DO NOT REPLY EITHER WAY – THIS IS A SCAM
This is another spam text message in the same vein as the Debt Settlement Order Unsolicited Text Message that I wrote about in January earlier this year.
I received this a few days ago from 07581497874 / +447581497874.
You will almost certainly have a different number. Feel free to post it below, and follow the instructions below for reporting.
And here is it:
Are you looking for aloan up to 15k. No guarantor. Same day payout. Bad Credit OK. Completely online. Visit www.getaloanfast.co.uk To opt-out reply stop
Searching around there are other variants:
Your loan has been approved for up to 15K No guarantor. Same day payout. Bad Credit OK. Completely online.
This is the first text where the name of the company (Getaloanfast.co.uk) are featured. I have deliberately not linked to their website but you can, of course visit at your own leisure through the wonders of copy/paste. Monsters wont emerge forth from your monitor and destroy the universe. No physical harm will become you, however I really wouldn’t bother. I was going to include a screenshot, but there’s a sneaky copyright at the bottom, so i thought I’d play it safe.
Let’s look carefully at the APR. Apparently, the ‘typical’ rate is 17.9%. The word ‘typical’ is particularly valid here. Essentialliy, it means that they would expect to give 66% (nearly two-thirds) of their customers a loan at that rate. Here are a couple of links with more details on ‘Typical APR’ if you are interested:
But this advertised rate is very misleading, because when you go through the loan application process you are not actually offered a loan from GetALoanFast.co.uk at all. So, you can kiss goodbye to that 17.9% right away!
In fact, the parent company that underpins this operation does its best obfuscate its actual identity and actual interest rate until the very last stage in the process. And even then you are left a little unsure. Let’s have a look at this:
What Happens When You ‘Apply’?
So, let’s take an imaginary customer, Dr William T Conqueror, who wants to take out a 15K loan as they suggest. William, 35, is married, and is super-rich. He has a house valued at ten-million pounds with no mortgage and a monthly income of one million pounds. He has an impeccable credit history and wants the loan over sixty months for some home improvements.
We’re forced to enter a phone number, so I use the one above (i.e. the one that supposedly sent me the message in the first place). We go through the screens to get a quote. We are happily informed:
We are now matching your details with over 251 lenders to find you the best quotation possible, this will only take a few seconds……
251 companies? Wow! And then:
Loan Found
Great news, one of our approved partners has found you a loan.
This can all be done online and to save you time we have already pre-populated your details to their online portal ready for completion.
Horay! So we are taken to the next page, and we’re not on the GetALoanFast.co.uk site anymore. Instead we are at ‘loanfinder.co.uk’. So, GetALoanFast may offer 17.9% APR, but it doesn’t appear possible to obtain a loan from them at all.
Rather than the originally touted 251 companies, we now appear to have ‘searched’ through 292! And what is the APR the ‘selected’ company is offering our zero-risk multi-millionaire doctor and lord of the manor?
53.9 %APR Representative
53.9%!!! According to Guardian Newspaper Loan Repayment Calculator, over 60 months we would end up paying back £28,544.10 . That’s nearly double!
So, what of LoanFinder.co.uk? Well, they are a bit hard to pin down:
- It uses GetALoanFast.co.uk as a front to make it appear that if offers a 17.9% APR
- Loanfinder is a trading name of Post Net Ltd
- Loanfinder is part of the Richmond Group of companies
Eh? So who are they then? It could be one of four different companies!
I would consider any company are willing to resort to spamming thousands of phones in order to drum up business, to be of extremely questionable and dubious repute. By seemingly attempting to ‘cloak’ their identity, they reduce my opinion of their rectitude yet further.
I would rather gnaw my own arm off then get a loan with this company.
And then I look even further. When searching in Google for LoanFinder.co.uk scam I get a whopping 36,000 results. Top of a list is an entire site dedicated to this – Loanfinderukscam.co.uk. Take a look further. The author is of now doubt that this is a scamming operation, although, does publish a response from them on HubPages.com.
Spam is widely regarded as being unethical. The methods by which the spam text message reaches your phone is cloaked in deceit and trickery (see my article Telephony Leads and Debt Management Companies – How It Works) and the cumulative cost to the spam recipients is greater than the cost to the spammer themself.
