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Capital One customer who have received emails like the one the below, which claims the recipients' loan application has been approved and they should call telephone number +1(234)525-0405 for verification, are asked not to call the same number. The fake email and number are being used by online scammers who are attempting to steal their potential victims' personal and financial information.
From: Capital One Finance <stevehobbs.loan@gmail.com>Date: March 6, 2019 at 1:24:04 PM ESTSubject: Approval LetterCapital One FinanceHi,This Email is to inform you that your Loan Application has been successfully approved up to $8000. So in order to get your loan amount into your account, please kindly give us a call back on our number +1(234)525-0405 for the Loan verification.Once the verification part has been completed the loan amount will be transferred to you through WIRE TRANSFER or ONLINE BANKINGPlease read the loan documents we have attached to this email, if there are any queries please Feel free to contact us at +1(234)525-0405SupervisorCapital One FinanceDepartment Call Back Number+1(234)525-0405
From: Capital One Finance <stevehobbs.loan@gmail.com>
Date: March 6, 2019 at 1:24:04 PM EST
Subject: Approval Letter
Capital One Finance
Hi,
This Email is to inform you that your Loan Application has been successfully approved up to $8000. So in order to get your loan amount into your account, please kindly give us a call back on our number +1(234)525-0405 for the Loan verification.Once the verification part has been completed the loan amount will be transferred to you through WIRE TRANSFER or ONLINE BANKING
Please read the loan documents we have attached to this email, if there are any queries please Feel free to contact us at +1(234)525-0405
Supervisor
Department Call Back Number
+1(234)525-0405
Capital One customers who have already been tricked into calling the number and gave the scammers their information are asked to contact Capital One for help.
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Yup they sure are scammers; my husband did what they wanted them to do and they had him buy google play cards for idk for what reasons, but they sure put us in a bad spot and the bank would not help us either; they just said we gave them the information to our account so we are responsible for the balance that went negative on our account.Just because of these a*hole pretending to be Loan people. Thanks for nothing Capital one financial...
Here is another scam: - Forwarded message - From: Capital One Finance Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 12:48 PM Subject: Approval Letter Capital One Finance Hi, This Email is to inform you that your Loan Application has been successfully approved up to $8000. So in order to get your loan amount into your account, please kindly give us a call back on our number 1(234)525-0405 for the Loan verification.Once the verification part has been completed the loan amount will be transferred to you through WIRE TRANSFER or ONLINE BANKING Please read the loan documents we have attached to this email, if there are any queries please Feel free to contact us at 1(234)525-0405 Supervisor Capital One Finance - Department Call Back Number: 1(234)525-0405