Victim Location 31204
Total money lost $210
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
A man who claimed to be from Lending Club and said his name was Max Stephens called to tell me I qualified for a $7000 loan. He said the loan required an application fee of $200 but couldn’t be from a debit card it had to come from a Money Gram. Stupidly I send the guy a money gram confirmation number for $200. He then tells me the loan has to be insured and to do this I need to give him another money gram for $400. I asked why he couldn’t just take the insurance out of the $7000 but he said that the funds are being held by the Federal Reserve Board along with the $200 and he had no control of the funds.
Victim Location 11797
Total money lost $1,100
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Was and still am looking for a personal loan to pay my back rent and back bills. Was supposedly approved by Lending Expo. Contacted by a guy named Steve who said I was approved for up to $75,000. I asked for $70,000 so that I could pay the arrears plus a year ahead and whatever other bills to at least get them down. I was told I had to do a verification process to prove that I’d be able to pay the monthly payback of $1385. Was told to send $425 through Money gram. Then,about 2 hrs later was asked to send $675 because my credit was too low for the $425 to be enough to verify that I could pay the monthly payback. 2 hrs later, Steve calls back asking for another $1200 as insurance for the money to be deposited into my account supposedly said by the the FRB. I got discouraged and asked for my money back. Then he tried to tell me that I’d have to pay $235 to get my money back. Of course he got cursed out because like I told him,"you playing with my family and now we’re going to be homeless because you want to steal from me!!!!" This happened on October 22,2015 and they have still been calling with the same BS. All I want is a personal loan so that my family and I won’t be homeless by this weekend.
Victim Location 78735
Total money lost $200
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Sent an inquiry about an load online and someone called me back saying i was approved but needed the first payment ahead of time. I sent the money $200 then they said they needed additional funding- $300 for PMI. I did not send more money.