Thread: Rent to Own Scams First House Financial, American Standard Online, First Step Equity, Go Rent to Own, Hudforeclosed.com

Ok,
I'm new here. I know I haven't introduced myself or anything but I'm going to go ahead here and jump right in. I've been compiling information on the companies above for 2 years now.

For roughly 6 years, and I believe longer, there have been at least 2 or more entities spaming craigslist with fake rent to own ads. They take pictures from legitimate ads regarding rentals and property for sale and post it as their own.

They claim you can purchase foreclosed property with no money down, no credit checks, and all for a fee of $199. They claim you have no responsibility and can walk away anytime. That the owner's name stays on the loan, but you can assume the payments (at a lower cost then the original mortgage) and that the title gets transfered to your name.

I've identified at least two separate entities running the exact same scam. I've compiled much more information one than the other. It is possible that both groups of companies are all being run by the same people, however, I have been unable to find a link between the two. There are a few other companies I so far have no been able to link to either group of companies.

Here is the information I have compiled so far.

First off are the companies I have more information on.

The first set of companies previously went under the names New Line Equity www.NewLineEquity.com, and First Line Equity www.firstlineequity.com.

They now are running under the names First House Financial: https://www.firsthousefinancial.com/ and Sun Financial Online: https://www.sunfinancialonline.com/

The addresses I have for listed for these companies are:

New Line Equity
1201 Lawton St
(between 18th Ave & 19th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94122
Neighborhood: Inner Sunset

USA:
The First House Financial Corporation
120 Walti St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

First House Financial / Sun Financial Online
755 Baywood Dr. Second Floor,
Petaluma, CA 94954

Europe:
The First House Financial Corporation
Nancy Whiticker House
7 Old Street
Rosseau, Dominica W.I.

The phone numbers used by these companies are:
Sun Financial Online
755 Baywood Dr. Second Floor, Petaluma, CA 94954
https://www.sunfinancialonline.com/?
# listed on Sun Financial Online's website: (866) 956-3051 (recorded msg: Thank you for calling First House Financial)

First House Financial / Sun Financial Online
https://www.firsthousefinancial.com/
# listed on FHF's website: (877) 413-7214,
202-567-6167, (203) 584-7723, (213)457-0384, 267-820-9664, (301) 983-1293, (302) 722-5233, 321-236-6188, (401) 859-1968, (412) 294-8953, (415) 450-9521, 415-691-6344, (415) 450-9521, (415) 742-4411, (440) 299-8351, (443) 839-0425, (513) 800-1352, 516-340-5406, (567) 250-2181, (610) 879-7637, (612) 399-6995, (614) 489-8739, 619-215-1699, (631) 685-0062, 770-847-9239, (773) 672-3876, (845) 576-5154, (860) 222-0664, (877) 413-7214, (914) 228-3064, (914) 810-8237, 919-578-6434

Here is some wording that you can find on each and every craigslist ad they post (I'm still compiling this list):
Here is one perfect opportunity to get into future home ownership while still renting!!!

*Call*now to*find out*how*you can rent*to*own your dream home using our program.*

Call to find out how you can rent to own/take over the payments with only $199 by enrolling in our program. .

Call to find out how you can rent to own your dream home using our program..

Ask how $199 can get you into a home with low payments by enrolling in our special program. .

Ask how $199 can get you into a home with no credit checks by enrolling in our special program. .

Ask how $199 can get you into your dream home by enrolling in our special program. .*

Rent to own. No credit checks. You can get started with $199 by enrolling in our program. .

Take over payments. All credit ok. You can get started with $199 by enrolling in our program. .

