Superfinanciera issued an alert for credit deception and explained what the scam is like

In the midst of the movements of the Colombian economy, the Financial Superintendence of Colombia (SFC) issued an alert for the misuse of its name to carry out a scam.

What is the scam they do in the name of Superfinanciera like?

The entity warned the public from its website about the unauthorized use of the logo of this inspection, surveillance and control body, as well as the impersonation of the Financial Superintendent, César Ferrari, through the illegal use of his name to deceive those seeking an alleged credit.

The image released by the Superfinanciera indicated that his name and that of his director are used irregularly in a false authorization for the alleged disbursement of a loan to an individual by a firm that identifies itself as ‘Comnusa Financing Entity’.

“The Financial Superintendency informed the Attorney General’s Office of this situation,” he indicated about the measures, while making some clarifications.

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The entity indicated in its statement that “it does not participate in the processing, management, granting, or disbursement of credits by supervised or non-supervised entities that carry out credit activities.”

How to avoid scams with false credits in Colombia?

Precisely, the entity offered some specific recommendations so that consumers do not fall for these deceptions. Among these, the following stand out:

• Consult the Superintendency for prior verification if they are indeed monitored entities or if the type of communications presented to them by the SFC are true.
• Never, regardless of the arguments, deliver, deposit, transfer, consign or transfer money as a requirement for the disbursement of a loan and even less so if it is done in favor of natural persons.
• Be suspicious of those loan offers in which there are promises to disburse money without meeting higher requirements, in amounts that exceed the value of the credit requested or with reduced rates.

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