Question:
Dear Steve,
A threatening e-mail saying I owe for a loan I NEVER TOOK. Telling me I will be served if I don’t pay in 24 hours. Threatening all the things you list in your bogus letters. Telling my employer, my family, the case will be downloaded in 24 hours and I will be served in 3 days. Problem is I did apply for on line loans but they are saying LEND UP I NEVER SIGNED OR RECEIVED A LOAN FROM LEND UP. They are going to serve me, set a court date and garnish my wages saying I committed online fraud.
I NEVER GOT A LOAN FROM LEND UP AND IT’S NOT EVEN ON MY CREDIT. I am scared are they allowed to put me in jail???? I have a severely handicapped daughter that I care for 24/7 as her guardian I CAN NOT HAVE CONVICTIONS OF ANY KIND ON MY RECORD TO BE HER GUARDIAN.
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Lydia
Answer:
Dear Lydia,
99.99% It’s a scam. Ignore it.
This is an effective scam that has been catching people for years. Read this.
I just received an email from them too, asking for payment from a company I have never worked with. I saw that it was a gmail address and looked everything up and keep coming up with it being false and a scam. I then found this article which helped. My heart is still racing a mile a minute and I’m trying to not panic still. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Same thing happened to me just now. I have never been in debt and thinking either someone is impersonating me or they are trying to scam me.
I literally got this email this morning and I was shaking in my boots and then I realized that some of the words were misspelled and the email was a Gmail but to play it safe. I looked it up online and came to this page.
Thank you for the comment. Talked about your comment on the latest podcast at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/get-out-of-debt-guy/episodes/A-Little-Chit–a-Little-Chat–From-Side-Hustle-Money-to-Not-Being-a-Sucker-e2adif9
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