Consider the following other products that are marketing by spam, that we have become more hardened to:
- Viagra
- Diet Pills
- Other pharmaceuticals
- Fake College Degrees
Most people wouldn’t dream of paying these items even a second glance, so why not treat EVERY company that does this the same way, regardless of the medium (Email, Text Messages, Telephone Calls, Post, etc).
Are You a Victim?
Screenchannel Television is making a new series about debt and loans and are looking for people to share their experiences. If have been a victim of this scam, or have even considered responding and are interested in taking part, then you can read more in this article.
Reporting
Back in May 2009, the Guardian newspaper wrote an article Spam to go – the new mobile menace. It recommends a number of organisations you can contact.
To complain about an inappropriate text, call the Advertising Standards Authority 020 7492 2222 or go to www.asa.org.uk/asa/contact/
To resolve continual mobile spam despite texting “stop”, contact the ICO on 01625 54 57 45 or go to www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx
For help with premium rate text spam, call PhonepayPlus on 0800 500 212 or log on to www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/Make-a-complaint.aspx
You may be report these messages to your provider. The following links may help:
Vodafone – How do I report spam text messages? Forward the spam message to VSPAM (87726).
Orange – Stop spam text messages. If you are on Orange and get spam messages, please forward them to 7726 free from your Orange phone. By doing this you are helping Orange to collate information to help reduce spam messages being sent to you and others.
02 also allow you to report on 7726. See: SPAM and unwanted subscription texts
I would also try forwarding the message onto 7726 if you are with T-Mobile or Three.
You can also try NumberCop and DoNotCall.gov
Leave Your Numbers
Again, post your numbers below. Some people may search just for that number, so if we can help others then all the better.
Hi
i recieved the txt today
[...] And, recently (20/03/2011), one offering help to Get a 15K Loan Fast: [...]
i recieved that message today but i had been talking to yes loans yesterday and had thrended them to take them to the papers as they asked me to pay 59.50 for an appulcation and they told me i was going to get a loan so they are scamming people out of money, im not the only one they have done it to.
Hello,
First of all let me say I think it’s excellent that you’ve turned this into a little project and your dedication into the research is warming
I stumbled across this website because I too have been receiving those annoying messages and I just by chance decided to google the contents of the text message to verify whether the text messages are chargable and was surprised to discover just how many other people are receiving them!
So after reading your piece, I decided to do a little ‘detective’ work and have located the person who appears to be (at this stage) responsible for this scam.
I don’t feel that posting his name on this forum is the most responsible thing to do in the event that this isn’t 100% correct, but since you, James, are in IT (I’m a systems engineer) I would expect you to have some familarity with DNS tools so I would encourage you to check this out for yourself. It’s quite interesting and exciting at the same time!
I ran a whois on the domain name getaloanfast.co.uk and it returned the individuals full name and address details.
The address is a home address located in Manchester so I did a little digging around on the internet for that individuals name and respective location and have seen him posting on a website affiliates4u.com requesting both secured and unsecured ‘Loan Leads’, which could very possibly be the root of the spam text messages.
Posted on 19-11-09:
“I am looking for loan leads both secured and unsecured. Please PM me with your offers.
Also interested in loan declines, must have email address and telephone number.”
Loan declines? Hm, sounds to me like ‘text STOP to opt out’ – What do you think? o.O
His initial request for leads was in November 2009, then the domain getaloanfast.co.uk was registered the following Feburary of 2010, so the timing would certainly seem to match up.
The man, stupidly listed his mobile number and his e-mail address. Now his e-mail address is of the domain name secure-that-loan.co.uk, so in order to verify that I have indeed got the same person, and there doesn’t just happen to be two Mr PL’s in Manchester, I ran a whois on the domain name listed as his e-mail address, and it matched the SAME home address which was used to register getaloanfast.co.uk
If you would like I can send you the details via e-mail, just reply to my e-mail address and I’ll be happy to – however it doesn’t take long to dig up the dirt on this scum-bag and you may find it very satisfying to do it yourself.. Whatever works
Peace out,
Emma
Hello,
I would also like to add that during my research it’d appear that the person responsible for Getaloanfast.co.uk is not necessarily officially part of the Post Net Ltd group, due to the differences in domain name registration – they could very well be making a generous commnission but not necessarily be on their payroll.
