We review and provide information about a lot of loan apps here. With the economic situation in Nigeria, most people turn to these loan apps to meet their immediate financial needs. And most of these loan apps do provide quick cash that can be repaid when you get your next paycheck.

But with the proliferation of these loan apps, it has created an avenue for fraudsters to prey on unsuspecting borrowers. One of such apps they use is called Nairabox loan app on Google play store.

Nairabox describes itself as a quick online loan app, and so far has over 10k downloads.

It says if you you downloan the APP and register an account, you can get a loan between NGN 20,000~~NGN 300,000.

The app further gives details of it’s loan as follows:

Loan Amount: ₦20,000 ~ ₦300,000
Loan Term: the shortest is 91 days, the longest is 365 days
Loan interest: It depends on the customer’s risk profile and loan period. The interest rate is from 12% to 25% per annum.
Service charge: 0%.

For example:
If you apply for a loan of ₦30,000, the term is 180 days and the annual interest rate is 15%.
So the daily interest rate=15%/365=0.041%, the interest for 180 days =₦30,000×15%/365×180= ₦2,214, the totally repayment=₦30,000+₦2,214= ₦32,214.f you choose a 12-month loan and borrow NGN 20,000, Naira Hub charges an interest rate of 2.08% per month. And the interest rate is 25%, we would charge you GNN 5,000 as interest of 12-month repayment period. Total amount of repayment is NGN 25,000.

But these claims are a scam, Nairabox does not give loans to customers, rather they collect your details and refer you to other loan companies by advertising them to you. The app is a waste of time according to what customers who have downloaded report on play store reviews.

Here is how the scam works; when you download the app you will be prompted to provide your KYC details like every other loan app, then you will be asked to bind your ATM card to your account as a means of repayment. The app will then make you a loan offer that is too good to be true but asked to make an upfront part payment of your loan.

This is the scam Nairabox does, ones you make your upfront payment the app will start to malfunction and will not take you any further instead it will redirect you to the advert of other loan apps.

Is Nairabox loan legit?

No, Nairabox doesn’t give loans to customers, the app has all the known features of a scam app. The app asks you to make upfront and refer you to other money lenders.

Most of the reviews of the app on Google play store are fake, it is not from genuine users which is why most of it is 5 stars. The address on the app is also fake, and no functional developer contact on the app.

Nairabox loan app should not be confused with Nairabox.com, the later is a legit app and website that serves as a payment gateway for movie tickets and other services.

How to detect a fake loan app

Note that loan apps in Nigeria operate unregulated, they are mostly unlicensed by the CBN and Google play store does not carry out verification before allowing them on it’s platform. So you are responsible for your own security when you download and use them. You can stay safe by looking out for the following red flags:

1. Loan apps asking for KYC information including your BVN and asking you to bind your ATM card to your account is normal, but when an app is asking you to make upfront payments or pay for processing fee, such an app is most likely a scam.
2. Always read other customer’s review on play store or read reviews on websites like this before downloading any loan app.
3. If an app does not have a contact phone number, or the phone number is not functional, that is a redflag.
4. Pay attention to fake reviews on Google playstore, most of this apps pay spammers to write reviews for them. Most of the reviews will be from foreign accounts and will mostly give the app a five star without any reasonable comment.
5. Don’t part with money for what ever reason before getting your loan.

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We review plenty of loan apps and financial products here, and from time to time we come across an app on the playstore that has been designed by scammers to extort money from unsuspecting borrowers.

This app has been on Google Playstore for months now and has over 100k downloads, the developers are running ads thereby attracting more unsuspecting victims.

When you first download the To U Loan app, they will ask you to fill out your normal KYC details, this is done to make the app seem legit as other loan apps also demand for KYC info. They’ll ask for your name, address and BVN, then they will ask you to bind your ATM card to your account to make an upfront part payment of your loan or pay a processing fee.

This is the scam, they might offer you a high loan amount like 300k which will motivate you to make an upfront payment of a token like 4k to process your loan. once you made this payment the app will start to redirect you to the adverts of other loan providers.

To U Loan is a scam, they don’t have any functional phone number for contact. The office address displayed on their app and on playstore is fake. Their email address is also a hoax as it wont even deliver when you try to send them a message.

How to detect a fake loan app

1. Loan apps asking for KYC information including your BVN and asking you to bind your ATM card to your account is normal, but when an app is asking you to make upfront payments or pay for processing fee, such an app is most likely a scam.
2. Always read other customer’s review on play store or read reviews on websites like this before downloading any loan app.
3. If an app does not have a contact phone number, or the phone number is not functional, that is a redflag.
4. Pay attention to fake reviews on Google playstore, most of this apps pay spammers to write reviews for them. Most of the reviews will be from foreign accounts and will mostly give the app a five star without any reasonable comment.
5. Dont part with money for what ever reason before getting your loan.
6. there are a lots of loan sharks operating without regulation in Nigeria, know that Playstore does not rigorously verify this apps, it is up to you to do your research before doing business with them.

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