Romance scams
Your online partner is asking you to put your name on loan paperwork as a co-signer.
They do not want your money, just your signature. When an online partner asks you to cosign a loan or "be on the paperwork", they are asking for your credit, your identity, or both.
"Just a formality" is the most expensive phrase in this script. Cosigning makes you fully liable for the debt; if the "business" vanishes, the lender comes to you. And the loan may not even be real: the "loan officer" email often exists only to collect your name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number.
Notice how the ask avoids the alarm bells you have learned. No wire transfer, no gift cards, no crypto. It feels safer precisely because it does not look like sending money. It is worse.
Real banks do not approve business loans that hinge on a co-signer the applicant has never met in person. That detail alone ends the story.
This is liability shifting dressed as partnership. The relationship story converts a major financial commitment into a small favor between lovers.
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Call your bank now, on the number on your card or in your banking app. Say: "I have been scammed and I need to stop a payment." The sooner they hear from you, the more they may be able to stop or recover. In the UK you can call 159 to reach your bank. Do not pay anyone who offers to get the money back. That is another scam.
Report it. US: ReportFraud.ftc.gov, and ic3.gov for online crime. UK: reportfraud.police.uk or 0300 123 2040; in Scotland, Police Scotland on 101. Australia: scamwatch.gov.au. Have ready the message, the sender's number or address, and any payment details.
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Do not reply, click any link, call any number in the message or send money. If it claims to be from an organisation you know, contact them using details you already trust.
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