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Has anyone ever heard of Brookdale Lending Group? www.brookdalelending.com 1-888-249-9174?
So I applied for a loan and was called by Brookdale Lending Group that I was approved for up to 10,000 dollars. He (David Austin) told me due to my credit rating that I only had the option of collateral. I decided to go with 7,000 dollars and I was told the interest would be 6% and it would be a 36 month term and my monthly payments would be 212.76. Due to the fact I am doing collateral I must first send them 4 months payments which was a total of 851 dollars which should be sent by money gram to Tina R. Herring in Canada. After I sent it and called him and gave him the reference number he informed me that I will receive my deposit into my account within 24 hours, along with the fee I paid to send the moneygram. The following day when I didn't receive it, I called. Wasn't able to talk to the same person so i spoke with the actually person that transfers the loans, (Frank Ryan) and he informed me that my lender ran a re-assessment on my account and is requiring an additional 3 months coverage which would be 638 dollars. I was upset at this point and ask numerous of questions, he than became angry and began speaking very rudely. I ask him to explain to me what everything meant. Once that was done I sent over the 638 dollars that was requested it was sent to Gloria P Jeffries and she is also located in Canada. After issuing him the reference number again he assured me there would be no more assessments on my account and I should receive the funds within the next 2 hours. That was at 1pm today. I have not yet to receive the funds. I have been calling since 3:30pm and the customer service would go to voice mail (which was weird) and when I did talk to someone they would say that both men were either on lunch or in a meeting. They only open Mon-Friday and they close at 7pm. I received documentation which was the loan agreement with all information on it. It seem legit and it was signed by the President/Chairman Samuel Kacy. I just want to know has anyone every heard of this company? If not what exactly should I do to sue or get my money back? Is there a website where I look on? I looked on ripoff reports.com and better business bureau and they both brought no results. I never had to contact a lawyer before or take any legal actions. Someone please help me! And please no smart comments!
9 months ago - 5 answers
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Ok no smart comments but in this day and age if you don't want to be scammed you should double check who you are dealing with. To do that you go to the American Bankers Association and check them out, it's very easy and free. Also the BBB as you mention, your mistake is you should check BEFORE sending the money, not after. Having said all the above, when you get a loan you are never required to send money, let alone doing it with money gram to a private individual in a different country. These people are legitimate lenders www ... as you can see at www ...
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You've been scammed....sorry. With a moneygram there is no way to get your money back. No legitimate company that's going to offer you a loan will require an up-front deposit. Just chalk this up as an expensive lesson learned...
by CatDad- 9 months ago
It upsets me because I am in Internet Marketing and I am doing everything by the book, signed by Verisign, registered with the ABA, and the more I open up to people and try to help them, the more they are afraid that I might rip them off. And then I hear stories like yours. You do realize you: 1) sent a MONEY GRAM 2) to a PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL 3) who lives ABROAD!! 4) And you did that TWICE. Was the person a real sweet talker but he began speaking very rudely when necessary uh? Look, I think the guy deserves the money, what he did was no simple feat. I can barely convince people to click on a banner and there's no scam involved!! PS: that site they used is unfinished, all text is jumbled up, spacing is all wrong, the clock up top is MESSED UP on ALL PAGES and the copyright sign at the bottom is not even complete!
by Mariselli- 9 months ago
You have been scammed twice, sorry. Sort of a double whammy attack.
by jacobs jordie- 9 months ago
You have made a few big judgmental errors. I am impressed by your capability of remembering each name correctly and yet you missed the bigger picture where these people conned you into getting your money. I can't remember a name to save my life yet I'd never send money to someone that I was going to borrow money from. Anyway, I am not sure how you can get your money back now, I hope you find a way.
by Brussel Sprout- 9 months ago