INDIANAPOLIS -
There is controversy surrounding people who were told the Super Bowl could bring them a big payoff.
It was supposed to have been easy money, renting your home for Super Bowl XLVI, but it appears not all promises were kept. Signs popped up around town months before the game, offering to rent your house and make a bundle.
"[I] actually responded to the little placards that were all over downtown," said Shawn Schilling.
Schilling signed up with Super Week Lodging, an Arizona company that claimed to have pre-screened renters who were willing to pay for homes during the Super Bowl. To get on board, they required a fee - in Schilling's case, $1,195 - and they had to allow a photographer to come in and take pictures and sign a contract, with a guarantee.
"I'm an attorney, so I read it, there is a 30-day money-back guarantee, so I said, if nothing else, I will just file for the money-back guarantee. I didn't worry about it much," Schilling said.
Until, she says, the company stopped returning phone calls 10 days before the game.
"Probably called 10 times, probably sent three or four emails, leaving various messages," she said.
Eyewitness News also tried to reach the company, called and left messages, sent emails to several people listed as working for the company and faxed them. The fax was not answered, nor were the phone calls or messages. We also did some digging on the company and learned the Arizona Secretary of State's Office sent the company a notice that they were being dissolved.
As more calls went unanswered, Schilling's concern mounted.
"The second red flag was, my check was cashed the next morning. I gave it to the photographer on Friday night at 5:30 and the next morning, it cleared my bank at 10:30. I was a little concerned. The company was an Arizona company," she said.
Schilling is not the only one with issues. The Indiana Attorney General's Office has also received complaints.
If you believe you were also put in a situation like Schilling's, your first step is to file a complaint with the attorney general's office.
