Nicholas – Victim Location 49503 Type of a scam Employment Received email offering me a mystery shopping position. Company identified itself as Insights Research. Received and completed very official looking application and other onboarding documents. Received a check drawn from Eastern Michigan Bank, signed by Cindy Carrol and instructed to deposit the check and start …
Kristopher – Total money lost $70,000 Type of a scam Charity they claim to improve all life problems big or small, astrologers, hand/ palm readers, reading your stars. they collect money in claims of doing big prayers. saying they need more people to participate in the prayers back home india. advising they need more money …
Leonard – Victim Location 99030 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange Inspired Autos. Cars are shipped from Nigeria and sold in Spokane WA. Their website is www.inspiredautos.com. They only provide the Nigeria address. Their phone number is 509-214-2138. No licensing for this business through the Department of Licensing and Department of Revenue.
Tyrone – Victim Location 84057 Total money lost $14.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase I put my car up for sale on KSL and got a text from a girl named Jessica saying that she was interested. She asked for my email to ask me some questions. This is the email she sent: Hi, …
Joy – Victim Location 60099 Type of a scam Employment I updated my resume and received an email about an at home job as a quality examiner for a company called inovagency. The job consisted of receiving packages, examine the package quality, then sending them on back the company or to another location. I worked …
Candace – Victim Location 60605 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order My college student received a two checks for nearly $3000 via US mail. Not knowing any better, and assuming it was for financial aid, deposited the checks to the school. Each envelope had a return address with a personal name from Austin TX. …
Russell – Victim Location 62301 Type of a scam Phishing We receive several calls on a daily basis (Sun thru Sat) at all hours of the day. We never answer. Generally, when answering machine picks up, all that is heard is a man (always same voice) saying "hello, hello" and then hangs up. Jorge – …
Melinda – Victim Location 32313 Total money lost $42 Type of a scam Online Purchase We were advertised that there would be an event at our school on a certain date. After paying nearly $50 for a ticket, we never received the ticket and they never showed up on the promised date. In addition, they …
Joel – Victim Location 44120 Type of a scam Tech Support I received a text message stating that I would be charged $1,000.00 for auto renewal of a pc support subscription, to which, if I do not cancel, my payment account will be charged. It stated to contact the numbers 8052849901 and 9802620252 to cancel …
Taryn – Victim Location 32828 Type of a scam Employment The lady emailed me regarding a job posting on ziprecruiter.com. and said they they are a company in germany that are looking to open a plant in orlando, florida. She asked me interview questions regarding admin job that pay $25.75 an hour, and she basically …
Adrienne – Victim Location 98393 Type of a scam Employment I was applying for a administration assistant job on CTjob.com and I applied with my resume. Few days later a guy name Ian Brown email me back saying I was the potential candidate for the job I just had to resend my information for a …
Adam – Victim Location 92870 Total money lost $15 Type of a scam Employment Falsely suggests and Amazon-related home based business to support logistics movement of packages into Amazon warehouses. Sends email invite, then a series of documents referring to "inspectlogistics.com" (or other similar types of websites), with job description, then a job offer, and …
Alexis – Victim Location 43228 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Enclose $9 fee with answer to qualifying Question There are several of these types hitting the state of Ohio with a Kansas City, MO address. I bet I have received 8 different scams in the last year. Did not realize there was a site to …
Curtis – Victim Location 39562 Type of a scam Other they sent me an 1800 cashiers check with instructions
Aimee – Victim Location 10303 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I received an email telling me that I was approved for a $5000.00 loan and to call this number ###-###-#### I then called this supposed loan company and a man who calls him self jack brown told me to E sign and date …
Martha – Victim Location 33706 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Letter Head Publishers Clearing House. Stating I had won 2nd place Check enclosed for 5,984.00 from New Tech Solutions Inc. He wanted me to deposit it into my account than call him back. My security code was PCH/4373448 letter said it covered Insurance and attorneys …
Jose – Victim Location 62082 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I applied for a loan on credit karma for $10000 to purchase a truck having poor credit. Shortly after I received a call from a man staing his name was Robert Wilson from guide to lenders and told me I was approved for …
Julie – Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories Received a call stating our company owed for services rendered for Business directory. Since speaking with them and refusing to pay this invoice as we did not agree to such services/ or receive any proof from them showing that these services were provided,we have received several faxes …
Joshua – Victim Location 79226 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A man called my cell phone multiple times saying that I had won $500,000 and a new car. He said I needed to go down to Walmart to pick up prepaid cards worth $380. I hung up on him and he called back multiple times …
Crystal – Victim Location 98902 Type of a scam Tax Collection Automated phone call from (202) 436-4992 (a mobile phone) which states that the "Hello, this call is officially a final notice from IRS, Internal Revenue service. The reason of this call is to inform you that IRS is filing lawsuit against you. To get …
Latoya – Victim Location 30030 Total money lost $40.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased an item from this site, received a tracking number and then the item was never given to FedEx. They sent me a text saying that my tracking number had changed, didn’t tell me what the new tracking number …
Maggie – Victim Location 46750 Type of a scam Debt Collections For some reason I have received 3 fraudulent text messages about banking and credit cards and now a phone call in the last week to my cell phone! Today, I received a voicemail from a business claiming to be ICS Document Services. They asked …
Larry – Victim Location 31210 Type of a scam Tax Collection Recorded message stated if return call was not made immediately, dire consequences would result. Return call phone number was 979 422 7199, this was also the telephone number the scam call was made from. A telephonic verbal complaint was placed with the Bibb County …
Jermaine – Victim Location 32608 Type of a scam Phishing States they are holding an insurance seminar in Fort Lauderdale. It is just a robot recording. I have blocked the call 20 times but they change the number by one digit and continue calling up to 5 times a day every day.
Geoffrey – Victim Location 27612 Type of a scam Government Grant This person hacked my Friend’s Instagram Account and then acted like they knew me and then proceeded to give me instructions on what I need to do
Leslie – Victim Location 85023 Type of a scam Tax Collection Recording (received call at my work number) stating that there was a warrant out for my arrest from the IRS tax criminal investigation division Kendra – Victim Location 11703 Type of a scam Tax Collection I received a phone call saying that I have …
Andres – Victim Location 76010 Type of a scam Debt Collections This company calls themselves Intergrated Servicing Company and claim to be a debt collector. The number I know for this company is 8666501370. They harassed me about a loan I owed a specific company and called my job almost daily. They threatened to file …
Leslie – Victim Location 68127 Type of a scam Tax Collection A message was left on our answering machine by a foreign speaking person saying something about illegal allegations against the IRS – which makes no sense in our case. Since we did not return the call, but called the BBB instead, the questions below …
Jeremiah – Victim Location 10567 Type of a scam Tax Collection I received a phone call today from Bradenton, FL, phone number 941-877-5770. It was a prerecorded message telling me David Gray (foreign accent) from the US Treasury needed me to contact this number otherwise Federal criminal offense would be brought up against me.
Dominique – Victim Location 33525 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Other On 8-29-15 I purchased a spot at a bridal vendor event. The planner of the event continued to cancel the event and said I could have a refund but now months later she continues to make excuses about why I haven’t …
