again and I will reasearch the company very deeply before I ever send money again."
This is a very common Internet scam. Basically, if your credit is in the dumps and you're offered a huge loan at a good interest rate, you know you're being scammed. It falls under the "too good to be true" category.
Some other red flags are : Requiring a large upfront payment (real lenders do not do this). Requiring that you send the money through Moneygram or Western Union (these transfers are untraceable). Requiring that you send money out of the country (guarantees U.S. law enforcement won't have jurisdiction). Emailing you from a throwaway address such as gmail.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, etc...
The FTC has a webpage devoted to this type of scam :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm