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Eastwood Financial Services Complaint

1(800)963-4823 Eastwood-Financial.com - Advance Fee Loan Scam

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Posted By: D. SHERK on 8/3/2009

I was recently scammed out of $800. They told me to wire them the money to a persons name through a red personal transfer form at moneygram TO CANADA ...BIG RED FLAG . I was an idiot to do so because they called me the next day to tell me to send them more money and what I sent wasn't enough.

I learned my lesson and now my daughters don't have any food for a couple of days because I was convinced by a bunch of low life scumbags that once I make this payment I would get $5000 in return.

No matter what rebuttal they tell u.. even if they tell you to send to a family or friends name. DONT FALL FOR IT.. DONT BE A FOOL LIKE I WAS BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO BE IN THE HOLE LIKE I AM IN NOW..

I WENT TO MY LOCAL POLICE STATION.. I CONTACT THE FBI ... I EVEN CONTACTED THE POLICE IN CANADA WHERE THEY HAD ME SEND THE MONEY AND THEY TOLD ME ITS PRETTY MUCH MY FAULT FOR SENDING IT TO A PERSONS NAME BECAUSE I VOLUNTARILY DID IT....AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT AS A LOSS AND A LESSON LEARNED

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY.. MAKE AS MANY REPORTS AS POSSIBLE AT WWW. BBB. ORG ...WWW. RIPOFFREPORT. COM AND MY3CENTS. COM TO RAISE AWARENESS TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO MAY FALL VICTIM TO THIS COMPANY

I EVEN CONTACTED THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF THE BUILDING THEY CLAIMED TO BE LOCATED IN AND THE GUY CURSED AT ME TELLING ME THAT I WAS THE 35TH PERSON TODAY TO CALL ABOUT THAT COMPANY WHICH DOESNT AND NEVER HAS EXISTED AT THAT ADDRESS.

THEY CLAIM I HAD FILLED OUT MY APPLICATION ON THEIR WEBSITE WWW. EASTWOOD-FINANCIAL. COM AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I HAD NEVER VISITED THAT WEBSITE. UNFORTUNATELY I DELETED MY INTERNET BROWSER HISTORY SO I CAN'T EVEN TRACK DOWN WHERE I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION.. HOWEVER IF YOU ARE READING THIS .. JUST PRESS THE "CTRL" KEY AND PRESS "H" FOR YOUR BROWSER HISTORY TO FIND AND GO THROUGH THE LIST OF SITES YOU VISITED IN THE LAST WEEK AND LOOK FOR THE SITE WHICH YOU ACTUALLY PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION.

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(08/03/2009)

The police were right. Chalk it up to a loss and lesson learned. Sending money to someone you don't know = Bad Idea.

(08/03/2009)

In addition to putting this on the web, you might want to also contact your Attorney General's office. They won't be able to get your money back (I doubt anyone can), but they can at least open a file to see if there's a way to shut it down.

Wire money always = very bad idea. Unless it's to your kid in college to buy pizza.

(08/03/2009)

Knock it off with the all caps. Your being rude to the people attempting to read it!

(08/03/2009)

I'm sorry you had to learn this lesson the hard way, but your post may be helpful to other people. Maybe they can avoid it. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.

Soaring Consumer

(08/03/2009)

Isn't it possible for Moneygram or a wire transfer company to trace money or determine who the recipient is?

madconsumer

(08/03/2009)

"Isn't it possible for Moneygram or a wire transfer company to trace money or determine who the recipient is?"

yes this is why if one is sending illegally gotten money, never use any type of wire services.

(08/03/2009)

honestly i don't know if there's much you can do.

you filed the police report i see... but legally the banks don't have to refund you anything since it was a "purchase" you willingly gave out.

the best you can do is hope to get it back if they ever catch the guy.

i just feel bad that your children had to pay and go without food because of your actions.

yes i know that sounds harsh but no one forced you to give the money over. you even mentioned it seemed like a "big red flag"?
you were scammed by the possibility of having more money. but you were not the only one who paid for it. that is why you never fall for scams like that ... more >>

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NayNay1 (08/03/2009)

I received a call from this company today (4 Aug 09) and you are right, they sound very professional. I didnt answer the call cause the number was blocked but the woman left a very professional detailed message with the same number and name you listed. I was scammed last year by patriot financial services and they too asked for 500 up front for a 5000 loan and I fell for it. Never again... I know for a fact that I have not applied for any loans online since last year!

D. SHERK (08/04/2009)

DEFINATELY A SCAM COMPANY THEYRE LIARS THE DONT EVEN EXIST AT THERE ADDRESS I CALLED THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT, THEY ARE COLD BLOODED THIEVES DONT SEND ANY MONEY TO THEM. THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS THAT ARE SCUM. JUST WASTE THERE TIME, THEY PAY $0.10/MINUTE WHEN YOU CALL THERE PHONE NUMBER SO LETS WASTE THERE MONEY, LETS KEEP WASTING THERE MINUTES AND MONEY LIKE THEY TOOK OURS. KEEP CALLING THERE PHONES NON STOP LETS SPAM THERE PHONE LINES SO THEY CANT ANSWER THERE CALLS OR RIP ANYONE OFF. I ALREADY VERIFIED EVERYTHING IS FAKE ON THERE PHONE ACCOUNT ITS A PAY AS YOU GO ACCOUNT ITS A PREPAID COMPANNY THAT THEY HAVE THERE SERVICE WITH CALLED EASYTELCA ... more >>

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(08/04/2009)

Sherk, that is just annoying.

DebtorBasher

(08/04/2009)

Sherk...Do you think maybe they are scammers? It wasn't much clear in your response.

(08/04/2009)

We do NOT need all caps in your replies to us.

None of us here are the company you wish to yell at.

And to be quite honest, it's easier to read the complaint if you use proper capitalization and paragraphs. I am assuming you want us reading it after all.

Lastly for phone calls... the company you're mad at is NOT profiting from your long phone calls. Your *phone company* is. If you want something cheaper try a Voice-over-IP service. They usally charge like 2-3 cents a minute.

It's just too bad you didn't verify them as being fake before giving them the money.

Dee40 (08/06/2009)

I am sorry for what you had to endure, but it really helped me. Although I did some investigating before I read about your misfortune, I found things didn't seem to add up with this company. Your testimony be it good or bad confirmed everything I was finding out about this company. Thanks so much for posting it.

(08/06/2009)

Another satisfied customer. Go Dee!

Denise31 (08/14/2009)

Here's the kicker: Turns out that Eastwood Financial didn't pick up the money until August 7th. According to Western Union, a woman called in to move all monies received from different locations to one in Ontario Canada. Irregardles of when the money was sent, if before the 7th, all transactions could have been cancelled by the consumer (me). Now that I feel even dummer at least I can educate the public for future scams.

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