Continental Lenders/ Suncrest Financial Group Financial Services provided by Continental lenders lie they take your money and keep it while you get nothing Los Angeles California

This is in reply to the consumer comment left on 4/4/09 as for leaving this go I will not when it comes to being taken advantage of and losing money to criminals I won't back down.

As for this website I did check it out and didn't find their company's name anywhere. So I thought that they were for real. I don't need people like you or this Laurie to tell me that I made a mistake, but guess what I'm not the only one.

Also until 3/1/09 I didn't have my own computer I was having to use the computer at the Library which is difficult for me to get to all the time because I have a child with sever lung problems and I myself have lupus so I did the best I could with what I had,

Not only that I did not find these people on the internet I found them in an ad in the local News Paper. This company put an ad in every local paper in our area.

Unless you have been through something like this you need to learn to be a little more respectful of the comments you write about peoples situations. Since this has happened to me I have found a lot of people who have gone through similar situations. People who I would not have thought could get put into this type of situation. So no one is untouchable from criminals.

Don't judge a book by its cover because you may one day find yourself a victim of some horrible crime to.

To all those out there who have been victimized don't back down. Keep fighting no matter what people tell you or think of what your doing. Its not only your money its a matter of principal. No one has the right to be used or cheated.

Laurie was just telling you the facts. Apparently you did NOT do the proper research. And everyone knows what a JOKE the BBB is. Try reading the thousands of reports on this site concerning both the BBB and this scam. NO LENDER ever requires money to be paid up front for a personal loan. Do you not know this ???? And you say you're not stupid ?????? You fell for a scam. Wise up and get over it.

I am responding to the comment that was left by another consumer. I did look into this company. I searched all know business sights and found nothing that would lead me to believe that this company was a scam.

I am not a stupid person I know how to check things out. I investigated this company completely. They had nothing bad anywhere. I even contacted the Better business buero. They also had nothing.

The funny thing about your comments is that the Attorney Generals office found a similar company in Texas. Would you be working for this company is that why you know they are a scam. If you do work for them don't you think you should do the right thing and turn them in.

I think that anyone who is working for this company and doesn't step up and do the right thing should get life in prison.

I have more names to add to the list of people who work for this scam of a company. Rebecca Nash, Natasha Cohen, Sandra Hall, Adam Gibson, Amanda King and Eva Peters.

They are also going by another name it is Sutton Financial.
Here are two more addresses and numbers to watch out for. 101 S Kraemer Blvd. Placentia Ca 92870 #(714)-579-1294. Also 7952 Lemonwood Cir. La Palma, Ca 90623 #(714)-521-6700.

This company is actually believed to be working out of Canada. They use the United States as a cover. Most of these addresses are to abandoned buildings or empty spaces. I hope this helps others to not fall pray to these nasty people.

they will not refund the money either - that was said just to get you off their backs.

These scammers prey on the naive and those who refuse to do any research before getting scammed. THE WHOLE PURPOSE WAS TO STEAL YOUR MONEY!

There is tons of Consumer Information available on the internet and had you bothered to look at all - you would have known it was a scam.

From the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WEBSITE - its illegal to ask for fees upfront

Advance-Fee Loan Scams: Easy' Cash Offers Teach Hard Lessons
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm
Just When You Thought It Was Safe...Advance-Fee Loan "Sharks"
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt028.shtm

if ROR removes the links - just go the Federal Trade Commission website

Fees that are not disclosed clearly or prominently. Scam lenders may say you've been approved for a loan, then call or email demanding a fee before you can get the money. Any up-front fee that the lender wants to collect before granting the loan is a cue to walk away, especially if you're told it's for insurance, processing, or just paperwork.

A loan that is offered by phone. It is illegal for companies doing business in the U.S. by phone to promise you a loan and ask you to pay for it before they deliver.
A lender who uses a copy-cat or wanna-be name. Crooks give their companies names that sound like well-known or respected organizations and create websites that look slick. Some scam artists have pretended to be the Better Business Bureau or another reputable organization, and some even produce forged paperwork or pay people to pretend to be references. Always get a company's phone number from the phone book or directory assistance, and call to check they are who they say they are. Get a physical address, too: a company that advertises a PO Box as its address is one to check out with the appropriate authorities

After reporting to Ripoff report. I was able to contact Continental lenders on Monday. I spoke with Ms. Cartwright who laughed at me because I was angry about the situation. She was very rude and ignorant.

She had the nerve to call me an idiot and said that I made a total jerk of myself. She said that she had no idea what was going on that she didn't know that I hadn't received my loan.

I asked her why no one contacted me after leaving messages, emails and sending faxes. All she said was that due to my posting on rip off report that the company was no longer going to work with me. She would contact my lender and get me a full refund of my money.

I called her the next day to see if she had contacted my lender. She said that I was going to receive a full refund but it was going to take a least 30 days. Now I sent them the money through money gram which means they got it the same day now I have to wait 30 days that s total bull.

When I asked her why she said that I can't make things happen the way I want them to and if I had not been such a jackass that I would have realized that I was going to get the loan. She said that it was just a misunderstanding.

That is so hard to believe because this company is not licensed in California. The licenses they did have were either expired or had been taken off them. They are not even licensed with the Banking commission.

So please tell me do you think there a real company. Not only that the way that I was treated by them is completely uncalled for. I really hope that this company and this woman gets whats coming to them. I use the word woman very lightly because she is not a real woman nor is she a respectable business person.

IF she would have put herself in my shoes for just one second she would have realized that I was not being a phsyco as she put it. There are so many scams out there. Especially these types of scams. So I was just trying to protect my self and others.

As far as I am concerned this company is a scam because it's not licensed. And if it's not licensed than it has something to hide.

Consumers beware.