Gloria – Victim Location 30127 Type of a scam Employment I was emailed about a position that I did not originally apply for. I applied for an office assistant position on ziprecruiter.com, whereas I was contacted about a personal assistant position for a person named Robert Marc. However, my daughter mentioned an email that was …
Claire – Victim Location 30909 Type of a scam Employment Hi, I was seeking employment through online applications (ziprecuriter) and they conducted an interview via google hangouts. Within the next 24 hours, I completed the job offer letter and received further instructions via email about receiving a check. Once the check arrived via fed ex …
Tiffany – Victim Location 94109 Type of a scam Other These people send emails fronting as Walgreens or Amazon. They are relentless scammers / spammers and should be shut down and punished !
Todd – Victim Location 46229 Total money lost $426 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I have been charged $35.50 for the past year. It was such a small amount I didn’t notice it coming out of my bank account. I was told that I signed up for service. That I submitted a form. I …
Brent – Victim Location 34119 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare Received a "yes" scam call. Voice (robo or real…don’t know) said it was some sort of medical company. Asked if I could hear?…mistakenly said "yes"…call then disconnected. They now have a "yes" response of my voice that could be used for fraudulent purposes. Assume the …
Isaac – Victim Location 38134 Type of a scam Utility Tuesday 7/30/19, apx 10:30 am. Mullins Station Baptist Church received call stating that utilities were about to be cut off. Call this # 1-800-433-2489 within 30 minutes to make payment on past due account. (that was recorded call.) When called #, spoke to person. In …
Emily – Victim Location 14615 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I received a call from this line, they said they are from a Medical Processor or something like that. They said they are on a recorded line. Then asked can you hear me now. Like a dummy, I said yes, then they hung up.
Brett – Victim Location 97211 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes he called and was humble and sweet. he said i won 8 million and i need to send in $2000 by wire.
Johnny – Victim Location 83646 Type of a scam Phishing Recieved a call saying they were "Medical Services, can you hear me ok?" i said yes and they hung up.
Andres – Victim Location 06360 Type of a scam Employment Offering a job from a Swiss-based company newly based in the US as a purchasing manager. Once I replied they mentioned needing some credit card information, not to include the numbers or expiration date. They said they would be sending money to either the credit …
Luke – Victim Location 20905 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare First got a call from 8053256256 with Indian accent, saying that I am qualified for knee and back braces, approved by medicare and asked for DOB and I gave to him :(. Then another number called, 773-645-1338 to fraudulently obtain personal information in the name …
Steve – Victim Location 33884 Total money lost $280 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill This guy takes your money on cash app to come fix your vehicle but never shows up! Or claims to fix your vehicle and it still doesn’t work
Stephen – Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes An older man called saying I had won a sweepstakes lottery for 5.5 million from some clearing house, as I had been been subscribed to Readers Digest years ago. He was checking whether I would be home to receive the check company agents would deliver. I was not …
Alicia – Victim Location 45801 Type of a scam Employment They initially made contact through email. Hired for an administrative assistant work from home. Sending a check via FedEx and supposed to use the check to buy office supplies from their select company.
Drew – Victim Location 60630 Type of a scam Employment "Juan" Manilla intially called me about a possible jobs at 2 places said I was good candidate. Then he texted me about an opportunity. I contacted him back being excited. Then he asked if we can do a phone interview. Then proceeded on his other …
Dawn – Type of a scam Identity Theft Mizmar Holdings used my home address to set up an account with Direct Energy Regulated Services. Direct Energy Regulated Services has sent the bill for their services ($484.95) to my address. Mizmar Holdings does not appear to have an address anywhere in Alberta nor a phone number. …
Samantha – Victim Location 30173 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted about a reshipping job. Like quality control. I filled out a w-4 and I am scared they are trying to make it seem like I have committed fraud. Please help.
Preston – Victim Location 37918 Total money lost $19.97 Type of a scam Online Purchase I bought a bra from an ad they had on Instagram well it took forever I got the bra it’s cheap material and it is so very small and I bought a large I’ve contacted them through email, fb and …
Charles – Victim Location 68164 Type of a scam Tech Support Our business received a phone call from a gentleman claiming to be with Microsoft. He requested licensing information over the phone (which we did not give him). He then asked for an email address so that we could electronically start the verification process. We …
Joseph – Total money lost $750 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was offered $8000 loan( approved) and was required to advance $750 Canadian dollars to a bitcoin machine atM&M Convenience on Molson Avenue in Winnipeg. I received a call exactly one hour later stating the lender had changed their mind, and required …
Billy – Victim Location 53404 Type of a scam Tech Support Called with thick foreign accent saying they were from Microsoft and that my computer had viruses. I gave them remote access and my bank acct. info. I closed my checking acct. before they could access it, however. They were going to charge me $299 …
Mitchell – Victim Location 71119 Total money lost $81.59 Type of a scam Online Purchase Kitchen aid mixers
Edwin – Victim Location 85756 Total money lost $12 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order This is the second secret shopper scam I have received in less than a week. The first one I actually believed it might be true. It was he same exact thing the man in the article went through. I …
Alison – Victim Location 30677 Type of a scam Tech Support Tried to tell me that my computer was being attacked by virus and needed a virus program, which they tried to sell me as a broker with a warranty!
Lauren – Victim Location 46217 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Dear Compliments of the season to you and members of your family. It is my pleasure to officially inform you that your name was on the list of those scammed victims, who was compensated by the Nigerian Federal Government to the sum of …
Grace – Victim Location 72756 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was contacted by a potential buyer for a motorcycle I am selling. The email came via a craigslist link. He claimed he wanted me to provide a VIN check on my cycle for him at a specific site. (motorvincheck.com), because he did not …
Virginia – Victim Location 57227 Type of a scam Tech Support These people call no less than 10 times daily from various numbers with the same area code. I am sick of it! Told them to stop, take me off their list and they continue.
Edward – Victim Location 07054 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was shopping for Michael Kors purses at a discounted price. I looked on Amazon.com, but didn’t find a good price. At the bottom of their page were additional websites not affiliated with Amazon.com. One of the websites said 80% off regular prices. I …
Cory – Victim Location 70560 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product A woman named Briana put a puppy online saying he was free. It was a pur bred Siberian Husky. So I private messages her saying I want him. She said she moved to Ohio and asked if I would go …
Katrina – Victim Location 55021 Type of a scam Home Improvement Storms came through. They’ve been calling for my parents. They said theyre located in Faribault, MN but ive never heard of them.
