Now fraudsters are trying to mis-sell you a car loan payout | Scams
YI will be contacted from the blue by a call or text and text and told you that your allowance are for your miser vehicle auto loan. They say they are calling from the lender and just need your details to process your claim.
With the recent news that UK motorists could be in line for payments of up to £ 950 each If they were car-finance victims, the call or text may not be a surprise – if you are one of millions that you think you think you might owe. But don't fall for it.
This week warned the financial behavior (FCA) that drivers were directed by scammers posing as borrowers. The FCA is in charge of working who must be lenders to compensate and how, and says it will be before it has announced how the scheme will most likely work – Next year before rearouts are made.
In the meantime, Lenders will not contact customers to settle a payment so you can assume safely that everything is promise a scam.
How it seems
It can be a call of a mobile number as a text – on the website Whoocalledme One number used was also linked to other fraud.
Some have reported that they are named by someone who claims to work to work for a car finance company. Other Reports say drivers have received a text with their auto model and registration, and tell a message that they needed to follow a link and complete a registration.
In one message, online seems toiles that the driver was told that they may have the right to a payment of up to £ 16,000.
What to do
The FCA says when you get a call like this you have to hang up immediately. Do not share information with the caller.
In the UK you can report scam calls and texts OFCOM by forwarded to 7726.
If you think you may need to be guilty of money, sit tight. The FCA will tell tellers how to deal with claims to deal with compensation and at that point, you can automatically paid, or contacted more information about your finance. Even then, be careful and do not give personal details through online links.
