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Kaspersky79
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I had an email today from (wingsfinance12@gmail.com)
Going by the name of BOLT Finace
Offering me a loan for £1000 which Apparently I'd looked into (I havent).
I decided to reply asking for more information.
They replied with a badly drawn up contract which could easily of fooled someone vulnerable asking me to pay £25 upfront for the process fee and asking me to send them my bank details and the money would be In my account in 30 mins. The punctuation and spelling was immediately obvious so again I replied saying the police are aware and their destination known through the IP address . I lied there but funnily enough I didn't hear back. Then I googled the details and unsurprisingly they are not regulated by the FCA and are scammers. Please just be aware that these tree frogs are greedy and walk among us.
Karen Megson
Going by the name of BOLT Finace
Offering me a loan for £1000 which Apparently I'd looked into (I havent).
I decided to reply asking for more information.
They replied with a badly drawn up contract which could easily of fooled someone vulnerable asking me to pay £25 upfront for the process fee and asking me to send them my bank details and the money would be In my account in 30 mins. The punctuation and spelling was immediately obvious so again I replied saying the police are aware and their destination known through the IP address . I lied there but funnily enough I didn't hear back. Then I googled the details and unsurprisingly they are not regulated by the FCA and are scammers. Please just be aware that these tree frogs are greedy and walk among us.
Karen Megson
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Just my opinion!!
Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!2 -
Agreed. I didn't apply for a loan I dont want one. But anyone could fall for it. Its nasty x1
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I think anyone who falls for a loan company using a Gmail address is probably beyond all hope.5
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I agree. But sadly these people prey on vulnerable and elderly. That's the only reason I've posted it to let people know1
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Only African Princes use Gmail for financial dealings. Everyone knows that.Deleted_User said:I think anyone who falls for a loan company using a Gmail address is probably beyond all hope."We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein1 -
FCA issued a warning about bolt finance at least two months ago -
https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/bolt-finance
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I had the luxury of a suspended bank account last week, though they hit on the wrong girl (they would not be making off with thousands from me ! and got a step ahead when I become freaked out when I saw money being moved between internal accounts) Another in thing is managing moving someone's money around and having the cheek to try pass security and order a new savings card then sure as eggs make the cunning helpful call pretending to be the bank... It really pays to check the bank account daily.0
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Well I'm 'elderly' and I'd never fall for one of these, nor would I reply to anything looking like that, in fact I would delete it without opening. The scammers won't read the email you have sent but they can probably trace more information about you now via your IP address. Best to ignore and delete immediately.Kaspersky79 said:I agree. But sadly these people prey on vulnerable and elderly. That's the only reason I've posted it to let people knowPlease note - taken from the Forum Rules and amended for my own personal use (with thanks) : It is up to you to investigate, check, double-check and check yet again before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my posts. Although I do carry out careful research before posting and never intend to mislead or supply out-of-date or incorrect information, please do not rely 100% on what you are reading. Verify everything in order to protect yourself as you are responsible for any action you consequently take.0 -
My mother is vulnerable to these kind of scams - I solve the problem by making sure she does not have any on the key online security information which she would never use anyway.0
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