Victim Location 48423
Total money lost $100
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Not applicable
I logged on to HTTPS://BIT.LY/2Yl1JZFE because it said it was a under armour website and everything was at least 80%off so I ordered a lot on there and when it came to put banking info in it took me to this lady on pay pal to owe her $100. I’ve asked her multiple times to cancel my order since it was a scam and no response I’ve tried getting in contact with pay pal they said they can’t do anything about it. I didn’t want to pay for it since I read the comments and literally everyone on there tried to order stuff paid for it and never got there package. Uncalled for. The lady won’t respond to me just took my money and ran. I closed my card after this happened and it still came through.
Victim Location 14534
Type of a scam Phishing
Received this email purporting to be from BBB.org. Is this a scam?
I am pasting the message source:
From -*** Fri, 6 Mar 2020 10:48:23 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:48:28 -0500
Subject: Message sent from BBB.org
Message-Id:
To: [email protected]***.com
Report-Abuse-To: [email protected]
I’m william, i will like to know if you can handle a website design for me, if you are available kindly get back to me.Sent from William buerckholtz ([email protected])
Victim Location 98101
Type of a scam Phishing
I work for an office in downtown Seattle and at 3:51PM PST, I received a call from a female from 1-800-110-4519, stating that she worked for the BBB and wanted to know if our office would be moving in the near future. She said she wanted to know this information for logistical planning purposes. When I told her we are not moving, she hung up. I tried calling back but no answer.
Victim Location 23518
Type of a scam Phishing
Emails from [email protected] are not from Better Business Bureau.
Victim Location 98121
Type of a scam Phishing
This is the email we received. The link in the email didn’t lead to the bbb.org site.
RE: CASE #[11 digit #]
The Better Business Bureau has been recorded the above said reclamation from one of your customers in regard to their business contacts with you. The detailed description is available by clicking the link below. Please pay attention to this question and let us know about your judgement as soon as possible.
We pleasantly ask you to overview CASE #[11 digit #, set up as a hyperlink] submission to reply on this complaint.
We await to your prompt rebound.
Customer Dispute Center
Better Business Bureau
Victim Location 34695
Type of a scam Phishing
Gentleman left a voicemail on my business number claiming I had a recent complaint for anyone to see and should call 800 number immediately to resolve.
Victim Location 01605
Type of a scam Phishing
As a member of the BBB, I received this email from someone claiming to be BBB.
Victim Location 98116
Type of a scam Moving
We have received repeated phone calls from various people claiming to be the ScamPulse.com. They are very pushy about asking for information about the business for their survey. The types of questions are inappropriate and would not apply to the BBB. They seem obsessed with the possibility of the company moving to a new location.
Victim Location 33782
Type of a scam Phishing
I received a call from someone that claimed to be with the BBB of Texas that claims that I was due a refund for the about of 299.99 but they sent a check with 2999.99. When I went to cash the check the bank instantly declined the check as it was bad. On my way home from the bank I saw a police officer and he talked to the person that called me and the officer told the person to not call me back and the person called me back shortly afterwards. When I was opening my phone the officer noticed it was the same person and said not to answer the phone and I dropped my phone and broke it. When I got home they were calling my home and I recognized the number and did not pick up for the multiple times they attempted to call me.
Victim Location 43081
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
I got a call Monday and Tuesday. Monday was a voice mail. I talked to them. They said they were the BBB and a complaint had been made under my name. I could tell he was calling from a boiler room. They put me on hold and said a file was made.
Victim Location 96814
Type of a scam Phishing
This is to advise you that we, a government agency, have received several scam calls to our office from a Mr. Roland, 1-876-395-6457 (caller ID shows Kingston, Jamaica) stating the availability of a cashier’s check and wanting personal information.
This is obviously a scam. Of additional concern is that Mr. Roland identified himself as being with the ScamPulse.com of Hawaii.
Victim Location 59102
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I got a call this morning from the local "BBB" here in Montana. Well, that’s already fishy to me as I have never owned a business, reported one or even had any sort of interaction with them what so ever. Anyway, the caller (clearly not a native English speaker) starts his spiel. He has a check for me that I need to claim… yeah, right… so he asks me a bunch of questions. Am I married? Do I work or am I retired? Do I have transportation? Where do I work? And this guy did his best to seem legit. Even calling me back after we " got disconnected" several times. But it sounded like they were going to send me a check. The guy never said where or who it’s from either. My best guess is that it’s a "overpayment" scam. Where they send you a counterfeit check for a amount of way more than they originally told you and ask you to send the "overpaid" amount back. The money never turns up cause the origin account didn’t exist and you are out the REAL money you send them with no way to get it back.
Victim Location 34243
Type of a scam Phishing
I’ve seen others posted, but we received the same fake "Incident Report" as follows:
This email message has been automatically sent to you because ScamPulse.com has received an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the text file with the explanation of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2jjJfmz
We also request that you send a short answer within 48 hours to us. This message should contain info about what you intend to do with it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, keep the compliant ID "Incident:1182011322378:081" unchanged in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Tony K Edwards
Victim Location 34609
Type of a scam Phishing
claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act tries to get you to click on a link
Victim Location 34232
Type of a scam Phishing
I have received the following email on 09/11/17 to my graphic design email address:
Thomas M Mick (email [email protected])
Case:845401285940:436
To:
This notification has been automatically sent to you because BBB has received an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explanation of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2jgTh7W
We also ask that you send a reply in 48 hours to us. This message should contain information about what you intend to do about it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, please keep the compliant ID "Case:845401385940:436" native in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Thomas M Mick
Victim Location 33614
Type of a scam Phishing
Received this email on 09/11/2017:
This email message has been automatically sent to you because BBB has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the text file with the explanation of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhD3Lv
We also ask that you send a short message within 24 hours to us. This message should contain information about what you plan to do about it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, please keep the compliant ID "Incident:2604037272987:896" native in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Compliant Department
Courtney J Vinson
Victim Location 34237
Type of a scam Phishing
I received this email and I believe it is a fraudulent email.
—–Original Message—–
From: Veronica C Gleason [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 11:04 AM
To: Affinity Info
Subject: 7793622953190:780
This email notification has been automatically sent to you because ScamPulse.com has got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explanation of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2jiguX1
We also request that you send a answer within 48 hours to us. This message should contain information about what you intend to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, keep the compliant ID "7793622953190:780" native in the subject .
BBB
Compliant Department
Veronica C Gleason
Victim Location 34240
Type of a scam Phishing
This email claims,
(This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because ScamPulse.com has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. You can download the text file with the explanation of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhxzQV)
We did not open the email.
Victim Location 13328
Type of a scam Phishing
This notification has been automatically sent to you because BBB has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explanation of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2ji5GZa
We also ask that you give a short answer in 48 hours to us. This message should contain information about what you plan to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, please keep the compliant ID "Incident:586779876291:472" unchanged in the subject .
ScamPulse.com
Compliant Department
Michael M Allen
Victim Location 98043
Type of a scam Phishing
This is the text of the email I received on 9/11/2017:
This email message has been automatically sent to you because BBB has received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhfZN2
We also request that you send a message within 48 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you plan to do with it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, keep the abuse ID "Case:177909052048:352" native in the subject line.
BBB
Compliant Department
Terry L Warner
Victim Location 97330
Type of a scam Phishing
Got this email from a Russian email domain claiming that I had been reported for an abuse. I did not open the provided link (above).
This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because we have got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhhJWB
We also ask that you give a short answer within 48 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you plan to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, keep the abuse ID "Case:20204175941:425" unchanged in the subject line.
BBB
Compliant Department
Cindy W Harris
Victim Location 34293
Type of a scam Phishing
I received an email from Denise K Ibarra ([email protected]) as follows:
"This notification has been automatically sent to you because we have got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhSFPp
We also ask that you give a reply within 24 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you intend to do with it.
Important note:
When replying to us, please leave the compliant ID "Case:89932142611:051" unchanged in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Denise K Ibarra "
Obviously someone trying to steal the BBB identity. For what purpose?
Victim Location 99701
Type of a scam Phishing
Hello,
Our small, family-business received an email, from someone claiming to be with BBB, which I have copied and pasted here. Please do not follow the link as I believe it to be corrupt.
The email we received is as follows:
Subject: 41657897927:72
From: Ruth K Lanier [[email protected]]
Sent: 7:54 AM
Message:
This email notification has been automatically sent to you because BBB has received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explanation of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jiobNb
We also ask that you give a short reply in 48 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you plan to do about it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, please leave the compliant ID "41657897927:72" native in the subject .
BBB
Compliant Department
Ruth K Lanier
*End of email message*
1. The reason I did not follow the link to view the complaint is that several things look off about this email. The ScamPulse.com operates from a dot org website and people emailing from BBB would probably use a dot org email address. So the email Ruth uses looks unofficial to me and in no relation to BBB [[email protected]]. I also checked our business health on BBB and found that we are such a small company that we do not even have a profile on the BBB website.
2. I also am skeptical of the type of file linked in the email. The link is a bit.ly link which is a notorious link used by scammers to shorten and hide the real URL link. This could be used to mask the scam link so it looks more benign.
3. In her message, Ruth does not discuss the actual complaint details at all. She insists that she is sending an automatic email because someone else has filed a complaint with BBB pertaining to a Fair Labor Standards Act violation. This notion is ridiculous and the fact that we must follow the link to get details is unconvincing.
4. In her "automatic" message, Ruth spells the word "complaint" correctly only the first time the word is used. Three subsequent uses of the word are misspelled as "compliant." If she were truly sending us an automatic, BBB email I think she would have proofread her own message so that each word were spelled properly.
5. If this is indeed an email from the ScamPulse.com, by all means let me know. I feel it is a phishing email from someone posing as the BBB and I hope the BBB warns people about this scam. Thank you for the opportunity to highlight this scam. It came through all my spam filters and landed directly in my inbox, so it may be a scam that people are seeing more of lately because spam filters haven’t picked up on it yet. I hope this post helps others faced with the same scam to deduce its fraudulence.
Victim Location 13206
Type of a scam Phishing
Received an e-mail to a former employee’s address claiming to be from the BBB. The from address is @dream-day.at. Text is below.
This email message has been automatically sent to you because we have got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of abuse by following the link
We also ask that you send a response in 48 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you plan to do about it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, keep the compliant ID "" native in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Samantha M O’Connor
Victim Location 97232
Type of a scam Phishing
Said a Health and Safty violation complaint had been filed against our company. Incident #401104412719:039. From: Kathryn D Greer [email protected] To:xxxxx. Instructions to download and see the complaint linked to https://bit.ly//2jfitel Unfortunately I clicked on this link. I also clicked on the link, View security detail. They asked that I respond within 24 hours using the Incdent number in the subject line.
Victim Location 59901
Type of a scam Phishing
This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because we have received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jfkcAI
We also request that you send a response in 48 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you intend to do about it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, keep the compliant ID "Case:577792120315:152" native in the subject line.
BBB
Abuse Department
Marion C Kocher
Victim Location 97045
Type of a scam Phishing
Received this email claiming to be from the BBB regarding a violation of The Safety and Health Act. Knew from the email address of sender it was a scam:
This email has been automatically generated and sent to you because ScamPulse.com has got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhoUhu
We also request that you send a reply in 24 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you intend to do with it.
Important notice:
When replying to us, leave the compliant ID "Incident:69385856563:420" native in the subject .
BBB
Abuse Department
Patricia C Cowell
Victim Location 75007
Type of a scam Phishing
Email indicating our business was the subject of a complaint:
"This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because BBB has received an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act."
An https link was included to click for information regarding the complaint:
bit.ly/2jhk7g7
Name shown:
BBB
Compliant Department
Joseph M Dambrosio
Victim Location 94545
Type of a scam Phishing
Beware- this is the email I received from a man claiming to be from the ScamPulse.com-
This email has been automatically generated and sent to you because ScamPulse.com has received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhfXEU
We also request that you give a message within 24 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you intend to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, leave the compliant ID "Incident:044218798947:605" unchanged in the subject .
