About a month ago I was looking on yahoo answers for questions about car insurance and I noticed two accounts where constantly mentioning Landa Insurance (www.landainsurance.com) and I looked into that company.
The website is obviously seedy and they take paypal, etc. I called the guy on his phone number (which i found out is a cell phone) and he provided me with temporary insurance cards and explained that he is an underwriter for Continental Group Insurance.
I paid $499 for the full coverage auto insurance.
After I got the final product i noticed these things are really, really poorly made so I started making phone calls to Continental Group.
End result CGI never sells car insurance, they’ve never heard of Landa Insurance, nor do they have an agent named Bob Warren, and the insurance policy I was sold matched a medicare supplement policy they issued.
First I called the local dallas police department where this guy was operating out of and filed a complaint, second I disputed it with paypal.
Paypal responded that they cannot guarantee virtual goods. I bounced several emails back and forth with them explaining it wasnt virtual but all I got was repetitive copy and paste emails talking about ebay.
So bottom line, I ordered a charge back on my mastercard.
Now today I get the email that they are looking into with the seller.
How is paypal going to react on this and how long until this is closed?
August 19th, 2010 at 3:06 am
You are protected under paypal. Since they were selling “insurance” I am sure your not the only customer they have scammed. The people who post on here are the ones running this scam… It could take paypal up to another 30 days if you do not keep on them. You need to call there customer service number and talk to a person. Keep doing this until you get results.