to everyone who thinks ssm group llc, is ligit. let me tell you all something. last year my sister applied for a check cashing loan on the internet. well to our surprise, it turned out to be the worsest mistake of her life. well when the money was put in, the company turned around and changed the paperwork application that was originally filled out by her. she had the payment arrangements set up for once a month, but when it was time to start repaying the money back, ssm group payday loan changed the paperwork without her knowledge, and was trying to take money out of her checking account every 14 days... she didn't know what was going on until she kept getting letters from the bank saying things were bouncing because of this check cashing and their trying to steal money out of the account... well, to our surprise, this past monday, february 8, 2010. my sister got a call from someone who at first called our boss and identified himself as a fbi agent, and he threatend to take my sister's sled license away from her if she did not pay at first he said $ 1600.00, than he turned around and said she owed $ 455.00 to our surprise he claimed he worked for a company named goldstein, oshea,devi. an attorney law firm in atlanta, georgia. then he turned around and claimed he was a private investigator named mr. seagull. he called my sister and threatend he rwith having her arrested if she did not give him the money that was owed to ssm group payday loan. well to my surprise as well, which i knew was odd, i tried to call this attorneys office in atlanta, ga, but shocked, but not really there was no listing of this office. so i tried to look again, called 411- and operator said there was no attorney's office in atlanta, ga by that name. so when seagull called my sister she told him before any money was to be sent, she wanted proof that this company existed, and mr. seagull, was very rude and arrogant towards her. he became outraged on the phone and started yelling at her and told her he did not have to tell her anything. she demanded to have ssm group llc's phone number and he refused, because she wanted to let the company know that the money that was owed back to them was paid to this so called f.b.i agent/ which we knew he was lying, than as a private investigator. he got the money... the day after he called my sister on her cell phone and threatend to file charges against her if she dd not send the money. now keep in mind, the money was sent already thru money gram... to the address he provided... welll when we decided to do some investigating, the mistake seagull made was when he first placed the call, the dummy used his cell phone number. mistake one, he turned around and then called my sister again and told her he was going to arrest her if she did not send more money.. well me being in law enforcement , i knew something was not right so i did some more digging. i decided to call the bar association and check this seagull guy out, well as i explained to them on the phone to them about the way this guy was . the woman i spoke to asked me the guys name and i told her, and i also gave her seagulls cell phone number... the next day, which is on a tuesday, seagull called and left a nasty message on my sister's cell phone again. he said she was going to jail and he would have her locked up, he was building a case against her. well, my sister called him and told him she already sent the $260.00 to the address he had given to her. he was still trying to get her to resend more money. she said she wanted more proff, he refused and slammed the phone down on her. well day 3, wednesday feb, 10, 2010. after i called federal trade commission to report this situation, they gave me a reference number, so they could do their own investigation on this matter. so i also decided to make more phone calls. i also called the better buisness bureau. well gues what, to my biggest shock but not really, i found out that the address that ssm group payday loan provided to thier so called customer's was a bogus address. and it was not ligit. i also found out that thru the better buisness beauro, there had been numerous, and i do mean major complaints on this payday loan company. apparently their so called office based is not in this country, but out side of it. so if this is a ligit organization, why are they not in the united states. no one can tell me, except 2 people. i notified the f.b.i. about mr seagull and i gave them his phone number , and i have to download a sheet off the computer to fill out about the complaint we were making against this company. or should i say fake company... well, the f.b.i., was surprised because as i know in law enforcement, if u inpersonate a cop or f.b.i., agent, it is against the law. we all know that. so when my sister wen't to speak to a judge where i work, the judge had told her not to pay anymore money out to them cause it was a scam.. my sister did not listen or believe me... so i called the better bbuisness bureau and i had it confirmed, and when my sister got home she called the b.b.b. and the woman on the phone told my sister it was a scam. and do not give anymore money to these people. well, it didn't stop there, the next day, a so called private investigator named shelley called my sister and threatened to have her arrested for not paying her debt. then p.i. shelly, claimed at first my sister owed them an additional $155.00, than told he rto hold on and added $45.00 to the bill and turned out to then now owe $200.00, when my sister question p.i. shelley, at first she lied and denied she said $150.00, and my sister told her, which i was right in the room when the dummy p.i. shelley told her it was $155.00, then jumped up to $200.00, only to turn around and then drop back down to $155.00 and private investigator threatend to arrest my sister if the money was not sent to her by 2pm, on wednesday february 10, 2010 at the same address where the first $260.00 was sent and was received , because money gram confirmed it. the point of this story is, ssm group payday loan is not a ligitimate company it is based out of this country.. they have so called fake people inpersonating being from f.b.i. agents to private investigators... if anyone is thinking of getting hooked up with any check cashing payday loan on the internet, u better not, because before you know it you will owe so much money between the bank and the bogus payday loan, that it will make your life a living heck.. and if anyone out there has any doubts about what is written on here. feel free to call ther federal trade commision, the better buisness bureau, or the operator to see if the so called listing of the address or phone number of the check cashing is real. then you will see they are not... take it from experience... we have been thru living heck and if everyone out there is smart, u will run the opposite and put these people out of buisness. they are fakes and they will try everything they can to get all your money. even try to make up lies that u are using a bogus allias name so they can lie and steal from you... to everyone, do not i repeat for your own protection and safety do not go to any check cashing payday loan on the computer, because if u do, u will live to regret it.. i know i am in law- enforcement so listen to me. i work in a bond-court i know, i see, i hear and listen to stroies all the time, i just never thought my own family would go thru this ordeal, but were living proof... take mY head and warning. '' officer H''