Miranda – Victim Location 55433 Total money lost $54,000 Type of a scam Tech Support Tech Alliance Inc in San Diego, CA scammed me out of $54000. They told me that my computer needed a new IP address (or a virtual one) and then proceeded to coerce me into paying them a total of 54,000 …
Robyn – Victim Location 90003 Total money lost $458 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan In June of this year I was looking for a loan for poor credit. I don’t know how I came across these people. They told me I was approved for 5000.00. The next thing was they needed collateral for …
Raul – Victim Location 79731 Total money lost $24.98 Type of a scam Online Purchase We were trying to renew my wife’s drivers license and the texasdlc.org website represented itself as being part of the Texas DPS. Unfortunately the timer on the screen did manage to make it feel urgent and I failed to notice …
Clayton – Victim Location 94541 Type of a scam Employment Offering a job for handling parcels from home. Salary of $3000. Monthly
Justin – Victim Location 44122 Type of a scam Home Improvement Two neighbors were mailed cards like this. I am very concerned that the sender is targeting people to scam them out of their homes. I am worried that the sender is targeting the elderly. The wording on the card is certainly misleading and shady. …
Eugene – Victim Location 75104 Type of a scam Phishing Multiple calls from people relating this name – Texas One. Ask if you are property owner. Ask that they remove name from list. They become aggressive and yelling – "do you want this deal or not!" Continue to call over and over. Have told them …
Gabriel – Victim Location 29566 Type of a scam Employment The person that the check was to was a 17 year old minor.
Robin – Victim Location 80601 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Online Purchase I am writing this for a friend who purchased a bird for her daughter for Christmas and never received the bird. She had multiple contacts with the seller and the seller even sent her pictures of the bird in a …
Chad – Victim Location 91501 Type of a scam Online Purchase Website is running an overstock/surplus-like store where some random everyday products relating to electronics, homegoods, and exercise are about 20% off compared to normal price. The site takes PayPal and will collect your money, only to never respond to any of your direct emails …
Jodi – Victim Location 30042 Type of a scam Online Purchase After numerous reports and complaints of concern with being unable to contact the owner-Ebonie Marie Baxter with concerns of credit and debit cards being charge for items never received from The Baxter Brand- New Hairizon the owner has since change the name and shutdown …
Lindsey – Victim Location 08230 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes got a call saying i have ebvolopm ret beaceuse nobody could sign for the package. i was the wining prize of $750,000.00 just waiting they said theey took out fed taxes but i needed to reg my state taxes of $1950.00 i said i didne …
Katherine – Victim Location 77063 Type of a scam Employment I received a random invitation for an interview with an employer I never applied to 7/17. This employer did not call to confirm the interview invitation prior to my response. I called the phone number attached to the email, and it did not have a …
Randall – Victim Location 78748 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill So I got this email from them saying I owed them 870 dollars for my lease. Which I live in texas. But I bet the rich people that get those emails that have kids in college just pay it but not us. They …
Angela – Victim Location 76102 Type of a scam Online Purchase All the prices listed are the same, it is not a secured site and no address information is given. When researching the phone number it is linked to multiple other website that are used and known for fraudulent activity, many based out of China.
Pamela – Victim Location 02126 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was looking online to possibly buy a puppy. I came across this website and gave them just my basic information name, phone number, and email. They contacted me but couldn’t answer specific questions about the puppy. And insisted on me send them money …
Aimee – Victim Location 27006 Type of a scam Rental This is the second ad with the same story…last fall the story was a different location for their move….now it is Missouri. Hard to find a rental while trying to navigate through all the scams :/ ——- Original message ——– From: ***Â Date: 7/30/19 7:55 PM …
Eduardo – Victim Location 38237 Total money lost $14 Type of a scam Online Purchase I placed an order with said business on November 30th and received an email that stated my order had been received and when there was a shipping date they would contact me and I haven’t heard anything since
Samantha – Victim Location 31220 Type of a scam Phishing Receiving several texts offering services, gifts, etc includes a reply to: c0gol.site/2xggib. 442-212-0673
Kayla – Victim Location 01543 Total money lost $905.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase $891 for a MIM Safe Variocage purchase on website. Called for tracking number and told it would take a few days. Called back and phone no longer being answered. Contacted manufacturer of cage and informed themayadventure does not distribute for …
Mindy – Victim Location 53214 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product While on my Facebook page I scrolled through a list of products for sale. I choose a Portable spa for $20 USD. I received conformation on 5/19/2019. Contact [email protected] if I had any questions. I emailed them with no response. …
Alison – Type of a scam Government Grant There are 3 new accounts by these hackers they got all my information and they tried to log into my gmail account but Google blocked them they did however hacked my Facebook account the name was *** ***. Now that Facebook account has disappeared. I have changed …
Kristina – Victim Location 21207 Total money lost $33.80 Type of a scam Online Purchase This website uses 3rd party companies to obtain the merchandise sold on their website. I bought two items off the website and the charges showed up as Kat and Andy on my bank statement. I never received my order and …
Garrett – Victim Location 32601 Total money lost $323 Type of a scam Online Purchase This website is false Advertising reborn baby dolls showing one thing and then you receive something totally different from what you saw on advertising and when you try to reach out to them it’s only email and they barely respond …
Kelly – Victim Location 30316 Type of a scam Debt Collections A female called my elderly father on Friday, December 27, 2019 and stated that she was calling from The Home Depot. She asked for my father by name, he responded, and she asked is this ???, he replied yes. At that point she advised …
Caleb – Victim Location 01940 Total money lost $89 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw an ad on Instagram. Went to the website and made a purchase. Receive an email confirmation of my purchase with order number. Email stated unable to provide tracking number as this was a large delivery and shipment was …
Rodney – Victim Location 32738 Total money lost $140 Type of a scam Other This company came to my home to repair my fridge and intentionally after fixing my fridge broke the ice maker and then tried to make me pay to get it fixed. Ice maker was working perfectly fine. This company is located …
Brad – Victim Location 94545 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Got a notice in the mail from them saying we needed to pay them a processing fee for a 100$ voucher for online stores
Dale – Victim Location 46322 Type of a scam Tax Collection I received a automated call on my cell phone from 2032932444 on July 30th 2019 at 12:55pm. They woman with a middle eastern accent told me that she represents the IRS and I needed to contact them immediately or else the federal government was …
Erica – Victim Location 70737 Total money lost $39.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase Purchased a pair of shoes through a Facebook ad. Got initial confirmation email. A month later no notice of shipping so I replied to the email as they say to do with questions. I got a blanket response stating products …
Vincent – Victim Location 76109 Total money lost $18,000 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Scammer offered to sell time share for nice price. Buyer was in Mexico. needed to send money to insure clear title. Needed to settle income tax of Mexico, etc. Sent a fake bank account with a balance of money. Talked with …