The reason why I believe this is because, usually when a registered company registers a domain name, the IT dept will do so under a common group name – As we can see by Loanfinder, they’re registered to Post Net Ltd, whereby GetaLoanFast is registered to an individual with their home address listed. Not savvy!
Peace,
Emma
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i just got txt from 07581497850
your loan has been approved or up yo 15k no guarantor same day payout. bad credit ok. completely online.
is it safe to reply stop???
@sharon macdonald: It won’t cost you money, but it’ll probably mean you get more spam messages. Just delete it and ignore it. Report it to you network provider. Its spam, and likely to be a scam, so warn your friends, family and colleagues, tell them to delete it and ignore it too – facebook it if you have an account.
yes today the number is +447866976027, of course i googled geta loan fast complaints and found your site many thanks
Hi guys, I just recently was accepted for a loan from poundstopocket.com. i am 19 years old and have a steady income and a non-existant credit history. theres no upront fees and i had my loan within 2 days if i remember right. its worth a go if your desperate. I received 800 pounds and pay back 122 pounds a month for 11 months.
I’ve been conned out of money by plenty of scam companys so I’m only trying to help. I applied to this one by a fluke and then I had the money.
Good luck
Danielle M. Xx
@Danielle M – So, you borrow 800, pay back 800+542! That’s 67.75% over 11 months, or 74% over 12.
74% Interest rate a year! Scandalous!
just been reading the posts about spam mail from getloanfast
and the number from which it was sent
07791792667 hopefully this will help with all your hard work in finding out the best way to stop spam texts
many thanks
Michael
Crooks, but how does one get back at them
just been reading the posts about spam mail from getloanfast
and the number from which it was sent
07581497818
I need a loan but i don’t know where to go. Every where i apply looks like is spam sites.
I also got another spam text message from getaloanfast sent from this number 07891332776
i have recived a text message today and other days of geta loan fast the number thay are texting of is 07791775249
Hi Everyone,Today received text message from Tel no 07581497828 from getaloanfast.co.uk,stating that my loan has been approved for up to 15k.As I have not applied for a loan.I immediately check the web for sites such as yours to try and put paid to this constant spam/scam!!!
3 years ago I had applied for a loan from Yesloans and suspect that my details have been sold on,causing constant texts for PPI reclaim,debt management and loans.
For information I check out unknown tel numbers on http://www.who calls me.com
Regards
Graham
Got text from this scam twice today & reported them to 7726 both times.
how many numbers have they got!
Here’s another +447957055468 staing loan approved etc.
Sent stop at first receipt but have received two more texts since.
Also received a text from +447557287194 within minutes claiming I could clear all my debts in 12 months. Supposedly this was from SupaSolutions though I did send astop to them and so far they haven’t come back again!
just received same txt frm 07866976146.if only it were true cud do wid a holiday 4 me and my 4!!!
lol this is so funny how many people they try and do it to they have tried with me on a couple of different numbers lol one which is 07581497851
+447714952312 sent me the text from getaloanfast.co.uk to say I had a loan approved for £15k today No guarantor. Same day payout. Completely online – I have not applied for a loan!
Hi Laly, I’ve recently been searching for a loan and have come across one called Wentworth Direct Finance. I haven’t commited yet so I don’t know the full story but they’re offering loans at 22% over 24 months. They’re also asking for a brokers fee of £69.00.
I may just take the plunge on payday.
All the best to you, hope you find what you’re looking for.
Tony.
scam number 07557 287194
thankyou everyone i was just about to try them for a loan you have saved me from alot of heartache,i am young too and am trying to get a loan for a car to get to my first job after college, does anyone have any ideas as where to look or a reliable loan company that doesnt charge a fortune in interest because i am not a home owner?
