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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DEFINITELY as scam, I gave all my dets to advisor after paying for the consultation, then when we spoke, he said I had to pay I believe 2,500USD. I was horrified, even more so because he was persiste... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This review goes back to April 2024 and the date is beyond the standard Trustpilot cutoff. However I am posting it as I can see nothing has changed since then, USAGCO is still in business, and my expe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

100% scam presented as a group of rude lawyers and sale persons located in Israel, who pretend to apply for you for a diversity US immigration Visa. Calls bounded to get your money for the services... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How are these people still operational after all these reports of scamming people. They refuse to refund your money after you tell them to stop the application.Its a shame that you can easily find the... See more

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  1. Visa Consultant

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USAGCO is a Leading immigration consultancy firm that assists eligible applicants in applying for the US Diversity Visa Lottery Program.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

United Network News Kimberly A Goguen is a scammer fraudster…

Kimberly A Goguen 2616 West 2nd Avenue Durango Colorado. Kimberly Goguen is a fraudster international scammer. She works for the OCG organized crime group out of Russia. The UK.
Look up the Hanson banking group where she is banned.
Her many companies
December 5th Limited
Manna Holding Trust
Metro Grant Holdings
MortgageMax LLC
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And now she's onto
United Network News which you can locate on rumble and YouTube.
Where she ask her subscribers to send them project ideas laid out business plans and then she passes them off to other people to steal the ideas or she then uses a third party to contact these people with the largest project plans in the millions, she passes off the people's information and they will send them a letter offering them funding through a sovereign trust, gold silver sovereign trust. After a fake approval, they will ask them for a deposit and they basically rob them of their deposit. Deposits can be anywhere from $50,000 and up. Look up her name and make sure you use the word scammer after her name and you will see a lot of information come up. She's connected to about 50 other scammers. The most popular names in the United States would be Thomas Williams, Steffen Rowe, Thomas J Melville, Jasper Ellermann.

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Do not subscribe to her network. United Network news. On three occasions she has had a separation of employees and claimed the employees stole the money, NOT TRUE tho. It has happened three times. She had about 6,000 subscribers that never got a refund right after annual renewal. She will tell you that it was people that work for her but she is a liar. She's done this three times now. Do not give her your credit card information, any of your funding ideas, project ideas or business plans.

January 3, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM!!

SCAM!!! A long talk with a wired end. They wanted my Credit Card Details :-) YEYE Sure

March 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam

Scam
Scam
Scam

Avoid and report
Wanted £2500 to continue application

March 20, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam 100%

I had a call from a rude woman called Anna with a Miami phone number. She asked lots of personal questions and then asked for $395 to be paid over the phone. When I refused she put pressure on me and said my application would be cancelled and lose the chance to enter the green card lottery. I soon hung up after this. Don’t be sucked into these scammers.

March 4, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Scam? Or not. 🤝🏻

I shared the same belief initially, assuming it was a scam. However, it turned out not to be true. I have asked them nicely to send me a refund back and to stop the application process and they have sent me all the money back. Maybe i was lucky or they are actually legit and they are just an intermediare. Actually on their website it says that(so i didn’t pay enough attention, my bad) anyway, i happy everything is sorted out.

March 9, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hi hi

Hi hi
They talk BIG... Scam.

Very insistent that I disclose how I was going to pay... told the lady, don't wish to proceed after she talked up a few thousand apps cmg thr.
I hung up nicely after I said I'd rather pay direct to USA Embassy Wgtn, NZ for travel visa.
Will follow thr wth NZ Scam/Fraud.
Be very careful people.

March 5, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I recently had a distressing encounter…

I recently had a distressing encounter with USAGCO, an Israel-based company that has left me deeply concerned about their legitimacy and intentions. In my dealings with them, they requested sensitive information, including my children's passports and mine, under the guise of a transaction.

This raised immediate red flags, as I've never encountered such unorthodox practices before. Unfortunately, I fell victim to their deceit, and I am now apprehensive about the potential consequences and damages they might inflict. They charged me $2500, but now reported them to my bank credit card company.

I would strongly advise anyone considering engaging with USAGCO to exercise extreme caution. My experience with them has left me regretful and wary of online transactions, as they seem to be driven solely by ulterior motives and an insidious desire for financial gain.

Be wary and stay vigilant when dealing with unfamiliar entities, especially those requesting sensitive personal information.

February 29, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

it looks a lot like a scam

it looks a lot like a scam, they asked me for money over the phone during the first conversation and when i said i would check their company details first they said my application would be deleted if i didn't do the payment now

February 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Please hang up the phone immediately!

