Loan scammers’ tricks

‘LOAN scam’: another trick up their sleeves

I received a phone call from Loan Zone SA in January 2018, to offer me a loan.

As I normally receive phone calls of this nature from places like RCS, I didn’t think it’s out of the ordinary.

The representative asked me all the basic questions required for a loan approval as they normally do.

After they had the information he started talking about a value added service for R399 per month, I told him that I’m not interested in any services that will cost me money.

The representative then gave me a phone number to phone if I wish to cancel. I again told him that I do not want any value added service and I do not wish to continue with the loan application anymore.

I ended the call and then phoned the number he gave me just to make sure they didn’t subscribe me to anything. However, the number he gave me was for FNB student loans, which has no knowledge of any such services.

At the end of the month they took a debit order that I returned back. The second month the same thing and so on.

After a while they started harassing me and threatening me with legal proceedings.

They’re unable to provide me with any signed documentation of the agreement (as I didn’t agree to anything).

They sent me a letter stating that it was an online application and not a telephonic application, however the IP they provided belongs to a company in Brits and is not my External IP (which doesn’t change at all) which leads me to believe that this is fraudulently created to make it appear as if I agreed to their terms.

I have a recording of the phone call, it should still be on my cellphone. I can also supply the fake documents they sent through to me if required.