I’ve had the same, be warned, last year we moved house and found ourselves in financial difficulties, thought a loan would help, applied through loan finder, they took £69 from my account and told me I’d been approved for £3000, they were so confident that the transferred £300 into my account whilst we waited for the paperwork, which never arrived, the £300 they paid in was from a payday loan company, payday uk, I had to pay back £375, plus loanfinder had taken £69 from my account, we were in a worse off situation, this company is a complete scam and pray on people when they’re most vulnerable, I am now taking legal action
getaloanfast is such a stupid name that i am suprised that people can not see it is a scam by such a stupid name, does it sound official NO, it sounds like something some one has made up GET WISE PEOPLE
I think someone should send texts to peoples phones, informing them that this is happening and any other scams similar. that would stop it.
Just got same from +447800926125
Same message and today’s number was +447791937515
i receive these txtxs daily. the number i have for loan finder is 07891332581. i get at least one a day. another to be aware of is PLFINDER their number 07581497857
as regards the comment about wentworth finance stay well clear. i got stung by them. they are only a broker not loan company. i paid them £69 in january and im still waiting for my loan date now being 6/6/2011
stay well away and go through your bank
They are all a bunch of unethical scoundrels, every one is a scam getaloanfast no 07866976232. Plfinder likewise,wentworth likewise etc oh and the latest easy finance ltd stockport. Still waiting for paperwork, hell will probably freeze over first!!! Surely, there must be some law against these people extracting money under false pretences. These are difficult times and all we want is a little help, I wish I was a bank and jo public can bail me out to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds and I can still have a big fat bonus and a healthy salary. Whoopeee I wish for the last 18yrs I hadn’t been self-employed – this country stinks!!
and yet another number 447891332902 to be careful of from getaloanfast.co.uk
Another number for you. Same message. +447866976212
IHAVE HAD THE SAMEMESSAGES FOR THE LAST WEEK THANKS FOR TE WARNING
another number 4 u 07866976340 im also geting compensation claims when i havent even had a fall please be carefull
Looking at this web site have why is James Wiseman advertising the loan companies via pay per click on the top of his web site!!!!
Is this is a way of get high ranking on google and then making money on the pay per click on this site?
Does this make him as bad as every one else???
[From James Wiseman: Carl - I've posted a response to your concerns above.]
@Carl: The ads are context sensitive not just to the site content, but based on a visitors previous search patterns.
I make just enough from the adverts to cover the running of the site.
Only about 10 of 160+ the articles cover this topic, and there is a large area of my site dedicated to pictures an photos that also feature ads.
I have done substantial research and posts surrounding this topic, so it has not just been a case of ‘throwing a few pages up’ to generate money.
The blog has also been featured in the national press and is widely regarded as something that helps people.
You’ll note also that I have chosen to public your comments (I could quite easily have deleted them).
However, please accept my sincere apologies if the adverts have offended your sensibilities.
Regards,
James
I VE RECIEVED TWO TEXT,S TODAY FROM PLFINDER.CO.UK BOTH WITH DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS TO RETURN YOUR CALLS TOO 08452860493
I THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION I AM LOOKING FOR A SMALL LOAN BUT NOT AT 53.9 PECENT HA HA
Another one +44 7935 540723 from approvedloans.co.uk
I get these texts all the time, I don’t want to change my number but might have too soon
YES LOANS ARE A LOAD OF BULL SHITS
last year i applied for a loan with them for 8k i filled in the contract form they sent me and it says that the money will be in my bank account within 24 to 48 hours. that was may 20th last year and still waiting. bastards,
and i have had a same txt saying ive been approved for up to 15k. the numbers are +447701773410 and +447581498321 but when i tried to send them an e-mail it says cant send. think its a dodgey e-mail. so they to are full of shit.
rip off bastards.
dont pay i say
darren
just got a text from PLF PLFinder 08452860493 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR PROCESSING AND PUT YOU ON TO A SITE LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY UP FRONT
Another number for you – 07866976232.
hi ive just had these texts offering loans07938566321 ist4loan..07786209417 fundsontime1.co.uk and 1st4loan.com 07938566321
Hi so far I fell for Yes Loans, Merlin and Citifinancial and all of them took me for a fee which I am struggling to get back
plfinder contacted me from 07974546962
I have been getting these everyday sometimes 4 a day all from PL loanfinder i have replied stop and they dont so i have taken matters into my own hands and got myself a text bomber avaiable on android and everytime i get one now i just send them 1000 texts back saying STOP YOU MORONS its quite a good game it dosent cost me anything and they get constant text which will keep being sent to their phone for hours
Hi have had many voice mail txt from these people on my residential phone haqve now done someyjing about this due to you.I have two numbers from them & would like to register them with you as it may help other people.07989785711 07581497889.
