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, …
Bridget – Victim Location 53559 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes PHONE SCAM FROM JAMAICA. CALLER SAID I WON MILLIONS FROM MEGA MILLIONS, PUBLISHER CLEARING HOUSE, WORLDWIDE WINNINGS. I JUST NEED TO JUST SEND $399 FOR TRANSFER FEE. TOLD THEM TO REMOVE MY NUMBER YET THEY CONTINUE TO CALL.
Rodney – Victim Location 33323 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A woman with a middle eastern accent called at 915pm saying i’ve won two plane tickets on Southwest. They tried to get information then hung up
Darryl – Victim Location 54901 Type of a scam Phishing I received a notice in the mail from US Bank, stamped as Important Tax Information, 1099-17. Inside it had the last 4 digits of my social security number and the last 4 digits of a credit card from a completely different bank. This was a …
Alberto – Victim Location 28314 Total money lost $206.50 Type of a scam Online Purchase My 17 year old daughter and a friend unwittingly purchased a cell phone. Without permission of course. The website is on Instagram as iphone.zone1 and iphoneforsalecheap. They both wired $195.00 apiece coming to a total of $206.50 from our local …
Leonard – Victim Location 14625 Type of a scam Employment I was sent an email from someone using the name ‘Jennifer Hatch’ inviting me to a job briefing/interview for a work-at-home data entry job opening at a company called Trafigura. I had to go through Google Hangout to get in contact with the hiring manager, …
Jasmine – Victim Location 92570 Total money lost $47 Type of a scam Online Purchase Placed online order through iHerb website for vitamins for my parents living in India. Below is confirmation email received after placing order. Order Number: 705085791-0 Date of Order: August 05, 2018 23:08 Shipping Method:DHL Express Estimated Delivery: August 10, 2018 …
Nichole – Total money lost $139 Type of a scam Online Purchase misleading ad on line free trial bottle for $5.99 shipping , balloons into hundreds of dollars, withdrawals from your visa account. visa is complicit in this scam by not shutting down payments immediately upon request by card holder ,instead they refer card holder …
Jacob – Victim Location 33313 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I recently was contacted from this company to purchase 2 iTunes gift cards and I wasn’t even thinking because this loan is much needed in my life right now. I gave my last to be able to get more …
Jerry – Victim Location 48507 Total money lost $25 Type of a scam Tech Support My parents have the iPhone 7 and had the support.apple.com/iphone/restore screen pop up on their phone. If you go to that link it simply shows you the solution do a hard reset or plug your phone into iTunes and update …
Micah – Victim Location 78942 Type of a scam Employment got a call from her saying she got my application on indeed, keep in mind I fill out over 15-20 applications almost everyday. she only asked for my drivers license along with my signature on the contract . after I completed all of that, the …
Shanna – Victim Location 75220 Total money lost $760 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I received phone called that I was approved for large amount loan. And made me put down money on Google play card so that I can get it transfer to my account. And it wasn’t true.
Andrea – Victim Location 91042 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product All known information is provided. I used to subscribe to iYogi Technical Support which would remotely Service my computer. The subscription has been expired for a long time. Someone has been calling me repeatedly for months from the above listed number and I think …
Dominique – Victim Location 21085 Type of a scam Online Purchase A boat was put on http://www.boatzez.com/k-sea+cat-page-1.html. When I clicked on the boat I was interested in it took me to this website http://boats.oodle.com/detail/1995-sea-cat-sl1-boat/4041950106-columbus-oh/, when you click on this site it takes you to http://columbusoh.global-free-classified-ads.com/listings/1-5-sea-cat-sl1-boat-i…⇄ where you can now click a button to contact the …
Angela – Victim Location 12110 Type of a scam Debt Collections This place calls repetitively – from different numbers around the country— never gives name or location, calls themselves ‘in house processkng’ And says they are reporting a claim against me. They call my parents house and my in laws. When I ask there name …
Brittney – Victim Location 48205 Type of a scam Rental this man park in front of my home, I can see him filling out a paper, he get out of the truck and come to the door with a sheet of paper saying he is the new management company, and said I was to pay …
Anna – Victim Location 82324 Total money lost $8,500 Type of a scam Romance I believe that this is a fake delivery service website that works with romance scams. Another fake company called SmithSource claims to be an international courier service (Afghanistan) and works with iomparr to get packages delivered into the US. A scammer …
Lisa – Victim Location 95051 Total money lost $25 Type of a scam Scholarship Just like many others who were trying to help a kid in need to go to the college, I too got scammed. It was late in the evening and a student knocked on door requesting help by subscribing to Mercury news. …
Chase – Victim Location 80233 Total money lost $30.93 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw a product on Instragram, went to the business/store page ,placed an order with my debit card, received an order #,set up an account. Money was debited, now when I track order # there is no such order.
Lindsay – Victim Location 77026 Type of a scam Employment I received several packages to my address. I was instructed to print out shipping labels and take the packages to FedEx. I was told i would receive 3000$ per month for safe delivery of packages to FedEx. I not to log in to upload a …
Valerie – Victim Location 38112 Type of a scam Phishing I recd a phone call at 10:45 AM this morning from man w/a very heavy voice (901-356-5805) who stated a person in my household had jury duty & had a warrant to be served. I told him no jury duty mail was not recd at …
Micah – Victim Location 54956 Type of a scam Tech Support Caller from "Microsoft Apple Support" with a thick foreign accent told me they have lost their license and are to refund to me $400. I never paid them $400 to begin with, so I knew this was a scamming ploy to get my bank …
Jesus – Victim Location 02857 Type of a scam Tax Collection called twice saying just to let me know irs is filing lawsuit against meand to return call immediately to get further information.