Searching back through registration records for these sites, the two owners Richie Barrioga and Xzavier Date go under a few different names. Richie (which I believe is short for Richell) goes under the names: Richie Barrioga, Richell Gregorios, and Jessyka Date. Xzavier Date goes under the names Daniel Date and David Date.
Richie Barrioga's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/richie.barrioga?fref=ts
Xzavier Date's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/xzavier.date?fref=ts and another running under the name Daniel Date: https://www.facebook.com/dandate.date?fref=ts

Here is Xzavier's youtube page being run under the name: Daniel Date Daniel Date - YouTube

Here are all of the youtube accounts run under the names of these companies: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewLine...?feature=watch

https://www.youtube.com/user/FirstHouseFinancial

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5...0MTlZJukgq8lJA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxz...J5CJJvKUhPJL8g

https://www.youtube.com/user/FirstHouseFinancials

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiY...fHANu68IZkXBzg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDh...uzSd3U5lLjw7TA

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSharkbait1000

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3...ozuJ6ZIuwS0XTw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4...YvSR5vNeQ1vVpQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFy...jUw5NPJlzvjGCw

https://www.youtube.com/user/YourAmericanStandard

https://www.youtube.com/user/FirstStepEquity

https://www.youtube.com/user/1stStepEquity

JBErentals's channel - YouTube

JBERentalsInfo - YouTube


The following info is something I copied and pasted and at the time didn't take a screen shot.

http://www.whoismind.com/whois/hohotline.com.html

Hohotline.com - Whois Data
Whois data
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Domain-name: hohotline.com
Similar-domains: hohotline.net hohotline.org
Domain-ip: 68.178.232.100 United States
Domain-tld: COM (Top Level Domain)
Domain-locked: LOCKED
Creation date: 2012-06-18 (11 months)
Last update: 2012-06-18
Expiration date: 2013-06-18 (2 days left)
Nameservers:
NS07.DOMAINCONTROL.COM 216.69.185.4 United States
NS08.DOMAINCONTROL.COM 208.109.255.4 United States
Domain record: Domain Name: HOHOTLINE.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: Domain Names | The World's Largest Domain Name Registrar - GoDaddy
Name Server: NS07.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS08.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 18-jun-2012
Creation Date: 18-jun-2012
Expiration Date: 18-jun-2013

Whois data:
Registrant:
Richell Gregorios support@firsthousefinancial.com
JMI Village
Iloilo City, Manduriao 6000
Philippines

Domain Name: HOHOTLINE.COM
Created on: 18-Jun-12
Expires on: 18-Jun-13
Last Updated on: 18-Jun-12

Administrative Contact:
Gregorios, Richell support@firsthousefinancial.com
JMI Village
Iloilo City, Manduriao 6000
Philippines
(415) 450-9521

Technical Contact:
Gregorios, Richell
JMI Village
Iloilo City, Manduriao 6000
Philippines
(415) 450-9521

Domain servers in listed order:
NS07.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS08.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Actions: You want to buy the domain hohotline.com ?

I do have screen shots of other registration information for First House Financial and will be attaching that info.

Here is a report from ABC News regarding this company from 1/21/2014
FBI says scam involving nonexistent houses for rent continues to make rounds

The second set of companies... unfortunately I don't have as much information on. Again, I do not know if they are run by the same people, but they run the exact same scam at the exact same price. I will be trying to collect more and post it.

The run under several names:
Standard Capital US: # listed on Standard Captical Us website: (888) 270-1073*
Standard Capital US - Foreclosure Overview & Process

American Standard Online: # listed on website, 1-877-395-1296
:
American Standard Online

Anchor House Financial: # listed on website 877-395-1287
Welcome to AnchorHouseFinancial.com

Common phone numbers for these companies: American Standard Online / Anchor House Financial / Standard Captial US: 615-348-5987,
860-266-7891, (866) 319-5174, 866-331-8758, 866-344-3538, 866-345-1844, (877)-395-0320, 877-395-1291, (877) 395-1294, 877-395-1297, 877-395-1302, (877) 395-1304, 888-269-5390

Here is wording found in their ads:
We will take your credit. Take over payments or rent to own.
Take over payments. Rent to own. Bad Credit OK.
Take over payments. Rent to own. All credit ok.
Take over payments. Rent to own. No credit checks.Dan_DateG+.jpgDanDateyt.jpgFHF_FB_DanDateComment.jpgFHFRegistrationApr09-12.jpgFHFRegistrationApr13-14.jpgFHFRegistrationOct08-11.jpgFirst_House_Financial_yt.jpg

I will post comments with more screen shots.