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by frostwarrior 1402 days ago
And doing all this work for a $100 loan?
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A $100 take-and-keep is what I read. Each loan is worth a lot more to the sharks than what a bank would get back from anything similar, so the poster above would be taking potential a lot more in "opportunity cost" from the scammers unless they give in on collection very quickly.
It can be automated. And if it can't, there are armies of people in the third world who can "automate" it for you, like solving capchas.

Also It's not a $100 loan. The insinuation is that it'a $100 dollars that you take and run.

$100, but you're also doing a good deed.

Donating blood doesn't pay that well either, but people still do it.