Eugene – Victim Location 79015 Total money lost $4,000 Type of a scam Employment I received an email regarding a work-from-home, on-line position with Goodwill Travel. " Nancy Rink" claimed she was a hiring manager with ZipRecruiter, her company provided affordable travel for international adoption, humanitarian and missionary groups. This was a part-time, remote position …
George – Total money lost $3,890 Type of a scam Other They offer cell phones and electronic devices, asking to pay through western union, in my cases wanting extra I used a bank transfer. They created a fake service of sending the goods (qcd.com). In my case 6 iphones, valuing my losses at $3000.
Katie – Victim Location 78343 Total money lost $1,300 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I needed loan. I went online and posted that I need it a loan. I got a response from a loan officer by the name of Robert Wayne that he could help me get the money that I need …
Frank – Victim Location 75701 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Tech Support The promise Tech Support, tell you your computer is infected with virus, etc. Will only fix it for large payment. $600, $700 or more and then they disappear.
Ross – Victim Location 77539 Total money lost $350 Type of a scam Identity Theft Prefer to talk to someone! These predators are multiplyling rapidly! My female & male friends are getting calls with similar situations. Advance fee for fake documents, email compromise, family emergency, identity theft, future invesment assistance, moving, romance lies, he wanted …
Donald – Victim Location 07871 Total money lost $39.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase We ordered a ladder from Gxeerd website in December. We got an email stating that they received the order and also that it had shipped. Nothing had arrived by mid-January and I looked to track the package (trackingmore.com). When I …
Raymond – Victim Location 76086 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Tech Support "Ronnie" From Geeks Planet called saying that my boss had paid for a $200 computer cleanup and he needed to access the computer. My boss did purchase this cleanup so we let him on my managers computer. After 30 minutes …
Barry – Victim Location 60525 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Says he’s from the gifting department, asks if I can hear okay, offers a free travel cruise
Audrey – Victim Location 14450 Total money lost $4,500 Type of a scam Home Improvement This business asked to be paid ahead of fulfilling contractual obligations and upon receiving the money vanished. They have been convicted in a court of law of breach of contract and destruction of property. Up to the time of this …
Tara – Victim Location 55792 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes This is an text I got from them: HELLO MADAN, THE GLOBAL FUND PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH NGO PROVISION.WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING THE LIFE OF EVERY HUMAN EASY THEREFORE THE NEED FOR GLOBAL FUND ORGANIZATIONS WAS MADE …
Keith – Victim Location 15944 Type of a scam Employment I had actually applied for the position of Gift Wrapper, not sure through which source (FaceBook, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc) Then, I got an email originally marked for [email protected] which read: "Our Company getting back regarding application on a CareerBuilder for career opportunity of …
Ricardo – Victim Location 27707 Type of a scam Tech Support I received a pop up in my screen. There was also a voice so loud I could not understand. The message on the screen was to call 1-800-385-6297 for technical support to avoid my computer from crashing. It was alarming. I called and they …
Christina – Victim Location 06413 Type of a scam Tech Support I called HP for tech assistance on my PC and Kate from this company said they were affiliated w/ HP and we’re going to fix my computer. They had me log them in remotely using geekshelp.me said I had a virus and tried to …
Carrie – Victim Location 43221 Type of a scam Phishing Fake gift card offers randomly show up as a pop up screen on my phone. Seems to happen most when I’m on Pinterest or Facebook app. Feels like there is background phishing app on. Link says it’s from web site called "Gift-Card-Today.date".
Naomi – Victim Location 64151 Type of a scam Online Purchase Too good to be true website offering to ship you a puppy after purchase is confirmed. Website (found with a google search) does not share where the breeder is, but a map on the “Contact Us” page suggests they’re from KS. Email after inquiry …
Jack – Victim Location 60406 Type of a scam Employment i was contacted by this person to inform me they would like to interview me for a job at genesco, inc. i applied for on UPwork. total interview was done on google hangouts. i was offered the job at 40$/hour and was told i was …
Erin – Victim Location 85282 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Received an email to our business email account stating we had won an award for "Best of" in our city. The email led to a website where we were to enter our information to "claim our award". We are a small business and …
Pedro – Victim Location 33157 Type of a scam Tech Support To Whom It May Concern, Received a few phone calls from an unknown number, from guys who transferred the phone over to 3 or 4 guys trying to scam me into typing information into their website. After working in telemarketing myself, they could not …
Kristi – Victim Location 86305 Total money lost $89 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered current ad for garcina Cambogia. There terms and conditions were not available when ordered. They charged my account 89.19 (which I did not have, nor would I have agreed to it. ) when I called they refused to …
Julian – Type of a scam Employment Text reads: Your number has been selected for a paid customer research program. Please contact [email protected] for more details. Contacted the real company and they confirmed that this is a scam.
Mitchell – Victim Location 95501 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product My memory of the initial encounter is fuzzy as they scammed me in various ways over a period of a year or so. Late in 2017 my monitor screen went blank, and pop-up window stated my computer had been infected …
Mark – Victim Location 29080 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare THE PERSON WILL ASK FOR YOUR MEDICARE CARE NUMBER AND OR SOCIAL SECURITY (IF THEY DONT SOMETIMES ALREADY HAVE IT). THEY EVEN EMAIL YOUR DOCTOR IN SOME CASES TO GET THE LETTER FOR THE MEDICARE PURCHASE. THEY SEND YOU A BRACE FOR FREE (USING YOUR …
Spencer – Victim Location 75043 Total money lost $316 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased over $300 worth of clothing through their website on October 29, 2017. It has almost been 30 days that I haven’t received my items. The only mode of communication is via email. I have emailed them on numerous …
Micheal – Victim Location 75702 Type of a scam Employment Bruce Johnson said he was the hiring manager for *** advertising. Pay me $500 to wrap my car with a decal. They sent me a cashier check for $2,390 to deposit and send them a picture of the deposit. I called the company and they …
Kimberly – Victim Location 33905 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Please do not get hooked there say anything to get u to commit they don’t stop i’m talking to a lawyer
Cory – Victim Location 08742 Total money lost $495 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Periodically for the past several years an electronic check has been presented against my account. The funds are debited and deposited to an account with Lakeside Bank, Chicago IL #5000093624 with "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY REM DEP CAP" stamped in …
Janet – Victim Location 83616 Type of a scam Phishing They claim they’re doing a Gallup poll about a purchase I made using my US Bank account. They made attempts to get account info from me.
Angel – Victim Location 39702 Type of a scam Phishing Called the ScamPulse.com in Mississippi and they advised that this is a scam. Stating a violation has been recorded with the ScamPulse.com about Fair Labor Standards Act. ScamPulse.com told me that it can be any kind of government agency used in the scam. Call you …
Cody – Victim Location 43230 Type of a scam Tech Support My Roku devise wasn’t working. I looked up Rofu and somehow I got Global Fix It, they showed me lots of things, They said I had a lot of different hackings. They said I could have one year online support for $259.00. They keep …
Tristan – Victim Location 38340 Total money lost $170 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered Garcinia smart plus and proslim on the free trial. They stated in the ad that there would only be a $4.95 charge each for a free sample. I took both of the products as directed, did not see …
