I was contacted (by telephone) for the first time by a man calling himself "Mark Wilson" on July 21, 2016. He had a heavy Middle-Eastern acccent. Mr. Wilson informed me that he saw on-line that I'd been denied several loans. He added/explained that he could offer me a loan for $ 3,000. I declined after MW instructed me to purchase an i-Tunes card and put $ 205.00 on it. I declined. I contacted a second time on August 3, 2016. I accecpted this time due to being unemployed. I borrowed the initial $ 205 from a friend. Purchased an "i-Tunes" card as per his instructions. I read Mr. Wilson the numbers on back.
He put me on hold for 12 minutes. Got back on the phone and instructed me to forward an additional $ 210. Mark claimed that the additional funds were a penalty for insurance due to my "low credit rating". I reluctantly and desparatly did so. 40 minutes afterward another man who sounded a great deal like Mark Wilson claimed that he was the "real Mark Wilson" and the other guy was an imposter who hacked into their account. He said I needed to put $ 143 more dollars on an i-Tunes card and read him the numbers. He promised that that would be it and I would receive the $ 3,000 loan plus the $ 558.00 that I'd spent on the 3 i-Tunes cards.
Long story short; I was scammed out of $ 558.00. That's when it finally dawned on me that I'd thrown away the money that I needed. I've called back nearly a dozen times only to get the run-a-round or hung-up on. Here are a couple other names and numbers used by the would be BOFI Federal Bank operatives:(360)967-5058, (646)653-0432 and (858)869-1606. De Marcus Green and Cristina White. Both of which had heavy mid-eastern accents. I hope and pray that the BBB or FTC stop these con artists (scum) before they can scam more people just as naive and gullable as I was.
I have the receipt and original package the card came in. I have repeatedly given them the details. You can't call them without an account number, the account number is the issue. Emailing them repeatedly and they respond with a sript email. Have not gotten a person since May. Their customer service person in May said the account noted and it would be resolved.
BofI Federal Bank Reviews
I was contacted (by telephone) for the first time by a man calling himself "Mark Wilson" on July 21, 2016. He had a heavy Middle-Eastern acccent. Mr. Wilson informed me that he saw on-line that I'd been denied several loans. He added/explained that he could offer me a loan for $ 3,000. I declined after MW instructed me to purchase an i-Tunes card and put $ 205.00 on it. I declined. I contacted a second time on August 3, 2016. I accecpted this time due to being unemployed. I borrowed the initial $ 205 from a friend. Purchased an "i-Tunes" card as per his instructions. I read Mr. Wilson the numbers on back.
He put me on hold for 12 minutes. Got back on the phone and instructed me to forward an additional $ 210. Mark claimed that the additional funds were a penalty for insurance due to my "low credit rating". I reluctantly and desparatly did so. 40 minutes afterward another man who sounded a great deal like Mark Wilson claimed that he was the "real Mark Wilson" and the other guy was an imposter who hacked into their account. He said I needed to put $ 143 more dollars on an i-Tunes card and read him the numbers. He promised that that would be it and I would receive the $ 3,000 loan plus the $ 558.00 that I'd spent on the 3 i-Tunes cards.
Long story short; I was scammed out of $ 558.00. That's when it finally dawned on me that I'd thrown away the money that I needed. I've called back nearly a dozen times only to get the run-a-round or hung-up on. Here are a couple other names and numbers used by the would be BOFI Federal Bank operatives:(360)967-5058, (646)653-0432 and (858)869-1606. De Marcus Green and Cristina White. Both of which had heavy mid-eastern accents. I hope and pray that the BBB or FTC stop these con artists (scum) before they can scam more people just as naive and gullable as I was.
Peter Enoch Hamilton -Waco, Texas- 08/09/2016
I have the receipt and original package the card came in. I have repeatedly given them the details. You can't call them without an account number, the account number is the issue. Emailing them repeatedly and they respond with a sript email. Have not gotten a person since May. Their customer service person in May said the account noted and it would be resolved.