Brenda – Victim Location 34475 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Home Improvement Mike Northcut came to my home to do an estimate for leveling. After doing his estimate he writes a receipt and takes the deposit for materials and never comes back. He has been called and texted several times to no …
Shaun – Victim Location 34758 Type of a scam Employment They are offering 98,000 a year to barely do any work. The pay monthly with no taxes deducted. The text font they use to email is nothing I’ve ever seen used by professional employers. They are stating that have an office in Orlando Florida but …
Luis – Victim Location 07871 Type of a scam Rental I responded to a craiglist rental and received an email from the person claiming to own the property. I confirmed it is a scam http://newjersey.craigslist.org/apa/6055314546.html Hello, I appreciate your response with your interest in renting from me. The house is still available with rent of …
Brian – Victim Location 33024 Total money lost $982 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was contacted by a woman named Ashley Conner claiming I was approved for a loan. She told me I had two options to secure my loan, to either get a cosigner with a credit score of 750 or …
Nathan – Victim Location 55411 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Online Purchase On October 5th I purchased a 26′ lace frontal body wave unit from someone on Instagram who goes by the name of @Micahthehairgod. Turns out he also previously went by the name @Iammicahdmac when his scam started to catch up …
Kelsey – Victim Location 77536 Type of a scam Phishing Received three calls today from a man identifying himself as Mark Gallagher. He said that people were coming to my home of record to find my adult daughter. He threatened (implied) she was in serious trouble and needed to call the above number by 5:30 …
Jennifer – Victim Location 43110 Type of a scam Home Improvement I receive approximately 2 to 3 of these every month for about 2 year. I receive a text asking for some sort of home improvement and always in the same text they ask if we take credit cards. I fell for the first one …
Manuel – Victim Location 90815 Type of a scam Phishing Jeff Davis has been calling and leaving voicemails for me. He states that there has been a formal complaint filed against me, that I need to call back "the department" to avoid further action. He gives me a file name with my first and last …
Brent – Victim Location 83687 Type of a scam Tech Support A white screen came up on my computer and it said it was critical that call this number right away so I called and gave them remote access he told me I had a virus on it and said I needed to pay money …
Tiffany – Victim Location 49286 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I won 80,000.00 in monitary funds that help disability, retired, even part and full time people.
Maggie – Victim Location 92129 Total money lost $3,080 Type of a scam Rental Scammer out up fake rental listing. Told me that I would get the keys upon a down payment of 3080. Upon completion of payment the scammer told me I would receive the keys at 8 pm on May 4, 2016. I …
Rodney – Victim Location 60025 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product The voice recording of “Molly from Apple” states that your iCloud has been breached. She then asks you to select #1 to be connected to Apple support. You are the connected to a call center that asks for your Apple ID and password. Jeffery …
Wesley – Victim Location 98198 Total money lost $160 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased a 30-day trial bottle that claimed to cost $4.95 only, and then I got charged $89.95 without my authorization. The ingredients and the cost of *** *** *** are missing from the main pngage. To discover the cost …
Brooke – Victim Location 68102 Type of a scam Employment This scam has been around for a few years but the latest one is localizing to Nebraska. Like the phone calls. Local freelance crew an production companies receive emails offering a job on a movie coming to Nebraska. It is untrue. Scammer is mining a …
Pedro – Victim Location 61602 Type of a scam Tech Support Pop up screen came up saying that my computer needed attention. 855-790-7316 Jason showed me all of the things that were wrong with the computer and outlined all of the problems with the computer and then asked for $149.00 to fix it. I said …
Kristy – Victim Location 53121 Type of a scam Online Purchase This company offers a "free trial" requesting only shipping ($5.00). After you order and receive the product you will receive an email advising you your Automatic Reorder has been shipped with a charge of 85.79 or more per item. This comes as a surprise, …
Alex – Victim Location 30319 Type of a scam Employment Someone managed to slip an email through my university’s email system indicating that Miracle Foundation is looking for new hires for the accounts payable department. It is said that individuals can work from home. Before I apply for a job, I always research the company …
Alison – Victim Location 75154 Type of a scam Online Purchase This scammer is selling GoldenDoodle puppies at a very low cost compared to other breeders. They offer free shipping and require you to sign a non-refundable contract. Then they require you to send them the money via wire transfer. When I would not agree …
Curtis – Victim Location 32309 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Must act immediately to claim prize of $2,575,000. Alexis – Victim Location 88540 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a letter I was a cash prize winner. Monetary Allocation Group (MAG) stated as of 9/16/2015 I was an official winner of $4,237,975.55 …
Wesley – Victim Location 48230 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Robotic call asks survey qu.stions to get you to a real person. Targeting senior citizens about falls
Todd – Victim Location 91791 Total money lost $13,500 Type of a scam Online Purchase On Jan 15th, 2018 we saw an add on craigslist for a BOBCAT. We are a small construction company and were looking to expand and increase our area of expertise. The add seemed honest and it provided a website were …
Nina – Victim Location 66608 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare Reduce cost of medicine and my monthly insurance cost.
Elizabeth – Victim Location 07108 Total money lost $183 Type of a scam Credit Cards I made a online purchase from them through Facebook page they have and I never received my order. I messaged them to let them know but no one responded to this day. It’s been since dec. 5
Jacob – Victim Location 89701 Total money lost $10,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase This person call me on Facebook message and send he is going to send a gift on cause me to pay the fee for the and keep tell altime to pay for customers fee etc i send money to malaysia …
Marvin – Victim Location 80211 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Letter stating that my name was crossed referenced using software targeting localized public records to confirm my identity and validate my eligibility. In order to get the check for $47,359.43 I only have to send in the confirmation form and $20 confirmation fee to MID. …
Victoria – Victim Location 22602 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes These people use a "ghost Voip" system that shows up as a legit number, it is NON STOP, I have blocked about 100 numbers already. They leave voice mails with no call back number.
Lori – Victim Location 76302 Type of a scam Employment it offers u free money for just referring people and then wont pay you for the earnings. it wont even contact you back and it says not found when trying to do a survey to claim money. a friend tried to claim theirs but got …
Katherine – Victim Location 70583 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I was contact by email from a Mystery Shopper Company, stating that I got the job as a mystery shopper and that they will pay me $300 for my first assignment. They already had my name, address, email, and phone number. I said …
Jeffery – Victim Location 79602 Type of a scam Employment Recently received a priority mail envelope that contained check for 1880 and instructions. I spoke with Winston at union bank and trust in Lincoln Ne. I forwarded the letter and check below by email so he can share with his fraud team.
Melinda – Victim Location 70785 Type of a scam Other the unclaimed property law of LA requires MetaBank to transfer funds from deposit, accounts, cards, shares or other interest to the state if the item has been inactive for specified period of time. that state will then hold your funds as custodian until you contact …
