Quote Originally Posted by Zach View Post
After speaking to the merchant again, I'm pretty sure it's fraud. I'm just gonna throw the deal away.

"I am in the process of trying to secure an approval for you, so I'd like to ask you, one businessman to another, why won't you let us see any bank statements? I just need one logical reason to go off of."

"You know what, just forget it, you're just like all the others! I told you I won't provide any statements, and that's FINAL"

"No problem, but I just need to know: why not? I can explain it to an underwriter if I know why."

He just keeps repeating himself. Fraud 101 IMO
Send the merchant an invoice for your time