PLAID INC.

Verified my PNC account transactions. For all parties invovled. Said the verification app Plaid was hacked. Dollars Lost $11000 [BBB Scam Type: Bank/Credit Card Company Imposter] [Business: PNC Bank Fraud Dept. Spoof Date Repo] [Location: NJ, USA- 08344]

I Had previously applied for a loan with several agencies. Today, 2/26/2026, Lending Point - Fred Pal contacted me via text with a Loan Approval Letter featuring a chart showing Loan Amts from $2K to $7K, @ 7.99% APR, then it gave how many months to repay. My Loan approval code was AWM7840. The number he texted me from of 415-326-4143, was quite a different one from his original text Loan Approval Letter that had his name, address, etc on the bottom. That Number was lsited as 559-462-5553. When calling any of their numbers back, I discovered after the fact, they are Google Phone Numbers and when one calls, it ask one to speak your name, then it will try and connect the user. I answered back several of their questions and then they sent me a link for my Direct Deposit Form https://sites.google.com/view/lendingpoint-loan-form/home I click on the link and answered questions like name, address, bank routing and acct numbers, ss#, etc. Then it asked for an EFT Verfication using elctronic funds transfer and then asked for both my Bank's User Name and Password. This instantly Red Flagged this whole oreal to me, because no loan agency asked for your Bank's User Name and Password. So I put down some fake info on those fields and hit submit. Mr. Fre Pal at Lending Point asked via text to let him know when I finished and I did. - Next thing I get is a text message stating let him update his accouting department. Theh he texted back stating I would receive a call from their accounting dept soon so they can start the funding process. I received their call 20 mins later from phone #619-363-5388 and the man, forgot his name, asked me questions I had already answered for verfication. He then asked me if my Bank's User Name and Password I had entered was correct? I told him that request sounds very strange and scammish as most agencies would go thru Plaid to verify one's Banking Info an [BBB Scam Type: Advance Fee Loan] [Business: Lending Point Imposter] [Locatio

MDG advertises especially on FB about loans for cash advances and buying things from their company store. They approved me for 3100 and 1600 cash advance in writing. After I supplied personal information and bank account info. I was asked to connect my account through PLAID. After 4 attempts I should have known something was suspicious! I called and the same guy answered saying that they had had issues with PLAID. FINALLY I was sent a notice to my new online account with them saying I was DENIED. MIND YOUBIN WRITING I had already been approved in writing. I immediately called back and couldn't get ANYONE ON THE PHONE ! NO ONE! I SAID THEN THAT I HAD BEEN SCAMMED AND CALLED MY BANK IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT THIS AND ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY! AND NOW HAVING TO CHANGE ALL ACCOUNT INFORMATION!!! @media (min-width:768px){.css-1w6dufj{-webkit-box-flex:0;-webkit-flex-grow:0;-ms-flex-positive:0;flex-grow:0;-webkit-flex-basis:auto;-ms-flex-preferred-size:auto;flex-basis:auto;width:calc(100% * 6 / var(--Grid-parent-columns) [BBB Scam Type: Other] [Business: MDG] [Location: GA, USA- 30213]

Childhood friend tries to recruit me for scam (likely multi level marketing), I try to make him see the light. He doesn't (and incidentally hates me now). Today I got an unsolicited Facebook message from a childhood friend who I haven't spoken to in over ten years about an "income opportunity." I was immediately suspicious but decided to follow him down the rabbit hole to a) verify my suspicions and b) try to explain to him that he was likely unknowingly involved in a corrupt business/some sort of scheme. The only text I've cut from our conversation is the introductory "Hey, how are you? Long time no talk!" stuff. I've assigned him the name James for anonymity's sake. The "TL;DR" on the scam itself can be found in the video describing the "business" I was to be involved in, available here: http://beachmoneygoldrush.com/ **OUR CONVERSATION:** **James:** Gonna hit you with the goods my friend... You interested in making a 2-3 extra grand a month part time? **Me:** lol what's the proposition **James:** You heard of energy deregulation? **Me:** yeah had a friend who did door to door sales for some gas company after it was deregulated in bc a few years ago **James:** Yup thats one way people capitalized on it I got my hands a far more powerful time leveraged business model. You interested in hearing more about it? **Me:** what's the opportunity? what's the company? what good or service does it provide? **James:** Whats your number? **Me:** XXX-XXX-XXXX...i don't get reception in my apartment though. we can chat tomorrow if you'd like. **James:** Sure bro I'll call you tomorrow! What time you free? **Me:** any time after 10am NY time **James:** Cool I'll call you at 515 your time. My business partner will be on the call. He's a super high level guy. Can you be in front of a computer? **Me:** i need a little more info here. tell me in a sentence what the company does or send me a link to its web