Citizens Primary Lending Source/ The Lending Center
Complaint 184635 Details

  • Date Occurred: 11/19/2014
  • Reported Damages: $1,540.00
  • Location: Boston,MA
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The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

Same as everybody else's complaint regarding them. They emailed me saying I was approved for a loan. Great! Then there were a few phone calls, they sent what seemed to be a legit contract and they said I had to pay the collateral fee, which I did. Then all of a sudden as the other complaints mention...since I was a first time applicant I had to pay the basic coverage, which they didn’t tell me about so my representative was suspended...blah blah..so I paid again and then still no money and they said I needed to pay more to which I told them to forget about that because I don’t have any more money. They told me they would do their best to wave the 15 day return policy and return it to me within 3-5 days. It’s already been 7 days. I highly doubt I will see my money again. They prey on innocent people at their most desperate time. Anyway if it helps following is the number I reached them on, which I am sure is not in Boston or in North America for that matter- 1-877-857-6210. As well the people I spoke with in order (which I'm also sure are fake names) were "Sarah Brewer ext 472", Amy Reynolds ext 122<- she was supposedly the one who got suspended, Michael Preston ext 231 and then a Mr. Walker at their supposed customer service main line. As well the people I had to send money to via western union were Omar Silvera and Richard Bollers, which are also fake names I am sure...or real names with stolen identification. I should have known better when I had to enter the pick-up location as Toronto, when they are supposed to be located in Boston. I checked the transfer numbers and the money was all picked up but when I asked why pick up the money if it’s not the amount there was no answer. I am reporting them to the Canadian Fraud Center and western union. It probably won't get me my money back but at least it can help someone else perhaps. I am worse off now than before these low life wretched disgusting people came into my life.

Update: 11/27/2012

I forgot to mention my actual damages were $1629.00 because they also claimed they would pay me back for the fees i had to pay western union for the transfers.

  • Seeking Resolution: I'm Looking for a Refund
  • Refund Amount: $ 1,629.00

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  • karjer
  • karjer SBID #293f071a63
  • Posted 11/27/2014
  • At least you got more names then I did..I only spoke to Michael Preston and a Mr Hudson from customer service who told me that my money would be refunded on Nov 30th..LOL like I believe that..I even told him that I knew it was a scam and that the Police would get involved...I called the fraud center at western union which the told me that Kim Herder would not be able to pick up any more funds because I have listed my transaction has fraud..funny I see in another complaint from today that her name was there...there must be a way for us to get our money back in these cases...I will keep on following the complaint and try to pitch in as much as i can..If you Google map the address its an empty building in the parts of China town...Saw that the investigator sent a letter over to them..he will be waiting for a reply for a long time....
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  • Tsawyer
  • Tsawyer SBID #fbc86c9b45
  • Posted 11/27/2014
  • Yes @karjer. Sadly for us it is all a big scam! What was their reply when you said you would report them? We need to keep posting whatever we can so these people can be stopped.
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  • karjer
  • karjer SBID #293f071a63
  • Posted 11/27/2014
  • After I realized that I got scammed, I used a fake name to get threw customer service to see if someone would pick up since Mr Preston of course was not picking up and you have to identify yourself to go threw. I told him right away I knew it was a scam but he didn't seemed to care.. I could here the phone pull away and someone else at the back whispering "DAM". I told him about the lack of professionalism and his response was "noted" I have tried a couple of time more just to see and the cops advise for me to do so just as a log purposes..I am sure the probably see all of what we write over here..I don't really care because these people have no conscience.. I wish them the suffering and stress that we are going threw...its a lot of work making those complaint but you know what most people would not pursue but I am because I work hard for my money and in an honest way...The cops are not doing anything really right now since the gave me a date of the 30th for refund..then I have to contact them with the answer of no I didn't get my money... Western Union told me that the have to disclose to the cops the footage of the transaction at the pick up location..I don't know what the are waiting for..I also told Western Union that if paying for a loan advance was not legal, the should ask more security questions when we do the transaction so people would be stop before the payment is issued..but hey, who am i to tell them to run there business. I had never used western union before and I won't ever again..not safe...
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  • Tsawyer
  • Tsawyer SBID #402df5f82b
  • Posted 11/28/2014
  • Hello Scambook?! Are you there? You need to keep calling them, of course they won't reply to your email. Sometimes the number will be busy but keep calling. When it ask you for your name dont say anything and then you will be passed to whatever extension you entered. The extension i had for customer service was 100 but it tells you that in their opening prompts.
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  • Volt
  • Volt SBID #961e08239a
  • Posted 11/28/2014
  • There is also ext 122 - amy reynolds, 472 - sarah brewer, 231 - michael,preston, 100 - customer service (hudson, or walker), and 555 - nick lewis......keep trying they will ask you to be put on hold, and if they do they never come back or hang up on you
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  • Reported Damages: $13,626.81
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