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2. 8 ways to spot personal loan scams and protect your finances

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   Consider the following tips to avoid potentially damaging scams. 1. Unrealistic guarantees for approval. One of the easiest ways to spot a loan scam is the promise of guaranteed approval.

3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   A consumer inquires about a payday loan or short-term credit online and is asked for a long list of personal information. The lender is a shell firm; the loan might never be made, but the victim's personal information is now in the hands of scammers who sell it to a fraudulent collection agency.

4. How to spot debt collection scams: 8 signs to watch out for

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   Research the contact information provided to check if it’s linked to a reputable agency. ... make sure the information pulls up a legitimate business. If the information doesn’t match or the ...

5. RapidRatings - Wikipedia

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   RapidRatings generates a Financial Health Rating (FHR), a single number on a 0 - 100 scale that indicates the overall financial health of a given company. [9] The FHR is calculated using fundamental data from a company’s financial statements and does not take into account market inputs, analysts' opinions, trade payments, or contact with issuers, bankers, or advisors.

6. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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   source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money. • Pay attention to the types of data you're authorizing access to, especially in third-party apps.

8. Student Loan Forgiveness: Is That Deal Smart or a Scam? - AOL

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   Cultura RF/Getty Images Student loan debt has become a huge burden on recent college graduates, with figures from credit-reporting agency TransUnion showing that the average student loan balance ...

9. Credit rating agency - Wikipedia

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   A small number of arrangers of structured finance products—primarily investment banks—drive a large amount of business to the ratings agencies, and thus have a much greater potential to exert undue influence on a rating agency than a single corporate debt issuer.