Jason – Victim Location 53094 Total money lost $900 Type of a scam Other This man, Marvin Nowakowski, is a fraud! He quoted me $1300 for doing my driveway in concrete, and the money i paid him, he spent. The only thing he did was tear up my asphalt. 2 1/2 months later, I paid …
Julian – Victim Location 85014 Type of a scam Employment I felt like things weren’t adding up. I wasn’t going to receive a huge amount of money just for doing the "humanitarian tasks", I didn’t have to do it in order to ask for an interview. I was signing up for office assistant. But now …
Anne – Victim Location 10027 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Employment This company had me doing work for a month and mailed me my check when the company claimed they were sending checks out again. They requested my bank info to do a deposit but I declined. When I got the check …
Emily – Victim Location 78415 Total money lost $1,300 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Told me that the computer software that they sold me had a problem and I was due a refund of a $150. 00 and go get a money gram and send it to china to this name JIQIU LU for …
Anne – Victim Location 75243 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I applied to be a Secret Shopper for Walmart advertised through Survey Monkey, from HGTV site for 2018 home give away contest, that I was entering for twice a day, so I thought it might be legit…….I gave my email address. Later I …
Joseph – Victim Location 33705 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan The creditor stated that the amount was own scene 2007 and now there are collecting the money or they are going to have a judgement to be sent to court and possible a lawsuit.
Ana – Victim Location 78650 Type of a scam Employment automated message, spams calls daily, no info online. others have experiences and commented on same occurances.
Seth – Victim Location 65201 Total money lost $34 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was searching on Pinterest, and found this website had an article of clothing that I really wanted. I went to their sit looked around and decided to go ahead and order the item. After the order was placed, I …
Michelle – Type of a scam Phishing These people keep calling us under different business names asking if we are planning on changing locations. I stayed on the phone with them to get more information. They said they want to know for their 2016 Annual Report including our business profile, I asked where they got …
Shana – Victim Location 15235 Type of a scam Tech Support Call this number to renew this macaffee. She let them remote in but did not pay. He was asking for $100.
Cheryl – Victim Location 84604 Type of a scam Rental Property was posted on craigslist as for rent with no pictures. Got this email response to an inquiry: <span title="——————————————————————————————–——————————————————————————–…⇄ /> Hi, Thanks for your email. The house is still available. Let me start by introducing myself. I am hearing impaired,not deaf though just Hard …
Janet – Victim Location 94568 Type of a scam Other This website tried to scam me but having me purchase a English Bulldog via money gram and when they sent me the contract for the English Bulldog he claimed that the parents were AKC registered and so was the litter but when I called AKC …
Alisha – Victim Location 10001 Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories Name: Blake Thompson NA Email Address: [email protected] Subject: Notification Message: I am happy to tell you that Interdependence Project was chosen for the 2018 Best of Manhattan Awards in the category of Community Service & Non-Profit Organizations. The Best of Manhattan Award was created …
Leonard – Victim Location 15644 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Online Purchase Signed up for Pittsburgh Margarita 5k. Organization canceled 1 week prior and offered refund or run in race whenever rescheduled. Requested refund numerous times. No response what so ever. Have copy of the email offering tefhnd.
Eddie – Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order SMS saying: MB HYDRO sent you funds. Visit http://carrier-services1.com/mb-hydro ——- While the domain is registered to: George Lavoie Street:4070 Confederation Pkwy City:Mississauga State:Other Postal Code:L5B 0E9 Country:CA the IP address: 78.106.16.116 originates in the Ukrane
Nathan – Type of a scam Employment This lady offered me Operations manager position with a high salary. She said she got my cv from indeed.com. I have posted my cv on indeed.com. Without any interview she provided the employment contract. Then she said she guide me to open new office in Montreal. She said …
Leah – Victim Location 10469 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw this nice car link shared by a friend on Facebook and proceed to the website and since the price was super, I proceeded to contact the seller and see the e-mail I received as a reply below: “”Maria Gomez [email protected] Oct 26 …
Tamara – Victim Location 89108 Type of a scam Employment I applied to a personal assistant position through snagajob. I received an email asking me to answer some badic interview questions. Then I had a phone interview, and was hired. The next day I received an email instructing me to reveive a money order to …
Calvin – Victim Location 57105 Type of a scam Online Purchase Online ad posted for 2 female golden retriever puppies located in Aberdeen, SD. I made arrangements through texting to go see the dogs with intent to purchase. After my 3 hour drive to see the dogs, the address given was not valid, and there …
Karen – Type of a scam Online Purchase Hello I came across this website looking to buy a bike light. I paid $250 dollars for it. 3 weeks later there was no product. I reported the issue to PayPal and to my visa. They did their investigation and it was a scam. I received a …
Veronica – Victim Location 10977 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a check from Mariner Finance 2525 Wheatland Road, Dallas TX 75237 made out from Commercial Bank of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Check Number 75874 dated 12/5/17 for $4,964.86.
Andres – Victim Location 80222 Type of a scam Charity I received an email from Make Room thanking me for signing a petition to the Denver City Council. I haven’t signed a petition in years. If my name is on a petition that is fraud. Dealing with the email spam and solicitation for money is …
Kurt – Victim Location 34983 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I offered a car battery for sale on Craigslist. ‘Tony’ contacted me via text saying he wanted it. He said he was moving away from my area, would send me a check and his mover would pick the battery up. ‘Tony’ would include …
Morgan – Victim Location 32301 Total money lost $250 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was very excited to get my puppy. We had agreed to $450 with free shipping. I sent $250 at first and was going to send $200 once I got my puppy. The day my puppy was supposed to arrive …
Jay – Victim Location 46979 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief Received a phone call from a foreign speaking gentleman named Mark. He stated he was with Experian Credit report agency and was calling to lower the interest rates on my credit cards. I told him I was not interested, he said wait, wait …
Lance – Victim Location 86442 Type of a scam Online Purchase hi again,the car is located at Amazon warehouse in Redmond,WA. It’s already packed and waiting to be delivered anywhere (i will pay the shipping so all you have to pay is only $1,600). Like i said, we will use Amazon so we can both …
Molly – Victim Location 30127 Total money lost $60,000 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A man named Michael White keeps calling me about my winning the Lottery.
Steve – Victim Location 27604 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Email states to deposit the check they send you. Wire them money through western union to see customer service of western union. Check will bounce and you are out over 1300 dollars
Carl – Victim Location 08701 Type of a scam Tech Support A voicemail was left by "Kathy Jackson" from Microsoft. It was obviously computer generated and said they were from Microsoft Refund Department. They said tech support was shutting down and they were attempting to contact me to issue a refund. The message was so …
Joel – Victim Location 48221 Type of a scam Identity Theft Caller pretends he received an error message from your computer & it needs repair for a fee.
