QUESTION
What can I do to get my $20K back from this con-artist who currently lives in North Carolina?
Asked on Nov 19th, 2013 on Real Estate - Texas
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This guy, Thomas McGee the real estate investor (lives in North Carolina) have been sending emails about how succussful he have profited out of the flipped houses, high-end development projects and other good resources and analysis information that never existed for 6 months and finall I fell for it and sent $20K. He said he will return the $20K plus the profit along with other investors (no investors existed). I have all of his contact information and where he works and home address, etc. I can be contacted via email only and we can set a schedule for me to call you whenever available.
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What you describe sounds like a real estate investment scam. It is unclear what he was doing with your money. Did this individual have a business or was he acting as an individual?
Purchasing homes and then selling them for a profit? How long ago did you make this investment? Did he provide a timeline by which he'd return your initial investment? Did you sign a disclosure or acknowledgment statement after your sent your money? This sounds like fraud, but without more information about the promises he made concerning your return on investment and the types of investors he targeted, it is difficult to say what your rights and options are.
To report this individual and/or his company to the Securities and Exchange Commission, please visit this website: http://www.sec.gov/complaint/select.shtml
Answered on Nov 19th, 2013 at 4:43 PM