I applied online for a 1000 dollars and got take in for 189.00.

They took me for 189.00 dollars his name mike Johnson. no loan

OH YES, THIS IS A SCAM AND THEY GOT ME FOR $225....I HAVE TO LAUGH AT MYSELF FOR NOT CHECKING THE PHONE NUMBER OUT FIRST BEFORE I SENT THE MONEYPAK.  WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT WALMART AND FAMILY DOLLAR NO LONGER SUPPLIED THE MONEYPAK BECAUSE OF SCAMS....I WISHED I HAD KEPT THE $225 IN THE BANK.....LESSON LEARNED!!!

THEY EVEN STATE THAT THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK IS TO CALL THE IRS....REALLY?  SMH

Anyone who states they got money from this Scam Artist is either Mike Johnson or his a**-ociates posting.  They got me for $225 but I am not stopping with filing fraud charges.  Shameful.

This company is a FRAUD.  I got scammed but I pray I get my money back.

I just got the same call. I quickly looked up the number. I had a good laugh. Ha ha. I'm waiting for them to call me back. They will get a good cussin

What in the blue grass hell-o are you saying. You know that Green Dots money for a loan is a scam right?

thanks mike too help me this all are f****r liar......u help me too get the loan

With me they used 206-497-9139

I do not believe you it is a scam.  They are using a cell phone number

This is all b***s***... totally b***s***.
i got approved for $3000 loan  and they have asked me get a green dot moneypak for $450.
i have gave them the information of the back of the card and after that they told me to wait for an hour and i will get my loan.
after that within 45 minute i got a call from them saying they have deposited the money. i have called my bank they said their is a transaction of $3000 in my account. so i got my loan from them and m happy now. and the $450 are still with me.

First I got a Kevin foreign accent. wouldn't tell me the name of financial institution until i agreed to a 1,000.00 or 5,000.00 loan. Then he set up payment arrangements for five grand that would be 250 a mo for 2 years apr 10 percent. Then said i ha to talk to mike john gave me a loan verification code, then this mike john's # and said if i had any further ?'s to call him. But not back to the # that originally called me. His name was Daniel. I told him i wasn't comfortable giving my bank account info out. So he says no problem we will write a check and you will receive it in 24hrs. Daniels #818-292-1919. But if you call it back it is a non-working #. So I call Mike John, he answers the phone Mike Johnson. Give him my approval # and we extend it to 36mo @ 200./mo. Then he asks for my routing number and i said that Daniel said i could have a check mailed to me in case i changed my mind. And when i asked him how to return it or who to call he said to send the check back to the address on the check or call Mike John(this is Daniel that said this about the check) Then Mike asks me for the last 4 digits on my account and i told him i wanted it by check and he hung up on me. Then did some looking. Daniel said that they had been on the BBB certified since 1987. Which there was an A1 cash advance accredited but only since 2010 and had an A+ rating. So I called Mike back told him my name and he said ok no bank # we can put it on a green dot money card and mail it to you. So i said, let's do that. & then he asks me just insure you will be able to make payment would you be able to put 100.00 on it today? I said yes, no problem. Then asked for their web address which he gave me the accredited one www.a1cashadvance.com. and i got to looking and their was only 1 phone # available to call. So i hung up with Mike and called the # from the web address & she asked me what state i was calling from and i told her. & she says well we only do loans thru tennesee and indiana. you are probably being scammed. So i call Mike back one more time and i ask him if he could verify his address and he said the same one that is on the web-site. I said ok then, can you please tell me what state you are in? He then told me to refer to the web and i said you don't know what state you live and work in? He then says Washington. And then i asked him, human to human, person to person are you scamming me? And he said no. So i said if this is not a scam you already have my address, he repeated it to me. I then said i want a check mailed to that address and when i receive the check i will call you. & hung up. This all happened today March 18th, 2014.

His name was Mike Johnson.

He got me today

They screwed me yesterday. Hes still callin me tellin me if i want my money i have to pay $280.  I did and kevin johnson took my number amd emptied the card.  Calles mike and asked wheres my money he said i never paid.  Told i gave the number to kevin with "ge retail bank". Bull@&$&.  Kevin said i never gave it to him and mile wants 280 to get me my money.

did u get ur money back? if so how? and did u have to shut your account down

how do u get the paypal money back

I applied online for a cash advance and I was called and told if I paid 125 dollars i could get a loan for $1500 but when I went and got a money pak card for $125 they did not give me the advance.  They said the lender was requesting an additional $210 for some type of fee to deposit the money.  Now when I call the number it is telling me "you have reached the office of Michael Johnson of A1 Cash Advance and voice mail is full.  This is a real scam.  When I called from a friends phone, it got thru an I threatened to expose them as a scam and they said they were out of money and it was my fault.  I have had to close down my bank account and lose the $125, someone needs to expose these people and shut them down.

This company called my phone and tries to scam me out of money.

Indian or Pakistani accent..with Anglosaxon names, Robin Martin,  Manager's name Chris??? Really??? Sounded like the cat who caught not only the mouse but the cream as well!! RUN far away !!! Not a real company!!  
You are not transferred to "boss" you have to call them back!! NOT!

SCAM be very wary...need a loan better to go to a company and talk with people face to face.

HI did you get your money back

did u get ur money back

Claimed to be from the my vanilla network reload card center because I had been scammed by a cash advance company in New York by use of a vanilla network reload card. I think it's still the same as the cash advance scammers at the new york number 917 387 1648. SCAM!! Ripped off $500 from me.

Said the same thing. with A1. whats anybodys opinion on this.

The name of the main person is Kevin williams.he says hes a manager of a-1 cash advance

This number stolen and skim my money worth 800 find out hus dat person name of mike and kim

same guy calls for 4 different companies with 4 different offers. all the same in that have to pay mone up front. not how this works. is name is alex by the way and when you call numbers he gives you get an answering mahine or a"the magic jack customer you hae called is currently unavaioable " message. so its a scam