I had applied on-line for a loan, this company called me and said I was approved for a loan of $2500 and they had all the info I had entered on-line, bank account #, SS#, etc. I was told that I would have to first prove that I had the funds available to make the monthly payments and that I had to buy a Green Dot MoneyPak card for $120. I have not requested a loan before so I trusted the guy and did as I was told. He then told me that in 1 hour the money on the card would be released back to me and that by 9:00 am the loan would be wired to my bank account. As of this evening the loan has not been sent and the money on the Green Dot card is gone. The guy from the loan company called me and told me that the Better Business Bureau (BBB) had put a hold on my loan and on my Green Dot card because I owed them money. I disputed this and asked for the contact information and was given a phone # of 630-560-9805 and a name of Larry Jones. I called the phone # and spoke to this Mr. Jones who told me that I had a payday loan of $500 from 2009 that I had not repaid and that with late fees and all I now owed them, the BBB $730. I told him I had not ever had a payday loan but he argued with me and said that if I wanted my loan and the $120 that was on the Green Dot card I had to pay the $730 first. I told him that I had never had a payday loan and that I wanted to dispute the claim, but I was told I could not dispute it that I had to pay the money. I hung up on the guy. I looked at the BBB web-site, they have an article about this type of scam going on, I will file a complaint with them too. I have filed a police report as well.
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