9 months ago we exposed a mortgage modification scheme that was preying on consumers nationwide .Consumers were angry that after paying the firm thousands of dollars to save their homes,the firm had done nothing.Consumers lost money and often their homes. The company claimed they were helping homeowners get mortgage modifications ,but all we found when we investigated was an unlicensed telemarketing room full of hustlers . Now the FBI has raided them.
UPDATE See the comments below of people that lost their homes after trusting these so called professional.Also note a tipster tells us they will try to come back with yet another name .
We will keep you posted
I got your back
John Mattes
I too was scammed out of $3500, your video depicts all that I have encountered. This company doesn’t answer calls, or call people back. Not to mention lie when they answer the phone.Saying Uh I don’t handle refunds, I don’t have the authority, “It takes two weeks to process”. Name change four times within a year, A plus, B minus, and a F rating on BBB under one of the alias. Slightly different phone numbers, but the same address. The company I want consumers to be aware of is tmmlg, drurylawgroup, chastain and etcheson. They all have websites with offices in St. Petersburg FL, Maricopa AZ, and Glen Ellen IL. I can only imagine the employees looking like the people in your video. Google complaints against and enter one of the pseudonyms. You will be suprised!
I like most of you am in the same boat. I’m so p(*(*(* off I can’t stand it. I found out about this today and it was only by chance! My daughter and grandchildren live with me as this is to be their home one day and I can’t imagine losing it. My story is the same. Saw their ad, thought it was legit and called. Had the same oh this is going to be great feeling for the first month or so and then it all started getting fishy. I was on the phone to the San Diego FBI as soon as I started reading about this mess. The agent was very nice and sympathetic but there was only so much he could say of course. I’m now waiting for documents from them and hoping my lender (Chase) will also be understanding and work with us. 3500 is alot when you have to work for every penny of it!
To: About to Lose the Farm;
I don’t see why you were even accepted into the loan modification program. From the facts you wrote below about your work and financial history, you probably wouldn’t even qualify for a loan modification.
IGUY here ……the reason they were “accepted: is because 1st American took in everyone.The scam for them is everyone qualifies to give them money.
Mr. Too Tall,
You are horribly mistaken in your stereotyping of some of us who are victims of 1ALC!
Not only have we never missed a mortgage payment but we have an almost perfect credit score to prove it. We both work and have never collected a dime in unemployement. We are not blaming 1ALC for losing our home (we still have it) but rather for their inability to follow through on the promise to help us with the complex modification system.
I understand your irritation of folks who are trying to get out of paying their fair share. However in my case and that of many many others, we are simply trying to modify the existing mortgage because the orginal set up we were given is no longer even legal! Due to home prices falling so sharply in our area we do not qualify for a normal refinance, hence our interest in a modification.
Please do not be so quick to judge when you have very little information to go on.
~A
I am sorry to say I cannot have much compassion for you homeowners who are not keeping up with your mortgage payment. Instead you pay “$3,500″ to a 3rd party “Loan Modification” company and blame them for losing your home. Really!!!? I am certain you were delinquent many months prior to contacting a loan modification company or a law firm in hopes of them saving your home. Its simple math, if you don’t pay, you can’t stay. This is a 2 way street. Now you on the other hand are mad because you lost your home. GET A JOB and stop collecting unemployment.
Hi Mr. Mattes, I was referred to your site after posting a question on a San Diego News channel’s page regarding 1st American Law Center. After watching your video I am sick to my stomach. We are apparently suckers who fell for this scheme. We are deep in the middle of trying to get our money back and get out of this mess.
Thank you for what you do. We were only trying to get our mortgage modification put through in the best manner possible. We own a small farm in rural Wisconsin and we do NOT want to lose it or the money we paid to 1st American.
~A
We are going through this process right now and they are not in contact with us at all~I am very worried now that I seen this!! 3,500 dollars is alot to us!! We want it back ASAP!!!
I loved your video about Dean Chandelor AKA- loser. After submitting my loan modification request 50 x and talking to over 100 people, getting denied twice for unabsurd unrealastic reasons. I hired 1st American and got ripped off I was the cry baby on the news. Being a single mom losing child support just wanted to hold on to the American dream which is a American nightmare. . All I know is you made me laugh- wish I saw that video before I paid that unethical 1st American. So glad you posted it
Rumor is 1st American Law Center
is in the process of changing their name to
1st National Law Group or Center as a dba under
Chandler Law Group
they were helping me with a loan modification I lost my home july 12 2010 they did nothing they said I LOST MY HOME BECAUSE OF 1st American Law Center
this was a great video – too bad it took another 9 months until they were held accountable….
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