Victim Location 20904
Total money lost $10,000
Type of a scam Tech Support
I filled out an application online for a credit card merchant processing account through a company called First Data. The next day I was contacted via email by one of their sales representatives, Mr. Doug Olsen who collected all my information and told me he has a home for my account. Mr. Olsen told me I would need to pay $10,000.00 deposit for the account to cover any charge backs. Only July 22nd 2015, I wired the $10,000 deposit to Mr. Olsen. About 3 weeks later, I was informed by Mr. Olsen that I needed to provide an addition $5,000.00 in order to secure the account. I immediately told Mr. Olsen that I could not afford another $5,000.00 and asked him to stop the process and refund my $10,000.00 deposit. Till date, Mr. Olsen refused to send me my money and keeps giving me the run around. I reported him to his company, First Data, but they quickly washed their hands off the situation and told me I needed to deal with Doug Olsen. I have all the documents and email correspondence between Mr. Olsen and myself.