Cash Advance America
Complaint 130343 Details

Yes my name is Christopher Wayne Habel and on June 27 2012 I was the victim of a money transfer scam. I was working with someone who told they were with Cash Advance America and I was qualified for a loan. I had explained to them I was looking for a loan of $8500.00. They told me that I was approved all I would have to do is send the first installment payment to them of $325.00 by Western Union. I spoke to a gentleman by the name of Craig Miller. He explained all the information that I needed to fill out the form. Once I had completed the transaction at Western Union he explained to me that after 10 mins and them verifying the transaction he would call me back and explain to me how to receive my $8500.00 from Western Union. The other option I had was to have the money directly deposited into my Bank Account. I opted for Western Union so I could have access to the money the same day. When he called me back after 15 mins he stated that because of the way my name was put in thru Western Union I was not able to receive my money. My name got put into the computer thru Western Union as Christopher Habel instead of Christopher W. Habel. He stated that he was not able to change anything on his end to reflect my name as Christopher Habel. I told him that I wanted my $325.00 returned to me and he stated that it would take 24 business days for that to happen. He also said that there was another way to complete the transaction and that was to send another $325.00 thru Western Union as Christopher W. Habel. I told him I was not sending anymore money and that I wanted my $325.00 return the same day and that I was reporting this to authorities as scam. At that point he said "go ahead I have recording and all that showing that you are the one in the wrong." I tried to have the transaction cancelled thru Western Union but the they stated that the money was picked up 10mins after the transaction was complete. The number I have for Craig Miller of Cash Advance America is (209) 753-4866. I don't know if I will recover my money but I want others to know so they don't get scammed like I did. I was so set on getting the loan so I could go by my new motorcycle that I was stupid and got scammed.

Thank you for your time.
Christopher W. Habel