I was working with XXXX XXXX from Pacific Financial Corporation on a refinance of my home. At a certain point he wrote an e-mail to me indicating my loan was approved. He said all I had to do was get an appraisal ( and have it appraise sufficiently high ). I wrote back clarifying that the loan was for a 30 year XXXX fixed with {$2400.00} in closing costs. He said yes and indicated the loan was definitely approved. To be extra clear, I indicated to only proceed with the appraisal if we definitely got the loan at the above rate. After the appraisal went fine, he said we would " close on Monday. '' On that Monday, he sent me another e-mail indicating my closing costs would go from {$750.00} to {$15000.00} ( but he encouraged me to just do it ). I was angry. He said he would re-imburse me for the appraisal over the phone. And then he stopped returning my phone calls. This is predatory fish and bait lending. He lied a number of times. It has been quite a blow to my family. 
