The National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (Condusef) warned that in Yucatán frauds involving financial companies that offer money quickly and without documentation are increasing.
“About 600 people from Yucatán have been victims of fraud at the hands of organized crime that disguises itself as a money lending company,” warned Óscar Rosado Jiménez, president of Condusef.
Within the framework of the National Financial Education Week in the State, organized by the Faculty of Accounting and Administration of the Autonomous University of Yucatán, the head of Condusef stated that loans are offered on social networks, whose “companies” ensure that they do not check the credit bureau or promise money just by entering an application.
In addition, he warned that these financial companies obtain cell phone information “once they give you the credit, but a few days later they apply a collection scheme that includes threats and intimidation.”
“This is organized crime that offers false credit and extortion schemes, crimes that they commit because they have client information, such as contacts, photos, videos, and that they threaten to make them public,” he noted.
Rosado Jiménez said that there is no exact number of people who have been victims of these pseudo-financial institutions, unfortunately, Condusef does not have the powers to deal with them because they are not financial institutions, but rather crime organized.
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