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can i pay a loan under someone else's name? (assume the dispenser of the loan is malicious)
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i don't think there's anything to worry about.  tfs doesn't really care who's paying, as long as the loan is being paid as agreed.  of course you're helping your dad's credit history and not your own, but i doubt tfs would give back money just because it came from your bank account. a business may claim a payment wasn't made against the loan, but you'd have the records that you did in fact pay (keep those bank statements).  in theory they could sue you, in practice you'd send them the proof and they'd investigate and find the misplaced money.  that does happen sometimes; the wrong account is credited.  if it did end up in court, again you'd win because you have proof you sent payments.  even if you put the wrong loan account number to pay to, you'd have proof you in fact sent the money.   if you're talking about something like a loan shark... they can do whatever they like.  they won't sue you though, because again you'd have proof.  that's why they'd use violence.  but probably a loan shark wouldn't falsely claim you didn't pay if you did, as word would get out and the loan shark would lose business.  and again, as long as they get what's agreed to, they don't care how they get it or who they get it from.
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