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ABLRATE LOANS BEWARE

SMALL INVESTORS SHOULD STEER WELL CLEAR OF HIGH RISK LOANS YOU WILL LOSE MORE THSN YOU GAIN IN THR LONG RUN
Look at the paused loans  ie shaded in grey then put those borrowing company names into companies House web site( such as Startermode ltd Burningnight Beermonkeybrew  TrickswItch ltd ect ) then click on the people/ directors tab you will see the same names cropping up time and time again with a list of failed companies behind them going back over many years  that have gone into administration one after the next leaving various creditors  and investors unpaid 
WHY THEN DID ABLRATE RECOMENDED  PEOPLE INVEST  IN  THEESE  DODGY COMPANIES IN THE FIRST PLACE  ?  GIVEN THE TRACK RECORD OF THEESE DIRECTORS ??

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