Jeffery – Victim Location 55422 Type of a scam Home Improvement Daily calls from this number stating they are in my area and are offering a free roof inspection. Very pushing and refuse to put me on a "no call" list. They hang up immediately if any questions are asked about the authenticity of the …
Lawrence – Victim Location 83642 Type of a scam Credit Cards Mike texted me asking me to build a deck. Do you build deck? He wanted to pay by credit card. He asked for the name of my bank. I told him I needed cash or cashier’s check. Asked me to set up a credit …
Eddie – Victim Location 70001 Type of a scam Online Purchase I went to purchase a mini Pomeranian puppy via the website minifluffypoms. com and saw a puppy I wanted. When I asked about where the pets were located, I was told in Alexandria OH 43001 with address in another city Columbus OH I learned …
Meredith – Victim Location 15216 Type of a scam Tech Support I was on my computer fixing my google email account when all the sudden a screen pops up and said I had a virus, my hard drive was compromised and I should call tech support at 1-800-875-6182. They proceeded to tell me everything that …
Kristopher – Type of a scam Tech Support When caller asked me to go to my computer saying he was from microsoft technical support and he wanted to fix my problem, I informed him I don’t own a computer and only use my cell phone, he hung up.
Jaime – Victim Location 85262 Total money lost $250 Type of a scam Investment He is an unlicensed mechanic working out of his yard but he is notorious for taking people’s money, not being able to fix their cars and then keeping all the money. I have a newer truck he just did this to …
Adrian – Victim Location 39466 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I was shopping around for healthcare plans. I entered my info in this website and as soon as I submitted the info my phone started ringing off the hook. I’ve had over 20 calls in the last 3 hours. When I ask to be removed …
Diane – Victim Location 90001 Total money lost $1,158 Type of a scam Online Purchase Placed an order. Theyy sent with planetshippinglogistics.com who scammed extra delivery fee and then tried to scam more money. I refused to pay more money so I didn’t get my order. Mr Cannabis Australia was contacted and told about this. …
Sheena – Victim Location 77090 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I was emailed an assignment to evaluating money Gram Services in my area and use a feedback mechanism. They sent me a check in the amount of $2,450.85 to deposit into my bank for 24 hours for the fund to be made available. Deduct …
Garrett – Victim Location 31206 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange Dear Associate! Mr. OH SUNGIL is my name, a Banker and credit system programmer. I saw your email id while browsing through the bank DTC Screen in my office yesterday, so I believe we should use this opportunity to know each other better. …
Alexandra – Victim Location 70122 Total money lost $269 Type of a scam Online Purchase Paul Bernadino, owner of MonasteryGarments.com takes peoples’ money for orders of custom-made garments, does not make the garments and must be asked daily about the status of an order for 8 months, and then sends something like looks like a …
Krystal – Victim Location 34748 Type of a scam Online Purchase Saw this www site selling yorkies, no contact numbers. I sent an email saying I was interested in buying a puppy. Immediate response said great choose a puppy from the 8 or 9 pictured. Also said she (Angie) was deaf and only communicated via …
Walter – Victim Location 31558 Type of a scam Employment They send an email offering employment and then ask you to answer threw hangout and then when you answer someone else sfarts talking to you and offer you the position and ask you for other information. She says you have to buy whole bunch of …
Angela – Victim Location 33015 Total money lost $99.85 Type of a scam Online Purchase As a student I usually buy books from Amazon. I like their service, so on seeing an invitation to fill out a survey, I did and was led to get a reward. I chose a watch. The reward specified that …
Deanna – Victim Location 35582 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a secret shopping opportunity. I received a check and letter in the mail asking me to deposit it, then leave enough to pay myself and money gram fees. Next, I was to wire money via money gram. When I went to …
Jessica – Victim Location 75236 Total money lost $77 Type of a scam Employment Job fair website pop up advertise making money at home had to pay $77 to get started come to find out it wasn’t what i thought it was.Requested a refund they told me i have to call them back in 30 …
Maggie – Victim Location 44035 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Consumer received a piece of mail from Mountain view Publishing as a final notice to claim their prize. The prize amount stated on the letter was $209,828.13. They said that consumer would need to fill out the form, and send a credit card order for …
James – Victim Location 03060 Total money lost $14.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I clicked on a sponsored ad through FACEBOOK for what I believed to be a website for costumes. Placed an order, never received a confirmation or receipt, or said products but money was drafted from my account. I looked further …
Vincent – Victim Location 60073 Type of a scam Debt Collections About a year ago my wife received invoices for a Play Station which was delivered to an address in Maryland. We live in Illinois. We never ordered anything from Montgomery Ward. The real company did go bankrupt many years ago and we did call …
Craig – Victim Location 65560 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I think I signed up online to work for them but heard nothing back, I got a "priority mail 2-day" from USPS. It had a letter headed with "Customer Service Evaluation Tool (CSET). Confidential is printed across the whole paper too. The letter …
Angelica – Victim Location 62026 Total money lost $30 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered from this site and never got my product. They also do not respond to e-mails.
Alexander – Victim Location 33160 Total money lost $1,250 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was sold a parrot online and asked to send the money by western union and they would shipped the bird once they received the money. I sent the $1,250.00 to Texas and once they collected the money they never …
Jesse – Victim Location 90049 Type of a scam Phishing Just got a call from a mortgage so call company. She said "Can you hear me" not knowing the trick I said "yes". Then she hung-up Immediately. What could happen from here on? I have no idea…..
Brent – Victim Location 48189 Type of a scam Online Purchase I also purchased a Miracle Scrapers in November 2018. I was billed the correct amount for these scrapers and received the item. I recently June 2019 also noticed another charge for $9.95 on my account and went back I went back through my statements …
Sandra – Victim Location 37317 Type of a scam Phishing I received a letter telling me I needed to contact Upromise about money I had coming and wa thinking I needed to contact BBB about ti so be aware there are others getting thi also
Micheal – Victim Location 49319 Total money lost $850 Type of a scam Other These guys husband and wife lied to me and didnt complete the job then told me i had to leave when i said something
Jimmy – Victim Location 22066 Total money lost $850 Type of a scam Online Purchase he sells puppies using stolen pics and info from other legit breeders websites, takes money and never send a puppy
Linda – Type of a scam Online Purchase Found product listed on kijiji in Ontario. Company claims to be "headquartered in the United States in Chicago, and in Turkey in Istanbul" but Google StreetView shows that the US address listed is a residential address. Inaccurate information on their website, and product details are vague; product …
Garrett – Victim Location 49090 Type of a scam Other A woman phoned me at 2:21pm on Feb 9, 2016 and stated that they were Mainstreet Co. and there was a problem with my merchant account. I do not nor ever have had a merchant account with this company. I own a business. The phone …
Marissa – Victim Location 30534 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Tech Support My hubby gave me the apple mac desktop 2011. Early on I started having problems, and the anti-virus cd’s apparently never did the job; I am not technical at all. Got 2 repair jobs – one was Best Buy Geeks …
