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Everything you should know about personal loan scams

October 12th, 2009 ifydcat No comments

Nowadays, advanced fee personal loan scam is one of the tactics used to cheat people. People apply for such loans in need of money without the knowledge that they are being cheated. They do not report the case to the officials because the cheaters are never punished. Because people loose money in such scams, they should come forward to report the case to the authorities in order to prevent it from happening again to others.

A fee that is required in advance for a personal loan is the most known method of fraud used to take your money and leave. Many people who have been taken advantage of never tell the police because they are ashamed that they were tricked by this deceptive scheme. Victims are very upset also. Of course they needed money, otherwise they wouldn’t have filled out an application for the loan in the beginning. Now they are poorer than they were before. The people who actually tell the police are usually disappointed because the criminals are hardly ever found and prosecuted. However it is still necessary for you to tell the authorities about the loan fraud, because if you don’t the criminals will trick another person.

Lending scams are especially targeted on those who are in desperate money troubles. Especially those who have bad credit too trust, uneducated, and desperate. They are usually under 30 years of age. A lender will tell the applicant that they guarantee help, but there is a large processing fee. This can amount to hundreds of dollars. When receiving advertisement through the mail, the letters can look very official.

There are many tragic stories of unsuspecting people being taken by personal loans and their scams. One tragic example was that of a lady who had lost her job and was about to be evicted. She obtained another job and, utilizing almost her entire first paycheck, obtained a personal loan to catch up on rent. Did it work? No, the corrupt company made off with her money and she was evicted. The moral of this sad story is doing your homework. Before engaging in business with a personal loan company, do your homework. Check their reputation with the Better Business Bureau, carefully making sure to match the name of the business exactly. Don’t be burnt!

When shopping for a loan, you need to be careful. Many disreputable lenders will tell you things that are not true in order to take your money. Even if you have no credit or poor credit, a lender is not allowed to charge you any fees up front, even if they call them “deposits” or “first month payments”. Before you give a lender any money, check with the Federal Trade Commission to make sure the charges are legitimate. And make sure that you have access to the money for at least seven days before the lender asks for any payments, any less than that is not legal. It is always better to get financial advise from a non-profit instead of a company that makes money off of you.

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