Victor – Victim Location 93901 Total money lost $97 Type of a scam Online Purchase This website looks legitimate, and I found it through facebook. I ordered 2 baseball jerseys for $39.99 each. Shipping was supposed to be free, but turns out it’s not. They added $15 for it, plus an insurance fee of $3. …
Austin – Victim Location 68046 Type of a scam Debt Collections On Tuesday, August 14, 2018, I received a voicemail from someone calling himself a County Dispatch Officer (402-593-4471). The voicemail stated that this was a legal matter concerning failed attempts to serve legal documents. The voicemail states that this is a time sensitive matter …
Alisha – Victim Location 37656 Type of a scam Online Purchase I went to www.maltesehome.com and found 11 week old puppies for sale. I sent my contact information and they immediately responded with an email and a text message. Their phone number is a "skype" number and the website has pictures of puppies for $380 …
Desiree – Victim Location 32773 Type of a scam Employment This company posted a job online for a WAH position and it’s a scam. First they want you to pay $50 for a background check which is over price. Then they want you to pay $50 per paid period, meaning to simply get paid they …
Preston – Victim Location 01588 Type of a scam Online Purchase This site pretends to be a breeder for corgi dogs. The phone number is in VA but the IP reports they are in KS I filled out a form of intrest and the replied via text. I asked for prices and the figure they …
Noah – Victim Location 77705 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief A letter came is the mail claiming to be from a ministry. It promises debt relief through prayer and strongly encourages the receiver to send a "seed" or hundreds if not thousands of dollars to continue the spread of the word. Accepting not …
Jeffrey – Total money lost $180,000 Type of a scam Romance This person Marco Scar[censored] also goes by the name of Dean Polisano. He meets ladies online, targeting ladies that have just recently broken up a relationship and have children. He is a scammer that I fell for, over $180,000 worth. He’s still in "business" …
Donna – Victim Location 92116 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill A car was offered for sale for $1500 (well below kbb value). The car was to be shipped in 2-3 business days, I was to have 5 days to inspect the car before sending any money. The next day i received a fake …
Logan – Victim Location 23238 Type of a scam Other Have received 4 or 5 calls from toll free numbers asking to identify myself by giving them the last four digits of my SS#. I have not and will not. They in turn have given me a four digit number, that is not mine and …
Christina – Total money lost $95 Type of a scam Online Purchase I tried to buy coins for nhl ea 18 from this website and they just took my money. I feel stupid. But I trusted their website. I just want justice
Samuel – Victim Location 90005 Type of a scam Rental I was searching for apartments on apartments.com when I found an unusually cheap studio that had beautiful furnishings inside. I looked at the address and saw that if was within the same block as where I currently live, I decided to contact them without any …
Stefanie – Victim Location 79424 Type of a scam Employment Received email claiming to be from Walmart wanting secret shopper to cash USPS money order for $900+. Sender wanted you to go to Walmart and cash money order and send money order minus your $120 fee. USPS priority mail arrived with instructions. Return address from …
Leonard – Victim Location 08204 Type of a scam Employment I received via priority 2-Day mail, a cashiers check in the amount of $1,796.00 drawn "Communication Federal Credit Union, located in Oklahoma City, Ok," along with a letter of instruction asking me first to text the company when assignment received identifying myself in the text, …
Brett – Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Investment I would like to remain anonymous in fear of repercussions but there is a scam taking place in the Edmonton area at the moment that seems to be gaining traction. It is a company called mealife. It is suppose to be a home food …
Jack – Victim Location 63109 Type of a scam Debt Collections A company claiming to be Yellow Pages Online (three weeks later called Marketing Inc.) phoned my business claiming to have provided services from April 2014 to Dec. 2015 and wanting me to pay a bill of over $2000.00 via phone or fax. They claim …
Tonya – Victim Location 28210 Type of a scam Identity Theft Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office Warrants and Citations Division called to say that I owed fines for missing jury duty. Caller described ways that I could remove the citations from my record. These involved getting money orders. I hung up finally when I realized it was …
Candace – Victim Location 33029 Total money lost $179.98 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare MediGuard 360 offered by ATLAS Benefits is a SCAM. They called me October 3rd and offered to provide a LOW COST insurance for my father. They asked me for all the information and enrolled me in. I got trapped into the …
Ann – Victim Location 80220 Type of a scam Online Purchase This individual posted concert tickets for sale on the Denver Craigslist classifieds. When I expressed interest, the individual offered to transfer the tickets into my name at will call so that I could pick them up the night of the concert. I received an …
Carmen – Victim Location 06492 Type of a scam Tax Collection I received an automated phone call stating that I had an execution from the US Treasury Department from the IRS about a fraud in my name. I was told that they would help me before it went to Federal Court. I did not believe …
Eugene – Victim Location 48377 Type of a scam Online Purchase Forwarded Message —– From: MediaLid To: `Margery Jablin Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018, 5:00:05 PM EST Subject: MediaLid – Thank You for Registering! Your unlimited access awaits. Unlimited Trial Confirmation Thank you for joining MediaLid Trial Membership, start enjoying now. Access Library Account Info …
Kaitlin – Victim Location 20106 Type of a scam Phishing Caller claimed to be working on behalf of Mary Washington University. She asked for my son who is researching colleges. She had information that my son has supplied to college research websites: His graduation year, sports he plays and intended major. I googled the phone …
Kimberly – Victim Location 80922 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare After mistakenly sending them information, believing them to be a state medicare website, they have ceaselessly called my father’s phone pretending to be actual medicare workers. They have changed phone numbers multiple times to bypass his blocking of their numbers, and have continually harassed him, …
Gary – Victim Location 40220 Total money lost $250 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was to pay 50.00 for a loan of 5250.00. They got my money via money gram for 250.00. In turn they were supossed to deposit 5250.00 into my checking account at *** ***. The money was taken on …
Anne – Victim Location 61108 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare These people call 50 times a day they don’t care that your not interested they don’t care that you tell them never call again they actually will call more if you get nasty with them. It is now pure harassment the phone doesn’t stop ringing …
Margaret – Victim Location 99362 Type of a scam Online Purchase The good news is I didn’t give any financial information or pay anything but it was close. I think they got suspicious because I asked many questions.
Teresa – Victim Location 89044 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare Man called as a representative of Medicare. His name was Chris (East Indian accent). Asked for me by name and said that Medicare was being billed for a knee or back brace. I replied that the information he had was incorrect. He read off some …
Victoria – Victim Location 95132 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I received 2 calls from a supposed representative of Medicare. They offered me a free back brace if over 65 and not receiving a previous brace for over 5 years. They new my name, address and phone number, plus my age. I was suspicious as …
Donna – Victim Location 78218 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was looking on my local craigslist at husky’s and I saw a post that had three puppies all lined up and I decided to e-mail this person for nuts to see where the dogs were located because it didn’t say on the ad. …
Ashleigh – Victim Location 80020 Total money lost $29,874.86 Type of a scam Home Improvement Hired Mojo Home Projects on 10/3/2015 to Manage a Structrual – Drainage (French Drains) – Basement Remodel. Estimated time of completion was 2 Months by Christmas, 12/25/2015. 11/1/2015-12/1/2015: First Phase – Structrual Proposal & Paid: $26,282.50 -Hired Pinnacle Engineering -Mojo …
Martin – Victim Location 54915 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Scammer by the name of James Anderson stated I had won the Mega Million Jackpot of $2.5 million. I didn’t fall for the hoax.
