Fake Short Term or Payday Loan Scam

Calls from the following area codes and numbers have all been reported to be scammers.  These scammers use phony number and names to attempt to get potential victims to send in money on fake loans that appear to be from legitimate sources.
 
713-931-3690, 713-931-3641, 713-936-3424, 713-893-1051
512-686-4244
210-401-3930, 979-639-7900, 779-400-0010, 817-400-1316

The names vary each time.  These fraudsters have committed company identify theft against a Federal Credit Union.

Consumers targeted by the scam typically are looking for a payday or short term loan and search the Internet for assistance.  They voluntarily place their personal information on these independent sites (not recommended) and then receive an email from one of the aliases. They say that you have been approved for a short term loan that is affiliated with companies that the scammer has no association with whatsoever.

Consumers who respond by telephone to the offer are then told that in order to receive the loan, they have to pay for either an upfront fee, taxes owed, processing fee, etc., in the form of a MoneyPak or Pre-paid credit card including Vanilla Network cards.  Do not pay any upfront fees and hang up on them.  

I was told I was approved for $5000 personal loan from 8174001316 Robin Smith CASHNET but I needed to desposit $150 for a processing fees by buying MoneyPak card and give then the card number and #pin so they could get the fee and my money could be desposited.   I called a few days to check on my money and they told be to get another one for $250 for additional tax charges so that I could get my loan.  I did and then I called and they told me they could not desposit my $5000 funds because my social sercurity was blocked.   I never got the $5000 and lost $400 to them.  SCAMMERS!