832-900-9137

Fake Short Term or Payday Loan Scam

Calls from the following area codes and numbers have all been reported to be scammers. These scammers use phony number and names to attempt to get potential victims to send in money on fake loans that appear to be from legitimate sources.

832-900-9137, 408-905-0098, 713-931-3690, 713-931-3641, 713-936-3424, 713-893-1051, 281-404-4394, 512-686-4244, 210-401-3930, 979-639-7900, 779-400-0010, 817-400-1316

The names vary each time. These fraudsters have committed company identify theft against a Federal Credit Union.

Consumers targeted by the scam typically are looking for a payday or short term loan and search the Internet for assistance. They voluntarily place their personal information on these independent sites (not recommended) and then receive an email from one of the aliases. They say that you have been approved for a short term loan that is affiliated with companies that the scammer has no association with whatsoever.

Consumers who respond by telephone to the offer are then told that in order to receive the loan, they have to pay for either an upfront fee, taxes owed, processing fee, etc., in the form of a MoneyPak or Pre-paid credit card including Vanilla Network cards. Do not pay any upfront fees and hang up on them.

Caller type: Scammer
Number: 832-900-9137

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Received a message from a woman named Jessica. She said my loan was approved. I called that number, a man with Asian accent answered. I told him I did not request a loan. I requested it be canceled, he said okay. I asked for a confirmation number, he did not reply and abruptly hung up.

Caller type: Other
Company: VA Loan
Number: 832-900-9137

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Wants to loan me money

Caller type: Telemarketer
Caller: Peter Brown
Company: valoanloancompany
Number: 832-900-9137

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