SCAM ALERT
Welcome to the website for Private Lending Direct, LLC. It's a pretty unimpressive place, isn't it?
That's because at Private Lending Direct we never do business or seek borrowers over the internet. We are private lenders, licensed by the State of California, who provide funding only to professional house flippers. We limit our funding to properties in the Los Angeles area, and parts of Orange County. We only do business with people we meet face-to-face, eye-to-eye, almost always at a local real estate club, and we never ask for up-front fees. Ever.
You probably solicited money from a website like Biggerpockets.com or ConnectedInvestors.com and were contacted by someone who said he represented our company. He doesn’t. He's apparently very slick, and will point to a very professional looking website, which uses our company name and an anonymous phone number that’s probably from Google Voice. This is not our website, nor our phone number. He will represent himself using my name. At some point this scoundrel will request personal information from you and also an up-front fee. We will never do this. Refuse to send anything.
If someone is using our name, our brand and our reputation to extract money from you, but you have never met with us in person, then you are no doubt being scammed. We suggest that you discontinue contact immediately. We would appreciate it if you would contact us and also report it to the FBI at www.ic3.gov and the CA Department of Business Oversight at https://docqnet.dbo.ca.gov/complaint/.
And, of course, if you have lending needs, we'll be happy to talk with you about that too. But after the first phone call or two, we'll be meeting in person and probably at one of your properties!
That's because at Private Lending Direct we never do business or seek borrowers over the internet. We are private lenders, licensed by the State of California, who provide funding only to professional house flippers. We limit our funding to properties in the Los Angeles area, and parts of Orange County. We only do business with people we meet face-to-face, eye-to-eye, almost always at a local real estate club, and we never ask for up-front fees. Ever.
You probably solicited money from a website like Biggerpockets.com or ConnectedInvestors.com and were contacted by someone who said he represented our company. He doesn’t. He's apparently very slick, and will point to a very professional looking website, which uses our company name and an anonymous phone number that’s probably from Google Voice. This is not our website, nor our phone number. He will represent himself using my name. At some point this scoundrel will request personal information from you and also an up-front fee. We will never do this. Refuse to send anything.
If someone is using our name, our brand and our reputation to extract money from you, but you have never met with us in person, then you are no doubt being scammed. We suggest that you discontinue contact immediately. We would appreciate it if you would contact us and also report it to the FBI at www.ic3.gov and the CA Department of Business Oversight at https://docqnet.dbo.ca.gov/complaint/.
And, of course, if you have lending needs, we'll be happy to talk with you about that too. But after the first phone call or two, we'll be meeting in person and probably at one of your properties!
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CA Finance Lenders License 60DBO 44629
CA Finance Lenders License 60DBO 44629
