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Financial fraud by microfinance organisations
New financial fraud schemes emerge every year, resulting in ordinary citizens losing their money. Law enforcement agencies recently uncovered the latest one.
Details can be read on the website newsomsk.ru, which describes similar situations.
The fraud scheme
Many people do not even realise the full seriousness of the situation. The essence of the scheme is that funds from an unknown sender arrive in a person's card account. The person is pleased and, in most cases, tries to spend the unexpectedly received windfall.
In reality, the financial company has simply issued a loan to the person on "draconian terms". Interest on the allocated funds accrues daily. Subsequently, the company files a lawsuit or hands the data over to debt collectors, who exert psychological pressure on the victim. Alternatively, a court may place a lien on the person's property, and their real estate is sold to cover the debts.
What to do
To avoid such problems, upon receiving a transfer from an unknown person, one should immediately contact their bank and request a return of the funds to the sender's account details. In this case, no sanctions from the microfinance organisation will arise.
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