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Wonga.com, also known as Wonga, was a British payday loan firm that was founded in 2006. The company focused on offering short-term, high-cost loans to customers via online applications, [2] and began processing its first loans in 2007. [3]
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.
Payday loans in the United Kingdom are typically small value (up to £1500) and for short periods. Payday loans are often used as a term by members of the public (and commentators) generically to refer to all forms of High-cost Short-term credit (HCSTC) including instalment loans, e.g. 3-9 month products, rather than just loans provided until the next pay day.
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Satsuma Loans charged a typical annual percentage rate of 991% as of March 2017, with a maximum interest rate of 1,575%. [ 2 ] Satsuma used to lend up to £1,000 to first time customers which could be borrowed over a 12-month period, incurring an interest charge of £990 on a £1,000 loan. [ 3 ]
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Callers spoof the caller ID number of the victim's actual lending institution, swindling money from those seeking financial relief. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...
In 2016, 118 118 launched a subscription service app [3] which costs £2.48 a month for unlimited calls to the number, or £4.98 a month for unlimited calls and connections. Calls to 118 118 cost £2.43 per minute (a minimum 60 second charge applies) including VAT, plus the access charge set by the caller's landline or mobile phone provider.