Victim Location 97206
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Got a call from a machine telling me I have been approved for a loan. Called the number and told them to take me off their call list. He started talking and I couldn’t understand his accent. I told him I could not understand him. He told me I couldn’t understand him and he told me to go to hell.
Victim Location 61953
Total money lost $580
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I received a call from someone named Sebastian telling me I had been approved for a $3000 loan. I got excited and went through the process. First I had to pay $180 for the "secured" loan. Then an additional $199.00 for taxes. Then another $200. They said they couldn’t transfer money into my account because my bank was going to put a 25 day hold on it. So then they said they would money gram it to me. But before they could get the last 2 numbers of the transfer code I would have to pay another $250. So all in all I spent $580 of BORROWED money!!!!
Victim Location 93955
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I was selling an item on Craigslist. Received a text asking for final price. He agreed to the price ($350), would send a check and have his "movers" pick up the item. I gave him my work address. I was skeptical at this point after he called me "buddy" in a text sent in the middle of the night. Received a check in a USPS Priority Mail envelope for $1987. Asked him why the check was for that amount. Said he knew I was trustworthy and would handle this with sincerity. Told me to deposit the check, go to WalMart and send the remaining amount via MoneyGram (less $50 for my trouble) to his movers. I told him I would not deposit the check but would send it back if he wanted. Also told him I called the company on the check but could not get an answer. Have not heard from him since.
Name he gave me: Fedric J Alli in Greenwood, IN 46143
Name on USPS envelope: Edens Structural Solutions in Tulsa, OK.
Bank name on check: Wells Fargo in San Francisco (with typos in the address)