Consumer complaint received 2022-02-17 00:00:00
Product: Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan — Payday loan
Issue: Received a loan you didn't apply for — 
Company: CURO Intermediate Holdings
State: OK

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX I received an email from Speedy Cash in regard to a balance that I apparently had owed to them from a so called lawyer that sent me the email ; I then looked up the website on the internet and gave them a friendly call to look me up to see if I had an actually active account, the person I did talk today XXXX, the person I spoke with could only find where my name had popped up that I had once applied for a loan but that the application was never submitted back to get approved, it only showed n the computer on their end, an application had been started but never submitted back for approval, and there was no active accounts/ no delayed accounts/ no pending accounts nor any accounts in negative standing, NO ACCOUNT AT ALL but yet I get this threatening email as follows below ; SPEEDY CASH SERVICE Attention, LAWSUIT COURT CASE FILE NO : # XXXX LAWSUIT COST - {$1700.00} ( INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEE/COURT FEE/ALL TAXES ) SETTLEMENT AMOUNT - {$850.00} CONTACT AT : XXXX : XXXX Case Number : - # XXXX SUBJECT : LOAN Settlement AMOUNT- {$850.00} Contact XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX : XXXX We are hereby to inform you that you are going to be legally prosecuted in the Court House within a couple of days . So, before something goes wrong, we would like to notify you about this matter. It seems apparent that you had chosen to ignore all our efforts to contact you in order to resolve your debt with your Payday Services. At this point, you had made your intentions clear and leave us no choice but to protect our interest in this matter. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX HAS STATED 4 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE : ( 1 ) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION ( 2 ) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD ( 3 ) THEFT BY DECEPTION ( 4 ) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER NOTE : - We are in a process to block your Social Security number and inform all the Major Credit Bureaus as well.

NOTE : - The Legal Charges Section 19 ( A ), Clause 21 ( US ) is against you and if you ignore this case then our legal department will take immediate action you.

If we do not hear from you within 24 hours of the date of this letter, we will be compelled to seek legal representation from our in-house attorney. We reserve the right to commence litigation for intent to commit wire fraud under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to, by use of the internet. In addition, we reserve the right to seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and any court costs incurred.

WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS RESERVED TO INFORM TO FTC & YOUR EMPLOYER AND BANK ABOUT THIS FRAUD. 

We will be forced to download this case against you and once it is downloaded the creditor has entire rights to inform your employer and your references regarding this issue and the lawsuit will be the next step which will be amounting to {$1700.00} and will be totally levied upon you and that would be excluding your attorney charges and the due amount pending on your name. 


We have settlement amount for you with easy weekly and a one-time settlement amount option below, kindly reply soon with your final intention regarding this case. 
You will have to submit {$590.00} today and close this case outside of court with the onetime case settlement plans You will have to submit an amount which is acceptable of {$280.00} today to put this case on hold outside of the courthouse and the rest payment with {$280.00} weekly instalments till the loan amount {$850.00} paid in full Get back to us ASAP before the charges have been pressed against you into the court of law. 

REPLY EMAIL BACK IMMEDIATELY WITH YOUR FINAL ANSWER SO I CAN MOVE ON FURTHER ON THE BASIS OF YOUR ANSWER at : XXXX : XXXX Kindly let us know are you willing to resolve this matter out of the courthouse, or we should proceed further with the legal charges against you. Once this case will be downloaded against you then we wont be able to help you out. 

Talking about the creditor Speedy Cash is the mother company which owns & operates more than XXXX parental payday loan websites XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, SPEEDY CASH XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX etc. And you have used One of this to get this loan approved. as a user of the products and/or services offered by a Speedy cash Related Company . 

Note : This is your last and final chance to settle this case. 

Else we are going to transfer your file to the legal department to download the case against you and you will receive the court summons at your doorstep within 2 working days. Kindly hire an attorney. 

NOTE : THIS CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS. 

Kindly let us know what type of payment arrangement, you are looking for at : XXXX XXXX  XXXX Regards, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX. 
Copyright XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX | Privacy | Terms of use | XXXX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Confidentiality Statement & Notice : This email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 56891-140 PS- THIS IS FRAUD

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation