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    131 Customer Reviews

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    • Review from Megan S

      1 star

      11/18/2024

      This company is a 100% scam and needs to be shut down. They texted me that I was approved for a loan and said I had to do a verification transaction through ******* bar codes and gift cards. Now my bank has frozen my account. They are such frauds.
    • Review from Frankie W

      1 star

      11/18/2024

      Wow, when I tell you they are good, they are good! They want all your information and immediately they start to dispute all your big money items and remove everything on your bank account that has to do with you. BEWARE
    • Review from Joseph E

      1 star

      11/18/2024

      This company is a huge scam. Just had this so-called company deposit three separate deposits into my checking account and then wanted me to send the money back to them through ****** and wanted me to take a screenshot of my ****** and send to them if you deal with this company, stop reading this immediately and change your credentials on your bank account, including your username and a new password and turn on if your bank has the option for two authentication methods to be able to sign into your account. Thank God, I caught it before they were able to change my username and password what I’ve read by other people if given the chance they will change your username and password and lock you out of your account. Good luck I just dodged a bullet.
    • Review from Dedrea P

      1 star

      11/15/2024

      Do not do business with these folks they are scammers and refuse to give a refund from money they took
    • Review from Robin S

      1 star

      11/04/2024

      A scam company that takes over your personal account and pretends it’s depositing money into your account but in reality they are reversing payments already made to companies that you have paid. They tell you that you are being sent the money and it should say Reversal as the deposit. All it is is your own money. Then they want you to **** *** or other ways to send them the fake deposits to them via **** *** or anything like that. If you question them they get very upset. You get locked out of your bank account. All your connections to your account are removed. And they have 100% control of everything on your account. They do it very quickly y texting you and have you share what ever texts with codes that are sent to you. When you get locked out of your account I believe the number you are given goes to them not your bank. I was smart enough not to transfer fun’s right back. It had my car payment company name on it. Not Advance America. When i logged on the real website site by googling it. There was no record of “my loan” So my suggestion is not to do any texting with any online loan company that reaches out in this name. Go directly to the website and verify that it’s them
    • Review from Makerita B

      1 star

      10/29/2024

      I received a text letter saying I was approved but I already did my research and saw their reviews here and wanted to see how rhis would go. A guy answered I asked to speak with Kelly W***** who sent the letter and she came on said I was approved for 5K I said I needed 12k loan she said they could approve 10k I said please put me on your so not call list since I needed more. She said and I quote "**** *** *****"??. Plus her accent surely did not make her sound like a "Kelly w*****"???? They need to be shut down. People working and are still struggling looking for legit loans and you have idiots out here looking to rip people off.
    • Review from John M

      1 star

      10/23/2024

      This is a fraudulent business. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. They will ask you for access to your bank account and they will file claims pretending to be you. And when the money is placed back in your account they will then ask you to purchase gift cards to return the money. The will also contact your bank and pretend to be you. I have been promised a loan for three weeks and never received it. One contacts name of the company is Mark .
    • Review from MELISSA W

      1 star

      10/22/2024

      They get in your bank and reverse charges. Then ask you to go take the money out and send it to them. 100%scammers!!!!!!!!
    • Review from John M

      1 star

      10/22/2024

      This is a scam. Do not apply for a loan with them.
    • Review from Jennifer B

      1 star

      10/19/2024

      They should be shutdown!!! They prey on the desperate who really want to believe it’s not a scam. Well it is! Luckily I caught on to them before anything happened! They assured me I will get my loan after the send me a certain amount of money and that I need to send it right back…that was my first clue but I was so in need of the funds I said ok. Something just kept telling me this isn’t right. Then I got several emails from my bank that said I filed a claim for my car loan company to get money back…. Ummmm that wasn’t me! Luckily my bank took care of it. I texted than a really long text letting them know I was not going thru with the loan. The guy texted me back to assure me everything was on the up and up. I texted back what the bank told me and basically called him out. He never responded! So please don’t get scammed by them! Besides barely being able to understand a word he said there were so many other red flags!!! SHUT THEM DOWN!!!

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