To: don-o
I am an Admin on an automotive performance forum which has a “Classifieds” forum and I see people get taken by this scam quite often.
We recently had a member send $1,600 to a lender to “secure” a $16,000 loan. The member in question did a google search, made a phone call and put $1,600 in the mail. No application or anything. Just mailed someone in Canada a $1,600 cashiers check based on a phone call.
A fool and their money..
13 posted on
07/24/2008 4:44:00 AM PDT by
IamConservative
(On 11/4, remember 9/11...)
To: IamConservative
Many years ago, when we were young and dumb, we had a small business that needed cash. We found a lender who promised to make the loan, but we had to pay $1,500 up front, which we did. Needless to say, we never got the loan, but we did hear from the FBI. Seems people had sent as much as $30,000 to secure a loan from this same lender, so we didn't feel quite so stupid. Don't know if they ever caught the people or not.
Carolyn
16 posted on
07/24/2008 5:09:40 AM PDT by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: IamConservative
Many years ago, when we were young and dumb, we had a small business that needed cash. We found a lender who promised to make the loan, but we had to pay $1,500 up front, which we did. Needless to say, we never got the loan, but we did hear from the FBI. Seems people had sent as much as $30,000 to secure a loan from this same lender, so we didn't feel quite so stupid. Don't know if they ever caught the people or not.
Carolyn
19 posted on
07/24/2008 5:21:48 AM PDT by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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