Consumer Alerts 2014

The California Department of Business Oversight has been notified that a business operating under the name Cash N More of Canoga Park, California is offering deferred deposit transactions, commonly known as payday loans, to California residents without a...

The Department of Business Oversight has been notified that consumers in California and other states have received telephone calls from debt collector(s) falsely claiming to be collecting a payday loan debt on behalf of CMG Financial.  CMG Financial is a...

The California Department of Business Oversight has been notified that www.afranswers.com is claiming to be American Financial Resources, with the alternate name American Financial Resolutions, and is offering mortgage modification services to consumers...

The California Department of Business Oversight has been notified that Agreed International appears to be misleadingly using the name of a company that is licensed by the Department, Agreed Escrow (formerly Aftermarket Escrow) to offer escrow...

The California Department of Business Oversight has been notified that Argon Holdings is offering escrow services to consumers in connection with the sale of their timeshares through Advanced Realty AL without a license.Argon Holdings lists an address of...

The California Department of Business Oversight has been notified that Charter Investments, Inc. is offering purportedly high-yield certificates of deposit without a license to consumers on its...

The California Department of Business Oversight issued a Desist and Refrain Order against three companies, World Capital Market, Inc., WCM777, Inc. and WCM777 Limited, which collectively ran an investment scam marketed under the name “WCM777.”   The order...

The Department of Business Oversight has been notified that a company illegally offering escrow services to consumers in connection with the sale of their timeshares in Mexico is falsely claiming to be the company “Aftermarket Escrow” or “Agreed Escrow,"...

The Department of Business Oversight has been notified that Real Pro Escrow, Inc., and Real ProEscrow, Inc., with a website address of www.realproescrowinc.com, is offering illegal escrow services to consumers. This company lists its telephone number as...

The Department of Business Oversight has been notified that PayDayOne LLC is sending unsolicited emails to consumers offering payday loans.  This company lists its telephone number as (916) 288-8008, and its address as 1515 K Street, Suite 200, Sacramento,...