McGill and Associates - loan scam

Hello everyone! I was scammed yesterday the 16th of May 2012. I hope I am doinfg this correctly I am having trouble setting up a post so here goes.

A company in Edmonton Alberta Canada called the Lending Center has a web site The lending Center.com I put in what I thought was a preliminary application as they posed as loan brokers.

Two days passed and I received an e-mail from a company McGill and Associates out of Newark NJ USA. They have their "processing centre" in Atlanta Georgia. I was asked to call Ms. Marsha Wallace a "loans officer" at 1-800-586-2150 ext 450. We discussed the "loan" over the phone and then I received a package thru e-mail as an attachment I faxed all my personal information to McGill and Associates Financial Inc. after signing the agreement then as per part of the loan agreement I was to send two months payments in advance which of course I did. I called their 1-800 number and it was confirmed that the funds were released to my account at 7am the next day and of course nothing came.

When I called to see what was going on Ms. Marshall informed the funds were not released due to a payment needed for "insurance" BINGO!!! I knew then that I had made a huge and expensive mistake I was told they would refund the money I am not holding my breath.

Now here is the part that is interesting. They told me to send the money by Money Gram who by the way have been helpful. I was asked to send it to Hallemia Ross I understood Haleemia & Ross a bonded courier company that actually does not exist.

Haleemia Ross picked up the funds in Lithonia Georgia a short drive from Decatur Goergia and not far from Atlanta Georgia

I have Haleemia Ross address and Phone number 1-404-284-4634 4144 Northstand Road Decatur Georgia.

I have contacted the Ottawa Police Service,The Edmonton Alberta Police Service, The Federal Trade Commisioner USA, The FBI, The Dekalb County Sherrifs Office a law firm and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police so I guess we will se what happens!
This is not a victimless crime!

Welcome Donnie,

I'm sorry you were scammed but you are correct--what you describe is typical loan scam.

Thelendingcenter.com appears to be a legitimate website (unless I got the address wrong) - but many loan brokers aren't exactly scrupulous about reviewing the "lenders" they sell borrower information to.

Could you post the email address the "loan company" used? Also, did they refer you to a website of their own?

You are right that they are not going to refund your money. They are thieves, after all.

The mule may be an accomplice, or a victim who has fallen for a job scam. But chances are she picked up the money and forwarded it to someone else. Unfortunately, odds are also that she doesn't actually know a whole lot about the real people behind the scam--these scammers are typically very good at hiding their identities, even from mules.

Here is the web site as requested

http://mcgillassociatesinc.com/

That's a definite fake.
Did they send you any emails from that domain? If they did, could you post them, with headers (remove your own name and email address first)? Those would help our site killers with the evidence needed to get it shut down faster.

Domain Name: MCGILLASSOCIATESINC.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.HOSTINGCPANEL.INFO
Name Server: NS2.HOSTINGCPANEL.INFO
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 11-may-2012
Creation Date: 29-apr-2012
Expiration Date: 29-apr-2013

The web site www.mcgillassociatesinc.com is in the process of being reported for fraud.

Dear xxxxxxxxxxx,



Please review your financial loan agreement that is included in this email. In order to complete your loan process, it is necessary for you to sign and return this agreement as well as including 2 pieces of identification, proof of employment and account information.



Please contact your appointed loan consultant Ms. Marsha Wallace at 1 (800) 586-2150 Ext 450 to confirm receipt of these documents.





Thank you for choosing McGill & Associates



Sincerely,

Processing Department

Corporate Office

One Gateway

Newark, NJ

07102

Loan Processing

2970 Clairmon Road NE

Atlanta, GA

30329



Local (201) 328-9102

Toll 1 (800) 586-2150

Fax (973) 556-1364


http://www.mcgillassociatesinc.com | [email protected]

I forwarded the e-mails they sent me hope these will help

Hi Donnie, and welcome! I'm sorry to hear that you have lost money to this scam. Thank you for taking the time to post this information to help others.
I merged the email you posted on a separate topic into this topic, so the information will be in one place. In that post I removed your name.
I also received the email you forwarded, which is posted below. If you could retrieve the email header as well, that would be helpful for us. I'm not able to get the header from a forwarded email. To retrieve email headers in hotmail: When looking at the email you want a header for, click on the arrow next to the reply button. From the list, choose "view message source". When the header is in view, it will look like a lot of coding. Highlight, copy and paste it here, making sure to edit out your own name and email address.

Let us know if you have any questions, we're glad to help.

Additional scam email, forwarded to ScamWarners by Donnie:

From: McGill and Associates Financial Inc. [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 2012-04-30 5:11 PM
To: McGill and Associates Financial Inc.
Subject: LIMITED TIME OFFER! Online Loan Approved
Approved Client,

Your loan application has been sent to McGill and Associates Financial Inc. as we strive to find innovative means to get applicants approved where others fail. Please contact your appointed loan consultant Ms. Marsha Wallace at 1 (800) 586-2150 Ext 450 to take advantage of this limited time offer.

Thank you for choosing McGill & Associates

Sincerely,

Approval Department

Hello eveyone. I will post the headers Tuesday I forwarded them to my home e-mail so I will send them Tuesday from the office. Thank you for helping me get thru this at least we may save someone else before they get scammed too.

Mod note: Merged - CW

Hi everyone here is the website that started the ball rolling.

http://www.centerlending.com/

Donnie,

I also was scammed by the same organizaton. I was speaking with a Marcia Edwards 1-800-586-2150 x 233. I had to put $750.00 on a Wal-Mart MoneyPak card for the insurance. She assured me the company providing me the $10,000.00 loan was Brian Blakburn. I did exactly what was asked of me. The following business day they called indicating the company needed to have have an additional $500.00 to process the loan. Of course at that time I refused and awaiting for my refund. I want to report them and hope they get arrested.
Who should I contact to get them prosecuted?

Hi, jls5400 Sorry to hear you were scammed also. Please follow Donnie031's lead and report this to all the agencies he mentions. The more reports they get the more likely the authorities will follow up.

I just got scammed by the The Lending Center located in Edmonton Alberta, too. A company called Leedson Services contacted me saying my loan was approved but that I would need to make a downpayment of 995.40 to get it. Leedson Services is (or was) located at 301 East Ocean Boulevard Suite 1530 Long Beach, CA 90802. The phone number was 1-888-343-0288. The email address they used was [email protected], the website is http://www.leedsonservicesinc.com. I hope this helps track these guys down. If there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Please post the emails from the fake lender, headers included. That will help us kill the site.

I was also scammed by the Lending Center. I applied for a loan and received a response from Syncord Financial Service advising that I had been approved and to contact their representative to continue with the loan. I filled out the appropriate paperwork and also had to send a sum of money to secure the loan. I should have know better. I sent the money then received a call to say I also had to send money for insurance. I checked western union and the money has already been picked up so I could not get it back.
I'm not sure where to proceed from here. I want to do whatever I can to try and help other people to not be scammed.
Can you help me with some advise on how to proceed.