Frank – Victim Location 34109 Total money lost $7,500 Type of a scam Online Purchase Hello, I am writing to report a presumable scammer – a dealer of used turning and milling machines. The dealer is JS PRECISION CO. situated in Guanghua 1st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan. The dealer communicates via the …
Shana – Victim Location 44403 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A consumer reported to ScamPulse.com that the first call she received last week was from "Jamaica American Money Corporation." They asked for her by name and said they knew her. They stated she was 1 of 850 eligible participants. Then she received another call saying, …
Ashley – Victim Location 81007 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order A 1200 dollar check was sent to me for an item I was selling for 60 dollars. The person then asked me to deposit the check and send the remaining portion to a so called event planner for a wedding. Luckily I never …
Robyn – Victim Location 37814 Type of a scam Phishing Received phone call asking to speak to my husband. I said he wasn’t available and asked who was calling. The caller said her name was January and asked if I am the spouse. I said yes I am and she thanked me and hung up. …
Alicia – Victim Location 13165 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Home Improvement Paid for service not performed. NYS Police investigated and said was a scam operation for drug money. Other identifying info: Joseph C Smith (cell) 315) 802-3735 (owner of "biz"?) Steve Thompson (cell) 315) 802-3755 – came to my door unsolicited …
Chelsea – Victim Location 63043 Type of a scam Identity Theft Caller claimed to be calling on behalf of an investment company (Janus). Caller ID said "unknown name" & "unknown number". The caller asked for me by name and said they were recording the call and needed my verbal authorization for the board of the …
Derrick – Victim Location 92126 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Jaime Camerena reached out via email representing JC Financials. I went back and forth with him highlighting my doubts but he provided POF and business certificate that helped lessen my doubts. He is able to provide formal documents (contract, …
Candace – Victim Location 37205 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency When call the came through it was a teenage sounding girl voice saying she was in jail in Memphis. She needed money for bail and requested I call her attorney, Jason Thomas. Mr. Thomas happened to be right there and got on the phone …
Courtney – Victim Location 07082 Type of a scam Debt Collections JCC Arbitration firm will call my family and I from (844) 706-5694 telling me I took out a Payday loan in 2009 with a balance of $510, which I never did. They threaten with issuing me a legal summons. Two days later, they called, …
Raul – Victim Location 48182 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted through the school email of a part time job offer. The person who offered me the job promised I would be paid $350 a week working 3 hours/wk. And they will provide me with a 15 inch Mac Book Pro along with …
Jacob – Victim Location 39846 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a letter from Jeff G. Norman saying that I had won $734,940.00 U.S. DOLLARS, and that I had to send a money order or cash/ check for the amount of $18.00 to receive this award money. As usual when I receive these types …
Joy – Victim Location 95687 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Online Purchase Was trying to buy a puppy made my payment thru PayPal and asking me to send more money to Wal-Mart for the crate of the puppy!
Grace – Victim Location 53110 Total money lost $1,947 Type of a scam Debt Collections The first call received was in early February 2018 stating that I owed Capital 1 bank/HSBC from 2010. I contacted Capital 1 & HSBC to see if they had any record of this and they stated no, not under my …
Cristina – Victim Location 43943 Total money lost $5,000 Type of a scam Romance I was on bbwcupid.com. I was message by a guy named Jeff Woods. He was a civil engineer in Houston Texas. He had a business named Jeffs construction LLC. In Houston. He told me he had one son named Eric he …
Jeffrey – Victim Location 90013 Total money lost $1,400 Type of a scam Online Purchase Anderson Hooner, [email protected], 9157032255, instructed me to pay via Paypal under Family and Friends. I paid $450 for a puppy. Next day, he said that the second flight for the dog is already full so he’ll just be back the …
Kari – Victim Location 10029 Type of a scam Employment Took what I thought was a work at home job resending parcels after sending out about 15 parcels I am unable to contact them this is a scam
Jessie – Victim Location 99204 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency Someone called and said that my grandson was in jail. They told me to pay $7,000 to post bail for the grandson.
Kaitlin – Victim Location 23901 Type of a scam Debt Collections Received email stating that legal action would be taken if a loan was not repayed. I did not have a loan through the stated company, and no contact information was given other than the email address. Also had the wrong personal information for me
Jake – Victim Location 97408 Total money lost $30 Type of a scam Moving Today I came across an open house ad on Craigslist for an apartment at: <span title="https://eugene.craigslist.org/apa/d/open-house-sat-1-130pm-one-br/6708193278.htmlhttps://eugene.craigslist.org/apa/d/open-house-sat-1-130pm-one-br/6708193278.htm…⇄ /> I completed the common ‘Oregon Rental Housing’ rental application with my social security information, full name, date of birth, address, employment information, and personal …
Ricky – Victim Location 34446 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Other My friend and I met John B Slade in person which he’s making the doorbell flasher, and videophone flasher for the deaf people. They all gave him the cash to purchase things even clients from out of state mail John cash …
Bryan – Victim Location 31315 Type of a scam Phishing I received a email stating that I was going to receive money from JP Morgan Chase bank because of pass scams that occurred that I unfortunately was a victim of.
Erin – Victim Location 90056 Type of a scam Debt Collections This suppose company has been calling my job calming I owe a debt to them. I do remember the debt but not he company. So i look up my credit report and the suppose company thats calling my job is not the company on …
Theresa – Victim Location 61853 Type of a scam Phishing A young man driving a White Kia Seoul parked on a side street by our house at 8:10pm, came up the driveway, took a picture of our house so I went outside to ask if I could help him. (My dogs were going crazy). He …
Rafael – Victim Location 95062 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Scammer sent an email saying I was chosen for a Walmart shopping survey, asked for information that he already had (apparently from SurveyMonkey), and sent a package with a fake cashier’s check, an “assignment sheet”, and a survey sheet. I was asked to …
Kristen – Victim Location 19973 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I got a call from Center for Fraud based in Florida. It seems that I was a target for fraud via Facebook where I had won cash prize. I was going to send the requested money when Western Union advised e not to send. Sonia …
Shaun – Victim Location 03278 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Online Purchase "My husband and I contacted above seller in regards to an 11 week, 2 day old female chocolate lab, from what appeared to be a legitimate breeder in Baltimore MD. We live in New Hampshire. The breeder had pictures and …
Steven – Victim Location 27545 Type of a scam Employment Please do not respond to this company’s post on *** for work. It seems that they are laundering money through unsuspecting people. I contacted them regarding a job and they immediately responded saying they would send monies to perform online marketing services and that I …
Trevor – Victim Location 60504 Type of a scam Other Caller says thank you for calling this is "Jared" can you hear me ok? after a response the line drops Gabriel – Victim Location 61535 Type of a scam Other I received a call from an unknown number in my area code but I didn’t …
Yolanda – Victim Location 01532 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Automated call about winning a trip that persuaded me to say OK.
Reginald – Victim Location 01519 Type of a scam Other I have been receiving E-mails from multiple people inquiring if we where hiring because a company call JWH Construction Group which is a similar name to ours, has been E-mailing tempting engineering positions in the U.S. At this point I am receiving about two a …
