Victim Location 50262
Total money lost $3,700
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
We were seeking an investor to help us with a start up business. Mr. Conley contacted us via email and told us that he would like to help us with the loan process. We sent him an executive summary of the business and he contacted us right back saying, "I really think I can get this done for you." Later on he brought in a Marie Walker who supposedly knew a ton of investors that would be interested in our portfolio. First she said, we needed to do something with what she called trade lines??? And something about boosting our credit. She said that she knew an individual that could achieve this in a short order but his charge was $3,700. Marie somehow worked a loan out for us at *** *** in a town near us and told us all we had to do was go over and sign for the loan and wire it to her. So as ashamed as we are to admit this, that is exactly what we did. Well, surprise surprise, nothing happened. It was also suppose to remove an old tax lien but it never did. In fact we just received word from another institution that they could not loan to us because if it. So she did not do what she said she was going to do with the money. We worked for several months with both of them and finally she had a 90% investor and a 10% investor from somewhere else. The so called 10% investor sent us a contract to sign on the terms of the loan which by the way we wasted our gas to drive into town to have it notarized. She said as soon as those papers came back to her we would see the 10% hit our bank in a matter of a few days. It never came. Supposedly the 10% investor backed out and then when we found another 10% investor the supposed 90% investor backed out. We are so upset and angry over this. $3,700 is a lot of money to us right now as we have not started our new business yet. When we cornered her about it she made excuses that the "trade lines were only good for 30 days." She still maintained that the lien was lifted but it has not been. We are so disgusted. She really put us in a terrible. We were trying to by real estate with part of the loan and do the business at the same time. She even went as far to tell us that the deal had gone through without a hitch and that it would be okay to start packing. My wife quit her job to get everything packed and ready to move on time and we even had people moving into our current home. It has been a complete nightmare! Stay away from these scammers at all costs!!!! This woman supposedly runs a cupcake business out of Orlando as well. Who really knows what the truth is anymore. We have been giving information to an attorney and both of them have been reported to the federal trade commission. As bad a mess as this created, we simply asked for our funds back that she took from us but she refuses. We are not letting them get by with this and will continue to warn everyone about what they have done. Shame on us for falling for such a scam. It truly has left a huge hole and created tremendous stress. We have a ton of documentation, texts and emails detailing everything. Please stay away from these people. The right thing to do is to refund the money. She told us that we would never see a payment because once they got those "lines up" it would all go right through. Complete BS. Don’t get yourself wrapped up with these two. They are trouble. We were calling them everyday asking about progress and nothing. They would call or text us once in a while and lead us on but now over the past few weeks they have just sort of disappeared. What a surprise.
Victim Location 50262
Total money lost $3,700
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
We were seeking an investor to help us with a start up business. Mr. Conley contacted us via email and told us that he would like to help us with the loan process. We sent him an executive summary of the business and he contacted us right back saying, "I really think I can get this done for you." Later on he brought in a Marie Walker who supposedly knew a ton of investors that would be interested in our portfolio. First she said, we needed to do something with what she called trade lines??? And something about boosting our credit. She said that she knew an individual that could achieve this in a short order but his charge was $3,700. Marie somehow worked a loan out for us at One Main in a town near us and told us all we had to do was go over and sign for the loan and wire it to her. So as ashamed as we are to admit this, that is exactly what we did. Well, surprise surprise, nothing happened. It was also suppose to remove an old tax lien but it never did. In fact we just received word from another institution that they could not loan to us because if it. So she did not do what she said she was going to do with the money. We worked for several months with both of them and finally she had a 90% investor and a 10% investor from somewhere else. The so called 10% investor sent us a contract to sign on the terms of the loan which by the way we wasted our gas to drive into town to have it notarized. She said as soon as those papers came back to her we would see the 10% hit our bank in a matter of a few days. It never came. Supposedly the 10% investor backed out and then when we found another 10% investor the supposed 90% investor backed out. We are so upset and angry over this. $3,700 is a lot of money to us right now as we have not started our new business yet. When we cornered her about it she made excuses that the "trade lines were only good for 30 days." She still maintained that the lien was lifted but it has not been. We are so disgusted. She really put us in a terrible. We were trying to by real estate with part of the loan and do the business at the same time. She even went as far to tell us that the deal had gone through without a hitch and that it would be okay to start packing. My wife quit her job to get everything packed and ready to move on time and we even had people moving into our current home. It has been a complete nightmare! Stay away from these scammers at all costs!!!! This woman supposedly runs a cupcake business out of Orlando as well. Who really knows what the truth is anymore. We have been giving information to an attorney and both of them have been reported to the federal trade commission. As bad a mess as this created, we simply asked for our funds back that she took from us but she refuses. We are not letting them get by with this and will continue to warn everyone about what they have done. Shame on us for falling for such a scam. It truly has left a huge hole and created tremendous stress. We have a ton of documentation, texts and emails detailing everything. Please stay away from these people. The right thing to do is to refund the money. She told us that we would never see a payment because once they got those "lines up" it would all go right through. Complete ##. Don’t get yourself wrapped up with these two. They are trouble. We were calling them everyday asking about progress and nothing. They would call or text us once in a while and lead us on but now over the past few weeks they have just sort of disappeared. What a surprise.