Freedom Trust- I was scammed!!

Hi Jon

Welcome to the forums. You must have learnt a lesson by this incidence that it is always necessary to get into a legal agreement before you actually make any business terms.

You can definitely fight back with some legal action against them and file complaints at the FTC, BBB and the Office of Fair Trading or your local Trading Standards Office.

I will also suggest you to activate a fraud alert in your credit file so that will be able to prevent any possible misuse.

Regards
Roxette

HI Jon,

I am sorry to hear about that. It seems to be going around the forum a lot lately. These scam artists take advantage of those who with not so good credit and tell us that we have been approved for loans that we couldnt get before. More than likely, by the time you posted this they shut down and opened up under another name.

Thanks for the reply, Rhonda. Oddly enough, their website and toll-free number are still working. I did file a complaint with the FBI (since it was an international scam..they had me send the money to Canada)and I also filed a complaint with fraud.org who sends my information to all of the appropriate federal, state, and local authorities. This was an expensive lesson!!!

I think that we have all figured out now that there is not any real loan companies out there that require a cash deposit sent via Western Union.They are all scams.Primtime,Colonial,Freedom Trust, The list goes on and on.These may even be the same people that just keep changing their name and made up locations to keep one step ahead of the law.They use fake addresses and internet faxes so that they cant be found.Its sad that they have gotten so much money from people who really need it.I try to have a good outlook on life as I stuggle more and more just to put food on my families table.People like this just make me sick and I can only hope more people will come to this site and read these post before they give these horrible people any more of their hard earned money.They prey on the poor and that just breaks my heart.

I agree with you twokidtwocat. That is why I come here all the time and post. Eventually, we as consumers can put a stop to this. It may take time and effort, but it will happen one day. I know I was just like everyone else, excited that I was approved for a "loan". I thought to myself, finally I get out of my whole. The positive thing that I can say is that I didnt send any money!!!!

Was there a website for this company?

You can search for Freedom Trust in the google and their site will appear at the top.

actually I did that and a search came back about a church...

I searched in the BBB with the same name and found that they are not a member and they are not having consumer complaints also. Is this possible after hearing from Jon?

Under additional information on the BBB site it states that mail was sent by the bbb and returned as undeliverable. It is also stated that "this company is not licensed or registered with the state of Michigan as a financial institution." It is also recommended that if money has been sent to this company, to contact Phonebusters and if personal information has been provided to the company to contact the identity theft data clearinghouse.

Is Freedom Trust based out of Michigan? Is this the same company that is being talked about on this Forum?

Yes it is

The person who owns Freedom Trust has been forwarding me emails from quite a few other people who have been taken for money. I did research them on BBB.com before I sent the money, but there was no mention of having mail sent back as undeliverable or I defnintely wouldn't have done it. It did say that they weren't a member of the Michican BBB, but it also said that there were no customer complaints registered. It was stupid, but I figured if it had been a scam at least one other person would have reported it!

Thats how Primetime lending was also.I research everywhere and found nothing.I found this message board and ask what everyone thought about this loan.Many told me to be careful and some even did some research for me.It was only then that I new this was a scam.I had a bad feeling all along but getting advice from this board kept me from sending my rent money to them.Since my first post was titled is Primetime Lending a good company,it was listed when you search google for this company name.Now there was finally some information for some who searched this company,they came to this website.Sadly alot of people had already sent them money,but many didnt.Now the website for primetime is gone and I do believe this board is partly reponsible for that.Hopefully Freedomtrust will have the same fate.

One thing that stopped me from sending money to Credit one Financial, was the fact the file with the BBB was just opened in AUG. I also came to this site and seen twokidtwocat's post asking about primetime and all the other posts about people sending money!! There are so many out there as long as we keep posting we can bring them down!!!!

My husband just got a call from freedom trust telling him that he had been approved for a thirty thou. loan. Seems to me I need to look into this before he does something that would be devistating to our family finances. I'm glad I searched! With this before hand knowledge when "I" call back I will get as much info as I can. Thank You for the posts!

I recently applied for a loan, and when I did not get an answer I e-mailed and recieved an e-mail from a man who has a similar domain name Freedmon Trust. He warned me about the web site and all the others who have been scammed. What should I do?

Hi Pinero1957

Welcome to the forums. Many of the community members have been scammed by the said company and as a result have lost their valuable money.

Please do not give further information and do not accept loan by any chance. Most probably, they might ask you to send some advance money. Please be careful!!

PInero1957 as Roxette and many others have said, do not give anymore information. These people are a scam! A lot of people have been scammed by this company and other companies of this nature.

