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loan fraud

Ladybirdz
Ladybirdz Posts: 2 Newbie
in Loans
Can anyone help please!? If someone is getting online loan companies to contact my landline number asking for someone who does not live there and is trying to obtain loans in there name at my address is it fraud???????
Thanx

Comments

  • _Andy_
    _Andy_ Posts: 11,150 Forumite
    No, seems totally legit to me
  • Ladybirdz
    Ladybirdz Posts: 2 Newbie
    really even if that person does not live at my adress and never has done ????
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    Don't listen to Andy. He's taking the !!!!.

    It's only fraud if they ask how many sugars you have in your coffee.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    2 definitions of fraud from google(you could have done this OP)

    • Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
    • A person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.
    The lender maybe has been defrauded as tehy have given the wrong address.
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    2 definitions of fraud from google(you could have done this OP)

    • Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
    • A person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.
    The lender maybe has been defrauded as tehy have given the wrong address.

    Jeeezuz. Has Asbokid converted you?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    malkyh wrote: »
    Jeeezuz. Has Asbokid converted you?

    Nope, why do you say that ?
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Nope, why do you say that ?

    The Google quotes
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    malkyh wrote: »
    The Google quotes

    I had no idea asbokid did that (never really came across him, well only briefly) he was a complete fruit cake from what i hear.

    I posted the quotes as a way of defining fraud to the OP.

    Honest hand on heart im not converted.
  • _Andy_
    _Andy_ Posts: 11,150 Forumite
    Ladybirdz wrote: »
    really even if that person does not live at my adress and never has done ????

    I'm being sarcastic, how on earth could you think this was anything BUT fraud? jeez
  • fadetogrey
    fadetogrey Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    The "leg stretcher" has returned....................:cool:
    counting down the time I got left.:beer::beer:
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