From the Canada BBB on scams
Date: Mon, 10/03/2005 - 21:23
During the past two years the office of the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus in Ottawa, Canada has received between five to ten calls from victims or near victims of the Advance Fee Loan Scam each day.
In all cases, the profile is the identical except for the "name" of the company and "insurance" provider. The companies are all traced to mail box drops.
The advance fee loan companies offer some good deals by asking u
The advance fee loan companies offer some good deals by asking upfront money to be paid as insurance. Many of the consumers become easy victims of them by sending the insurance money. Afterwards, it is realized that the loan amount is never deposited in their account.
iRECIVED A CHECK AND LETTER FROM ALLSTATE FINANCIAL SERVICES STA
iRECIVED A CHECK AND LETTER FROM ALLSTATE FINANCIAL SERVICES STATING I HAD WON A LRRGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.THE CHECK WAS FOR ME TO PAY THE TAXES WITH. IS THIS A SCAM
Scammers
I got the same letter in the mail! I called them just to see what they had to say, and when I asked the lady what the gimmick was behind this she hung up on me. At the point I knew this was scam, so I called them back to mess with them. Another woman answered the phone and I told her I was hung up on and needed to speak with someone to give me more information which she replied with "Well what did you do ma'am?" RED FLAG!!! I didn't do anything!!! So she puts the associate I was first talking with back on the phone who tells me we must have been disconnected...RIGHT! So she continues on her schpeel of how I have won this money and must pay Canadian taxes on it. I interject and tell her I am not paying takes on anything that I havent purchased or don't want to which she replies that none of the money comes out of my own pocket, but instead from my winnings. So again, I let her keep going just to see exactly what else she could come up with. A little bit more time goes by and I am offically tired of listening to her read off of the sheet of paper in front of her, when I cut in and say "Ok look, I am looking at complaint reports on ripoffreport.com and complaintsboard.com about how your company is a fraud, I don't want to be bothered listening to this anymore." Her response is classic!!! She replied with "Ya know what ma'am you are a b!tch!" I said back to her "If you were a legitmate company you certainly wouldnt be calling your customers "b!tches!" To which she replied with the ever so appropriate "Just go f$%k yourself!" She repeated this phrase about 8 times while I tried to butt in reminding her that she was continually proving to me how NOT legitmate her company was. Finally when I realized I wasnt going to be able to get through to satan's spawn, I replied very juveniley with "No, you go f$%K yourself!" and hung up. The best part...my check was signed by Susan B. Anthony and Woodrow Wilson. Hahaha what a joke! I want to call this company back and keep messing with them, asking for Susan or Woodrow directly to thank them personally for my check! How people live with themselves I will never understand...but do yourself a favor and immediately shred any documents you receive from Allstate Financial, unless you want to call them for a good laugh!
Kenneth Williams @ assocaites/ Lenox Lending
This company scammed me out of 1135.00- I fell for this and now am out that money- I have reported them to all the proper authorities the number to them is 888-213-8637 ext 104 is Laura Green and x 105 is Christopher White- do not be a victim like I have been
Canada needs to find this company and get our money back!!!!
OMG. This company took my friends 1200.00 for a 10,000.00 loan (yeah i know he didnt know any better). They then were never heard from again. Me and his wife for days and tried to find a Kenneth Williams and Associates on the web but could not. Then about two weeks later we called them and finally got through on the phone they said that they were associated with Lenox lending and so I did another search and found all these complaints on the company saying the same things we have been going through. I dont know why this company has been around for so long and has complaints going back as far as 2004! Why have they not been stopped? Hello Canada what is going on. They probably are not even in Canada they are probably in Puero Rico or England somewhere in a house screwing people out of money. FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE PLEASE CALL CANADA BBB OR FILE A COMPLAINT ONLINE. POST ALL YOUR EXPERIENCES ON EVERY COMPLAINT SITE. STOP THESE THEIVES.