Hi another victim to this awful co no I have 07989785711/07581497889
numbers i got 4 txts in 1 day aint i popular lol
07977479810..0798009691..07977467414..07974309654
plfinders scam i have been done twice paying studid up front fees and no chance getting it back
have learned the hard way
another just now plf 07974545215
I dont know if anyone has received one from ukapprovalsite.447891332637?
i received one from ukapprovalsite 2 number is 4407581498256
i have 2 texts today from plfinder no sent on +447974896805 the no given to reply on is 08452860493.2nd text no is sent no +447974544350, thanks for the warning.
just got tex message from these load of scum dont answer them they looking money up front shudnt b allowed a web they r fraud
other scams linked to loan finder are wentworth direct finance, city finance also tradeing as north financial they take a £65 fee and tell you your loan will be in the bank in 5 days. more info at financial ombudsman.org or citizens advice bureau see super complaints
i recieved a text from saying your loan has been approved for upto 15k no guarantor same day pay out completly online http://www.ukappprovolsite.co.uk phone number 07974896859
i recieved a text from saying your loan has been approved for upto 15k no guarantor same day pay out completly online http://www.ukappprovolsite.co.uk phone number also this number 07714952268
[http]://[www].ukappprovolsite.co.uk/ Just got same txt, phone # is +447971658013
i get a tex nearly every other day! if i wont to opt out as it says does it charge me for doin so?
I got taken in by a loans company .they contacted me by phone, i was naive enough to give them my credit card details which they said they needed to verify my identity. went online the next day to check my credit card and the sons of bitches had taken £99 out of my account,i was straight onto my account explaining that they had fraudlently taken this money. I was sent a letter to fill in, within two weeks my money was back in my account. your best chance of getting a lawful unsecured loan is by looking in your local paper. good luck to all of you. I know how frustrating it is to put your trust in someone only to be taken for a ride.
hi i have just received a text today from this site saying that i have been approved for a loan for up to £15k but when i typed in the web address i was sent to this address thanks for letting me know i would have been ripped off before paying any money out upfront. the number that texted me was 07974545523
are we getting the loan then plz ring on 07521599876
hiya, just like to thank u for this invaluable info. received many txts from plf regarding loans. tossers. thanx again.
had messages from plfinders too
numbers are 07979 664077 and 07974 547723
ignore – not worth the effort
had hundreds of these texts from loan companys they have.nt got two pennys to rub together thats why they do this stuff trying to earn money from stupid people who give it to them its worse than the counsils in this country daylight robbery they should all be locked up. do not give anyone on the net your money unless your 100% sure there legit and double check even then . DON.T BE STUPID
plfinder are a joke
Thanks for all your advice,I am sick off all the text and then when you go on the website, they want money upfront! This has been an eye opener for me!
just got the same message tonight from 447974548871
these lowlife should be exterminated
hi i have just found your web page how i wish we had found it ages ago,i can not believe how supid we were we were scamed by a company called Shark Finance first we had to pay a processing fee of £50 which we paid then we had to pay a processing fee of £150 to have the funds tranfrered into our account then they asked for a security bond of £250 guess what we paid it was toldthe money would be in our account in 24 hrs NO MONEY arrived tried to contact the office they answered their phones as soon asi saidmy name they cut me off i do not knowwho if any one i can report this to the only reason we had paid the money is that we had recivied a contract with them . i have also heard from all the companies that you have had e-mails about.
i received a text from 07810873709 and a website of http://www.plfinder.co.uk
well done
i got one of these texts i reported to orange to say its scam
we should set up a petition or something to have this conman reported to OFT etc
im so pleased i read your research and also emma has had a great input too.
