Complaint Review: MICHAEL CROOK Also goes by MIKE / MICHAEL COOK -

I responded to ad which I still have, he had posted on Craigslist back in 2018 about a business opportunity. After meeting with him and having conversation with him about what he was looking to do he convinced me to partner up with him.  Honesty, who does this?  Who seriously looks at a Craigslist Ad, a place where scammers reside, and thinks a legit deal can be found there?  I mean seriously who does this?  If it were a legit deal, then why try to find people on Craigslist?  If it was that good a deal, the dude would not use Craigslist; he could find anyone with sufficient capital without borrowing a dime  Why use Craigslist?  Because that's where suckers are found.

After getting my info, he started to apply for credit cards and loans. Having me go to different banks around the area and opening up accounts and when I would question what we were doing he would always make me feel like I was going to mess up...  Of course he needed a sucker to put a name to the funds being borrowed; he had no intent to be in business.  If he were looking for a real partner, he would only need your existing capital - he wouldn't need to go to a bank and borrow money in your name.  That's what you're supposed to do, so you're in control of your funds.  Your greed for a big deal got the best of you.

I told him as long as the bills are paid we're ok.  And you simply took his word for it that the bills were being paid.  That was your money.  You should have been the one paying the bills, not him.  You knew nothing about anything he was doing.

Your only recourse at this point is to file a civil suit for fraud.  By the time you find him however, he will have very little money left, you won't be the only one suing him, he will declare bankruptcy, and you're done.  At some point, your wife is going to be asking you how stupid were you to do this to your family, and you may have to declare bankruptcy yourself.

This is an old scam - it's obvious and it's ridiculous people fall for it.

Moral of the story:  Legitimate business deals require a great deal of due diligence performed on the entire business, a review of audited financials, and then some idea of how this actually makes money to a lawyer, a business partner, or someone a whole lot smarter than you are.  It requires capital you already have, not something you have to borrow for, unless you're doing the borrowing and paying.

Here are some photos of him.

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Michael Crook got me for a whole lot of money. I responded to ad which I still have, he had posted on Craigslist back in 2018 about a business opportunity. After meeting with him and having conversation with him about what he was looking to do he convinced me to partner up with him. Showing me his limo company and water companies and other business's he was running, he offered me to quit my job and come work with him. I was excited.

Thought to myself what a good thing im getting into. So then it all started. After getting my info, he started to apply for credit cards and loans. Having me go to different banks around the area and opening up accounts and when I would question what we were doing he would always make me feel like I was going to mess up a good oppurtunity to work with him and I didnt want to mess that up espicially after quiting my job.

Loans were coming into my account and he would transfer them out. Always giving me some BS story where the money came from and what we were going to do with the money to expand the business's and so forth. I told him as long as the bills are paid we're ok. Then one day he had me go to Delrey Beach Mercedes Benz and purchase a Mercedes S550 that he said he wanted to add to the fleet for his limo company.

Again I would tell him as long as it can be paid lets do it. Then one day he had me go to At&T and open up a business account and took out 2 iphones and tablets and said it was all for the business. Everything seemed ok. The bills were being paid and even one of the loans was paid off. This only lasted about 4-5 months and then it all stopped.

He stopped making deposits to the bank to make payments and stop paying me. Things were not looking good. Then I find out that the Mercedes was shipped to California which now I being sued for. Then I find out he opened a PayPal account and thats negative $65,000. Grand Total this guy hit my credit up for almost $200,000.

My credit went to Sh*t and im being harrassed by creditors everyday and now being sued by one of them which I think is the car loan. He also tried opening another business in my name in the state of Delawere and also tried opening a frieght company which I received all mail for. This man is the devil him self. I invitied this man into my home and met my family.

He is heartless and has no soul. Its like he's some evel robot or someting. I did do some investigating with all the info I have from him and looks like I was able to find his sister and sisters husband and looks to be his mother on Instagram. I myself have tried reporting this situation to the my local police department and all they tell me to do is file civil sue.

Its like know one wants to hear what happened to me but now I see im not the only one. My wife says I should try the state attorneys office now so thats what im going to try to do. Were you able to resolve anything in your case with Michael Crook? He told me his name was Mike Cook...

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Here are some pictures I found of him on Instagram

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