I think almost everyone looking for a loan is a scammer. There is almost no reason to want a loan, especially for a week. They are just gambling with it for the most part. If they can repay a loan in a week they didn't need that loan to begin with. If it is for a month I can kinda understand that because maybe you have bills to pay now or something I dunno.
The thing I never understand is how someone can put into escrow altcoins and ask for a loan of BTC. Sell the altcoins and do what you need to do, why take out a loan of BTC and put up the same worth of altcoins as collateral, makes no sense.
There was one newbie (the account was new, probably the owner had been around here for longer) that was inquiring on how to make money out of loans, if possible.
His idea was to get a loan in
BTC, deposit the altcoins and if the markets swing in one direction either repay the loan or default.
Sounds pretty stupid to me but this forum never cease to amaze me with the ideas people bring in.