April – Victim Location 92675 Total money lost $86.19 Type of a scam Online Purchase I bought an item and received an email saying item is no longer in stock and I will receive a refund. I never recived refund and went to go to the website and it is shut down. When I googled …
Joy – Victim Location 83713 Type of a scam Utility Antony called stating he was a technician from Idaho Power and that he was going to disconnect our power in 45 minutes. He gave a "reference" code, 9691T01. I said I would have to contact the person responsible for bill payments and asked for a …
Mario – Victim Location 70816 Type of a scam Employment Re: Adam Barnhizer applied to your job: COPY: COPY: Customer Service Receptionist (Baton Rouge, LA) Inbox x DAVIS WILSON 12:27 PM (3 hours ago) to me Dear Applicant, Thanks for your application to [InfoBeans Systems Pvt. Ltd]. Your resume has been reviewed by the appropriate …
Shanna – Victim Location 53223 Type of a scam Identity Theft I received a phone call from someone calling themselves Rebecca from Chase Bank stating that I had wrote out a check to Rameriaze (not exact spelling) for $4500 to purchase a car. She was not clear as to the person’s exact name and stated …
Summer – Victim Location 38017 Type of a scam Employment I had been looking for a new job on Indeed for several months. Ryan Atlas contacted me for an interview through IM for a position as a virtual assistant for Omada Health. Then a few days later he contacted me again to say that I …
Jeffery – Victim Location 62702 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I got a call with an automated message saying : "This method is intended for ———– I received a fax order regarding a complaint that was filed against you I have there were trying to serve you with documents to appear at either …
Mitchell – Victim Location 54302 Type of a scam Tax Collection A message was left on my answering machine stating that I must call the number back asap regarding me and the IRS. Instead of calling back I contacted the ScamPulse.com about the call.
Keri – Victim Location 77389 Type of a scam Tech Support caller calls claiming to be HP support and says your computer has spyware on it. then they proceed to give you information about your computer and yourself (serial number, email, etc…) then the ask for access to your computer where they proceed to "show …
Kevin – Victim Location 16504 Type of a scam Utility Woman identified herself as Antionette from company named Inspire. She talked about her daughter having Copd and that is why she started working for company. She said this company is a more environmentally friendly electric supplier and she asked to see my penelec bill to …
Calvin – Victim Location 22042 Total money lost $499.99 Type of a scam Tech Support My Mom got a message on her screen and accidentally called the number displayed for computer support. They got the access of her computer and falsely took all her banking information and scammed her for $499.99(All the money she had …
Keith – Victim Location 32534 Type of a scam Tech Support I bought a new computer. After installing software on the computer a message appeared on screen. The message said that we had a virus and we needed to call them immediately. We called the 866-921-9559 number and they said a computer tech would call …
Todd – Victim Location 87125 Type of a scam Tax Collection Threatening of blocking my social security, also telling me to contact them immediately for not paying taxes and the voice was electronic. and my phone is on the do not call list. One of the number from texas the other from NY which is …
Curtis – Victim Location 77414 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan An individual contacted me stating that they were from Cashnet USA claiming that I was approved for a $5,000 loan. They asked for my password and user ID to my bank account in a text message. They were supposed to send some information …
Mary – Victim Location 33323 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product This company took my payment and never sent me two items i paid in full for. When i tried to email them, I got no email back. The phone number listed on the website is in fact a fake number. …
Walter – Victim Location 21146 Type of a scam Tech Support I initially bought a PC computer in August 2012 with Microsoft 5 on it. I also purchased Norton Anti-virus for computer protection. I later received two updates to Microsoft 7. At that time I made a serious mistake when reading the information about Microsoft …
Donald – Victim Location 27504 Total money lost $125 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was on google and it sent me to this website for shoes. I bought shoes then never received . Called bank and verified fraud from china
Troy – Victim Location 35749 Type of a scam Employment I had been job hunting for a couple weeks when I received an email from a person describing themselves as an HR recruiter for Incipio Technologies. They requested an online interview through google hangout and set a later date and time. When I attempted to …
Nicolas – Victim Location 19116 Total money lost $199 Type of a scam Tech Support Oliver Queen Hacked in my computer on May 1st ,2016 and stated my firewall was compromised , said file was koobface and had 2,248,attempts on computer, then said they would clean up computer , so no one could get past …
Grace – Victim Location 77042 Type of a scam Tax Collection Received initial phone call with recorded message to call (518) 2416548 regarding an IRS criminal investigation department about tax fraud. Then when I called it sounded like a noisy call center with many voices. The call dropped once, then I received a call back. …
Jake – Victim Location 27514 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Jose from Imperial Meridian Capital Access called to speak to the owner of our business. I asked to take a message and he said it was in regards to "funds available" for our company. When I asked him why he was calling he …
Christie – Type of a scam Tech Support I received a robo call this past Saturday May 19, 2018 saying that my computer was infected with viruses. Someone called back on May 21 from this place which I don’t know how they got our phone number as it is unlisted saying again that our computer …
Micah – Victim Location 94022 Type of a scam Credit Cards The scammer called me using a phone number from the same city. Upon answering I got an automated message claiming to be from the bank regarding lowering my interest rates on my credit card. The message was close to the following "Hi, this is …
Carmen – Victim Location 07712 Total money lost $23 Type of a scam Online Purchase I pay for a gold TAILSMAN for $23 US On September 3 been a month and have not got my purchase there also is no way of contacting them but thru fb and E-mail and they have not return contact.or …
Martha – Victim Location 96727 Type of a scam Tech Support Consumer reported receiving call from someone claiming to be with company called "Illogic," advising that her Google website was on the verge of being deleted, but they could prevent that and keep it optimized for a fee of $49.
Felicia – Victim Location 23606 Type of a scam Identity Theft Keep getting phone calls from this number claiming to be the IRS investigators and that I owe a debt that if not paid I will be arrested and have charges against me. I called the IRS directly and did not call this number back, …
Cameron – Type of a scam Employment *** alert tip off —Offered Job without interview or phone call or ZIP –just a employment agreement most likely a scam — Thru Indeed — Sales page one : Your recent application for Assistant Clerk has been approved by the Personnel Department. Your abilities appear suitable to the …
Monique – Victim Location 71105 Type of a scam Tax Collection Female caller 06.02.16 to residence telephone, leaving message "…this is the last call, a lawsuit is being filed against you by IRS…please call immediately 936-333-0728…" Instead I contacted ScamPulse.com to inquire if this was scam and they confirmed IRS DOES NOT CONTACT BY PHONE, …
Brian – Victim Location 94602 Type of a scam Home Improvement I have gotten a slew of phone calls advertising home improvement saying that they got my phone number from a home owner database. Of the many, many phone calls i have received about this, at least two have indicated they got my number from …
Calvin – Victim Location 44130 Type of a scam Tech Support I received a phone call on my home phone from IT Tech Solutions. I said from where. He replied Windows Support. He said I had a refund for $299. Technical refund. I said why cant you just mail me a check. He mentioned something …
Mario – Victim Location 43731 Total money lost $3,539.22 Type of a scam Employment I was accepted for a job at leapforce well that ended today. Because the company said they was paying my cell phone bill well they paid it 4 times to be cancelled out. 2 days later 3 iPhone xs max was …
