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  2. 8 ways to spot personal loan scams and protect your finances

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    Consider the following tips to avoid potentially damaging scams. 1. Unrealistic guarantees for approval. One of the easiest ways to spot a loan scam is the promise of guaranteed approval.

  3. How to spot debt collection scams: 8 signs to watch out for

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    8 warning signs of a debt collector scam Receiving a call, email or letter from a company purporting to be a debt collector can spark alarm. Before disclosing any information, look for these eight ...

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    A consumer inquires about a payday loan or short-term credit online and is asked for a long list of personal information. The lender is a shell firm; the loan might never be made, but the victim's personal information is now in the hands of scammers who sell it to a fraudulent collection agency.

  5. How to deal with debt collectors

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    How to spot a debt collection scam. Having debt can mean you are open to debt collection scams, but you could encounter scams even when you do not owe anyone money. To make sure that a debt ...

  6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  7. Payday loans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, 2010, a law exempting payday loan companies from the 36% cap expired. [32] State Attorney General Terry Goddard initiated Operation Sunset, which aggressively pursues lenders who violate the lending cap. The expiration of the law caused many payday loan companies to shut down their Arizona operations, notably Advance America. [33]

  8. AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC - Wikipedia

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    Scott Tucker ran several payday loan service companies under several different names (including AMG Capital Management) over a fifteen-year period. The companies drew consumer complaints for charging excessively-high interest rates on the loans, with those using their services paying nearly triple what they had taken as a loan, charged through undisclosed fees.

  9. FBI Scam Alert: Phony Emails and Bogus Payday Loan Calls - AOL

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    The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert includes a bogus advance-fee email purportedly sent by the director of the FBI as well as harassing payday loan calls from scammers claiming ...