I was also scammed by Mike Robinson. It happened today and I'm going all routes possible to make people aware of the situation. He told me that his boss's name was "Mark Watson", which I find funny because one of the original FAKE comments was from something-Watson. It began with an email from
[email protected]. I unfortunately was desperate for the money and contacted the number for more information. While it seemed legit, the voice (Arab or some variance) did not match the name "Mike Robinson" - sorry for the stereotype. Attached to my email was a loan agreement that also seemed legit with the website "fastcash.org". AFTER being scammed, I went to the website and one of the first statements on the Contact page says to be aware of fraudulent activity from people using their loan name. They also only approved up to $1000 when my loan was offered for $5000. The number on the email was (830)612-8872 and his "direct" number was (830)612-8870. After loading the $500 to the GreenDot MoneyPak card, he asked for the number on the back - which I stupidly gave to him. After my desperation went away, I noticed right below the number I read off it said NEVER give the number to anybody. After he received the $500 he said there was a "problem" with the deposit and the local and federal authorities would not allow them to deposit the money due to me being on a "black list" as a defaulter. Again, it seemed legit because my credit is crap. The total taxes I had to pay was $776.00 and he would request his company to pay half and if I paid the other half, this would not be associated with my social security number. After realizing it was a scam, I asked for an address. The one he provided, which I'm sure is bogus, was 2011 Northeastern St. Medina, TX. I'm hoping I've put enough keywords in this so the next person can type it into google - hopefully before they are scammed - and be able to obtain this information. My fear is that they do have my social and bank account information and I'm not aware of how or where they obtained it. Another reason it seemed legit is because he was just having me verify the information he already had. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be aware of this scam and share this and every other story with any and everyone you come in contact with. This being close to tax time, there's no telling how many people are about to be had. The other legitimacy I came up with in my head is that I had just applied for two loan applications online - one I had seen on TV for loanup.com and one that had been referred from a friend at the Tennessee Credit Union website. I just put the loanup.com address into my work computer and it did not allow me to visit the website due to Scam/Illegal activities so I'm sure this is where all this trouble has come from. I hate myself for it and hope that someone else learns from my mistake. Thanks for your time.