Delta Finance

Victim Location 96778

Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan

A person claiming they were from the Delta Finance loan agency contacted me on 03/18/2020 informing me that my application for a loan of $1000 had been accepted and that they were ready to transfer the funds into my bank account immediately. I gave them all the information they said was required and was transferred to another agent by the name of Cristina Watson. I reconfirmed all the information with her but some of the things she said were starting to sound fishy. So I started investigating the agency by googling things like the phone numbers and address. I found that the address when loaded into google maps 1121 Milam St Houston TX 77002, was linked to what appeared to be a sandwich shop. With no signs of a loan agency anywhere around it. Hoping that maybe this was just an area that google maps hadn’t updated I stupidly continued to go through with the transaction. It was when Cristina began explaining the final step of the loan process that I realized this was 100% a scam. She deposited a check with a small amount of $249.30 into my account. I was then supposed to go into a store and load the money onto an Ebay card and send it back to her. This was supposedly for identity verification purposes so that they knew they were sending the loan to the right person. However when I checked my banking app to make sure the money from the check was there I decided to look at the check that was deposited and found that it did NOT come from Delta Finance or ANY loan agency at all. The check was from DHS Child support. Had two names I did not recognize. And appeared to have been copied from a copy machine as the text on the check was bold and blotchy with gaps in some of the text. I now knew 100% that I’d been scammed. And worse, there is now a fraudulent check in my account! I’m 29 years old but I really don’t know anything about what I should do! The check cleared, but I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t touch any of the money. I changed the password to my account and added some extra security measures to it. But I’m probably going to have to get a new checking account. I’m also worried about Identity theft. I feel like such an [censored] for falling for something that in hindsight was too good to be true. They offered me $1000 with a payback rate of only $100 per month for 12 months. Which, after doing some research, is a laughably low amount.

Victim Location 08080

Total money lost $44

Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan

I applied for a loan online. Rep said get a gift card which I did for $44.00. They needed $43.17. Said couldn’t accept. And blocked my number refusing to give me my money back.

Victim Location 44485

Type of a scam Other

They wanted more than just my routing number and account number to despiser loan. My bank, said it was a scam. I had to close all of my accounts and reset passwords. They called back today and said since the bank won’t do it, we could do it in bitcoin.