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In March 2023, BBB investigated Planet Finance's business practices. This investigation was prompted by a scam submission regarding a consumer loan scam. This investigations was prompted by scam tracker reports.
Consumer alleges the business instructed the consumer to purchase a store card and deposit a certain amount of money to cover a certain fee for the full loan. Once Planet Finance gains access to the money from the store card account, they either continue by gaining access to a victims debit account and steals from the consumers bank account then cease all communication. The website shuts down a few weeks after they have scammed a few consumers.
Please see the BBB warning about Loan and Financing scams here.
Based on the information detailed above, BBB cannot confirm the legitimacy of Planet Finance.
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