you two are so clever, it makes me feel totally thick when i read how indepth your research goes
excellent work
got msg today 15k no guarontor sameday payout completley online http://www.ukapprovalsite.co.uk completley online te 07974832047
Sick of getting these messages! Get at least two a day, have not even applied for a loan!! Where do they get details from? Great to see this scam has been brought to light.
i was asked to go to go to a paypoint with £58 send it to a number they would give me when i got there and once they recieved it my money would be in my account within 10 mins , when i didnt go i got 5 calls within 8 mins. off them they tried again the next day at the same time 7 missed calls on my phone and again they tried 1 week later (same time ) 5 missed calls, they sounded Chinese they knew my name how much i applied for and my bank , so be carefull x the number that came up on my phone 052642494, of course they might be honest but i have never known any company what cash sent via paypoint
ive been getting these txt for months its really doing my head in. i keep txtin stop but they keep comeing!!!! +447818033831 +447810825898 +447510136466
I get annoyed with these text messages. their problem is though, I have lots of spare time.
I found the person who owns these sites & numbers and I have ALL his personal details.
I have spent the last 4 days, signing up for EVERY single bit of free marketing products and junk mail, using his name and home address.
Lets hope he enjoys the thousands of spam emails/junk mail & porn related material he will shortly be recieving daily through his front door.
07891332420
i too have been recieving txts for the last couple of months. mostly from; jump2payday.com and the no they used is +44759716963, fridayloans.co.uk from no.+447547625262, advanceplus.co.uk from no. +447922569354 and ukapprovialsite.co.uk and that no was +447891332725. i am looking for a small loan but after reading the posts i will be really careful who i choose to do buisness with! has anyone got any knowledge of a good lending site who dosent take loads of interest???
ive had 148 tex messages saying that they can get me a loan ive not asked for one so i,ve now blocked them all
All good information, we have unwittingly just paid £59.99 to a broker and got nothing but offers of 53 percent APR loans when they promised us the money in the bank today at a rate of 7.5 per cent… Has anyone got any idea where we can officially report these scammers to? i.e. trading standards etc…? they are preying on vulnerable people and scamming them out of hard earned money for nothing. There must be an official body around somewhere to report them to surely?
i had txt today as ive had every day for the last 6 months which can be up to 3 times a day and can get very annoying the number i had today was 07974545320 yesterday was 07974959478 and the day b4 was 07969865381 the list is endless every day is a different number so cant block them from texting me on my number
at least im not the only one although this is very bad thing as i can amagine lots of people have been sucked in to this and i hope more havent!!!! i myself have never applied to them so not sure how they came to have my number. anyway just be clever people and ignore them they aint worth it please dont try to sign up with these people sounds like they out to screw every one out of there money!!!!!!
yeah i got this text stating i could get a loan, i never applied to them for a loan so i’m not sure how they could my number, but i am glad there is someone watching our us:
your loan has been approved for up to 15k. no quarantor, same day payout. completely online. http://www.ukapprovalsite.co.uk
mobile no 07977273753
mobile number 07825135130
i receveid two texs with ref 2108845
07731787851
I was just notified by my bankers that Wentworth attempted to take two amounts out of my account without my knowledge. Fortunately, my bankers where able to detect this and stop it.
i was also conned by payment guard who i never signed up with and debited 80 pound from account
hi ive just been reading your comments i get texts all the time about your 15k has been approved ring this number for your loan and all i did was go one site and apply for a payday loan to cover some bills that came in now my mobile and emil are swamped.
Hi I applied for a loan and had a text from Kate at PLFINDER and was told I had been approved for a loan and I had to go to there site and input a ref num and my mobile num into there system This is the messege I received
So I foolishly done this and was offered a £3000 loan with fhm loans but I had to have a guarantor?
Which Im sorry if we had a Guarantor why wood we bother to apply to a company offering unsecured loans???? Its A Total scam avoid please.
