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Business Loans India : Avoiding the Business Loan Fraud Scheme

September 11th, 2009 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

With the economy in its current state and small businesses struggling with cash flow and facing difficulties borrowing money from their bank, scam loan brokers set up fly by night operations to tap in to these concerns from businesses in need of cash. There have been many fraud complaints from victims falling for this scheme.

This fraud scheme is very basic; the scam artists will state that the business has been pre-approved for a loan with an agreeable rate however they just need an upfront processing fee and the cash will be with them in a couple of days. Of course that is the end you will ever hear from the fraudulent broker and the will be on the look out for their next victim to play on with their fraud scheme.

Another angle on this type of fraud scheme is to entice you to apply with agreeable business rates and instant approval. They will have you complete an application form and then collect personal and business information which they can then sell to other scam artists. Identity fraud is the number one fraud with our identities said to be worth up to £80,000 so scam artists will use various methods to collect this information. They will have your primary information and credit card details which will be worth thousands to them.

Protect your personal and business related financial information, it is very valuable. Understandably entrepreneurs often have limited cash flow and need funding in the early years of a business however there are loan companies that offer finance to businesses with varying credit scores.

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