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- Summerville, SC, USA
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I applied for a loan with Advance America. I was contacted by a man named Leo Snyder who referred me to Mark William who claims he was the CFO of Advance America, I was offered a loan in the amount of $5,000 with low payments of 187 dollars per month. I paid an application fee and an insurance fee in the amount of $1,000. I was advised I would be reimbursed for the application and insurance fee. Received a bogus Walmart Check and University of Mississippi check.

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- Reno, NV, USA
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I believe scammers are operating as Advance America and using their website to trick loaners into making 3rd party repayments deposited from fraudulent accounts. Received an sms after applying for a loan through an online matching program. Was told via SMS to contact the above # to verify and complete the loan process. I have done loans for emergencies I. The past and this was not weird. However I was asked to supply my bank log in information. Along with my full Debit card details. I was told this was required through FDC to ensure I was not part of identity fraud or terrorist funding? I asked for proof that the company was legit and asked why I would need to supply log in information over the phone if they used ACH verification. I was told it would be input via a 3rd party call to verify pay deposits. Again not a strange step, just a weird way of asking for too much info. I was then told that I would be transferred to a supervisor to help me verify my info and the bank account since I had refused to give log in information. When the supervisor got on the phone he stated that he had researched and since my credit score was below 700 I would need to agree to a micro deposit to test my banks activeness and prove I am not a 3rd party identity thief. He then asked me what my score was? I asked why they would require my bank log in information and why they would approve me for an amount they weren’t willing to loan with out verifying my credit status first. He said that they would give me the original $ but I would have to receive a deposit and then prove I could return it within 48hrs. I asked him to explain the process... he stated that I would receive between $500-600 and would need to repay it back via a transfer to their business account with Western Union, Money gram or Walmart cash. This sounded way to weird and I asked him to explain why a reputable company would require a third party deposit to prove validity of a customer. I told him that sound like money laundering and fraud and I would not agree. He then said that they were taking all the risk and all I had to do was agree to use western union or Walmart cash to wire transfer and if I didn’t pay it back they had all of my info so they could “lock my social security # and bank accounts!!” I was further researching the company during the entire call and found they were not on the BBB, the website info could not be verified by him and he could not answer what the companies general customer service was. He put me on hold and only gave me the # that shows on the advance America website homepage when it’s googled. He also stated they were indeed part of ScamPulse.com but could not give me the exact name to search under. He then changed his story and said I could actually pay with a business voucher through a grocery store wire transfer if I didn’t want to use western union. I explained he was still asking me to return funds to them via a third party wire transfer and read him the FDC warning about fraud. He asked how he could prove he is legitimate and said I shouldn’t be mad since it is their money not line yet?? And when I asked him to verify a fake phone number he put me on hold said he had checked and it was a back up call in line for their customer service. I then asked him to double check that that was actually his companies number and he said yes he was sure. When I told him that wasn’t his number he got very upset and dated me to report his company. I recorded a large portion of the conversation.

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The guy that I spoke with about the loan said the process was for them to put 500 in my account and once I received it be sure to send it back then they would send 5000 to the account. He wanted my online username and password to the account

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- Henderson, NV, USA
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This company is pretending to be Advance America. I first received a text that said they had approved loan funds for $5 k. He said his name was Mark Smith. He then called and said he would text a link to use to verify my information. The web link Www.advanceamericaus.com opens a form to fill out that says it is from Advance America. However, it is not! I googled Advance America and got the correct website. If you look closely at the link it ends with us. Www.advanceamericaus.com. . This Mark Smith transferred me to an accounting department to complete the process. They verified my bank info and even bank log in and password. They then said before receiving the full loan amount they would first deposit $800 in my account and then I would send it back to make sure I don't run away with the money and not pay it back. Well, that immediately rang run!! I told him i would call back after I did some research with the BBB. He said go ahead our name is Advance America. (Of course they are pretending to be Advance America, so he wasn't worried!) I just wanted let others know about these types of scams. Please be careful and do your research. Luckily I caught it before followed through, and changed my banking log in info before anything happened!

