If you paid by green dot money pak your money is gone but you can report it to the green dot people. See: https://www.moneypak.com/protectyourmoney.aspx
If you paid with credit or debit card, go back to the bank and see if you can get the transaction reversed.
Things to remember about loans offered by phone or e-mail:
Loans
1. No reputable lender will lend you money over the phone.
2. No reputable lender will lend you money by e-mail
3. On-line lenders are nothing more than conduits for another loan scam.
4. Advance fees for loans are always illegal. At least in most American states.
5. If you want to borrow money, go to an established brick and mortar lender that has been around awhile.
6. If you receive a call from someone with an Indian accent either a. threatening you or b. offering you something, you know it’s a scam and you should hang up immediately.
7. These people are predators, the calls are not random, they have information that they have bought from various sources and know your financial history. If you have ever taken out a pay-day loan, they have all your information. They know who they are calling. They like to pick on women, single mothers, the elderly and members of the immigrant community. Also, those who might be in financial difficulty.
8. Report them here: http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
these people just called me and gave me a 10 minute speech about borrowing 600-pay back 120/month for 6 months. Funds to be given to me by Western Union BUT--I have to show I can pay the note. They wanted me to send them 120 to show it could, wait 5-7 minutes at WU and I would received 720 (600 loan+120 sent them) back right away. I could here other voices in the background.
THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM---DON'T FALL FOR IT.
Told them I would get to WU right away (no chance of me doing that-I'm not that stupid).
What you all described is a phone scam. No legitimate lender of any kind will instruct you to pay money first in order to get money back from them. Report this number to the FBI internet division.
Again, these call centers are in no way connected to www.usapaydayloansonline.com!
these pepole are doing wrong others wrong by telling them to purchase a green dot money pak and call them back so you can recieve your total amount of the loan plus the money back that they have put towards the grenn dot money pak. THIS IS A SCAM''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' DONT FALL FOR IT PLEASE ''''''''''''''' THIS COMPANY HAS SEVERAL NUMBERS THAT START WITH 206-201-???? THERE AT AT LEAST 16 NUMBERS THIS COMPANY USES. GREEN DOT MONEY PAK AND WESTERN UNION SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE SCAM''''''''''' THANK GOD I GOT SOME OF MY MONEY BACK BY CALLING GREEN DOT MONEY PAK