This is the number i was messeged on 07824 994615
OMG I have just fallen for the plfinder I got a few msgs from Katie at that place and it said we have found u a loan upload your bank statement to identificationfrontier-finance based at the chambers in Oldham I thought it was genuine and they took £69.99out of my account what should I do now I actually believed it to b genuine as I know were the address was back home. Feel like such a bloody fool.
i have been scammed by cheapfast loans through yes loans i got calls and text messages from katie i have contacted the fraud suad and they are investigating i they have texted katie with a lovely sarcastic message they probaly wont care because scum like that never do thanks for the info every one
Hi every one,i just want to say I feel for all of you,i try to apply for a loan,i know for the begin most of the sites are dodje,but because I want this, loan badly I took the risk,first was yes loans,they guaratee me if I payd 69 pounds I would have the money on my account in one hour,basicaly I payd the fee they sebd me a contract by post I sign and send to them after that I havent hurd from them for four days I call them back they told me e to hold I did for 20min,after they put the phone down,so I did another online app they call me back to pay the fee so I told them my storie,they told me they couldent do nothing aboutet,this one of many other lenders abd brokers who done the same thing,i wishe I kneew what I know now,dont rely on the, phones numbers that doesent mean nothong ,because you can go to yhe internet and get free scam numbers where you can use them to send texs to people,and never npay any fees up front,on my own experience you only lossing your money ,,,trus me pls,,dont dont it dont fool your self in believe is true you know deep down is a scam pls dont do it,,a genuine lender never take your bank details on first app never only when they speak to you over the phone and you sign the agreement ,,,the other thing is some scams ask you to send money pay west ubion that happen to me they say for yhem to lend you money you have to prove you can pay the first month up front,then they ask you to go to west union and send money,,the thing is I cobtact the police and is no much they can do well they could willy because if yhey want ,they could easy fid the people whos doing this,how,,,think how do you fibd a scamer,i tell you how ,,by.jm posing as a scamer your self by, pretending you are one, of them,only you need is the writte resourses,if not lets get all togter and do something about 07506035604 this is my number,pls get in touch I, know how to get them and get your money back,,,so pls if you read this pl dont fool yourself thinking you going to get your money,,because, the true, is you will never receive a penny pls dont do it,,,and pls.get in touch
My regards
Bruno
I have just got in from work, left my phone at home, when i picked it up I had 72 missed phone calls from PLfinder,plus 26 txts in the space of 4 hours. Never had anything to do with these dont even know how they got my number. Also several from CDF who ever these are. And to tell you the truth im totally p…ed of with it.
Dont know what to do surely this is borderline harrassment, just received another 6txts while writing this.
Today I got this:
Your loan has been approved for up to 15k. No guarantor. Same day payout. Completely online. http://www.quote4meonlineuk.co.uk. To opt-out reply stop
From: +447974548923 / 07974548923
It’s a first for me, but I got suspicious with the ‘extra’ uk before the .co.uk – what reputable company needs to do that?
Received 3 texts in less than a day from +447791779594. I only had the Vodafone account for 10 days and despite having a corporate number with Vodafone for 10 years+ i’ve never got a spam message on it. I called Vodafone yesterday and they said there is nothing they can do – however my suspicions are that Vodafone are selling the numbers to the spammers (given my corp. phone has never been targeted!)
The text message is:
Your loan has been approved fo up to 15k. No guarantor. Same day payout. Completely online. www. quote4meonlineuk .co .uk
Been scammed by plfinder loans, they took processing fee of 69.50 out of my bank account without my authority.
i applied for one of these loans and when asked for my bank details i gave them details of a pre-paid account with no money in which i paid ten pound for from off of the internet so that i could give it to any of these dodgy loan companys incase by some miracle that they actually were legit and so that it gives them the idea that they are about to get some cash by ripping me off but all the time im taking them for mugs and wasting theyre time as theres never any money in the account so they keep trying to deduct money from me but never succseed and so they call me back and i just keep letting them think im aboard and tell them i will sort wot must be a problem with my bank and they start rubbing theyre hands again but never get anywhere,i myself like to think im wasting theyre time as they have done to me and lots of other people and its amazing how they always stay in contact thinking that im going to pay them when ive no intention in ever doing so,if they was legit then they would have gave up a long time ago and i dont recieve any costs from my bank as its pre-paid so they can try all they want to withdraw money
received a message today from +447770895868 DONT TRUST!
i have had the same problem with all the above companies plf myloans merlin money wentworth my loan took 69 pound then merlin took 10 pound then another company loans.co.uk took 9.95 just by asking for my bank details for verication what was the point i was worse off than before applying
07742616358
07742615342
07742616352
07742616336
07742616374
07742616353
07742616278
07742616365
ALL TEXTS RECEIVED FROM THESE NUMBERS WERE FROM PLFINDER…. ALL SINCE 25/01/12…..
