talk to property management at address they give and the whole 7th floor is unoccupied and they've never heard of that company.

The exact same thing happened to me and my husband. I fell for it too because I really needed the money. Now the numbers are disconnected. Is there any way they can be prosecuted or our money returned?

hi, have u heard anything on this arrest?

do you have any more information since your previous post?

do you know who they arrested?

have you heard anything else?

any info is appreciated

thanks

have you heard from the Ontario Canada Policy Dept. since you contacted them in May?

any info is appreciated

thanks

Contact the Toronto Ontario police.  There has been an arrest and they are putting information together to prosecute.  Hope this helps

If you have been a part of this scam, you can contact the Ontario Canada Police Dept.  There is an on-going investigation surrounding this scam!!

Im just wondering if anyone has heard anything on these people, from the police or anyone? I havent heard anything. If theres a suit let me know id be more than happy to participate in it since i got scammed also.

I am with you:

Email is synth57@hotmail.com

They took me for $1840.00

I would love to be a part of this suit also!  $2,000+ gone down the drain!! my email address is lindadiane5852@yahoo.com!  Let me know if there is a suit. I too intend to contact the FBI's office regarding this.

i am with you they got me also for 4060 for a businees loan and i sent the money in my sisters name they pick it up within 2 hours of the call

I found out from the anti-fraud unit in Minnesota (866-347-0911 to report fraud), that these people are not in Minnesota-they impersonate a business, but it's individuals in Canada who are actually scamming us.  I filed a complaint with Phone Busters online - when you call their number - 1-888-495-8501, it gives you the website address - they need the money gram dates and reference numbers, etc.   Also, the other day I had a call from Sean Brady with Westmont Financial Group using the same scam - I told him I didn't have cash and hung up-wish I had caller I.D. - we might have had another phone #.  In case you didn't know it, 877-446-3110 no longer works-a lady answers and says goodbye.

I reported them to the FBI and a lot of other agencies.   The Bloomington, Minnesota police told me that they had moved from that office.   The phone number has been disconnected.

I was a fool to send these guys money.  Be blessed and good luck.

The person I sent the money gram too was luke lumini, and the money gram went to canada, i have all the information.. the FBI can find out who picked up the cash from canada. they have films, so someone will get caught, and i hope they do, and i hope they have to pay back all the monies they stole from all of us. I will help anyone on here that got scamed. here is my email and please lets put him away. sexyeyes1963@verizon.net

id love to sue that jerk, he scamed me out of 1000.00 a week after xmas, i have the FBI investigating him and his little friends, i also have the police working on it.

I emailed the fraud unit with the Bloomington, MN police

I've received a voicemail from Detective Corey (couldn't understand his last name) @ (952) 563-8826.  He says Birkdale has moved out of the office, but he would contact an investigator and give him my name and information.

Now when I call Birkdale, a lady's voice says goodbye and hangs up.

I feel stupid.

The detective I contacted in Bloomington, Minnesota says there is no longer anyone at that office, that they have moved, but he will contact an investigator who is supposed to be investigating Birkdale and give him my information.   Today when I tried the number, it says goodbye and hangs up.

No refund check, but I really didn't expect to get anything back.   These people should be ashamed - ripping off people.   They should not be able to get away with it!!!!

I am with you!! if you need my e mail it is lvalenti at cfl.rr.com

Did you contact the local police or the one in MN, I have been watching my account and nothing has changed on it.  Please post is it the local police or other,

I have done the same thing, I am leaving about 10 messages a day to Justin and customer service and no call backs.  my eamil is lvalenti@cfl.rr.com.  We need to do something.

I wish, I had came here first. On 1/9/09 Loan Agent Justine Roberts ext. 306 call and I need to money gram 800.oo and the loan of 5,000 would be put in my bank acct.. On 1/10/09 at 10:48 Justine call and I told him no money was put in my bank acct., the he said the lenders wants additional 800.00 because my credit score is high. I told him I don't have anymore money and the lenders can wire the money to my bank and he said they will mail me a check in 3-5 days. 1/16/09 was the fifth day and no check. I called and Justin Roberts ext,306 of Larry Perkins answer their phone call. Everything went to voice mail. I left numberouse messages.  I'mn at the point looking for legal advice.

my husband and i fell for this also. they had us wire them 1000 dollars to milton canada to a victoria guitberg. they said they would send us a refund check in 5-7 days. well its been 2 weeks and still nothing and still no contact.  i did however get thru last night and daniel walker hungup on me. so i called back and nothing. i filed a complaint with the BBB who has nothing on file for them. so im going to be calling  lawyer and seeing bout filing a class action case. whos with me?

