Consumer complaint received 2019-03-28
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: CA
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Savings account
Issue: Managing an account
Sub-issue: Deposits and withdrawals

Complaint:
XXXX XXXX XXXX, Wells Fargo and XXXX If other, please specify : XXXX Transaction Amount : {$2500.00} Transaction Date : XX/XX/2019 Was the money sent? Yes Victim Bank Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX If other, please specify : XXXX Transaction Amount : {$2500.00} Transaction Date : XX/XX/2019 Was the money sent? Yes Victim Bank Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Bank Name : Wells Fargo If other, please specify : XXXX Transaction Amount : {$1000.00} Transaction Date : XX/XX/XXXX Was the money sent? Yes. This man promised me he would build me a " funnel '' to launch my online course in a week and wrote a contract up for an immediate to begin 90 days course launch, after I pay him {$6000.00} - ONLY acceptable through XXXX. I sent him two {$2500.00} transactions and one {$1000.00} to make the total {$6000.00}. 4 weeks passed by and the work hasn't been done and barely if at all started. so I found out from a group forum that he has scammed a bunch of people out of thousands and possibly 100s of thousands of dollars collectively. I XXXX and saw scam reports and I realized I have been scammed. Also, he has been reported to the FBI via multiple IC3 complaints! Including one from myself. He then started threatening me to sue me for the forum post and the feed and I don't know if I feel safe anymore. Its been abusive emotionally, financially, and mentally, he tried gaslighting me and my family has suffered while I suffer. This is a BAD BAD guy out here hurting a lot of innocent people with his internet scam. I have to care for my mother and sons and life and I couldnt. I had such bad anxiety, my sister came up to help with my mom and I couldnt barely function. I told him this was effecting me and my family. Also, it turns out people who did work with him previously said he is a sociopath who does scam people and not perform or return their money and they left because they didnt want to be associate with him because they witnessed how he was scamming people and they said they would be a witness and sign a statement. NOW the bank Wells Fargo should just give me back my money and XXXX needs to return the transfer, this is XXXX. I want my money back from this douche bag. XXXX needs to learn when to BLACKLIST users from receiving funds through them and not allow him to scam people through there payment gateway I have reported it to my bank to files a XXXX dispute through XXXX XXXX XXXX to his account at wells fargo - but they said Wells Fargo will likely not recover the funds and return them. THAT is participating in illegal criminal activity. They said this is where we file things like this, but I am also pursuing a small claims case. Then on Monday XX/XX/19 I filed  the dispute with the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX departmen and have not seen anything in return I have not got my money back. All of these financial institutions are party to this crime. If they want copies or my correspondences with this person, I will provide them and if they want copies of the online reports that he scame people, I will provide them and if they want a copy of the group forum of victims where we discuss these crimes, I will provide that as well.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation