Hard Money/Private Money- Real or Scam?!?

[Tadela Tedemet]

So I am looking for some hard money/private money for brrrr investing and I have so many people asking me if I need a loan, but then I have other people telling me to watch out for scammers. I am new to this lending thing, what should I look out for as far as scammers? How can you tell the difference between the real thing, and what kind of scams do these people run?

Thank you in advance for your response.