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 …
Vincent – Victim Location 48164 Type of a scam Debt Collections I can’t find a valid address or web address for this company. They have left voicemails threatening "legal action" if I don’t return their call. After looking their number up on a scam website, they seem to be some kind of company that extorts …
Adrienne – Victim Location 23838 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I provided $18,000 to make repairs on a property in California that was to be flipped. There was no property and the company is fake, yet they continue to have websites on the internet and facebook.
Adriana – Victim Location 77055 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I was notified by alanteo Hutchinson -sound British- that I was selected among all the internet users along w 5 others to receive a winning lottery of $1,500,000.00 they only do this every 6 years and today I’m the lucky person! It gave a batch …
Katherine – Victim Location 90028 Type of a scam Tech Support Mon 2018-10-8 approx 3:30pm Iphone Scam 800-694-7466 called. I answered and heard them say my Iphone account has problems, and I hung up because I don’t have an I phone. Mon 2018-10-8 approx 4:06pm Iphone Scam 800-694-7466 called. They left vm saying "…or press …
Ruth – Victim Location 85737 Type of a scam Credit Cards They called saying we owe money on an account we haven’t used in several years. They knew the last 4 SSN digits and birthdates. I believe they wanted to record me saying yes and agreeing to things. I ended up hanging up on them.
Jimmy – Victim Location 78572 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Wanted me to send $399’00 to Charles Davey in Jamaica West Indies, by Western Union in order to get a receipt number for them to deliver – my bonus prizes which is a 2017 Mercedes Benz, 5,000 dollars a month for all my life, state …
Jeffrey – Victim Location 94952 Total money lost $130 Type of a scam Online Purchase Tried buying 2 pairs of shoes and got scammed. In process of trying to recover $130 US
Wesley – Victim Location 31201 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) DEPT: WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION AGENCIES. ADVISE: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Attention: We received Power Of Attorney from Mrs Zara Craig and Oliver Lad confirming your demise, hence an account was presented to replace your details to enhance receiving your …
Joshua – Victim Location 54956 Type of a scam Phishing I received a phone call and my caller ID said Fox Communities with a local number listed. The message was a man with an accent trying to get me to call immediately to lower my credit card rate. I contacted Fox Communities Credit Union to …
Terrance – Victim Location 20165 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Online Purchase This is not a real company, they just paid for a website store front and are charging credit cards with no real products ever shipped or sold. The email and phone number are fake and you never get any confirmation …
Ruth – Victim Location 70665 Type of a scam Employment The man that contacted me was Wilson Jeffery on facebook under one of the work at home groups. From there this other person contacted me and I blocked him, then this guy named Micheal joe contacted me on hangout and told me that its a …
Isaac – Victim Location 54937 Type of a scam Tech Support I received several calls from 800-752-4588 asking me to return the call. It was a recording stating that my computer had been hacked & that Microsoft would be disconnected it I did not return the call within 24 hours. I did not speak to …
Lance – Victim Location 95688 Total money lost $72 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I ordered from hydroflsak.com not realizing until after the fact that the website was a mispelling of the actual product. This counterfeit website is very deceptively designed to look like the original product website. When the product arrived I was …
Nathan – Victim Location 62301 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Received a letter in the mail from Investec, claiming I was the 2nd prize winner in the second category of the European, African and USA consumer sweepstakes in conjunction with the USA Departmental Stores. I had a serial number and claim number and was instructed …
Fernando – Victim Location 31217 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I applied on line for a loan to www.instantloan.net. They called me & told me I was approved for a $3,000 loan. Then they said I should go to Walmart or CVS to get a moneygram for $200 & call them back . …
Kristopher – Victim Location 20902 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Got a call on my mobile phone from 240-708-2802 at 7:08 pm on 4/18/2017. It’s from Marriott and you’ve been selected as a member to received a free night stay. After a few second pause, a guy said, you’ve been selected for a vacation package …
Thomas – Victim Location 16504 Total money lost $400 Type of a scam Credit Cards We purchased meat from Iowa Steak co. back in November of 2015. Following a huge misunderstanding, we were charged $800 for how ever cases of meat. My husband and I would never have paid that kind of money for meat, …
