Victim Location 88401
Total money lost $550
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Ive been online looking for a loan. Got scammed once and have been real leary of any offers. A guy named Eric Freeman from Financial Institution of Usa. Spoke to him on the phone said he was fromCash Advance America. I explained about being ripped off by Lending Club. He assures me that they wont ask for money because of credit score. Had to send $250 for paperwork and will get it back with loan. sent it Gift card, alls good then a day goes by, I email him. He says hes waiting for credit dept. then tells me that they need $300 as proof of being able to pay loan back. I wait for 1 day get ahold of him and tell him that I dont have it. Says he can hold my application if I think I might be able to get it. Like a Dummy I borrow from 2 friends and get it. I send him the code, he calls me back and says that the card has already been redeemed. We argue about it and he says that he will cancel my app. and refund my money. Havent heard from him, then I sent him a text. A woman answered and said that Eric was busy. I asked for my refund and then was told only for $250. I said fine but I wanted my other $300 back also. About a hour later I get a phone call from a 206# calling me names. Called it back and it was changed or unhooked. Havent heard anything for 5 days now. Have tried to Email no answer as I figured. tried to put a copy of pdf below but now it disappeared!?
Victim Location 59105
Total money lost $3,400
Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief
Sean contacted me that I was approved for a loan for ***. They deposited money in my checking account then had me go get Walmart gift cards to pay back the deposit. The cashier check that was deposited came back as fradulant and taken back from my checking account. They stated this would improve my credit score.
Victim Location 71373
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
We got approved for a loan of $3000.00 from Advance America in Pennsylvania. The loan was approved (so they say) but needed 200.00 security deposit, (which we did). once that was done they said that the transfer couldn’t go through b/c of a block to the bank and they needed $198.29, (yep, we did that too). After that they said it was something to do with IRS blocking it and all they need now is $100.00 and the money will be in account in 30 seconds. Well at this point we we’re pretty sure it was a scam, but wasn’t positive. So, we called back one more time and I even told them that I wasn’t sure b/c they kinda seemed like a scam. They assured me they were not. The guy said he loved his job and didn’t want to loose it and wouldn’t do that. I questioned them on everything and they had great responses so it was iffy, but seemed like it was for real so yes, we went ahead with the $100.00 being told that this was the last step and our money would be deposited in 30 seconds. it wasn’t and we are out $500.00 dollars. we want our money and them punished. He claims his name is Tim Carter, but now I have my doubts about that as well. We’ve been scammed for sure.