Please hang up the phone immediately if you get a call from this company, a complete scam. I too went through all their questions and was told that I’d met all their requirements but as soon as I said I didn’t want to pay them any money over the phone things got heated.

This is where they completely lost me as they refused to send me the details over email so I could do my due diligence before handing over any money. The American woman on the phone was very persistent which just got me annoyed so I told her firmly that there was no way I’d hand over my card details and thanked her before hanging up. I’m pretty sure they will not ring me again, make sure you do the same. It’s a con!

February 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM - beware and do not give credit card details.

I was on social media and landed on a usgco prelim check if I was eligible for the green card. Not too long after I got a call from an Australian woman. The sound quality over the phone was super suspect and sounded very much to me like she was in a call centre.
I entertained the call. She asked me about my socio economic status, things like what I earn etc and what I do for a living. By this time they had already tried phoning me a few times. In South Africa we have an app called True Caller which shows you the number and the associated identity. Every call I got from this lady had a different south African cell number.
She called me back today, didn't have too much to say but wanted to finalize my application and asked for $390 payment. She then asked me to give my credit card details over the phone. I refused. I told her I don't make payments that way and would only make payment via a secure payment link or 3rd party payment service like payfast, PayPal etc.. she was insistent that this is how things are done in America and I told her that it's not how I do things and I will not give my details. She tried 3 or 4 times to get me to give my card details. I refused. The objections I gave seemed to have well rehearsed and scripted rebuttals on her end. This is what gave me the clue that this is undoubtedly a scam. I also read on the US immigration site that the application is free. While I understand this company tells people that they are a "value added service" it all seems too suspect. I eventually just hung up on her. She hasn't tried to call back again.
The different SA numbers tell me they are using some kind of VOIP system that imitates local numbers. They are concealing their true location. Very very suspicious
The number she quoted to me to reach the was +1 888 272 1564. I haven't bothered to see if the number works but others here have said it doesn't.

To add, there is no such company on LinkedIn. The emails I get from Peter Harris are generic. I cannot verify Peter Harris as a real person on LinkedIn. There is 1 person who has listed themselves as working at USGCO on LinkedIn and she is based in the Philippines. Typically call centre scam countries.

February 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam using newssite

Scam using newssite 124news and Facebook. Site looks very decent. Filling the form asks for your ccv creditcard number. I realized after submitting that it was unsafe. I blocked my creditcard right away.

February 7, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid

I would avoid this company as it seems to be a scam. I did register interest on the website and received a call today. They tried to walk me through the Green Card process, which was not consistent with the DV lottery process, which you can enter yourself (if you meet the requirements). As soon as I started explaining I had already done this, they rudely said that "clearly I knew more than them" and hung up.

January 31, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Usagco fraud

Usagco fraud, scammer

I never thought I’d be gullible enough for this to happen to me.

They are very convincing. They got me question myself even when I realise im being scammed. Be careful!

I quess they play on human emotions telling you everything you want to hear.
There professional con artists!
And asking for info about my self and even my kids. I feel so dumb and sick . Don’t know what kind identity theft might come out of this. Not to mention the thousands of USD they scammed me for.
Lesson learned

January 31, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's a scam

It's a scam! Beware! Do not engage with them and do not click on anything in their emails! Report to authorities!

January 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very sophisticated scam

Very sophisticated scam. I was sent the link by a family member and blindly trusted it. Payed the initial $39. Then got a phone call a few days later talking me through this whole process and how lucky I was to get accepted for the greencard.

I naively fell for it as I had already trusted the link, he was sending me emails explaining the whole process while talking to me on the phone and was telling me my own details. Eventually convincing me to part ways with $2500. As soon as I ended the phone I realised it was a scam.

I instantly started contacting my bank and emailing the scammer asking for a refund. The bank said they couldn’t do anything as it technically wasn’t fraud as I had “authorised” the payment.

I then went to the bank branch in person was was met with the same response. Luckily the family member who had sent me the link went to their own branch and explained everything. The manager then contacted me and she put in a complaint to the fraud team in the banks headquarters.

Thankfully they acted instantly with what I think was a chargeback and I got all my money back.

Huge lesson learnt and will not happen again. I know how lucky I am but to anyone who has been scammed by these scumbags you can get the money back if you fight hard enough and fast enough. And please report this to the authorities as it seems to be a huge operation and needs to be taken down.

November 26, 2023
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