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Applyed for a couple loans online recieved my lagit lian through a search company and 5 days later started recieving automated calls and generic text messages from a man named Charlie Smith at 860 333 9009 ext 135 claiming to be from Advance America with a loan to 3000 approved per text message. So I got online and called advance america and was informed that they do not call or text potential clients ever and that is not one of there employees. Im glad I didn't answer the phone. Problem now is I am recieving automated calles all day is crazy. Guess I'll just have to change my number. My account info was placed on file with search companies. I have closed my checking ,opened a new one. They even got emergency contact info. This was only put on a search site that searches for loans. Horrible next time I will just go to my bank for a loan

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- Miami, FL, USA
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I was requesting an online loan through companies that accept all credits. I was contacted by someone claiming to be "Mr. Mike Brown." He stated that I was approved for $5000 and my monthly payments would be $87.50 monthly debited from my account. He also sent an email with of the details of the loan.

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I will say that these scam artists possess Advance America though my email showed that their documents were legit or legal. I downloaded the terms on this document with approval for the loan and the 36 month payment terms. I replied and accept the offer. I call the number the loan offer quote on quote went over the terms and asked me for my income job and bank account online info to access my account password. I got back from them later telling me access account on line ad and I saw the account was locked down.they told me try wells Fargo and they had good standing with them fine I trusted then he deposited a check online to my account 870 successfully, but the artist told me to a Walmart or dollar general to get a gift card and transfer the money into it for 850. Sent a picture of the back of the gift card made me withdraw money from my checking account said a few hours later the 5000 loan would be deposited into my account never did. I went to my credit union to find out what happened. I was told that they used a FedEx check to attempt a deposit Checking account was closed. All I have is a new savings account. I have to pay wells Fargo back 834 because I spent it. My checking account I still opened by them. Thats fine . I texted the artists argued back and forth was not sorry, felt and thought they did no wrong. So I will expose this. I called the actual company from that address but it is a cash advance place the real Advance America. I warned then if the scam artists using their name.

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This company calls individuals claiming that the individual has been approved for a loan. They have info of your bank account and your address from any search engines you may have used to look for a real lender. After false statements to verify who you are and about your financial institution, they ask for access to your mobile bank account. When you deny them, the person on the phone will cuss you out and ask why you waste their time.

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I applied for a loan to pay off my debts and travel as well. Advance America offered to loan me. All went well until when they called me and stated that IRS held my loan because I needed to pay taxes on the loan since it was coming from another state. They emailed me a letter from IRS with details to pay $399. They advised me not to use my debit card for security purposes. They directed me to buy Stram cards, scratch off and read the numbers. I did that. They called me again and let me know they submitted the $399 but State Department needed a signature and since they were processing the application, they had someone incharge of that but there was a fee of $350. There was another fee of No Objection Certificate, a fee of the attorney’s signature, a fee of bonified certificate.. and this is when my mind clicked and I realized my account was empty plus my credit card was maxed. I spend $2,750 just like that. They said they were going to refund all the fees since it was unexpected. They also indicated that the money was ready and they were dealing directly with BOA. Each time there was a fee for something. I was looking forward to receiving the money and pay off my debts. All this time it didn’t occur to me this was scam until today when they asked for another fee of $450. I exhausted all my accounts and my bills are due today and not paid. I have nothing left. It sounded so real. I decided to check them out on BBB but couldn’t find them. I had an online chat with a BBB representative and she couldn’t find them either. She gave me some tips and contacts. I reported them to FTC. I’m hear trying to digest and can’t believe it happened to me just when I needed money the most. I’ve no money for my bills. Please be careful out there looking for loans.

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A family member of mine was contacted by a loan rep from advance america in virginia. He offered my cousin a loan of 10,000$ but my cousin did not have a bank account to have the loan transfered. I agreed to have the loan transfered to mine. The scammer asked for my bank account # and routing # and social security # which my cousin assured me it was necessary for the loan information. I ignorantly gave it to the scammer and the scammer deposited a "loan collateral payment" of 993.76$ that we were advised to send back to prove valditiy of the account. My cousin sent back this payment but the scammer askes for it back placed on 2 separate google play gift cards. Before i could stop my cousin from falling for it he had already sent the scammer pictures of the codes on the gift cards. After hours of processing my bank contacted me telling me the scammer had deposited a check as me and made it look like i committed fraud. I was also short the 993$ from my own money because the check that was sent was never real money, so when my cousin sent back the loan collateral payment it was actually my own money he sent them. I had to place a fraud alert on my SSN, close amd reopen a new account, and am now robbed of a large sum of hard earned money. RED FLAG IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR YOUR SOCIAL you should NEVER have to give it to someone. Do not become a victim due to lack of knowledge, and do not agree to such serious inquiries like loans in aid for someone else not family nor even your own spouse.

