Teresa – Victim Location 28412 Type of a scam Employment Job posted on idealist.org as a "Data Entry/Administrative Assistant" for *** ***. Was emailed regarding the position, said they wanted to do an online interview the next day. Following a brief online interview, was sent employment offer letter, was asked to sign and send basic …
Sierra – Victim Location 08210 Type of a scam Government Grant A Mark Donaldson contacted me through a Facebook “friend” that I hadn’t talked to in over a year about a government grant I won. I knew right away it was a scam but kept responding to get any information from him to report. Claimed …
Walter – Victim Location 95492 Type of a scam Phishing Received a call from someone who said they were from DirectTV. I was offered DirectTV $62.50 for 2 years with all premium channels and new equipment if I paid the 1st four months upfront with Amazon Gift card. I was receiving this offer because I …
Paula – Victim Location 72711 Type of a scam Government Grant Individual contacted me through Facebook and use my aunts Facebook messenger to encourage me to apply for a grant. She sent me a message stating the following: OKAY THIS IS IFC PRIVATE GRANT FOUNDATIONS ISSUING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY TO VARIETY OF …
Nathaniel – Victim Location 54452 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes "Private Caller" advised me that my name was randomly drawn to win $1.5 million from PCH in connection with the BBB, Walmart and Walgreen’s. I was to open a new bank acct. at one of 3 different banks the caller named, but I don’t bank …
Caleb – Victim Location 04750 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted by a Ken Anderson via snagajob email saying based on my resume he encouraged me to apply. I applied via a legit looking application and was interviewd by a Mr. Josh Salmons. We spoke from 10 am until 1:30 pm. I was …
Alisha – Victim Location 32211 Type of a scam Tech Support I am being contact two to three times a day about a refund for technical support on a computer when I don’t even own a computer! The support customer service person name was Jeff stated that he needed my banking information to deposit a …
Laura – Victim Location 70812 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN CALLING MY WORK PHONE FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS; ITS AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM WITH MY FULL NAME BEING DISCLOSED ON THE CALL; THEY ARE CALLING JOB SITES I DONT EVEN WORK AT, BUT THE LADIES KNOW ME FROM WORKING …
Cynthia – Victim Location 71486 Type of a scam Identity Theft Caller did not identify herself, left message to call this number. The number is not recognized by me and upon checking on reverse phone site investigation, it showed it was a residential location on Bass Point (looks like a subdivision area) in Newman Lake …
James – Victim Location 76112 Type of a scam Government Grant My step-grandmother messaged me on facebook. I thought it was strange because it said it was a FP messaging account without FB, and we are friends on FB. Once I realized it was a scam, I noticed the phone number was Nigerian.
Robin – Victim Location 55038 Total money lost $1,000 Type of a scam Identity Theft My phone stopped working all of a sudden so I called T-Mobile to see what was going on. They told me my phone number was ported out by someone and they would connect me with the fraud department. I was …
Adrienne – Victim Location 98031 Total money lost $750 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was scammed for $750. I found a website that breeds Samoyed puppies. The website was www.IcelandSamoyedsarena.com I filled out my information and soon enough they message me back a few hours later. I spoke with the person through email …
Janet – Victim Location 16101 Type of a scam Debt Collections Yes I would like to file a complaint with IMG Group I know this is a fraudulant scam using a west Middlesex pa number calling my whole family. 724-634-8431 I refused to give personal information would not give me any info because i wouldn’t …
Whitney – Victim Location 90716 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency First off he asked for my information on my i.d. then he asked me to come down to the his office.
Michael – Victim Location 11934 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw the cute puppies on a website they said they would ship my teacup yorkie by plane from ny to va for $700. I use zellpay on my chase acct. i then received an email the day i was …
Claire – Victim Location 83704 Type of a scam Online Purchase Clean website with lots of products, many obscure hobby stuff including the hard to find kit i was looking for at a fairly good price. No real contact information, but it seemed legit enough. The odd thing was they accepted paypal as well as …
Stefanie – Victim Location 21671 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations We obviously paid some money for a vacation in 2015 that we were not able to use. I have no idea how much was invested. I had no concrete information on in to even try to schedule it. My 97 year old Mother had to …
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Gina – Victim Location 38138 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill We received an invoice from IT Admin (ITA) for goods we never ordered. This is a company that we’ve never done business with and we’ve never reached out to them to do business. It almost went to our Accounting Dept. for payment but …
Ana – Victim Location 19703 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise I was sent an email from steve noah claiming to be from iq formulations offering me a job for 52,000 annually for a data entrt specialist position. He said he saw my resume on nationaljobbank.com. I gave him my name, phone #, and …
Richard – Victim Location 72019 Total money lost $45.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase Somehow my text thread with my son on iMessage got deleted which deleted a lot of photos which were attached to my iMessages. It is a computer program that is supposed to recover deleted data photos and iMessages. I did …
Tony – Victim Location 36016 Total money lost $10,000 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product ITR contacted me through Scott Freeman to offer some networking upgrade for our business and everything went peaching untill we got a box of "Cisco equipement", after they pretended to install everything and a week went by, we started having …
Danny – Victim Location 25306 Total money lost $400 Type of a scam Government Grant I received a text on my phone on the messenger from the number 1-678-810-7462 He told me to go an buy (200.00) ebay card and another (200.00) and took a picture and text him called the agent now he wants …
Michelle – Victim Location 94954 Total money lost $92.40 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Googled Rothy shoes – I know know it was a fake Rothy site that looks just like the real one. Checked out and then realized it was not the real Rothy. The confirmation said Roth.com and the receipt shows as …
Julia – Victim Location 21218 Total money lost $550 Type of a scam Other I signed up for a two day DMV weekend training class, when the time came she cancelled the class because the supplies didn’t arrive. She was from out of town so she didn’t refund the money back she went back home …
Lauren – Victim Location 42701 Type of a scam Debt Collections They said there was a warrant out for my arrest if I didn’t pay back taxes owed. They were reluctant to give much info. They repeatedly mentioned a 1048 form.
Eric – Victim Location 70744 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare These people call all hours of the day. Over 100 times. I’ve begged them to stop calling. They hang up on me. They’re asking for my credit card information. Andres – Victim Location 52807 Type of a scam Phishing The caller starts by asking " …
Philip – Victim Location 90249 Total money lost $29 Type of a scam Online Purchase I received a coupon email in my gmail inbox. I opened. And I decided to check out the website I liked a few things and I had a coupon from the email. So I purchased for a best friend and …
Vanessa – Victim Location 29611 Type of a scam Tax Collection Stated they were the IRS and they were going to arrest me and I will be in jail for up to 4 years. I had filed my taxes wrong. Hannah – Victim Location 29323 Type of a scam Tax Collection I owe taxes and …
Brad – Victim Location 80603 Type of a scam Other I saw this information on Facebook that it was a fraud I received one in the mail and thought I’d share because it had a different phone number
Micah – Victim Location 83686 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare A gentleman by the name of Bill Rutherford called claiming that he was from the Department of Insurance SHIBA program and stated that he was going to get me a better deal on health insurance. He stated that he was going to call back on …
