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Spring Field Finance Loan Solicitation

Date: Thu, 05/18/2006 - 12:56

Submitted by donnab632
on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 12:56

Posts: 8 Credits: [Donate]

Total Replies: 9


This is a long post, but I think you will find it very interesting to see how persistent these loan solicitators can be. I was solicited by this company after checking out the Prosper Website. They contacted me via pm and approved me for a supposed $5000 loan. Once I bit, then comes the other email from their "attorney". Apparently the company is located in Europe and if you can't travel to close the loan, they will have their attorney do the paperwork for you. Of course, there is a fee of $600 PRIOR to getting your loan. I just had to ask about this fee being taken from the loan proceeds rather than sent up front. I was shocked I was even getting replies from this scammer. (typos and poor grammar are all as-is, I did not add them.) Read from bottom up:

Quote:
Robert Jones
Date 2006/05/18 Thu PM 06:37:26 GMT
To Donna
Subject GET BACK TO ME

Hello
I have from you long time, I am sorry I cant take out of the loan, becuase your loan as been already be approved and endorsed by Mrs Sarah, and its also against my profession. Pls kindly let me know if you want me to continue the signing process.I am very much ready to help you. These company is legitimate and secured and you should be sure about that. So just give us a trail.You can send the money my personal assistance in United State who is coming to view different client collateral.I am not only an attorney to sign the document on your behalf but to make sure you recieve your loan as soon as possible, You have let me know if you have any problem concerning your loan with Spring Field,I am at your service at any point in time. Thanks

Robert


On Thu, 18 May 2006 Donna wrote :
YOU still are not answering MY question.
If you are affiliated with the company processing my "loan", are you able to take your fees from the loan proceeds?

I absolutely REFUSE to send anyone in another country my hard-earned cash for something I don't even think is legitimite.

I'll bet you only take Western Union too - am I right?

Quote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Jones
To: Donna
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:12 AM
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

hello. do you still want me to sign the documents on your behalf. Thanks

On Wed, 10 May 2006 Donna wrote :
I'm still unable to locate any information at all regarding your companies with the information you give me.

I would feel much more comfortable having you take the $600 charge from my loan proceeds. This way I am not being stolen from. If I go and send you the money up front, who is to say the loan will ever come? You work with the company supplying the loan - you would be able to take your fee from that easily. If I send you money, I am not protected.

This process does not work for me at all. Please advise if you will take fee from loan funds. I refuse to send you the fee upfront. I have been advised against that.

Quote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Jones
To: Donna
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: INFORMATIONS

Hello,

THIS IS TO SHORTLY INTRODUCE SPRINGFIELD FINANCE TO YOU SO AS TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT US IN THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF OUR WEBSITE(www.springfield-inc.com) ON THE INTERNET: Events and happenings in the financial & ICT(NET) world of today ,Has giving a lot of room for carefulness and technical approach to dealings on the web, even this has cause our company to be on the red alert for fraudster borrowers from our institution.

Our company, SPRINGFIELD FINANCE! is a registered financial institution, with our Headquarter in Zurich (Switzerland) thereby making the company legitimate. We are visible all over our branch in the world (EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA,AND OCEANIA) We have well over 5756 clients across the globe and with our flexible policy on loans(PERSONAL, SMALL BUSSINESS And international project funding),Our interest rate is one of the most affordable interest rate in the financial sector of the world, we plan to reach a high level of 2.5 million borrowers and fund over 10,500 international project by the end of the 2006 fiscal year.

Our Directors are of great integrity and people of high esteem and personality in the financial circle of the world, H.G.DAVID (SWISSTZERLAND) I. FINAN (IRISH), ,RICHARD SMYTH (BRITISH) TERRY ARMSTRONG (USA), all FMR Directors of the World bank in Switzerland came together to establish (WORLDLOAN RELIEF COMPANY)
Due to financial improper ties from numerous fraudster borrower to our company(borrowers with false identity, names, false collateral's, e.t.c)the company at the A.G.M(Annual general meeting in October 2003) decided to cached the company's website away from the INTERNET and rebuild to meet the standard and to upgrade a better guards against these unscrupulous act of mankind.

BRAIN HIGHBURY ROAD, LONDON, N14 5HA,UNITED KINGDOM and +447031844606..These is our physical address and phone number.
I strongly Welcome your further Questions and Suggestion to the company at Any Point in time.

