Scam. Do your business elsewhere. After speaking to several people including managers who assured us that our case was very promising and they only took the “best cases” we gave them $2500 to pursue reducing our mortgage. After 2 months I began asking questions as up to that point -my case was “progressing well”. After 3 months I pursued harder and found out that in fact my case had not been looked after at all. The case handler had left and somebody else would be looking after it. I worked with this person for the next 2 weeks and they eventually told me that I was not a good candidate because I was current with my mortgage. Hmmmm………..Seems like something they would have known on day 1. Discouraging to say the least especially with the total lack of attention to my case. I then began a 2 month journey to try and get my money back. I eventually got $2300 back after more than a dozen phone calls and angry emails. I spoke to the “head person” Amin who assured me that I would be receiving my money in full. He failed on that promise on multiple occasions. I’ve continued to try and recoup the last $200 but without success. I would try somewhere else.

I’m a victim of this obvious scandulous company as well. Never saw it coming because it was advertised so much on national television. I applied for the modification process early October. By the 13th of October, I was told “congratulations” and was asked for 1/2 of the fee ($3,995). It was clearly expressed to me that it was “money back guarantee” as long as I provided them all the paperwork they required. Well, needless to say, I provided everything that was requested. On the 13th of Nov, the remaining half of the fee was charged to my card and on Monday, the 16th of Nov, I received a phone call that informed me that I make to much $$$ to qualify for the federal program. OK, now I’m expecting my refund of $3,995. Waited a couple of weeks courteously giving them time to process the credit (although, it didn’t take them that long to take it from my card). Then I started calling; didn’t get an answer nor a response, so I started faxing and still didn’t even get an acknowledgement. It’s now Jan 4th, 2010 and I still have yet to hear from Aria…about my refund. I haven’t even received formal notification that I didn’t qualify for the program. You know, “thank you for application, but we regret to inform you that…” We contacted our credit card manager and explained what happened. They agreed to credit the $$$ back to our account while they determine if I received any services. That was relief because it meant that I didn’t have to pay interest on the $3,995 any more. Also, we knew that the credit card company would confirm that we did not receive the services promised. If you are new to this process, the credit card company said they didn’t have to deal with Aria, they would go directly to their bank to recapture the funds. Never been so disappointed and screwed!!!

i am in the same position with aria. i had been working with these people for six mos.now and no results or money back. i don’t know who to turn too now. i will probably lose my home now.please let me know who to contact. thank you, barbara

I too have been scammed. I do not wish to divulge anything else unless I know that maybe a class action suit of some sort is going to be pursued.
Is there an official office that I may file a formal complaint with?

They got me too. Is anyone going to file a class action suit? If so I’m in…My guy’s name was Arash Avarsaji. My only consolation is that they may someday get what they deserve.

They have 5,995.00 of my money since late October and I can not reach them they checked out with the B.B.B. How can they air a nation wide commercial with no consequences? Time to sue the F.C.C.

I am just amazed our great federalgovernment allows this practice to continue after multiple people are in the same boat. I too was taken by this scam and now am out 2199.00 and unfortunately cant get anyone to even answer my calls now.. How are we going to get our money back?

GSB pissed at the Fed. and People who take advatage of people who already are down and out.

Does anyone have an alternate number for this companny? I have been calling 800-231-4123 since last week and the number is disconnected? Like most of you, they have $ 2,000.00 of my money since August and not much has been done??

Got me too. I feel fortunate compared to some of you. They managed to get me for $1500 before I started feeling funny about sending them anymore. Ty Nakanishi is the fake name of the crook that got me. If something is going to be done please contact me I want to see these people get what they deserve.

I was supposed to hear back from Aria & Assoc Monday the 19th, so I tried to call them today… all numbers were disconnected. I also tried to contact them through their website, but kept getting “Msg cannot be sent”. I then called my bank to stop future ACH debits from my checking account (I don’t have any major credit cards anymore) They only got me for the 1st of 3 payments of $665.00. If anyone knows of a Class Action being filed, I’m very interested.

i was also a victim of Aria & Associate each week i would call to fine out what was happening the my case and the always needed more information and nothing was getting done. please help anyone with any information thank you.

There are two “owners”… Ramin Farr (Rasifarr I think is full spelling) and his cousin Amin Arhami. I worked there for a period of time in sales and can attest that they had no intention of really helping others but merely were more focused on making the fast money. They had an “attorney” that occupied an office in there but was not actively involved but merely had a free office space to be act as the legal entity. His name was Joe something. i will find out and repost more info. both cousins live(d) in an apartment in irvine and drive a gold hummer with rims. Ramin has a younger brother who lives in los angeles. the ceo Kamran Djazaeri is actually a nice guy who was conned by these two young guys and will probably be the fall guy. but he is not the mastermind behind it. Amin and Ramin are the ones who intentially conned him and if you plan on to go after anyone go after those two… contact the FTC… Keith Blackstone was there as a Sales Manager as was Frank (cant remember last name)… you will need to go through these people to find where the two cousins will be hiding… Amin also had an admin assistant name Paul. the Controller was Tristine Hinajosa..

hope this info helps. they need to be punished. all others than Amin and Ramin i feel were genually working to help people… that goes for managers as well.

more people scammed by aria

http://www.trustlink.org/BusinessProfile.aspx?ID=205973339

i believe the attorneys name was joseph mullaney…

oh yeah they all have ties to northern california in the san jose area… kamrans wife lives there and amins fiancee. the the two cousins have family there as well. that would be a good place for feds to look.

Ramin is still in Irvine. I’ll find his address. His phone # is 949-874-6099

I did Aria and Associates website (a number of them) and they are indeed scam artist’s I was actually low balled and even though I got my $$$ from them in full, they still pushed the nickels and dimes back as far as they could and yes, that guy Amin and Ramin (brother or cousins) along with a man named Dave Perkins are all crooks who once I discovered the way they operated I quickly found other sources of work! Dont ever waste your time with them, but do check out my website work at ariaandassociates.com (im kicking down web prices to help ppl out)

git at meh oO

Ramin is still in Irvine. I alerted the authorities. His little brother is supposedly attending school in los angeles.He is a flight risk since his family lives in Germany. He might already flown the coop

Aria is still doing lots of loan modifications, the Department of Real Estate hasn’t closed him down yet. Scam bastards.

Aria took 4,500.00 dollars from us and did not complete the modification. We called in April and of course the lines were disconnected. We filed a complaint with the BBB, the attorney general of California and the California Real Estate. Their license was pulled in January of 2010 but they were still actively conducting business. IF anyone knows of any lawsuit or anything please post the information so we can all take advantage of that opportunity.

Ramin is a flight risk. he has had visa problems and could not go see his parents. i heard he married someone from northern california to get his papers. these guys will more than likely wind up doing tax resolution or debt consolidation which is typical out there. they all seem to migrate, con someone with a good name and cause problems like they did with kamran. if anyone tracks them down with the authorities please be advised that Ramin and Amin were 100% of the fraudulent doings. Kamran worked there but had zero control because they had his license and name tied up and he couldnt get out.

They took $2500 from me to modify my loan. The bank turned me down. I ended up contacting the CEO of my banking institution and finalizing the modification myself. I have tried and tried to recoup my money. First no one would call me back, leaving message after message. Now the numbers are all disconnected… This isn’t good. If there’s a lawsuit being filed, I would love to participate. This is a horrible thing to do to struggling homeowners. I was losing my home, just divorced and after giving them the money, was laid off my job… still unemployed with unemployment to run out anytime. There’s got to be help somewhere out there, there are a lot of families and children that are going to be homeless, if not already.