Fraud
Complaint
Patty Stepherson
Country: United States
Shawn Russell (202 204-0070) called me and stated I was approved for a $1,500 loan and I needed to go to Western Union Immediately and wire him a $150 and wait there and he would wire me back $1,650. He gave me his address as 200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20201 and my reference number was A104.
Comments
Nothing shows up under that number, which indicates they probably change their phone numbers regularly. You might find complaints showing up shortly, maybe lasting a month or two.
If they can get $150 out of you, they will then try for another similar amount, doe to some problem with "fees" or "insurance", or some excuse. There will never be any "loan", although someone might come along later and threaten you, trying to get you to pay off this "loan" that never was.
Typically, they go for several hundred to a couple thousand, offering "loans" maybe 5 to 10 times that as a lure.
Mostly, this type of scam is run from Canada, using U.S. mail drops to appear to be in the U.S., so people lower their guard.
Address is the Hubert Humphry Building, in DC, a US government office building. Were they claiming this was some government loan program?
http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhhmap.html
( realy now ) called me a fu&*#@g bi$$h. hahaha
I did call him back and told him what I was doing - they are not at the address they claim as I work in dc and stopped by while out doing sales - he was very mad when I told him what I had done and what I was going to do - the number is active still