Shame on me for not doing more due diligence upfront. I used the reference and testimonial that he provided (local realtor in Chicago).
I questioned his authenticity and legitimacy and negotiated my price down, but I should have never sent the funds. I went against my gut. Please don't make the same mistake.
I was promised 15 verified loan leads per month plus 400 unverified leads. He pushed to get paid $800 so he could start getting leads to me sooner. At his insistance I paid via Zelle so he would get the money faster and be able to start sooner. After 7 weeks received 2 "verified" leads which were bogus. I called him several times and all he would say was that he was making hundreds of calls and it takes time. Claimed he paid $3.500 for the leads (which is a lie). After I asked for a refund he said he would send 400 leads and quit calling on my behalf. Sent me 10 that I can't even open there information.
He even got a Realtor to give me a recomdation.
Should have trusted the research I did which showed he was running a scam but wanted to give hem the benefit of the doubt and use an individual instead of a large company.
Michael Hauer called my cell phone stating he ran his own company generating mortgage leads. He offered to provide 50 exclusive, qualified leads of current consumers looking for home loans at the cost of $600.00. I agreed to pay.
I went to his home at Naperville, Il and dropped off a check to him.
Feb 22nd Was the first day he had sent over a dozen “leads” or so containing names, phone numbers, social security number, date of births etc. After calling the first group of contacts I seemed suspicious. A number of the phone numbers were disconnected, any contact I did make many of the people seemed confused stating they have not given out their information, others had already purchased homes.
Bringing this information up to Michael, he attempted to make a number of excuses as to why they were reacting as such and promised to follow up with them to have them re-engage. After about a week there was not any re-engagement with the first list of contacts.
March 2nd I was sent another list of leads to contact. After going through the same iteration, I received the same confused responses or identified many of these people have already purchased homes. It was clear these leads were over a year old and recycled.
Luckily I was able to meet with one of the contacts in my office. During that meeting another loan officer was contacting him, which I connected with to find he had purchased the same old leads.
I confronted Michael about this, he denied it and demanded the second payment. I demanded my initial payment back ending communication.
This guy is a crook. I will be communicating with other lenders to go after him both criminally and civilly. Selling peoples social security numbers, dob's and other personal information unknown to them is theft and a crime. Taking money with ill willed intentions is flat out fraud.
Michael reached out to me by phone on 03/07/2019. He sounded very professional and nice. He said he was a former loan officer, and he is an online leads guru. He said he will run ads and send me 300 leads which on top of he would personally call each one and warm transfer them to me.
He guaranteed to have me close 18 deals. The only initial investment was $600 and it would go up as we develop a relationship. I didn't get 1 lead from the guy and every time I call him he spins it around and tries to change the matter.
If you get a call from this guy. RUN. Don't spend a penny with him.
Michael Hauer Reviews
Shame on me for not doing more due diligence upfront. I used the reference and testimonial that he provided (local realtor in Chicago).
I questioned his authenticity and legitimacy and negotiated my price down, but I should have never sent the funds. I went against my gut. Please don't make the same mistake.
I was promised 15 verified loan leads per month plus 400 unverified leads. He pushed to get paid $800 so he could start getting leads to me sooner. At his insistance I paid via Zelle so he would get the money faster and be able to start sooner. After 7 weeks received 2 "verified" leads which were bogus. I called him several times and all he would say was that he was making hundreds of calls and it takes time. Claimed he paid $3.500 for the leads (which is a lie). After I asked for a refund he said he would send 400 leads and quit calling on my behalf. Sent me 10 that I can't even open there information.
He even got a Realtor to give me a recomdation.
Should have trusted the research I did which showed he was running a scam but wanted to give hem the benefit of the doubt and use an individual instead of a large company.
Michael Hauer called my cell phone stating he ran his own company generating mortgage leads. He offered to provide 50 exclusive, qualified leads of current consumers looking for home loans at the cost of $600.00. I agreed to pay.
I went to his home at Naperville, Il and dropped off a check to him.
Feb 22nd Was the first day he had sent over a dozen “leads” or so containing names, phone numbers, social security number, date of births etc. After calling the first group of contacts I seemed suspicious. A number of the phone numbers were disconnected, any contact I did make many of the people seemed confused stating they have not given out their information, others had already purchased homes.
Bringing this information up to Michael, he attempted to make a number of excuses as to why they were reacting as such and promised to follow up with them to have them re-engage. After about a week there was not any re-engagement with the first list of contacts.
March 2nd I was sent another list of leads to contact. After going through the same iteration, I received the same confused responses or identified many of these people have already purchased homes. It was clear these leads were over a year old and recycled.
Luckily I was able to meet with one of the contacts in my office. During that meeting another loan officer was contacting him, which I connected with to find he had purchased the same old leads.
I confronted Michael about this, he denied it and demanded the second payment. I demanded my initial payment back ending communication.
This guy is a crook. I will be communicating with other lenders to go after him both criminally and civilly. Selling peoples social security numbers, dob's and other personal information unknown to them is theft and a crime. Taking money with ill willed intentions is flat out fraud.
Michael reached out to me by phone on 03/07/2019. He sounded very professional and nice. He said he was a former loan officer, and he is an online leads guru. He said he will run ads and send me 300 leads which on top of he would personally call each one and warm transfer them to me.
He guaranteed to have me close 18 deals. The only initial investment was $600 and it would go up as we develop a relationship. I didn't get 1 lead from the guy and every time I call him he spins it around and tries to change the matter.
If you get a call from this guy. RUN. Don't spend a penny with him.