Scam

gibbly

:mad: just fallen for a scam from cheapfastloans.uk promised the earth but after I stupidly paid £425 upfront! anyone heatd of them? what do I do?

poppasmurf_bewdley

gibbly wrote: »

:mad: just fallen for a scam from cheapfastloans.uk promised the earth but after I stupidly paid £425 upfront! anyone heatd of them? what do I do?

£425?????????

Maybe the top of their website will give a clue to what sort of company this is:

Avail Hassle Free Funds For Your Small Needs

It's obviously a foreign setup (probably Indian) which is plain within 10 seconds on the website.

How much were you hoping to borrow that made laying out £425 seem like a good idea?

Two more questions spring to mind.

Firstly, how come you have £425 available when you're looking for a loan from what is evidently a bottom feeder company?

Secondly, how come you have suddenly found out that it is a scam?

rdwarr

A WHOIS reveals this:

Domain name:
cheapfastloans.co.uk

Registrant:
N Ansari

Registrant type:
Non-UK Individual

Registrant's address:
105 Hamlet Court Road
Westcilffe on Sea
SS0 7ES
United Kingdom

And going into Google Streetview on that address reveals the office of https://www.firstlineloans.co.uk.

But the cheapfastloans website may put your mind at rest:

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lovinituk

Jeez! They really need to add 'avoiding scams' to the national curriculum. Teach a generation of kids how to spot scams and they could be gone overnight one day!

[Deleted User]

425 quid! Are you sure you weren't giving THEM a loan?

withabix

gibbly wrote: »

:mad: just fallen for a scam from cheapfastloans.uk promised the earth but after I stupidly paid £425 upfront! anyone heatd of them? what do I do?

Phone your card company IMMEDIATELY.

Tell me you didn't pay by bank transfer or Western Union etc?

fozmcfc

withabix wrote: »

Phone your card company IMMEDIATELY.

Tell me you didn't pay by bank transfer or Western Union etc?

Ukash is another payment method now used by the Indian loan scam companies to scam people.

£425 would suggest that the OP has probably paid the following type of fees to them, or variants on them.

1/ A set up fee,

followed by

2/ A legal fee

and possibly then a further

3/ Funds release fee

before finally the penny has dropped it's a scam.

dealer_wins

Its not nice reading these constant posts of people getting ripped off. The sad thing is it is easily avoidable.

I guess when you are desperate enough for a loan and keep getting declined, your common sense goes out of the window when someone actually says yes, and you send off the "fees" without even considering it could be a scam.

If I were in charge of law making I would order a manhunt on these scammers, and cut their hands off when they are caught.

KingElvis

LOL what a penguin, why on earth would you pay 400+ if you need a loan?

k9387

Posts: 1 - troll?

Anyway, lets hope that £425 wasn't from a payday loan company...

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