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- Latta, SC, USA
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This company claims your approve and askes for money and plays a game calling from private cell

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Scam company offered $5000.00 loan to consolidate my credit card. Red flag went off in my head when they asked me to pay fees upfront by buying $500.00 worth of money cards at Walmart and giving them the code on the back. I'm smart enough to know that legitimate credit repair businesses do not operate that way.

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- Baltimore, MD, USA
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The who contacted me name is Nick Adams. I was told due to my credit score that he needed to put money in account. And then I had to send it back via itunes cards

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- Acworth, GA, USA
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I received a call from a Chinese or Korean person asking for money up front for

a loan.I decided to call them back just for a response and they pretended to still

be a legitimate company.When I became silent they just left the phone off the

hook.

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After applying for a loan from multiple loan companies I finally got a call from Advance Cash America there was a man with a Indian accent telling me his name was John Smith that was the first red flag then he asked me if I had any money in the bank and I told him no he then asked if I could borrow money from a friend or relative to prove that I could repay them the amount they had given me as a monthly payment. After thinking about it I had to ask myself if I had money in the bank why would I need a loan then I called back and ask to speak to John Smith there was a different voice but same accent he told me his name was Mark Jones red flag number 2 I then checked the ScamPulse.com scamming report and found there were multiple scams from other customers and I immediately called them back to cancel the loan that I ask for I then told them that they were fraudulent and did not sound legit the man then got very aggressive and hung up hopefully this cancellation has been made and I will not have any of my funds taken from these scam artists

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You have to go to wallmart and pay the fee and at the same time you have to pick your loan amount .this is what they will tell you you needed to cut bait at that point

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- Chisago City, MN, USA
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I am a single mother of 2 beautiful children. I got behind on my rent and a couple other bills. I googled loans and here I am trying to get my checking account back to normal. My fault for even looking for a loan, I shouldn't have been so stupid. It seemed legit. I was sent Emails like an application. Then they called me asking what the loan was for. Everything seemed fine. Nothing raised any red flags. But, then again I wouldn't know what a red flag was because I've never done this before. Now my account is $-998 and I have no way to correct this nor anyone to help me. I have an Email from the person I talked to the most. Text messages from the supposed company and his personal phone. My bank even reached out to me to let me know my account was in the Negative. I can't even check to see if anything else has been taken..I have plenty of information to back this up. I just need my account to be corrected. Everything I do comes out of that account. Once my payroll goes through I'm left with nothing.

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- Calhoun Falls, SC, USA
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Had people calling from phone # 18506152948. They first sent a very professional like text message stating I was approved for a Personal Loan. Then they ask you who you bank with, for how long, how is your credit score, your personal information like bank account and routing number like most places. I even called a local place with Advance America and they stated in store they do things differently but what they were doing seemed lagitament. So of course I trusted the local office and trusted what seemed true. So the people that were offering the loan stated they had alot of things they are linked with which were Google Play, Steam cards, Amazon Ebay etc. Then told me I had to buy the cards. They deposited a check on my account with the info I provided and kept saying in declined my loan amount 3 times. Then that was when I realized I had been scammed and my account is well overdrawn. The banks still working on the situation. The names of the guys I talked to Are Ben Anderson and Steve Richardson. They state they are in Jacksonville Florida and won't provide any other information. This is a scary situation that yes I'm sure my bank will help me with but still nerve wrecking because I've been trying to build my credit. Not ruin it.

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- Owensboro, KY, USA
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They tried to scam me for more and made me lose my first checking account and damage my credit now I can't get another account or anythi n without them thinking I'm scamming them I can't get a loan or anythi ng they have totally screwed me.

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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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I received an email that stated Advance America had sent me some important files that I needed to download. I usually never do this, but was expecting some files from a company for my mother and I wasn't sure if this email was it or not. I opened the email and it stated that the letter was my loan agreement with Advance America. Well, I do not have any outstanding loans nor do I go to Loan Shark companies to get them. I called the number on the letter and the Loan Officer listed on the letter, Ramon Clifford answered. I told him about the letter I received and stated that I did not open a loan nor did I inquire about getting a loan from his company. I said I wanted to make sure that I was not being scammed or hacked by someone. He immediately hung up on me!!!! I called back and got no answer. This company is obviously phishing people by way of email, making you believe it is an important document being sent to you. As I stated before, I don't open email like that , but was expecting a letter on behalf of my mother that was also a file. I won't do that anymore, from now on all files are suspect!

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