SO ANNOYING
i have been conded by the lot off them can anybody recomend a loan company that does not have up front feesor grantors thank you
IVE BEEN TOLD LOAN APPROVED THEN THEY GET ALL MY BANK AND CARD DETAILS. THEN THEY SAY THEY CANT DO ANYTHING FOR AT THIS TIME. CAN THEY STILL TAKE MONEY FROM MY BANK. IM DISABLE AND I FEEL VERRY LET DOWN BY THESE PEOPLE.
I too have been scammed over the last couple of weeks! A company trading as welcome loans ltd has taken a processing fee of £70.00 from my account saying that i had been accepted for a loan of £5000.00. I wasn’t too wary once i had received the documents as they all seemed legitimate, so i signed and returned them and gave them my bank details. They debitted the money from my account over two weeks ago now and they will not reply to any of my e-mails and their phone line just says “contact us through our web page rather than sit in a queue!” then it cuts off.
Since then I have been getting all kinds of text messages and e-mails from various lenders (mainly plfinder) saying they can offer me a loan.
This site has been invaluable to me as I received a phone call from Wentworth today saying they could offer me the loan I am looking for. Not wanting to make the same mistake twice I asked for her to send me the paperwork first for me to check through. Wentworth will now give me a call back at the end of the month to see if I wish to go ahead with this. I am so happy I stumbled across this website as I will now be telling them where to stick their loan!! I would rather struggle than line the pockets of these disrespectful people with not a single moral bone in their body. Its not surprising the world is like it is today with fraudulant people like these around.
Lou.
thank god saw this site. I have been trying to get loan & have already been ripped off by Elephant Loans, keep getting mad calls from someone claimimg to be from UK Loans ringing me from abroad & asking me to transfer money via pay point before they will transfer my money! He could hardly speak english & I told him I knew it was a con he still rings me upto 3 times a day!!!!
Is there any genuine loan companies that can help out? I work full time have ok credit but no garentor , it not fair!! no one will help us poor people out!
I received a text message from Katie at PLF (07742616370), and as I had received a letter from welcoem loans, I assumed the texts were genuine.
So I went online, and was filling in my details, and then when it got to entering my card details, I just had this awful feeling that I will be parting with £50 for nothing.
So I decided to close the page, and check online at scams, and found you. I am so glad I listened to my instincts and not enter my card details.
Then within the hour I have received another Text from Mark at FLM (07860004427), this time I ignored it.
And now I have received another text from CFD asking me to call 08000927550, again I have ignored it.
After reading all of the above, I have forwarded all the scam texts to 7726 and I will enjoy cutting off and deleting everyone of these feeble scum trying to take my well earned money from my childrens mouths.
I will also try my best to locate the source of each number, and their address, and go on a rampage online using their details for every bit of junk mail and rubbish I can find.
The good thing is I have a computer programmer and internet expert living with me, so I can get more than enough information on them to destroy them…
Thanks for saving my life and my money.
Amanda Xx
ive just recieved a couple of emails from a katie from plfinder heres a number they txt me on its +447742616305
07752233868
07546216611
+441618500353
I don’t want a loan” but this is just a few that a receive Daily not including the 50′emails a day I get
These aren’t including the 20 a day KATIE at plfinder sends me everyday
I get approx 10 texts and 4 or 5 calls a day, i have told them to stop calling me but they don’t. i Have no applied for a loan so have no idea who has sold my info to them. They need to be stopped! i am totally sick of them. Surely someone can do something about this????!!!!
aii these loan company mention r all thieves and should b punish pls someone help put them behind bars.ihave been robbed by @ least 3 of them never again