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Protes
February 21, 2011
Scam
I am a disabled veteran recvg ssdi, will take 6-10 yrs for my service connected disability and needed a loan for a used car. Thereafter, I recvd an offer from OmegaOneLoans.com for a loan of $5000. but they needed a $500. Collateral pymnt.and they emailed loan docs even had a friend look it all over since I am on a lot of meds, I do not totally trust my brain these days, and he even said it seemed legit. Well, of course the moneygram was sent to someone in Alberta, Canada (in retrospect, THAT should have been a deadringer but I was desperate), and no, the loan did not appear in my bank account. I tried to call them back and only got voicemail and I grammatically tore them to shreads. I now am getting a new debit card that has Mastercard logo, used as a debit and ATM that Social Security is pushing for people that recv benefits called Direct Express, by Comerica Bank, that has extra security features in it and lower fees for ATM use. When I made the police report, the officer at first suggested I just wait a few days (I made report the day funds were NOT deposited), as he thought it looked legit, UNTIL I showed him how the address for the co. Googled was NOT the address of this co. and of course the Moneygram to Canada. FBI IC3 Fraud Unit, and I have tried a few times to make a FTC report but found their report assistant annoying and cumbersome. Stay far away from these co.s listed…as far as identity theft, my credit is so bad they will have fun with that but the fact they have my SocSec# kinda scares me, reason I am letting SocSec know I was victim of scam and to get my direct deposit changed ASAP. I wish I had this knowledge 20/20 hindsight.
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