Received a call from this number claiming to be Bob from Advance America in regard to my online loan application. "Bob" had a thick foreign accent and a LOT of background noise told me I was approved for my online loan. I had, in fact, applied for a short term loan, so at first it seemed somewhat legit. However, they had my information wrong, and I did not correct him throughout the process. He kept referring to "per the standards set by the Better Business Bureau" and the US of A (that's how he said it). When we got to the end, they do not do wire transfers or ACH's because they "aren't safe" and he proceeded to say the most secure way for me to get this money into my account was to provide them with my bank account login information. I told him he was absolutely insane if he thought I was that stupid to believe that was the most secure way, so I asked for the company address, website and their tax ID number. He put me on hold, and then provided me with an address to Advance America in San Jose, CA. I kept asking for the tax ID number. He said he wasn't allowed to give that to me until AFTER our transaction was complete. So I told him to take the loan money and stick it up his [***] and hung up! I called the 800 number to Advance America and verified that while he did provide a real address to one of their stores, this phone number is in no way associated with them. She also verified they would NEVER ask for online bank login information. I checked my email and noticed he had also sent me an email from "Daniel Gonzalez" and the email address is
[email protected]. Please for the love of everything holy, PLEASE be warned and do NOT give these people your information!!! Thankfully I did not correct him when he was listing my information incorrectly, so I do not think they have enough to do any damage. But I did file a report with the Federal Trade Commission and also alerted my bank just in case.