Victim Location 20602
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I received a text message and a little after an email saying that I had been approved for a $5,000 loan for a term of 24 months. Am in a bit of a financial jam right now and thinking that I finally was having some good luck I gave the number a call. The man that answered the phone spoke with a heavy accent and was a little hard to understand. I told him that I had received a email saying I had been approved for a loan. He put me on hold then came back on a couple min later and verified my name. He then proceeded to read me my information. And he had everything from my birthday down to my bank account and routing number. He then asked if I used online banking which I do. He then asked for my login information into my account. At that point every red flag came up. I asked why he needed that information. He then proceeded to tell me that the financial department requires the name, address, birthday, social security number, bank routing number, account number, and banking information so that they could deposit the money into my account in as little as an hour. I said I understood all that but saw no reason that they would need my login information. He then proceeded to restart the whole thing about the financial department as if he was reading off a prompter. I then said no I wasn’t giving him that information. He said then they would have to do wired money gram and asked if I had $90. At that point I said I didnt want the loan or their services as it was a scam and hung up.