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Allen E Ladner
Victim Location 75244
Type of a scam Phishing
This email notification has been automatically sent to you because BBB has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2ji4CEI
We also ask that you send a short reply within 24 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you plan to do with it.
Important note:
When replying to us, keep the compliant ID "Incident:8744275262718:106" unchanged in the subject .
BBB
Abuse Department
Anthony C Watts
Victim Location 21224
Type of a scam Phishing
Subject: Case:728075170049:805
From: "Randy D Rodgers"
Date: Mon, September 11, 2017 1:10 pm
To: ***
Priority: Normal
This email message has been automatically sent to you because BBB has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link ***
We also request that you send a response within 48 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you intend to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, leave the compliant ID "Case:728075170049:805" unchanged in the subject .
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Randy D Rodgers
Victim Location 94118
Type of a scam Phishing
Got this email today:
This notification has been automatically generated and sent to you because ScamPulse.com has received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the The Safety and Health Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jfg7MU
We also request that you send a message in 48 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you plan to do with it.
Important note:
When replying to us, please leave the compliant ID "Case:1007498791416:786" unchanged in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Compliant Department
Alma S Conrad
Victim Location 83687
Type of a scam Phishing
Subject: 971611025921:711
This email notification has been automatically generated and sent to you because BBB has got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jgCD8q
We also request that you send a answer within 48 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you plan to do with it.
Important note:
When replying to us, leave the abuse ID "971611025921:711" native in the subject line.
BBB
Compliant Department
Mary D Duran
Victim Location 75201
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a phishing email.
Victim Location 98028
Type of a scam Phishing
This notification has been automatically sent to you because BBB has received a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the document with the explanation of abuse by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhE9XD
We also ask that you give a answer in 24 hours to us. This response should contain information about what you intend to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, leave the compliant ID "Incident:740010730169:986" native in the subject .
ScamPulse.com
Compliant Department
Virginia P Boutin
Victim Location 83702
Type of a scam Phishing
Here is the e-mail we received:
Received a second one 15 minutes later form a different department
This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because BBB has got a complaint, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
You can download the text file with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhysZL
We also ask that you send a message in 24 hours to us. This response should contain info about what you intend to do about it.
Important note:
When replying to us, keep the abuse ID "Incident:848580441762:268" native in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Abuse Department
Marion J McCart
Victim Location 75231
Type of a scam Phishing
I received an email supposedly from the ScamPulse.com notifying me that my company was violating the Safety and Health Act.
Victim Location 99517
Type of a scam Phishing
Appears scammer is claiming to be the BBB and attempting to use scare tactics to garner a response from companies. Text is poorly drafted and lacks proper citations for the violations it is claiming.
Victim Location 76240
Type of a scam Phishing
One employee at our business received an email from Jamie G Blankenship, Abuse Department, BBB. States that we got a complaint filed against our business, violating the Safety and Health Act. Link inside to download the document, and a request to reply within 24 hours.
I detonated the link inside our test environment, it was directed at a bit.ly short form website. Takes me to a fake BBB pngage. I have tracked the email header details to IP: 107.14.73.232, Time Warner Cable internet. Address goes down to an outskirt of Wichita, Kansas.
I submitted an abuse report to TWC and let them know what was going on. Called the real BBB to ensure nothing was actually filed, and was asked to submit scam report.
Victim Location 34238
Type of a scam Phishing
The attached email came to me supposedly from BBB. Thank you.
Victim Location 98107
Type of a scam Phishing
See the attached email. Scammer is using the BBB name for phishing. We did not open the attachment in the email so are not certain the extent of the scam.
Victim Location 75035
Type of a scam Phishing
I’ve received two emails from John L Hook at the above email address. The email says that the "BBB has got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act." That is highly improbable since I am my business and I don’t employ anybody. There’s a link to download a document. I don’t download anything from anyone I don’t know. Here’s the full text of the email…
This email message has been automatically generated and sent to you because BBB has got an abuse, claiming that your company is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. You can download the document with the explication of compliant by following the link https://bit.ly/2jhVsrM. We also request that you send a message in 48 hours to us. This message should contain info about what you intend to do with it.
