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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.
210-888-8382, 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: Steve Kelber
Company: VA Loan
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
Calls showing on your phone from the following area codes and numbers are known to be Scammers: 713-931-1792, 713-893-1051 210-401-3930, 979-639-7900, 779-400-0010 and 817-400-1316. The false names used have been Justin Park, Steve J. Brown, Erick Johnson, Don Parker, James Parker, Justin Parker and Scott Thomas. They use many e-mails including valoanstexas@aol.com. All of these individuals have committed company identify theft against a Federal Credit Union and are scammers.
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 or phone call from one of the aliases above or some fake e-mail address indicating that the potential victim has been approved for a short term loan that is affiliated with the above named companies. They may include a non- authorized logo and wording in the e-mail, but no direct hyperlink to a legitimate site. 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. We advise against paying any upfront fees.
Caller: Steve Kelber
Company: VA Loan
They got almost $1,000 from me. threatened to have the police come to my work and arrest me. He called my Human Resource department got names of employees that answered the phone then called to tell me they had been in touch w/my HR department and that a summons for my arrest was going to be issued if i did not pay them money. Why can't the authorities do something about these people before they scam more down on their luck people. I'm hoping to read/or hear about them being caught on the news! Once they have your money there is nothing you can do to get it back.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Steve Kelber
Company: VA Loan
Number: 713-931-1792
This number keeps calling about refinancing a VA loan to be under 4 percent.
Caller type: Telemarketer
Caller: Brandon
Company: VA Loan
Number: 208-697-5848
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