On December 3 I pursued a loan with Parkway Lending Group. They started out very polite and helpful, but quickly became more hardsell and pushed to get this done quickly. I should have listened to my "gut" instinct when they said to get my funds quickly I needed to send a moneygram to a Laura Hutt (?) in Canada. I did so and called them to let them know and was told the $5000 would be in my account the next morning. Of coarse the money never was deposited and when I called them they said that they didn't know what the problem was but would call me back shortly. Within 15 minutes his supervisor called and said that they had encountered a problem with my loan and the financier was unable to get "insurance" so I would need to send an addittional $900. At this point I came unglued. I started crying and told the guy that this was a scam operation and I wanted my money back immediately and that I was going to report them to the Better Business Bureau and any other consumer group I could find. He said the loan could be canceled but I would not get my money back until 12/27/08 he also became very threatening and said that I should refrain from any reporting or they would sue me for defimation of character, etc. Needless to say, I thought at this point that they may be a legitimate company and that maybe I had jumped to the wrong concllusion. They did fax me a letter (after several phone calls) guaranteeing my refund on Dec. 27. Well, needless to say, I checked my checking account balance on 12/27,12/28 and today 12/29/08 and no refund has been made. To make matters worse, their website has disappeared, as well as their phone. Total scam.
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