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This appears to be a short-term loan typically associated with the payday cycle.

I received a phone call earlier today from someone claiming to be with Norton Finance, identifying himself as Nick Holden. He assured me that my loan application had been approved, which sounded incredibly convincing. They offered me £1,000 to be repaid over a year with monthly installments of £110, adding on an interest of £320, yet he never mentioned any APR. He even provided me with a loan application number and his contact number, 02081445176. What raised red flags was his insistence that I needed to make my first payment using a Ukash voucher, which was to be collected at my doorstep by two individuals: Tony Francis and Sheila Morgan. He requested that I send him copies of my bank statements and some form of identification. He urged me to get the voucher sorted and then give him a ring back. Interestingly, the website mentioned that Norton Finance typically has a minimum loan amount of £3,000, which doesn’t align with the offer presented to me. I looked into Ukash and discovered that if one provides just partial information, they can easily access the funds from those vouchers. This is undoubtedly a scam-he first called me from 0800 280 2724, and the subsequent caller withheld his number. To top it off, less than 15 minutes later, I received another call from someone named Athony John Fison, following up to check if I had managed to acquire the voucher. Quite dubious, to say the least!

I got a rather dodgy phone call from a chap named Nick Holden, who was trying to peddle a loan of £1000 over a year at a repayment of £110 a month. The very next day, I received another call from what he claimed was his boss, who informed me that the interest rate had miraculously plummeted, bringing the payment down to £100 monthly. To secure this supposed deal, I was instructed to purchase UKash vouchers, with assurances that the paperwork would be sent my way. However, no paperwork materialised, nor did the loan funds. When I followed up, they claimed there was an issue with the postcodes matching the vouchers, and then spun a yarn about the money supposedly being deposited twice, with two authorisation codes given to me. Yet, the cash never showed up, leaving me out of pocket by £250. Furthermore, the bloke mentioned that if I chose to cancel, it would cost me £50, but I find it absurd since I never signed anything. This all reeks of a scam to me, and I genuinely believe they ought to be looked into.

Has anyone else experienced calls from this number claiming to be linked to a company named Norton Finance? I seem to have fallen victim to them and lost £250, with little hope of getting it back. They insisted the funds were meant to be provided for a loan they supposedly set up on three separate occasions, yet nothing ever appeared in my account. A chap named Steven Jackson rang me, purporting to be from my local NatWest branch in London, and mentioned issues with the transfer, requiring an extra £150. Naturally, I declined. I later spoke with a manager called Michelle, who accused me of not stating my name correctly, despite having done so twice earlier to another representative, Nick Holden. She insisted once more on needing an additional £150. I voiced my concerns about the shady nature of this operation and warned her that I’d be involving the police. Her reply? A dismissive "Tell the Police," before she abruptly hung up.