Victim Location 76126
Total money lost $9,800
Type of a scam Phishing
My 16 year old son was sent an email that had the entire households information in it which included address, socials, full names, etc. Household size is 4 to include husband, wife, 11 year old daughter, and 16 year old son. The scammer told my 16 year old son that if he didn’t take bogus checks to his account and then wire, transfer via multitude of apps, bitcoin atms, and Walmart gift cards and scratch the back of card off and scan and send code that the household would be harmed.
So my son was scared and followed the directions of the scammer to avoid any harm to the household. After 10 days my son came forward and I the father took action. A police report was filed, detectives were involved and we were told that the suspect more than likely will not be caught and they think he is from overseas. The bank used was USAA and after they did their investigation they found my son accountable for the 10,000 dollars that was scammed.
I contacted USAA Bank and tried to arrange 100 dollar monthly payments and was told I had to pay all the debt in full by April 4th which is a 2 week time period. I am not sure why my son would be held accountable for this scam but he is. Please help. Thank you.
Victim Location 27103
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Contacted person via Craigslist for Golden retriever puppy. They sent me the following email after I gave them my reasoning for adopting the puppy. After looking at the ScamPulse.com site regarding related scam profile this fit the same type of method.
Dear Richard,
After chatting with you, I am now very confident that Max will be going to a great home. I will be using either Uship, we move pet, world pet travel, precious pet travel, or any other company coming to your location within 24hrs after registration to ship, because my main priority is to get him the best place were he will find peace, love and attention.I will send the baby along side a hand booklet for you to know the best food for him, It will cost about $300 for him to be transported right at your doorsteps, included with all needed facilities. you will pay the shipping fee directly to the agency after we are done with the registration of the baby.I would like you to give me your delivery details in this order that will be needed to get him home.
Your full name…………….
Full home address………….
State/City………………..
Postal/zip code…………….
Contact numbers…………….
Nearest airport to your location………….
I will start necessary arrangements and get everything together including his toys, crate and other accessories with paper works, I will register and get the baby on board with the next available going trip to your location once I have your details. I will go ahead and register him and you will receive a call or email from the agency concerning shipping fee payment methods and other details toward receiving your puppy, you will have all the delivery details and tracking number status schedule sent to you in which you will use in tracking the pup till he arrives your location. I will be looking forward with your details for registration.
(Prior email sent to me)
Hi Richard,
After reading through your mail, you moved to the number one spot in my heart for potential adopter of my Lil pups.
More details on their personality.
*** My Lil Girl Mia ***
-She is white brown in color
-She has brown charming eyes
-She eat 2 times daily
-She is socialized with kids and other house hold pets especially Dogs.
-She likes to be carried a lot and be spoiled.
-She likes to be kissed and likes Licking your legs.
*** My Lil Boy Max***
_He is white in color
-He has brown with dark rims charming eyes
-He eats 2 times a day
-He is socialized with kids and other house hold pets especially Dogs.
-He likes to keep him self away from the crowd but is also socialized.
-He feels shy when carried.
-He also likes Licking.
My husband and I have decided to give out these puppies to any one who
is ready to take good care of them and we are happy you are willing to
do so. All we need from you is your love for the babies. I really
wanted to meet with you so you can pick up yourself i
don’t know if you will make up the ride to come pick up today or tomorrow ?.
We just relocated some few days ago to TX here is our
address’:*** *** *** *** *** ** 76522
Better still if you can’t make it up here, they can be registered to a near
by pet transportation company and will be home delivered to you .
All you will have to do is paying for the transportation fee
directly to the transportation agency so that they will be ship and home delivered to you right at your doorstep. We are giving the puppies with no adoption fee because the puppies were giving to Elna as a birthday gift by her late grandmother,and all i want in return is just you to take good care of them and send me monthly pictures so i can see their progress.
Victim Location 78676
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Won’t speak on the phone, only text. Wants me to buy a vin report for a truck I’m selling
Victim Location 84101
Total money lost $400
Type of a scam Rental
Agreed to rent the property at 1546 Trenton St. A Denver, CO 80220. Sent $400 for first months rent via western union and the person texting asked for an additional $200 sent in gift cards. Person name is Eliga.
