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Money being demanded for a loan I don’t know about

JamieBadman · 2023-04-20 19:32:30

I have received numerous emails to an email address I rarely use demanding money for a debt I supposedly owe. The email comes from a company called ACI who say they bought a debt of mine from another company. As far as I’m aware, I am debt free. I owe nothing. So I asked them to explain to me what the debt was for and they…

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Grumpy_chap Posts: 18,273 Forumite

12 February at 12:20PM

JamieBadman said:

Thanks. I checked them out and they appear to be a genuine company that buys debt, but their only method of communication has been via email or their portal.

Quite possibly a genuine company but the messages might not be - could be a scammer impersonating the company to stir up concern and obtain information on individuals. Even the response "I have no debt" might be helpful to a scammer.

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