Important note: When replying to us, please keep the compliant ID "5194983990325:448" native in the subject line.
ScamPulse.com
Compliant Department
John L Hook
My first question is, "Why doesn’t MR. Hook have a bbb.org email address?" Anyway, I’m left with two questions. 1. Has anyone lodged an employment complaint against Fluid Drive Media? and 2. is there anything I need to do, beyond notifying you, at this time?
Victim Location 98121
Type of a scam Phishing
I work at the Antioch Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic, and I just received a call from someone saying they were from the BBB. They asked if I knew when our clinic was moving (we are moving, not sure how they knew, though). I told her I didn’t know, and she kept haranguing me. I asked for her name and phone number, and she said she couldn’t give it to me because it was a computer-generated call. I asked her to email me information regarding her question, and she wouldn’t do so until I told her when we were moving (which I never did tell her). Then I said I was going to call the BBB, and she hung up.
Victim Location 83704
Type of a scam Online Purchase
The caller used a unknown number but gave me a contact number to contact him 786-480-2434 name was Mark Anthony calling from New York claiming he was from the ScamPulse.com. He stated that i made a illegal purchaser of windows 8 from a hacker business ( Which I didn’t). Mark (bbb) threaten me will a arrest and jail time if I didn’t comply with his request to get into my computer Ip address and check out whats going on using his technician. Pretty scary call which thru red flags, I suspected this was a hacker and said good by, and proceeded to call the real ScamPulse.com and make sure this was real or not.The real ScamPulse.com told me to fill out this complaint to help others who might have gotten a call from these loser.
Victim Location 98837
Type of a scam Phishing
Someone called me claiming to be from the BBB.
Victim Location 53150
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Received call on my answering machine stating "this is Judy Mcquire from the BBB and they were in town to issue a certified check that I had won. Please call 925-273-9680 so they could get with me to give me my check.
So I called to see what I would get and first sign was a guy answered hello. I asked if this was the BBB and if Judy worked there. He immediately changed his tone and said yes, let me transfer you.
She answered and sounded hurried. I asked what this was about and she asked my name so she could see what I had won. Since they already had that, I did and she said I had won 2.5 million. I asked how did I win that and she said it was a number of companies together that selected wins each quarter based on my paying my utility bills, etc. on time.
She stated I should have gotten a mailing explaining this winning and what I needed to do to claim it. She stated a number of times that she would prove it is real and they have a check for me. However, since I had received no mailing, she would call tomorrow as she was leaving work. Then she would explain it all, since I didn’t get that information ahead of the call. It was important to get this set up as they only had till the end of next week to deliver the winnings.
So doing my due diligence, I got on the web and saw a number of the same type of scams and also checked your website to see if I was missing something. I never thought the BBB would be in the lottery business. Had she mentioned having to send money, I would have know immediately. No info was given, no money sent. Just want you to be aware that now they are posing as you also. I will not be answering that call tomorrow.
Victim Location 80125
Type of a scam Identity Theft
An elderly family member was scammed last Friday. I was with her yesterday trying to safeguard everything. Later I received a phone call from a man saying he was from BBB and wanted to talk about the scam last Friday. I could barely hear him (call room) or understand him(middle eastern accent). I want verification that he is your employee before I will discuss anything further with him.
Carl Butler
Employ ID 0984
Phone – 323-522-4645
At this time, it appears that we stopped the credit card charges in time.
Victim Location 45157
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I received a call today from Kevin Walters claiming to be with the BBB. He claimed that I won a sweepstakes ($800,000). I knew this was a scam and I hung up on him. He called from 876-426-5269
Victim Location 45202
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I received a call from David Sobieski claiming to be from the BBB. He claimed that he had money for me. $250,000.00. He said his BBB number was 4641. I told him that I knew it was a scam and to not call me again.
I did not provide any personal information.