Brad – Victim Location 49720 Type of a scam Debt Collections A woman called my cell phone (from 956-307-8627) saying she was with a civil processing center and that someone was trying to deliver something to my husband. She was very difficult to understand and I had no idea what she was talking about. I …
Matthew – Total money lost $90 Type of a scam Employment The individual posts ads on online freelance websites, to be honest I don’t remember how I found him as it’s been awhile. It might have been Freelancer.com or Guru.com. The ad claims you just have to write some short reviews to make some money. …
Javier – Victim Location 15102 Type of a scam Debt Collections My sister phoned stating someone called her looking for me. Said they had a judgement against me and told her that I had 2 hours to respond or they would proceed with the summons. She tried to get info. from them, i.e. what was …
Joel – Victim Location 43123 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Get a call stating that I am going to be Prosecuted for a loan amount of $600 dollars. Refuse to send any documents with the info I need to make sure this isn’t a scam. Central mediation stated that JVC processing will file …
Deanna – Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Investment I was contacted by James Langdon on Instagram which he uses the username: (jameslangdon_fx). He offered to trade on the binary trade for me and asked i deposit to the account with bitcoins to his company (Binary Trade Options) with the website (https://bitradeoptiontrading.com). after …
Micheal – Victim Location 14621 Total money lost $26,453 Type of a scam Government Grant Some lady on Facebook that I do not know, contacted me out of the blue asking me if I got my money yet. I said what money? She said a government grant for $100,000 and you will never have to …
Hannah – Type of a scam Romance Jeff Anderson/Andreson messaged me on Match.com Asked for my number to call me. Then Skyped twice.He left Match after one day as he said had weird interactions. Back story: 55 year old Danish man moved to Canada Wife died but cheated on him first. No family. Owns his …
Haley – Victim Location 27278 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency 1st caller claimed to be the grandson of my 85 year old mother saying that they were in trouble in New Jersey and needed money. the next day some called claiming to be attorney James William saying that the grandchild has crashed his car …
Colleen – Victim Location 95742 Type of a scam Online Purchase Checkout is weird, prices are very low for what the product is, grammar on FAQ’s is all over the place. When I put my mailing address and payment information and pressed place order it took my back to my cart with everything still in …
Glenn – Victim Location 30236 Type of a scam Phishing 07-13-2018 6:57 PM EST Received unauthorized call from unrecognized number: "Jamie Grady" 706-887-4669 I "googled this #; results show some type of "PING" scam; also some type of insurance scam.
Dane – Victim Location 80526 Type of a scam Home Improvement Phone call received from the above number (9705412317) claiming that I have been selected for a $500 gift card drawing on the 1st of every month. It also offered to perform an in-house water analysis for free, and to expect a call to schedule …
Dylan – Victim Location 52245 Type of a scam Employment Here is a copy of the text message I received: Hi,got your contact on recruitment.care are you interested in a General Errands service / Personal Assistant on partime ? Pay is attractive ($400 weekly,20,800 Annually).Email me at [email protected]
Fernando – Victim Location 80233 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Online Purchase Big scam that goes all the way. Everything on website seems legit until you actually look. Reviews have no photos or actual dates. Payed 450$ money transfer at Walmart. They used email and phone to Contact. Then 2 days later …
Darrell – Victim Location 95655 Type of a scam Phishing I answered my phone and the male caller said, "hi, this is Jared from customer service. Can you hear me?" I hung up without saying anything.
Desiree – Victim Location 80249 Type of a scam Debt Collections I received numerous calls first regarding me doing fraud stuff! And the women calling said the police will come and arrested me if I don’t get a lawyer! Now I received a letter with my ss no. On it! Asking for me to pay …
Willie – Victim Location 60070 Type of a scam Other He won’t to sale 6 Time Share, only sent my Maintenance Fee into ha would be limited .don’t have to pay Maintenance Fees,.i have to pay in front i don’t believe ? Thanks please let me know. Peter Zimni 847 309 6379 [email protected]
Frederick – Victim Location 11855 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Received a call from Jeffery Daniels from merchant Cash Network saying I qualified for a loan of $7000.00 all I needed to do was money gram him $ 329.00 for verification that I will be able to pay on t he loan. Went …
Samuel – Victim Location 68101 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I was given the phone # by a "facebook resentative" I’m sorry do NOT have that # or her name (probley fake anyways)moment was in a differant town.The # that I was given the from the first person who refered me ( HAD …
Kara – Victim Location 48214 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Two months ago I was surfing the web. I came across an article what it would put logos on your car and pay you for advertisement. The first time I read received any information from them it was through a text and that’s …
Amy – Victim Location 85719 Type of a scam Employment Contacted from [email protected] where the address name was spoofed as "Janssen Pharmaceuticals", saying that my resume was viewed on job posting Zip Recruiter (I have recently applied to jobs through Zip Recruiter). The contents of the email were saying that an interview has been scheduled …
Charlotte – Victim Location 93436 Type of a scam Home Improvement MY FATHER CALLED TO HAVE A LEAKY SINK REPLACED, THE SCAMMER THEN TOLD HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE WATER LINES AND THAT THE SEWER LINES WERE ABOUT TO BLOW AND GAVE HIM A QUOTE OF OVER 4000.00 DOLLARS, WE TOLD HIM …
Samuel – Victim Location 30523 Type of a scam Romance Started talking to Jason on uniform dating about 2 weeks ago. After 3 days he was professing his love for me and how he lost his wife 2 years ago to an automobile accident which left him with his 2 children. Sam and Nicole. He …
Anna – Victim Location 72921 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan In a hardship I thought I was applying for a loan from a legitimate loan office only to find out the suspicious act of making a payment to my credit cards to buy them google cards before they release …
Ricardo – Victim Location 41017 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Using cars.com to sell my vehicle, was immediately contacted by multiple texts. One said they would pay full price, had a story out of town but would have their company come pick it up. They would send a certified cashiers check and once …
Devin – Victim Location 34229 Type of a scam Online Purchase He responded to a local online classified ad for an item I’m selling. Said he will buy it sight unseen and need my name, address and cell phone number to send a certified check
Luis – Victim Location 30083 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Here is the message I received: is just your bad luck that I found your misdemeanor. In fact, I actually installed a malware on the adult video clips (pornographic material) and you visited this website to experience fun (you know what I mean). …
Carrie – Victim Location 54724 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Was selling something on Craigslist and got a text message about a girl that was overseas at an important business meeting and that she was going to have her husband text my dad about our name, address and that he was going to …
Wendy – Victim Location 62269 Total money lost $120 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I was shopping online and came across a website disguised as the "north face outlet store". The website was called nfcoat.com, and looking back I feel stupid for not wondering why the site was called "nfcoat" instead of northfaceoutlet.com. Also …
Barbara – Victim Location 81504 Type of a scam Phishing Keeps calling me saying “Hey this is joe” then waits for me to say something then hangs up I just ignore it now
Brian – Victim Location 90210 Total money lost $100,000 Type of a scam Employment John Aaroe induced me to sign a listing agreement when he was aware the property was actively listed by another broker. Failed to advise of potential obligations to pay two brokerages. The firm contacted me after the property was sold asking …