I submitted a fake applicated to Freedom Trust so that maybe while working with the secret service and FBI, we can bring them down. We'll see if they say I am approved with my fake name and fake ssn. Unbelievable, and as far as I can see, they are all linked to the middle east. So, for all of us that fell for it, what a wonderful feeling, we may have helped fund terrorism. But I am determined to get them stopped and put in jail. If you have been scammed, don't sit by and cry about the money you lost--fight back! Contact everyone about it.

Mandi, a very good call. We all need to learn and spread the word. Otherwise, things will continue in the same way and nothing will change. At least today, there is still some hope left towards consumer protection.

I thought it was to good to be true and I decided to due some research on the company. I decided to google the company and nothing came up. A little odd when you can type toe nail clippings and you get 4000 hits.
I thought it was a little odd that I was going to send a substantial amount of money to a person in Canada, it was not even a company name. The name was Symone Hill, 128 Front St, suite 205, new market, ontario.
I did not send the money and thanks to this forum I was not completely duked. They still have all my other information, I am filling a claim.

Hi Ian,

Welcome to the forums. We are glad that this forum and the community were able to save your valuable money. You can keep visiting us for regular updates and join the forums for some value added services.

Regards
Roxette

I was in it too. I sent them a copy of my license and paycheck stub. Then I got curious that they wanted money. I searched and found this forum. Thanks for not letting me send the money. But they still have my info, what should I do?

Myself and many others have reported this company to BBB and FTC and yet they still have a website.What will it take to bring these people down.Western Union has been alerted also,so hopefuly those who dont find this website will not send the money once they get to the Western Union .

big b,

Since they have got your personal info you should take all the precautions before it's too late. They can also withdraw money from your checking account as they know your account details already.

In my opinion, you should inform the fact to your bank so that they cannot withdraw money from your account without your knowledge.

My boyfriend got a call from this company yesterday telling him he had been approved for 5,000 but because of his credit he would have to pay 900.00 up front. He didn't remember applying for credit there. So I decided to look them up and I found your website. They asked him for a copy of his ssn card, bank statment, and pay stub. Thanks to this website I stopped him just in time. Thanks for saving us from the scam.

Hi SW82

Welcome to the forums. Never give your SSN number or any other serious information to anyone just like this. Do you know that if your information falls in the wrong hands, it can be widely misused?

Give your information to those only who have the use for it. Not anyone else!!

They got me too, I looked at the BBB and said nothing either. I confronted this woman at freedom trust, had nothing to say. I contacted the BBB in Michigan and they said they can be of no help.
I contacted the FTC, still not heard from them. What kind of government do we have to not care about people , I am so angry, false promises. I knew it was a scam when she wanted me to send money Western union to Canada, to a personal name, not a company name. I borrowed money from a friend, to hopefully get back on my feet. Shame on them. Everyone that I could contact about these people, I DID!!!!!!
Be aware.

We too have been scammed and have found no help from federal or local authories. Even after retaining all paperwork (that seemed legitament) no one wishes to help us in our $7000 loss. We did our homework and have multiple documents with the "president" of the company (Mark Sherman) name on it. We have also contacted every Mark Sherman in Wisconsin. And thank you to the FBI and BBB for assuring us there were no other complaints on file. This information would have been handy one month ago.

I sent these losers money and found out they were a total scam...but they messed with the wrong person...my friends Dad is a CEO of a bank and know people in high places...(President Bush's person e-mail)we are sending all there information to serious people to get them shut down...

don;t feel bad jon i was scammed too. Just recently too. I will too also be filing a report on them and trying to get some action taken agaist them. Have you found any other things like them try to open anything up on your accounts or anything? let me know and i will let you know if i get anywhere with them. I am going to hunt them down and if anything get them caught. The money is not important at this point but the principle of them being caught is what i want.

I was scammed by a company called JMC finalcial it was to be a work from home company I sent them alot of money they told me i would get back after 60 days and I tried my best to succeed in their so called program and I failed I lost alot of money and time with them and when i tried to get my refund they promised all the numbers were bogus and i never got anything back but a major HEADACHE!

I too did a loan with them and just like you they kept telling me that I had to send three payments and then an insurance payment. And just like you I sent the money via western union. The BBB does not have this company under the BBB and they also have several complaints filed against them for the exact same thing we have experienced. In fact I tried to call them today because they said they would mail me a refund and now their number has been disconnected. Not to mention the fact that the website has now been suspended between Friday October 7 and today. I filed a complaint not only with the BBB but also with Canadian Police.
Let's make sure that no one else gets scammed by a company like Freedom Trust

AmandaMae Bancroft
Oceanside, California

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Have other ppl found anything about this agency "Credit One Financial"? I got this pink letter that spelled my name wrong and says I owe money for Onslow EMS. I have no clue what that is and they gave no info as to what the debt is from. When I called and pushed the keys to speak to a rep the system hung up on me...Hmm? I don't know.

I meant "Credit Financial"...