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I was contacted by a woman named Sharon Bradshaw. The number is correct but my ext was 2221. She asked for me to give her $1150 as a deposit and Western union it to Canada to a woman named Angelina Petla. I thought that was odd wiring money to a company under a person's name. Then she told me the agent's name chaged daily due to whoever is working that day. That's the reason why I posted the concern on here. Thank you so much thatgirl for letting me know before I made a huge mistake! Also when you listen to her mailbox it's full and it belongs to a woman named Kathy Taylor. I hope you get your money back thatgirl!

Good I am glad that we could all help.

For fun I googled the names that signed the contract and they all come up as fraudulent names used in wire scams. I asked the my rep, Kelly, about that and she said that she would make management aware of that.

They are such frauds!!!

I think that they prey on people with nowhere else to go.

I wonder what would have happened if I had gone with the co signer option. I wonder what they would have charged me then...

If you do ... I will drop dead.

Yeah they were all listed on a webiste from the UK as part of scams. Those people from Trinity were listed under a bunch of advance fee companies all over the place and some were associated with those lottery emails that you get as spam.

Your house??? That is awful. She put me on hold alot too. Any time I pressed her she would put me on hold but I never hung up. I keep calling too. Just for fun! They should have to squirm after they stole my, and so many others, money!! Glad you didn't go through with it!

HI I WAS WORKING WITH A WOMAN FROM TRINITY FINANICAL BY THAT NAME AND I CALLED HER EVERYDAY AND EVERYDAY SHE WAS E-MAILING ME THE PAPERS TO SIGN FOR THE INSURANCE SO WE CAN MOVE FOWARD WITH THE LOAN BUT I HAVEN'T RECIEVED AN EMAIL YET AND ALSO I PICK INSURANCE BUT SHE HAVEN'T ASK FOR ANY MONEY YET, BUT SHE SAID THEY WERE PRIVATE LENSERS THEY DO NOT WORK LIKE BANKS AND EVERYTIME I CALL AT A CERTAIN TIME I GET THE MAILBOX IS FULL BUT ANOTHER NAME SO YHANK EVERYONE IN THE FORUM, BECAUSE MY LOAN WAS APPROVED.

I think we should have a separate category in the forums - Scams. - where someone can post such experiences or inquiries. That way we can have a ready (black)list of scams.

Having a "black list" thread is an attractive idea, yet I think we as members and BoA as a site sponsor should think it through carefully. What if someone confuses this "scam" Trinity Financial with the very legitimate Trinity Financial Group, or one of the other 89 legitimate private lenders that are currently listed with D&B that have "Trinity Financial" in their name? What if a customer has a grudge or a competitor plays dirty and puts your business on the list? What if you put someone on it, they take issue, subpoena BoA for contact information, and sue everyone in the thread for libel? And if a scammer could easily get his/her business off the list without some kind of legal or administrative action, what would be the real value of having the list?

If someone posts a question like this about a specific business or opportunity, we can all offer our personal opinions and experiences freely (in fact, I wish more people would ask questions like that before they jump into some of the MLMs being pushed here). A "black list" might carry a greater burden for the participants and BoA alike. It's something to consider, at least.

Most "scammers" are easy to identify -- a Yahoo-type e-mail address, a website hosted in a country with which the U.S. has less-then-ideal diplomatic or trade relations, a physical location that USPS and FedEx says doesn't exist, or a phone number that's a pay phone in Denny's or a bus station are all pretty good signs that you're not dealing with a real bank or merchant card provider. If a business is sophisticated enough to look totally legit, they're probably sophisticated enough to stay off a black list.

Again, I agree with the idea in principle, and appreciate you bringing it up for discussion -- I just think putting the idea into practice may be much easier said than done. Thanks.

I agree with you Lighthouse. I wish life was a little more simple - we could continue doing business with a word of honor and a handshake - just the piscean in me