Spotting fake Credit Corp social media and adverts

How the scam works

Fraudsters set up fake social-media profiles and paid adverts using a real lender's name and logo, promising easy funding to lure businesses. Victims are steered into messaging the fake account, applying on a fake site, or paying an upfront 'fee'. The branding can look convincing because logos are easy to copy.

The tell-tale signs

• Promises of guaranteed approval or 'no checks' — no genuine lender offers that.
• Requests to continue in direct messages or via a messaging app.
• An upfront fee to release funds — a hallmark of a scam.
• A profile with few followers, a recent creation date, or slightly-wrong handles.

Verify before you act

Don't judge legitimacy from the post itself. Go to credicorp.co.uk by typing it, and only apply through our real application. If you want to check whether a social account is really us, reach us through the website's contact details, not the account in question. See recognising official communications.

Report fakes

Report a fake profile or advert to the platform, and tell us so we can pursue takedown — see reporting suspected fraud. This protects other businesses from the same clone. The underlying scam is usually advance-fee fraud.