I was contacted by 1st Avenue Lending Group about a loan I had applied for. I spoke to Jason Benson and advised him because of the review I have read online about their company that I decided to not go with the loan. I advised him that people had stated that they sent him and/or his company the money required to get a loan and was asked for additional money after this, then never received the loan or their money back. Jason then left me a voicemail later on stating he was very disappointed that I was discouraged by reports on the internets and could assure me that those reports are false. He asked me to call him for alternative options available in sending my money.
I called him back and he advised me I can send the money to them by moneygram but using someone else name that way they can verify I made the payment. He also made it very clear that once they put the money in my checking account that I needed to go change the moneygram to their info so that they could receive this or else they would file legal rebute against me. I sent the money to them on Oct 31st on Friday.
I called on Saturday and he assured me he had received the money but there was nothing in my checking account. He told me that they needed another 1000.00. This is same thing I advised him that was done online and he stated the lender needed this for insurance. I called moneygram and even though the money was sent in my girlfriend name, Jason was able to get the money. The moneygram said that my girlfriend went and picked this up personally... I know this was not the case because I sent this to Canada and she is in the States.
My girlfriend then called Jason and he said that there was no way he could have gotten that money because it was in her name then before they got off the line told her that they did have it and not sure how... Said it must have been a coding error. I then called him and he said that he would send me a refund in 3-5days. I waited a full week from Sat, Nov 1st and still nothing. I called him that Monday and he told me, I had to wait a week. I advised him it has been a week and he told me to just be patient, we are dealing with regular mail then said I will talk to you later and hung up.
He will not answer my calls and in order to get him on the line, I have to have other people call from a different number and give a different name for him to pick up. Anyone considering this company for any loans at all, PLEASE DO NOT!!!
This company also goes under the names of: Direct Lending Group and Hudson Lending Group. I still have the voicemail messages from Jason Benson in my phone and plan on forwarding to police and my lawyer. I have filed a police report and contacted a lawyer in regards to this, so anyone else that has been taken advantage of this company or interested in getting together to file a possible class action please do not hesitate to respond back.
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