American Data Services - bogus refund

Hey Troops,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to drop this info, but I wanted to pass this along.

A quick heads-up to those who have a mortgage refund coming to them. There is a company called American Data Services based out of Cincinnati, OH who is sending notifications out to people who have a refund coming to them. The letter LOOKS like they will get you your check if you pay them 10%. However, if you read it CAREFULLY (or send them the money) you'll see that they only INFORM you of how to get the refund... which I already knew how to do. I didn't want to do the notary, get a copy of my old grant deed, etc. So, for $169 (their 10% cut) I figured I'd just do it to get my $1,658.00. Wrong! I got a flippin' letter saying to get an application from HUD and send that in... which means notary, copy of my deed, etc.

Be careful. They say they will send you 'return information'... not your return/money itself. My refund was due to a sale of a property and I had the left-over mortgage insurance due back to me.

Just some slime-balls trying to rip people off. They got me. I tried calling their number and they never called me back. You only get a cheesy answer machine.

HUD can get you the document that you need to fill out and send them. Here's a link to help:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/comp/refunds/


Bogus Company/Letter info:

American Data Services
1232 W. Kemper Road, Suite 111
Cincinnati, OH 45240-1618

Willia Crenshaw
Audit Division Manager
(513) 58x-0857