So kindly mail if you still want me to sign the document on your behalf.
THANK YOU
Robert

Note: This message was forwarded by Mr John Whyte

On Tue, 09 May 2006 Donna wrote :
Dear Sir?
But I am not a man.
Your website is still under construction as is Spring Field Finance?
Please forward company information (co name, address, phone, etc...)so that I can verify that this is not a scam. I cannot find any information at all about Spring Field Finance or you as an attorney in the UK, if you are indeed in the UK. I still cannot understand why you use a free India webmail service.


Quote:
From: Robert Jones
Date: Tue May 09 08:02:37 CDT 2006
To: Donna
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Loan Procedures

Hello Sir,
Thanks for your question. As you've known. Our website is still under recontruction, Our Data base mail is in conjusction with the website. So we decided to use the rediff and hotmail for the main time. Thanks

Robert


On Tue, 09 May 2006 Donna wrote :
If this is such a "legal" practice, why do you use a free india email service rather than your firm's email address?

Also, please advise as to WHY your fees cannot be deducted from loan proceeds - it would make more sense that way. There is NO WAY in the world I would ever pay upfront fees for a loan that isn't guaranteed and take that much of a loss.


Quote:
From: Robert Jones
Date: Tue May 09 06:26:06 CDT 2006
To: "Donna
Subject: Re: Re: Loan Procedures

hello,

I am been very busy with other client..I have to travel to Switzerland to view a collateral worth of $1000000 that is why I havent be able to mail you, Our practice is legal.

I will forward my profiles to you. Thanks
Robert

On Tue, 09 May 2006 Donna wrote :
I've checked with my attorney here in the USA. Your 'practice' is not legal. But I believe you are already aware of that fact since my earlier email went unanswered.

Please advise the name of your law firm that you claim you practice. We are unable to find your information from this name you use and this free email site. We are very interested in obtaining much more information on your loan practices.

Thank you in advance for your immediate cooperation in this important matter.


It's a scam...Try at all costs never to do business overseas. I almost got royally screwed with an ebay purchase recently and the email contact I had with the seller was strangely similar to what you have just posted. I reported my suspicion to E-bay and they pulled the car that was up for auction was yanked about 24 hours later.

Oh yeah, and the guy told me I had to Western Union the money to him...BIG, BIG RED FLAGS!!


lrhall41

Submitted by Rach on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 13:01

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I knew you would like this one. I was getting a kick out of his responses. I couldn't resist keeping it going just to hear them!

The original solicitation came thru a pm at prosper. But I was totally guilty of contacting them via email after they contacted me. I did notify Prosper of this, and they were well aware of the scam.

Besides the upfront fees, the western union requests, etc....the simple fact that the emails were never from the companies specified, they were always free email addresses - even their supposed attorney - that just doesn't sit right with me. But they sure had excuses, didn't they?


lrhall41

Submitted by donnab632 on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 13:18

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Good for you for letting Prosper know. Stupid scammers!! Using a free e-mail address is such a huge red flag too. Lame!! I hope nobody out there actually fell for their messages - there are some people on Propser (borrowers) who are really desperate and just might resort to this kind of thing.

~Mary


lrhall41

Submitted by Mary on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 13:21

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wow, they're idiots. It's unbelievable what these people do. You know, my teletrak record must be a mile long, but several times each day I get an email from Andrew at secureloanprocessing telling me I'm approved for that loan I applied for (when?) All I need to do is cover the up-front processing fees. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, doesn't it!


lrhall41

Submitted by finsfan13 on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 17:11

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I am so glad you submitted information about this! I was leery anyway and your post helped so very much!


Almost Scammed


lrhall41

Submitted by anonymous on Wed, 07/26/2006 - 16:36

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This company gave me a 5000 dollar loan and it came in American Express Gift Cheques... I took one to the bank and deposited it and held onto the rest... 3 weeks later it came back counterfit... what a surprise... so I let them know via e-mail and they were dumb enough to deny it and ask me to deposit the rest of the gift cheques... once I turned them over to the American Express Investigators they got copies of all my e-mails and included full headers they were after them... the only difference here is they never asked me for any money upfront... thank heavens... you can't find anything about them that is good on the internet now... scammers... phooey...


lrhall41

Submitted by andynena on Tue, 02/06/2007 - 07:41

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