Colin – Victim Location 28314 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange I received an email from William Frost who told me he had received beneficiary funds after going to Nigeria. He also told me that he saw my name on a report like the one he was included on that indicated I to had …
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Jordan – Victim Location 35235 Total money lost $426.50 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare We were called by a company calling themselves Multi Plan when we to look them up on the internet before paying for health insurance, and found no problems with them. After getting our debit card number they then gave us a …
Bryan – Victim Location 43224 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted by someone on Facebook who pretended to be Mr Yang Lin who is the CFO of a company called Sinochem located in China. The individual told me that his company was looking for an account receivable agent in Europe and USA to …
Lance – Victim Location 55068 Type of a scam Home Improvement They claim to be a roofing company and insist on coming to your house to inspect your roof. We have told the caller we do not want services nor home visits and they continue to insist and call, saying you must agree to have …
Nina – Victim Location 41048 Total money lost $39.95 Type of a scam Moving I went online to the usps change address form. When you first google usps address change this site comes up first www.movercentral.org/usps. I continued to go on this site (thinking it was the accurate form to fill out) and they charged …
Jimmy – Victim Location 53147 Type of a scam Employment I recently applied for a job and received the following reply that appears to be a scam (pasted below). The company’s website have very few details and the phone number provided goes directly to a voicemail. I could find no other information about the company …
Roberto – Victim Location 76561 Type of a scam Tech Support Last year we had a problem with our computer and logged onto the Gateway repair site. They charged us but were unable to repair it. Today I received a call from someone from Windows stating they were to reimburse me the money I paid …
Jeremiah – Victim Location 97305 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations A woman calling herself Marie from a gifting company, asked if I could hear her. I knew about this scam, but was not awake and answered yes before I thought to hang up. Immediately there was a strange pause, then she started to talk about …
Katie – Victim Location 32724 Total money lost $120 Type of a scam Credit Cards I looked at an app through iTunes called ME. And I was immediately charged for a yearly subscription for one year without my permission and when I tried to refund my money no one cannot refund my money and there …
Thomas – Victim Location 02889 Type of a scam Phishing The person called at 8:45pm- as an aggravated mother who had just gotten her kids to sleep I picked up the phone, asked them what time it was and that I had 2 children. The caller said you have 2 children? I said yes now …
Kelli – Type of a scam Travel/Vacations We were contacted by Jason Davis, claiming he had an investor interested in purchasing several Timeshares. He verified details of ours – no idea where he would have obtained the details and didn’t think to ask. I provided him with our email address so he could transmit a …
Cassandra – Type of a scam Credit Cards This individual, John Lukeman contacted one of our sales account managers in hopes of buying an order worth $14,010.00 CAD. The individual from Mazawi Consulting said he would like to pay by credit card. Company policy is we do not ship out any gear if the customer …
Nicholas – Victim Location 70119 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Employment This convention vendor advertises for local workers via craigslist to work at ComicCons and other conventions selling tshirts and swag. Unfortunately they do not pay the workers as promised. After over 30 hrs of work the promised rate of $10-13 hr, …
Bruce – Victim Location 43635 Type of a scam Phishing Foreigners who cannot hardly speak English make sure you are in the area code 419 to make it look legit to buy a vacation. When I tell them I’m not making any promises by the end of the phone call or ask them if they …
Sarah – Victim Location 38016 Type of a scam Utility We received a call in our office this morning stating there was no activity on our MLGW utility account in the last 30 days and they would be disconnecting our service. We know our bills are current, so instantly knew this was a hoax. After …
Wesley – Victim Location 31326 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a letter in the mail stating that I had won a grand prize of $250,000 from Mutual Financial Incorporated which they had enclosed a check for $3,750.00 but there was a processing fee of $3400.00 that needed to be paid before I could …
Randi – Victim Location 83301 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I came home and my husband was on the phone with a person who he said was his friend. He said he needed to take a $299 dollar check down to the bank made out to "Mary Collier". I called the number back and asked …
Miranda – Victim Location 02190 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan A friend claimed that he sent a package through these people and used my address. They contacted me to let know they have the package but that it is stuck in Mexican customs and that I needed to pay $2000 tax before 2/7. …
Chad – Victim Location 85053 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Mr. Michael Bush called and stated I won the following: a certified check for $560,000 and a bonus amount of $30,000 and one year free gasoline and on year free insurance. He would deliver it to the door. But I needed to ‘fill out the …
Katie – Victim Location 90250 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Received in the mail fake check with instructions. Market force secret shopper survey there was an enclosed check in the amount of $1,680 ready to be deposited into the bank and cashed. Once cashed the instructions stated to go to the nearest Walmart …
Brendan – Victim Location 53118 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A woman called to let us know we should have received a blue envelope letting us know we received a second prize for $500,000 in a mixed international sweepstakes connected, we thought, with Publishers Clearing House. She connected us with an attorney from Mayer and …
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Taryn – Victim Location 59102 Type of a scam Phishing I was called by "Voicemail" times and if I didnt say anything it hung up. Simply answer the phone and get to the technician and say "I dont care" the dude laughed and hung up. They claim to know of several people in 7 different …
Roy – Victim Location 20194 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Chase check given for Secret Shopper for Walmart – $ 2250 – $50 for item I have to purchase, and instructions to send 2 Wamard2Walmart money orders through the Money Service Center and then to email results of survey. Elizabeth – Victim Location …
Natasha – Victim Location 70633 Total money lost $12 Type of a scam Employment On August 2,2017 I came across this job opportunity off of a job career site. I sent my resume and received a email stating that I needed to contact a Mrs. Hannah George Brooks at [email protected] regarding the position. I did …
Jenna – Victim Location 38637 Total money lost $2,000 Type of a scam Employment These people send packages to your house and have you mail it to certain addresses through your local postal. They don’t pay you. They also want you to provide them with your bank account number.
Andre – Victim Location 04350 Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories The company of Marketing Administration LTD. using the "Yellow Pages America"{ sends a fax and asks to verify your business info. You sign it and fax it back, next thing you know you are getting bills for $1000.0 for some thing you didn’t order. …
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Lindsey – Victim Location 60013 Type of a scam Other This insidious guy called my cell number to "collect" a voice sample from me. He claimed he was from the Mayor’s Office of Chicago. He successfully got a "Yes" after his first question. Scammers may be using the “Yes” recording of your voice to authorize …
Joel – Victim Location 23111 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Claimed was from Marriott offering a free hotel night stay. Trying to get me to say ‘yes.’ Call was from 502-795-8256.
Devon – Victim Location 32229 Type of a scam Employment Pay me $250 per assignment. received a priority mail delivery with a check for $2980 with instructions to deposit the check into my personal acct go to apple store and purchase 3 Iphone 6’s phones w/ 64 gigs 4.7in screen size and unlocked and contract …
Cindy – Victim Location 20002 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief I was called by a private number to settle a debt amount and was warned that I was going to be brought to court. I asked for a number to call back. When I called the number, I was verbally intimidated
