Advance Fee Loan - Gift Card Payment Scam Reports & Reviews

Advance Fee Loan - Gift Card Payment Scam Reports & Reviews (3)

- Snellville, GA, USA

Reported details

Phone: (410) 849-9014
Website: mcashadvanceusa
Address: New York, NY 10001, USA
Email: [email protected]
Country: United States
Total money lost: $435
Type of a scam: Advance Fee Loan

I got a text on Friday 10/11/2024 stating I was approved for a $5,000 personal loan. The guy (Anthony Sickich 410-870-5681 from Merchant Cash Advance) called me and then sent me an email with the Loan Documents for me to sign. I got the email, signed the Loan Documents via eDocusign, and I emailed the signed documents back to the funding team (Eric Brown 401-449-0708). Anthony then called me back stating they received the documents from me. He then said I would have to pay $135 processing fee to get this started, via Walmart Money Card or CashApp. So, it was Walmart money card, since I do not have cash app. I sent him via text message, a copy of the $135 Walmart Money Card via a copy of the Front, a copy of the Back of the card, and a copy of the Receipt. Anthony says he has the $135 Walmart Money Card. He then says he will contact me the next day (Sat 10/12/2024).

On Sat, he informed me that since my credit score was below 720, I would have to pay a Loan Insurance fee of $475, but he got it down to $300. So I sent him a $300 Walmart Money Card on Sat 10/12/2024. He then says that $300 card was "Invalid." I then told him that I used the same exact procedure for the $135 card as I did for the $300 card. He says that I would have to send him another $300 card. So, I called Walmart, gave them the card #, and they said the card is already registered to someone else. I asked Walmart if they could tell me if there was indeed $300 on the card. Walmart says NO since it is registered in someone else's name. Walmart suggested I call Green Dot Company, who makes the card. I googled the phone number for Green Dot Company. I gave this info to Green Dot Company, and they said all they could tell me was that the card is already registered in someone else's name. I am just trying to get my $300 back, and I have absolutely no plans for now to send them another $300 card.

It is strange that the company is registered in NY, NY and all the phone numbers have a 410 area code in the Maryland area.

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- Ocala, FL, USA

Reported details

Phone: (315) 366-8363
Website: www.thefastcashloan.com
Address: 50 W 47th St Suite 319, New York, NY 10036, USA
Email: [email protected]
Country: United States
Type of a scam: Advance Fee Loan

I received a phone call from "a representative" with (thefastcashloan) company stating i have been approved for a $3000 loan but i would need to purchase a $150 eBay gift card and allow they to verify it's activated before the funds of $3000 would be deposited in to my account. A friend warned me it's a scam and told me to ask the representative if she could tell me the tax ID number for the company and once she heard what I was asking she quickly hung up and then I realized that the phone number is being used for all text now phone numbers and the address I looked up wasn't even real.

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- Nashville, TN, USA

Reported details

Phone: (845) 335-7597 615-942-8150 914-228-2679
Address: 277 Park Ave, New York, NY 10172, USA
Email: [email protected]
Country: United States
Total money lost: $800
Type of a scam: Advance Fee Loan

I was trying to get a debit consolidation loan. I received a call from Ashley Foster on 12/29/2022, who said she was MoneyLender Financial. Ashley said the company had received, reviewed and accepted my application for a debit consolidation. She had asked me purchase a total of 4, $200.00 Ebay cards The first $200.00 was the application fee. The second $200.00 was to purchase loan protection insurance. The last $400.00 was to pay USA Bank for wiring the funds to my bank. Received a call from Anthony Howell, USA Bank, 1-615-942.8150 regarding the wire fee. Once the cards were purchased, I called the agent back, Ashley Foster, at 1-845-335-7597 and provide the card numbers. Once the card numbers were given, the funds was supposed to immediately sent directly to my bank account. I never got the funds. I called Ashley back, and she transferred me to Scott Wide, loan manager for the company (1-914-228-2679). I was told that the money was sent to the wrong bank account and, that person had withdrawn the funds. Therefore the, the loan process had to be redone. The new fees was $1200.00 because they had gotten funds from the insurance protection plan, and would need to pay them back, as well as send me the money that I was asking for. I refused. I continued to receive calls from Ashley and Scott trying to force me to send the $1200.00 until 01/04/2023. Told them that they had scammed me out of $800.00 and that I refused to give them another dime., and to stop calling me.

The reason for the delay in reporting the incident, is that, it has taken me awhile to get over my stupidity for falling for this scam.

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