Erik – Victim Location 74038 Type of a scam Online Purchase Received call from someone who insisted he was with ScamPulse.com. Wanted to refund the monies I paid a 3 or 4 years ago for a "security program for my computer". I did purchase a so-called security/anitvirus program, however I was fairly certain ScamPulse.com did …
Shawna – Victim Location 44123 Type of a scam Phishing An individual claiming to be from the IRS left a message on our answering machine, on 9/1/16. The call originated from a cell number in Spokane, WA. He goes on to threaten us with a lawsuit and doesn’t even mention a name. He goes on …
Hector – Victim Location 06419 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Tech Support IDigital Gravity claimed to be tech support from apple. My 74 year old father fell victim to this scam and spent $300 on"protection." Anne – Victim Location 45224 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product It was …
Randy – Victim Location 38116 Type of a scam Tax Collection Kelly Smith said there is a lawsuit against me from IRS for an audit 2010-2014 for $3666. She’s from the Treasury Dept in TX. Need to know my intentions before the Sheriff Dept come to serve me. The call came from Chris Graver 210-399-6242
Meghan – Victim Location 17756 Total money lost $268.74 Type of a scam Tech Support Received a popup on my computer after opening a FedEx email. Popup was supposedly from Microsoft claiming I had malicious activity on my computer and to call a # that was on the popup. When I did, ITTECHNINJA answered. I …
Ross – Victim Location 45601 Type of a scam Tech Support a pop up appeared on my computer saying I have a virus that will steal my banking credit card info as well as facebook profile. said to call this number before doing anything else. the guy took control of my pc and installed a …
Jennifer – Victim Location 65020 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted on my cellphone by this company. A female asked for me by name, I asked who was calling and she said she represented IOS. I then asked what IOS was, she stated Income Opportunity Ststems and said sge was calling regarfing my …
Vincent – Victim Location 34104 Type of a scam Tax Collection automated call, when called back called them out and man hanged up
Margaret – Victim Location 94601 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Government Grant The people ask for certain amounts of cash for example 500 for 50,000 or 800 for 80,000 and so on. Once you send the funds via western union or Amazon card they tell you the check will be delivered via …
Hillary – Victim Location 45662 Type of a scam Tax Collection I received a phone message on 4-2-16 with a female voice saying it was "officially a Final Notice" from the "IRS – Internal Revenue Service" to inform me that "the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you." It insisted that I call "immediately" "to …
Cristina – Victim Location 14420 Type of a scam Tax Collection Received a phone call saying it was the IRS and they were filing a lawsuit against me and to call immediately. I did so and told them i would not give them any information over the phone. The person who answered identified himself as …
Priscilla – Victim Location 16602 Type of a scam Phishing I think this may be one of those Yes scams.
Walter – Type of a scam Employment Create a Skype account and write me in skype please. My skype ID: [[email protected]] or simple jennifersullivanipd This will allow me to respond more quickly to your messages. The essence of the first tasks is: Our finance department will send corporate money to your bank account through e-Transfer …
Tanya – Victim Location 15332 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Tech Support MY COMPUTER FROZE UP AND THIS NUMBER CAME UP TO CALL SO I CALLED IT THEY GOT INTO MY COMPUTER AND I PAID 450.00 AND THEY CONTACTED ME BY PHONE WANTING MY ACCOUNT NUMBER I WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO …
Toni – Victim Location 73538 Type of a scam Other At 9:03 on Tuesday 5/23/2017 I received the following call, which was left on my home answering machine: "The IRS has (this first was not completely clear) has issued an arrest warrant against you. Right now you and your physical property both are bieng monitored …
Bryce – Victim Location 87109 Type of a scam Tax Collection Received a phone message from someone claiming to be from the IRS. She told me they have a fraud case against me and if I don’t call back to settle the case, they are going to arrest me. I did not call back, called …
Russell – Victim Location 30107 Type of a scam Tax Collection Received a voice mail that I was being sued for tax collection
Toni – Victim Location 77502 Total money lost $308 Type of a scam Online Purchase Several months ago, I saw an add on Facebook that was shared with me about free targets for shooting, all I had to pay was shipping and handling. Liked the targets being advertised and upped the order to include more …
Trevor – Victim Location 61523 Type of a scam Online Purchase Common attempt to gain trust by using the death of a loved one as the reason for selling. The price is less than half the actual value to get your attention. This particular scam tries to get the purchaser to load ebay cards and …
Lisa – Victim Location 37166 Type of a scam Other Tells me to contact them or they will have no choice but to bring me up on federal charges with magistrate of federal government on criminal offense charges person sounds like a foreigners voice calls 2 to 3 times a day. Threatening words saying that …
Natalie – Victim Location 50701 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill After re-branding, we received an invoice owing $1340.00 for trademark fees. Daniel – Victim Location 83612 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill This scam is trying to get people to give them money to put a trademark design into their database. As …
Beth – Victim Location 64119 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I HAVE WON 8,000,000.00 AND TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT TO PUT MY MONEY I NEEDED TO SEND THEM 20.00. WHICH MY MOTHER DID.SHE IS 87 AND GETS THIS KIND OF THING EVERY DAY. I CAN NOT GET HER TO STOP. THE …
Robin – Victim Location 65714 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Employment My wife did a survey, in which she was to get $50 when she completed it. She is the primary account holder on her insurance and filed it the survey. She used my PayPal account, so she could get paid. They …
Raymond – Victim Location 63664 Type of a scam Government Grant Appeared my aunt reached out to know how I have been saying shes been trying to reach me. Wondering if I heard about her great news. Said the FDGRG set up by FB founders to help old, retired, disabled, widowed, sick, & a selet …
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Jonathan – Victim Location 60115 Type of a scam Online Purchase Not sure if it’s a scam or not. Not willing to share my cc info or email address. It’s a website that states the watches are free, and their ticker clicks real fast to show, almost all gone. Except there was 2 of us …
Karen – Victim Location 77346 Type of a scam Tech Support Caller is stating not to use any Apple Product until the above number is called.
Luis – Victim Location 77071 Type of a scam Employment I received a email from ZipRecruiter about a job offer. We begin to communicate and then I decided to checkout the email address and it came up on as a scam. The other scam email addresses: [email protected] [email protected] Below is the conversation, you can tell …
Cindy – Victim Location 73044 Total money lost $89.97 Type of a scam Online Purchase Did not cancel auto payment when called. No product was received.
Armando – Victim Location 64063 Type of a scam Employment I received a phone call for from the scammer regarding and open position in Blue Spring MO, and they would complete a background check before continuing with the next step. They required my SSN in doing so which makes a personal portfolio in case their …
Jenny – Victim Location 90034 Total money lost $345 Type of a scam Tech Support Jinigram first lured me in under false pretenses. When I began having problems with my printer I googled HP support and called the number which turned out to be Jinigram’s. They told me they were contracted by HP to do …
