Hillsdale Referrals
Complaint 255379 Details

I received a phone call from this company because I was looking for an online loan. They told me that I was approved for a loan of $10,000 but that it would require collateral. I listened to the financial specialist, told me the terms and asked me if I'd be interested. I said yes but that I would want to see something in writing. He sent me a contract. This was on June 5th. Approximately a week later, after doing as much research as I possibly could without finding any adverse information I contacted the financial specialist again, Paul Dent and told him I was interested, I signed the contract, faxed it to him and he called me with instructions. I western unioned him the $800 collaterol as outlined in the contract, he gave me the information for the transfer and told me I would be contacted in approximately 2 hours with the confirmation and transaction for the $10,000 loan. I was contacted two hours later by an Andrew in Customer Service. He told me that the lender had reviewed my account and determined that due to my credit history he would need an additional $800 collateral. I asked a number of questions but then reluctantly agreed. When I sent the second $800 Western Union I was supposed to get a call back but didn't. I wasn't too surprised because it was at the end of the business day. I contacted Andrew first thing in the morning and he confirmed that he didn't get back to me because it was at the end of the business day. He called me back a few minutes later after he reviewed my account and informed me that in order to get the funds I was going to have to provide money for an insurance policy which I would receive back 24 hours after all funds were deposited in my account. This went on numerous times and I'm saddened and embarrassed to report that I continually believed him. I continued to send money to the amount of $5,920 (including wire transfer fees). After the last amount I sent on June 21st I had several more conversations with Andrew and then suddenly I couldn't reach him. I tried on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th to reach the number and left numerous phone messages as well as sent several messages to the [email protected] to no avail. Then on Tuesday the 25th I tried to call again and the phone is suddenly busy and I cannot reach anybody. In this time I also spoke with an Adrian, financial specialists and vented my frustrations with the Andrew. He was helpful and gave me some instructions reassuring me all would be fine. Then I received a nasty phone call from Andrew and Adrian would no longer take my calls.