There's a new twist to this scam.  They will allow you to wire a payment to someone that you know and trust and then release the "loan" to you. Afterwhich you can change the receiver for the monegram to your lender. All you have to do is give them the reference number to verify that the money is available. Anyone experience that one yet?

I just posted the last statement to this blog.  I found a call that I had received from another phone number which was 1-973-482-3624 (New Jersey).  I thought the company was out of MN??  I also received several calls from Justin Roberts that registered "unknown" on the caller id!  Any ideas on how to catch up with these crooks????

I received a call prior to Christmas regarding approval of a loan.  I kept asking myself was I so gullible to beieve that this was not a fraud. After the holidays I proceeded to fill out all of the information, fax over the required information and even sent the money to "secure" the loan.  The funds were to have been deposited to my account over the weekend.  Guess what...didn't happen.  Called and spoke with "Justin Roberts" who had to transfer me to the Account Manager Daniel Walker who now says I need to pay the Insurance upfront in order for the "lender" to complete the transaction.  I cannot tell you how foolish I feel haven fallen for this...and now I am out of $2,000.  If there is a class action suit I would also like to know about it.  They claim if I don't want to proceed with the loan I can ask for a refund, which I will receive in 5-7 days...right!

ON 12-16-08 I GOT A CALL FROM BIRKDALE FINANCIAL GROUP AND THEY SAID I WAS APPROVED FOR A 15,000 DOLLAR LOAN. IT NEEDED TO BE SECURE SO I WAS STUPID ENOUGHT TO SEND THEM AROUND 1700.00 DOLLARS. I CALLED 651-967-4445 OR 877-446-3110. MY AGENT WHOM CALLED AND DIRECTED THIS TO ME WAS DANIEL WALKER EXT 225. I CALL AND HE HANGS UP ON ME. HE ALSO STATES THEN HE IS NOT DANIEL, BUT WILL TAKE A MESSAGE SOMETIMES, BUT IT IS THE SAME PERSON. EVERYONE PLEASE FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE POLICE AND THE CREDIT BUREAU. THEY HAD SENT ME A FAX AND I FILLED IT OUT AND THEY HAVE MY S/S NUMBER, DRIVERS LISCENCE AND COPY OF A VOIDED CHECK. I HAVE HAD TRANSACTIONS ON MY BANK ACCOUNT, NOT DONE BY ME. PLEASE ALSO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THEY ARE CAUGHT. ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS INFO PLEASE RESPOND. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME SLIPS IN THE CRACK AND WILL GET CAUGHT. I SENT THE MONGRAM TO MILTON CANADA, HE MADE ME STAY ON THE PHONE AND TOLD ME HOW TO FILL IT OUT, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. IT IS REALLY SAD THAT OUR HARD EARNED MONEY IS STOLEN. THANKS KW

I'm glad you researched it.   Wish I had done more researching, before I paid them the money.   Good luck in your REAL loan search.

wow. im glad i did some research on this. i was speaking with justin roberts & was ready to send my payment tonight. i got the last minute jitters & did some searching on google. thank you all & i wish you the best of luck in getting your money returned!

katrina

I talked to Brian in Customer service yesterday (extension 0) and he said the lender sent me a refund check, but I'm sure it's a bunch of hooie to get me off the phone.   He said he couldn't tell me the amount since the agent who was handling my file was off.

I also have other extensions 306 and 409.

I fell for the scam too and paid $1760 plus 2 MoneyGram fees.   I talked with Allen Miller and Justin Roberts, and had a letter of Guarantee from Larry Perkins and Jerald Bradshaw.   Then I did 2 different MoneyGrams to Samuel Poubelle and Gordon P. Fenton-both in Milton Canada at their instruction.  

Now I can't get through to them.   Wish I had done more research too.

If anyone files a class action lawsuit, I would be happy to join.