Ronnie – Victim Location 01013 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Rental This man runs a car rental operation in a small rundown building. His website is created to look legit with a wide variety of cars for excellent rates. He takes your credit card information and clears the rental. When I went …
Meagan – Victim Location 01002 Type of a scam Online Purchase Hello! Please be warned about 8rental.com, the scammers operating on the European market of the online coach, car, and minibus with driver reservation. They claim to be on the market for 12 years with a fleet all over Europe and an office in London …
Sara – Jul 08, 2020 Victim Location 70817 Type of a scam Phishing I receive at least 3 calls before 12 everyday from a 225 area code number which is my local area code asking me to sign up for a car warranty Nicole – Jul 06, 2020 Victim Location 38320 Type of a scam …
Nicole – Jul 10, 2020 Victim Location 84043 Type of a scam Phishing I listed my car to sell on Craigslist and a local classifieds service. I received a text from someone who said their name was Chris saying they are interested in the vehicle and that they needed the VAT paperwork. I told him …
Jillian – Victim Location 90815 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Phishing Scammer sends emails using craigslist replay mail to those selling cars. This email comes from various email addresses and otherwise always looks the same. (example is the first email below). After the victim sends this person an email the bot immediately …
Phillip – Victim Location 72758 Type of a scam Other These people have called me over 50 times. Same dialogue, different phone number each time. The last one said it was coming from Mena, Arkansas. Ashley – Victim Location 66212 Type of a scam Other My 80 year old mother, who leases a new fully …
Brett – Victim Location 14435 Type of a scam Phishing The caller id said Camden ,New Jersey. The caller said her name was Sarah and she asked if we had any cars, trucks or other motor vehicles to donate to Veterans of America . I said no and hung up. Leslie – Victim Location 89102 …
Hannah – Apr 23, 2020 Victim Location 77494 Total money lost $50.59 Type of a scam Other The company Valoremgd had a website in which you can order parts for cars. After my purchase I saw that I never got an order confirmation. I went back to their web site to contact them but the …
Joshua – Victim Location 85712 Type of a scam Employment Scam claims that you can get your vehicle wrapped with a BORDERLANDS BREWING CO ad. while you make 300 bucks every week for that. You may receive an email similar to the following from VEHICLE ADVERT INC: Hello, Thank you for your swift response and …
Noah – Victim Location 12010 Type of a scam Phishing People call from a spoofed number ranging from the Midwest to my home state. Always identify themselves as a vehicle processing center and start asking questions about my cars. Asking them to stop calling does nothing. They never leave a voice mail
Gabriel – Feb 02, 2021 Trying to find a job is the worse right now. There are so many scams. It’s time to start putting people in jail. You will see in the following email I was sent; improper spelling, misuse of punctuation, poor grammer, capital letters used incorrectly and not to mention there was …
Bobby – Victim Location 97013 Type of a scam Online Purchase I’m selling a car through cars.com and received a phone call I couldn’t answer right away. A few minutes later I got a text message from the same number saying: "I saw your car listing online and wanted to ask you a few questions." …
Mary – Victim Location 18014 Total money lost $529 Type of a scam Online Purchase nutrition company called lemma nutrition made possible a get rich scheme. bought products from them which totaled more than 500 bucks in order to become a affiliate of the company. It lured me in as a college student who worked …
Stephanie – Victim Location 22903 Type of a scam Phishing I looked at used cars online, don’t remember which specific website they got my information from but ever since they’ve been calling me saying I need to document my Chevy and that my coverage is going to expire. I tell them I don’t own this …
Tanya – Apr 27, 2020 Found a Tesla on Autotrader for $28,00 and was immediately suspicious. The “sellers” response is almost identical to others mentioned here. Here’s a blurb: “My situation is a little bit difficult because of my job, but I do my best to make this deal happen. I’m working for Red Cross …
Joanna – May 20, 2020 Victim Location 48105 Type of a scam Phishing Daily robocalls/sometimes human calls. If a human they can’t get the make nor the model of the vehicle right. As soon as I refuse to give personal information they hang up. Did not attempt to take money but we just didn’t get …
Calvin – Victim Location 12138 Type of a scam Phishing Frequent calls regarding warranty extension on cars we do not own
Derrick – Type of a scam Other i sent this to the scammer . I had placed an ad for my daughter’s car on used victoria and this is the emails that started. I realized it was a scam. My daughter was very concerned. I have cut off communication. Let the police, CHEK NEWS, Used …
Alexandra – Victim Location 12345 Total money lost $4,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase On their website: wise-autorv.com they claim to sell used and seized trailers and cars. They claim this is a subsidary of Wise Choice Mobile RV LLC located in Meridian, ID. THE site has a live chat session and offers to …
Ruben – Victim Location 80112 Type of a scam Other Very bad customer service, very bad way of doing their services, like rats looking for food they look for cars to be towed, with no notification whatsoever they got my car from the garage where I live and pay rent with my temporary parking permit …
Carolyn – Victim Location 80504 Type of a scam Online Purchase This started when I clicked on a Check Availability link for a "1967 Grand Prix Custom" car on https://www.listedbuy.com/cars/classics/tucson-az/1967-pontiac-grand-prix-custom…⇄ that claimed to be a private seller and provided the requested contact information. I got an email from the "seller" with a bit of information …
Jeffrey – Victim Location 95682 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations This company misrepresented itself to us. We booked two town cars for 8 people. Limos are no longer legal in CA. Our party was reduced to 6. No Contract signed,. They changed us to one SUV. It showed up at 8am, …
Brooke – Victim Location 14150 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Ads up online for a used vehicle. When contacted by interested buyer, the attached email (screenshot) was sent. When the email was Google’d, it showed sales up for previous cars. But no personal record of it being an actual human being. If victim had …
Chad – Victim Location 28658 Type of a scam Identity Theft They told me I had an old account with JcPenney. For 600.00. and that now it is 5,000.00 with Interest owed. They told me how much I made a week my street address how many cats I own and what model they were. He …
Carl – Victim Location 90043 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Tryp rideshare app is ponzi pyramid scheme. No cars riders or insurance..promised to launch months ago..my wife and I paid $600 over 3 month period. They get all your personal info to recruit other people. No app on google play …
Marisa – Victim Location 33712 Total money lost $27,000 Type of a scam Romance I met Tim Donald 7062 on instagram. I texted him briefly. Then he asked for my phone number. We connected with our kids. He claimed his wife died. We texted more often. He said he exported exotic cars to Dubai. He …
Jonathon – Victim Location 78666 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product The scammer posted a 2007 Shelby GT500 with 5k miles for $18,500 on craigslist. This car goes for $40,000 usually. The scammer used the name Stephanie McGuire and told me she was moving to Canada because her husband was the German Ambassador for Canada. …
Roger – Victim Location 33637 Type of a scam Rental Homeaway scam. Called himself Tom H. Johnson and asked for a security deposit consisting of $918 in the form of Bitcoin. Also, I was unable to view the property until I payed the security deposit. When you call the customer service number listed on the …
Travis – Victim Location 91775 Total money lost $120 Type of a scam Other My car was parked in a lot for less than 15 minutes and this tow company tried to tow my car. Verbally told me he could drop my car for 180$ at the time or 200+ at the tow yard. I …
Javier – Victim Location 91367 Type of a scam Identity Theft I work at Total Womans Gym in the Spa department i started employment in 09/2104 as a massage therapist.The job was good until i noticed some things were very peculiar.I noticed employees names seam to match all my close relatives names i just thought …
