Rebekah – Victim Location 37874 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I answered an e-mail that was sent to me to become a secret shopper at wal-mart. . I answered and gave my address and phone number. The next contact was an e-mail that said I would be receiving information by mail. Next contact …
Jorge – Victim Location 90275 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Hello. Dont pay attention on my grammar, I am from Romania.I installed mine virus on your OS.Since that moment I stole all personal information from your system. Withal I had some more compromising evidence.The most interesting evidence that I have- its a videotape …
Gary – Victim Location 79097 Type of a scam Tech Support He called and said he was with Microsoft cyber security He wanted to run a diagnostic on my computer
Cristina – Victim Location 98271 Type of a scam Online Purchase I went to the web site michellcorgis.com and inquired about adopting a puppy. They contacted me immediately and wanted to know more about me as a future pet owner, where I live and how soon I wanted a puppy. It seemed legit to me …
Patrick – Victim Location 94102 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product This scam is difficult for me to describe, because I had no idea about it before I became a target for victimization. Essentially, the representative from Motivational Press played the part of someone who was interested in publishing a book. This included various things …
Hillary – Victim Location 75074 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill This company runs a scam by calling your business and confirming the address you are located plus the person’s name who he’s asked. Once he confirms this information he will send product to your company in the attention of the person’s name he …
Albert – Victim Location 15220 Type of a scam Tech Support We received an automated phone call informing us our computer software license had expired. The call instructed us to call 855 339 0607 to renew our software license Ivan – Victim Location 80011 Type of a scam Tech Support It was a robo dialer …
Larry – Victim Location 70739 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Received phone call from Christine Whyte who stated that I won a lottery from Moulty State Lottery Net Limited. Stated I emerged a winner under the Second Category (promotional draws). The draw was held Jan. 1, 2018 and officially announced on March 10, 2018. A …
Chase – Victim Location 08046 Type of a scam Debt Collections they have been calling stating that a claim had been against me for the last three years or more never been served court papers they have all my information but are using an old email address
Renee – Victim Location 96844 Type of a scam Tech Support Consumer received a call from Micro World Solution at 855-326-5711 out of blue offering to assist her. She experienced a remote tech assistance before and signed up for a monitoring program, which worked previously with another company and thought this is the same company, …
Erika – Victim Location 57719 Type of a scam Debt Collections The names of the ladies I talked to were Jasmine Johnson and Karen Atwater saying that Direct Pay Loans were filing charges against me for intentionally closing my bank to keep them from getting their loaned money payment back. She said she was a …
Evelyn – Victim Location 33189 Total money lost $63.25 Type of a scam Online Purchase My dad saw an ad of a vacuum cleaner of this "vendor" on Facebook. We went directly to the website www.mikimike.com and proceeded with the purchase. It said that with the purchase, an email will follow along and then a …
Caroline – Victim Location 10003 Type of a scam Employment I responded to a craigslist post seeking a video editor. The body text of the post was as follows: "SOFTWARE COMPANY is hiring Adobe premier video editors. We are planning to document our business software with interesting videos that will be used as software tutorials. …
Krystal – Victim Location 70115 Type of a scam Online Purchase These people advertised a truck online. When asked about it, they said they were located ini St. Cloud Minnesota and I’d have to use their shipping company to purchase the truck. The shipping company they use offers escrow, which is a lie. Its all …
Jeremiah – Victim Location 33139 Total money lost $1,716 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Recently we have encountered with fraud practice from a company located in Florida. On date 21st March 2018 we signed a contact with Milestone Resources LLC who are located in Florida and dealing in sale of Scrap Material. We …
Angela – Victim Location 86403 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency ———- Original Message ———- From: mrs nicole Benoite Marois To: undisclosed-recipients:; Date: March 18, 2018 at 7:31 PM Subject: Greetings dear friend Dear Beloved Friend, Greetings. Please let this not sound strange to you because I am not asking you for money, for my …
Mallory – Victim Location 48288 Total money lost $412 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief Company promotion charges $3-600.00 promised to take your current score from whatever it is to 600+ in 60 days. I paid January 12th 2014 and had to call for updates no changes have been done or made by the …
Nikki – Victim Location 72715 Type of a scam Phishing Received a call saying they were from Mercy. Looked odd because it was a Moore, OK phone number and my clinic is in Arkansas. They asked if my name was FW and I said that it was. They said they did not understand and I …
Manuel – Type of a scam Moving The caller asks if our business is planning on moving, where and when we will be moving. They say that they are conducting research and have a note that we are planning on moving. They have called my office twice this morning (an hour between calls) even after …
Whitney – Victim Location 37128 Type of a scam Tech Support Email sent Jan 26, 2017 states: Jim from the FTC called and said they are waiting for us next week. Here is the subpoena: https://www.ftc.gov/subpoenas/January/617110428/FTC_subpoena_kandyz13.doc Thank you Philip Evans Junior Accountant email Phone: 603-501-6763 Fax: 603-501-0840 I didn’t try to open the link because …
Katherine – Victim Location 74055 Type of a scam Employment I found a Craigslist advertisement that was saying if i put a Mountain Dew Energy Drink decal on my vehicle that they would pay me $400 for every week that i kept the decal on my vehicle. They only communicated through text messages and would …
Shaun – Victim Location 85003 Type of a scam Employment They are using a picture of an employee at state run university as the linkedin profile pic From: Logan Molina Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:38 AM To: Subject: Re: To from Logan. Contract. Thank you for the follow up, sir. I am not sure …
Christine – Total money lost $100 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased a scratch off map from this company not realizing that when you buy something from them they automatically subscribe you to make monthly donations. Once I realized this, I unsubscribed but they still keep charging my credit card every month! I’ve …
Roy – Victim Location 02115 Total money lost $2,000 Type of a scam Rental I came across a listing on Apartments.com for a lovely studio in the South End of Boston. The rent was only $1000/month and it looked beautiful, so I inquired on their website with my email attached. A day later I received …
Brianna – Total money lost $60 Type of a scam Online Purchase This company had an ad on *** for a free trial bottle of Garcinia Cambodia. I ordered it under the understanding that it was a sample trial bottle and not a monthly trial subscription. I ordered it online with my cell phone and …
Randi – Victim Location 44555 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief About making money from home helping rebuild credit ,stop foreclosures,etc, and it says cash perfect is free!
Gloria – Type of a scam Other Signed up on FB-immediately got an email saying I’d be charged$50 Euros($75-Can). This freaked me out so after 24 hr waiting period, I went to their website to try to cancel my acct. Each time I did that a message came up saying there was a tech problem …
Marvin – Victim Location 59912 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I contacted the person named Michael Good on the website vacationtimesharerentals.com about his listing on July 8th, 2018. Timeshare ID#137204: Timeshare’s Owner: Imperial Hawaii Vacation Club, Hawaii, United States Rent: US$1,500/week Buy: Not for Sale Availability: Almost Any Time Unit Size: …
Kenneth – Victim Location 96701 Total money lost $286 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Fake sell of laptop scam invoide scam shipping company extortion to collect goods that never existed
Corey – Victim Location 75662 Type of a scam Online Purchase They are trying to sell puppies. I was interested in one. Did not feel right, them asking for payment without them confirming which pup I wanted. Wanted me to send money via MoneyGram or western union. 550 for puppy and 80 for shipping. They …
