Joshua – Victim Location 75225 Type of a scam Phishing He continues to call our CEO’s executive assistant, saying he’s trying to reach someone at my company about our Verizon account. He says to call him back at 859-916-5651 and the phone will ring directly to his desk. Yet when I received his forwarded message, …
Lucas – Victim Location 53151 Type of a scam Debt Collections On July 18th, my company was contacted via telephone as means to advertise a free "Safety Newsletter" provided by Progressive Business Publications. Why not, right? The safer the better. However, what they failed to mention was that after 60 days, they would start billing …
Ricky – Victim Location 48042 Total money lost $949.76 Type of a scam Credit Cards My credit card was charged $949.76 for merchandise from Nest Labs in CA. Someone stole my credit card information and charged this amount. It has been reported and is being disputed. I then received a package from Ingram Micro CFA, …
Danny – Victim Location 06770 Total money lost $900 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I applied for a personal loan online. I get a call from said company mentioned above that I was approved. A loan officer then contacts me via text and tells me that a check for 900 will be deposited …
Oscar – I ordered an item in July. Never received it. It’s now 9-23. Total scam. I should have known better! No way to contact them. The email they have is fake. My emails bounce back. Morgan – Victim Location 30071 Total money lost $40.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered and paid …
Latoya – Victim Location 93612 Type of a scam Employment In mid February of 2019 I was searching for jobs on Indeed.com, being desperate for work I was applying to everything that I came across using the quick appy option. Unfortunately due to the amount of jobs I was applying to I am unsure which …
Sheila – Victim Location 44132 Type of a scam Employment I received an email with a job inquiry/offer from a business called Intec Energy Solutions. The person who emailed from Intec Energy Solutions was asking me to download Google Hangouts for an interview. She asked me interview type questions, and she said that she would …
Paula – Victim Location 02109 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Hi ROBERT, I am the underwriter working on your file and based on what I am seeing on my end you should qualify for our new 2020 Tier 1 program with rates starting in the low teens and approvals from 50K to 500K. …
Janet – Am a musicien and i need also to be intègre in this Dustin – Victim Location 49878 Type of a scam Government Grant I was trying to get a SAM number to apply for a federal grant for our fire department. They asked for different things and have you to Docu Sign pages. …
Troy – Victim Location 43232 Type of a scam Employment I received an email from Intelligence Service Detectives inc USA saying I could do an assignment evaluating JC Penney, Costco, Kroger, Home Depot, Target, Walgreens, Walmart, Staples, Safeway etc. Buy $1500 eBay gift cards, and $1000 in Best Buy gift cards. I am to evaluate …
Lydia – Victim Location 59072 Type of a scam Debt Collections they called and instantly threated to sue me if I didnt pay. I told them that I wanted a letter mailed to me to prove I owed them and they didnt. I tried the other day to ask if they had sent written documentation …
Armando – Victim Location 54935 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Intelligent Networks Corporation sends the attached invoice for advertising that was never requested. When contact is made to request a copy of the contract they allege exists to provide said advertising services, the contract is never provided. A cease and desist letter has …
Cindy – Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief My 15 year old daughter has been receiving collection agency calls for a Demerie Macintosh (which is not her name) for 5 years. (From various numbers) Tonight they told her she had to pay 25 dollars and bring all of her personal information, banking etc to …
Taryn – Victim Location 92553 Type of a scam Online Purchase A man claiming he was giving away Shih Tzu asked me to pay shipping he said he was giving dogs away because of mother’s death it was a scam
Caroline – Victim Location 77511 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a text message saying Intellishop was accepting applications for qualified agents for a Walmart shopping survey. The message said that each assignment would pay $500. There was a link to click on to fill out the application. I filled out the …
Adrienne – Victim Location 45103 Type of a scam Tax Collection The number above called me and I didn’t answer because I didn’t know them. They left a voice message saying that they were going to take legal action against me. I called back and a man answered saying they were the Internal Revenue Service. …
Erica – Total scam hopefully you didn’t get in it they scammed me out of $3430 I’m still catching up with my finances. They tell you to put down a deposit on gear and send you an invoice and everything then stop payment on check. Karl – Victim Location 33405 Type of a scam Employment …
Susan – Victim Location 91506 Type of a scam Debt Collections These people called me to say they are the it’s collections and that I need to call back to pay or they will send someone to arrest me.
Trisha – Type of a scam Tech Support Started with an email saying they have access to our computer. We are working on that. This morning they called and said “good morning, this is Intel, are you the owner of the computer in this house?” I said pardon, so they repeated the question. After they …
Kaitlin – Victim Location 96001 Total money lost $400 Type of a scam Debt Collections She called me twice saying I was going to jail for not paying. After going through the camp fire and ptsd I told my mom and so she called and gave her credit card info. A few months past without …
Erik – Victim Location 35981 Total money lost $76.34 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Hall County CI has Icsoutions as their inmate calling service. I searched for the service and opened an account. When we tried to use the service, we found that it didn’t work. Then I was told it was a …
Alison – Victim Location 75773 Type of a scam Investment A friend told me to call this phone number 206-629-2521. A girl I went to High School with was trying to get me to call them she said she got 90,000 for nothing and she doesn’t have to pay it back. All she had to …
Derrick – Victim Location 39465 Type of a scam Employment Found a secret shopper ad on Indeed for my area applied and was sent a check! Thanks to this ScamPulse.com website I was able to find out it was a scam sent a text to the person who had been texting me and got a …
Keri – Victim Location 30236 Type of a scam Phishing proverbs31 is one of your secret password and now I will directly come to the point. You don’t know me but I know you and you’re probably wondering why you are getting this email, correct? I placed malware on porn vids (sex sites) and guess …
Sean – Victim Location 67037 Type of a scam Employment The following was the information I received; The IMDS (International Material Data System) is global data storage system for product contents that are used in the automotive industry. The IMDS was originally a joint effort by Audi, BMW, Daimler, HP, Ford, Opet, Porsche, VW and …
Nicholas – Victim Location 72712 Total money lost $1,000 Type of a scam Government Grant A guy by the name of David D. Wollins claims to give you $150, 000 if you apply for a grant. My classmate paid a delivery fee of $1000 and said to have got the money the next day. He …
Caitlin – Victim Location 18466 Total money lost $3,150 Type of a scam Employment my job title was a shipping receiving coordinator. They would ship product to my home and i needed to ship them to the customer, I did this for one month, and when it came time to pay me for my work …
Marco – Victim Location 95202 Type of a scam Identity Theft This business contacted me asking for my location. They said they were trying to serve me papers. They had my Social Security number and phone number and name. I contacted the FTC and they stated this was a scam.
Brooke – Victim Location 89169 Type of a scam Identity Theft They called saying someone was trying to obtain information on my information using my name and social thet attempted to obtain that information and upon seeing the reviews it is a scam
Carlos – Victim Location 79403 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I initially got a call from a man who identified himself at Peter Wilson from UPS (the call came in as UNKNOWN). He asked if I was home to sign for a delivery. I said no, I’m at work, and then he told me that …
