Cedarbrook Lending Group-they got me good! 866-786-4959 SCAM

[Ralph]

Hi Crime Fighter,

Welcome to Scamwarners.

It's a shame that people pray on those with bad credit and it appears this is what they did

That is exactly what they do

God will take care of them

The irony is that many scammers are religious and often pray for good victims to scam from, they see little wrong with stealing from people that they consider to be greedy, wether or not they are actually greey is irrelevant to them

[trb]

I just wanted to let eveyone know that if you haven't changed your bank account and called all the official offices i.e. social security admin./dmv Please do so immediately. I had put a fraud watch on my bank account while I was getting everything transferred and they have been trying to use my account. Please take all measures to protect yourself.

[Ralph]

Thank you TRB for the confirmation that they are trying to use the details of their victims to get more money from them.

It cant be said enough, protecting yourself from further loss needs to be your number 1 priority

[Jillian]

To all the victims who have posted, I'm so sorry to hear about what has happened to you. This scam is horrible. As Ralph has said, the first thing you should do is to take steps to protect yourself from further abuse and theft by the scammers.

There is some helpful information here regarding Identity theft (financial) on the Federal Trade Commission site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consume ... idt04.shtm

Please do ask us questions by posting here or in private message if you need specific help.

[cagedbird714]

I have just about finished reporting this possible identity theft situation to all the necessary agencies....I called my bank and they said I will have to go to a branch and close the account. This really sucks because I just opened the account 3 months ago. Unfortunately, I have to also get a new driver's license, another pain in the arse. So I can't open the new bank account until I go to the DMV and get a new license, looks like i am coming into work late tomorrow. I am going to kill my aol account because that is where I am getting killed with these stupid offers. For those who haven't done so, go to www.experian.com and get a fraud alert put on your credit report. They will give you a copy of your credit report free. Then go to www.freecreditreport.com and sign up for credit monitoring,. It costs 14.95 per month after the trial period but I rather waste 15 dollars a month than to be ruined financially.

[Jillian]

Thanks for the information, Cagedbird.

To all victims of this lending scam: please feel free to contact any of the warners, advisors, general counsel, moderators or admins you see online if you have immediate questions. For ongoing questions, advice and support, our warner, Holly Brown, has been appointed to work specifically with you. She will be familiar with the scam and be able to give you information to learn about how to protect yourself against further damage from these scammers. Please post here or contact her through private message for personal help. Holly's Profile

[Naz]

How many people actually filed a complaint with the BBB regarding CedarBrook Lending? I got a confirmation from their site about my complaint and it showed only one which was mine. Of course it came back undeliverable. I checked Clearview Lending and they have 35 complaints and they were still operating full scale when CedarBrook vanished. I am not going down without a fight.

I had the same thing happen. I also got an email from BBB stating they were closing the complaint because they didnt get a response from CLG.

[scammed]

Hey to all of you who applied to Lending Tree, which I was one of them, but then was denied. This is where Cedarbrook Lending Group got some of their names. Anyway I just got an email ffrom them (lending tree) asking me to fill out a survey of how things went with their company. Of course I haven't opened it yet, nervous to do so. Has this happened to anyone else. I applied with them around Oct 3rd. Anybody have any ideas. These people need to be caught and punished. They took alot of money from me. I am single and at this time of year? We are dealing with heartless, ruthless people.

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[cagedbird714]

Hey Scammed,

There are people who are working on this and yes, unfortunately many of the victims had first applied with Lending Tree or through a payday loan site. Now are these sites cupable? Only if they knowingly and willingly gave these fake lending groups your personal information.

Hey to all of you who applied to Lending Tree, which I was one of them, but then was denied. This is where Cedarbrook Lending Group got some of their names. Anyway I just got an email ffrom them (lending tree) asking me to fill out a survey of how things went with their company. Of course I haven't opened it yet, nervous to do so. Has this happened to anyone else. I applied with them around Oct 3rd. Anybody have any ideas. These people need to be caught and punished. They took alot of money from me. I am single and at this time of year? We are dealing with heartless, ruthless people.

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[Holly Brown]

Scammed,

Thank you for posting about the survey you received. Could you please post the email, with the headers if you can, so we can be sure it is legitimate?

This may sound almost paranoid, but "Recovery Scams" are very popular with scammers, who often target the very victims they have just scammed, in an effort to get yet more money out of them.

We want you to be sure you stay safe.

[lillew4]

I too have been scammed for $1600. My boyfriend and I had borrowed some of the money from his parents to get a $5000 loan. I was shaky about the whole thing at first. Took me 2 weeks to make a decision. I was going to lose my house, I needed the money. With losing my job earlier this year, then finding a new one making less money, this then started to sound good. So I went for it. They kept wanting more money to be sent to them. I stopped it and said forget it. They said they would reimburse the money but it wouldn't be until Dec. 5. Well, today is Dec 5th and guess what? NO MONEY!! I just got reamed out by my boyfriend when I called and told him that the 866 number for clearview lending was disconnected and there is no website for them. I totally feel like a complete loser!!! I can't believe I let myself get into this mess. Then I find ScamWarners and read all of your stories and I realized that I wasn't alone. My boyfriend wanted me to go to the police and file a report....but seriously....what can the local police actually do about this?? NOTHING. I am not giving up on finding these ba$tards. I may not ever get the money back but I want the satisfaction of bringing these guys down . I have read and re-read the darn contract.....so depressing

[Jillian]

Hi lillew4. I'm sorry to hear that you were also a victim of this scam. Please do not feel down on yourself. As you can see, there are many victims to this scam. You didn't do anything wrong.

Please, DO report this crime as your boyfriend is recommending. Also, please read earlier in this thread for some steps to take, particularly to protect yourself from identity theft.

[cagedbird714]

For all those who were scammed. Please do not just think that because nothing is happening right now that somewhere down the line you will not become a victim of identity theft. It is imperative that if you gave these guys any of your personal information that you contact the proper authorities involved. If you gave them your social security number, please contact your Local Social Security Administration; if you gave them a copy of your driver's license, please go to your motor vehicle agency and get a new one issued. You can bet your last dollar that your id is what they used to pick up your funds in Canada. If you gave them your bank information, please go to your bank and close that account, and most importantly go to the credit reporting agency sites and put a fraud alert on your credit reports -- it is free for 90 days. Just because you have been a victim once do not leave any openings to become a victim again. It is frustrating and somewhat time-consuming but you will sleep better at night knowing that these lunkheads cannot touch you.

[Ralph]

Please, anybody who has lost money here, the above advice is very sound, thank you Caged for mentioning it.

[decgirl]

I to fell victim to cedarbrook lending, they took me for nearly $7000.00. I have contacted authorities in Florida as well as calling Canada and talking to a sheriff there. They are looking into this company and neither Florida nor Canada have heard of them. Unfortunatelly no one is going to get their money back and that sucks, because with the economy and the holidays we could all really use the money that we have sent to them. The people I dealt with are Adam White and Stanley Denton from cedarbrook and the 2 ladies I sent the money to in Canada were Melinda Olsen and Debbie Crawford. I have been told that we should also tell our local television stations and police.

decgirl