Victim Location 90710
Type of a scam Identity Theft
I put my car for sale on Craigslist.com. Today at 8:30am, I woke to a call (sounded like a recording) asking me "is the car still for sale" as soon as I said yes, it hung up. The scammer then text me from the same number asking about the car, but I noticed the text were off a bit, for example, the scammer’s grammer was a bit strange and was asking for info about my car that is in the headline of the ad, like the price. I got suspicious and called the number to hear a "this number has been disconnected … " recording.
My suspicion is he wanted to get more info thru the text and to use my voice recording later. I am investigating if I need to do anything else now.
Victim Location 27603
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I’m selling my car on Craigslist. "Ben" contacted me saying he’s interested, but he recommends running a vehicle history report, as that will help me sell the car. He recommends this website www.vehiclecheck.report, since they only charge $19 instead of Carfax’s $40. Obviously that tipped me off that it’s probably a scan. That website doesn’t look too official either.
Victim Location 92129
Total money lost $900
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
I was approached by a man in parking lot, who said he will fix my dents and scratches. He claimed he works at quantco auto work shop , returning from work and needs some money for his daughters birthday. He said he will fix my dents and scratches for very less cost. He put some white wax on it saying that wait for 24 hours before removing it. I paid him 900$. I had very bad feeling about this, googled about it and found that this is a scam. I want general public to be aware of this situation at parking lots. I have person’s phone number and car plate number is there anything I can do.
Victim Location 91320
Type of a scam Identity Theft
I have a truck advertised on craigslist and I received a call asking if it was still for sale. I said Yes and they hung up
Victim Location 37128
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I own a food business. Guy text me and ask if I have x y and z food. I tell him yes. He then tells me what he wants for x amount of people and that his driver will pick it up for x date and time and if that will be okay. I said yes. He offered to pay upfront in which I requested. The total bill was for x amount of money. The guy has told me he is deaf and in the hospital to have surgery and that this is for a surprise party for his wife. Here is the tricky part. He wants me to charge his credit card for more money than the bill. Quite a bit larger than his bill and pay this amount to the driver because his driver doesn’t take credit cards and he has no way to pay the guy because he is in the hospital. I told him I could not do that but I could delivery the food to his home and he could pay me the delivery fee. He did not want to do that and was insistent on this guy picking up the food and me charging his card for double the amount. No sorry this is fishy. Something is very wrong with this. Not sure what, but not right either.
Victim Location 63104
Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency
He called claiming to be me and that he was involved in an accident and needs money to bail him out.
Victim Location 68154
Type of a scam Phishing
I got a call on Saturday Feb. 25 2017 on my cell phone. They asked me, in a foreign accent, if I was *** *** and I said "yes" then they hung up.. Then I remember a talk one of your staff gave where she mentioned a telephone scam where the caller gets the person (me) to say "yes " . After that my "yes " can be used to order or charge something to me. The same people called me back within 5 minutes and I should not have talked to them but I asked "what this was all about ". they said " it was for my diabetes medical supplies." I said " I do not have Diabetes." Then they hung up. They called me back 4 more times that day but I did not pick up the phone. On one call they accidentally stayed on the phone and ended up being recorded on my voice mail.The person was talking in a foreign language but not to me. It was like he was talking to the other person that was with him on the other end of the line. They again called me the next day on Sunday and they have called me again this morning Monday Feb 27. I did not answer the phone . I have saved the message if you would like to hear what language they were speaking. Because I talk to people all over the USA , I answered the phone because I have some associates in PA. The Number was 610-628-4164 from Allentown PA
Victim Location 89052
Total money lost $1,000
Type of a scam Rental
SIGNED LEASE AGREEMENT FOR RENTAL. DEPOSITED A CASHIER’S CHECK FOR THE $1000. NEVER GOT THE KEYS FOR THE RENTAL.