Jaclyn – Victim Location 48908 Type of a scam Charity A person called about 6:05 pm today, 3/15/16 saying I had made a $15 pledge to Michigan Disabled and Paralyzed Veterans Fund in February, and asking me to complete with my credit card payment. I definitely remembered hearing a call from them months ago, and …
Megan – Victim Location 16001 Type of a scam Other A woman named Melanie brown trying to go threw a fake agency called American pet agency Ltd. to ship 2 Siberian huskies for $500.
Cole – Victim Location 61832 Total money lost $690 Type of a scam Other I found a puppy on his website and i sent him money for the puppy and shipping( $690.00) and when it was time to ship the puppy to he needed $1340.00 more money for insurance on the puppy. I said no, …
Sierra – Victim Location 97005 Type of a scam Online Purchase This person shared on a facebook page that she was very sick and needed to rehome her English bulldog puppy. I reached out to her and shared my story of how we just had our English bulldog pass away. She stated she was not …
Katie – Victim Location 76140 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product This is a scam the email initially looked like it was from MIcheal Kors and advertised purses up to 80% off. They take your credit card information and use it to make fraudulent purchases. I received warnings from my bank and fortunately didn’t loose …
Grace – Victim Location 30084 Type of a scam Phishing I received a phone call from an unknown number on Monday 5/8/17. I answered with my name and the caller stated that a legal document delivery service had twice tried to deliver papers to me and that I needed to call phone number 855-562-9875 with …
Ian – Victim Location 99022 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Tech Support They are doing the Microsoft scam but with a different name. They took $300 to "help" me
Sierra – Victim Location 36532 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A recorded system asking to answer 3 very easy question to win a trip for two to the Bahamas.
Summer – Victim Location 73501 Type of a scam Tech Support Ask for your computer access saying your identity was used by 5 other people.
Allison – Victim Location 22203 Type of a scam Identity Theft Second identity theft attempt, first one reported to you three weeks ago. This attempt came not from Columbus, OH, but from Metabank of South Dakota acting for an outfit called "RushCard," of Cincinnati. A Rushcard Visa Debit Card arrived in my mailbox on 29 …
Jeffrey – Victim Location 66061 Type of a scam Other they called and wanted to give refund for almost $400 for some service they claimed I paid for a long time ago. then another called from their company and said they were the manager and wanted me do download some software from supremofree.com a remote …
Marcus – Victim Location 70301 Type of a scam Online Purchase This website advertises boston terrier puppies for sale mbostonterrierpuppies.com. When you got to the website it says Michael Boston Terrier Home. They are advertising fake puppies for sale. They want you to send them money by money gram. I asked for a reference. He …
Tony – Victim Location 12010 Type of a scam Online Purchase Gentleman named MIKE CRONIN ([email protected]) emailed my company (*** *** ***) looking to order 200 dog collars and have them shipped to South Africa. Wanted to pay with credit card. Also wanted us to ship using fraudulent shipping company (Ernest Logistics, [email protected]) Both had …
Blake – Victim Location 38016 Type of a scam Debt Collections Got a call today from phone number 9018421260. She stated she was with Methodist Healthcare Collections. She asked me to verify who I was by telling her my date of birth. I told her there is no way in hell I am giving my …
Johnny – Victim Location 44090 Total money lost $580 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was looking to purchase a puppy. I located one, contacted the seller. They sent Pics and a purchase outline. The purchase was made through Zellepay. (which is supported by our Bank) Once the $580.00 was paid through Zellepay, I …
Ian – Victim Location 84071 Total money lost $9,175 Type of a scam Utility This business advertised in Sam’s Club. Initial contact was made on 26 January 2018 in Sam’s Club. The salesman came to our home [M*** ***]. As we do not like to use credit, we opted to pay for 25% of a …
Lucas – Victim Location 52732 Type of a scam Tech Support Said my laptop was compromised and needed to call to fix it. Called the number and got cussed out and death threats.
Kelly – Victim Location 78130 Type of a scam Government Grant I was messaged by a friend on Instagram. One letter was different in her Instagram name. One! The scammer messaged me that they had gotten an 80,000 ifc Grant to help with her autistic boys. The scammer gave me a phone number of a …
Whitney – Victim Location 91765 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product A phone message is left stating that my microsoft windows operating system is being hacked and I should speak directly to a security specialist to prevent it from erasing my computer information.
Deanna – Victim Location 44125 Total money lost $519 Type of a scam Online Purchase My intentions was to purchase a teacup yorkie. In searching via websites I ran across "Morgan Teacup Puppies Home" who basically states how much they love their babies(yorkies, maltesse and pomeranians)whose breaded there at their homestead for "good homes". They …
Candice – Type of a scam Employment The company name is Mini Computer Systems from Toronto, ON phone# 647-785-2185. I applied for a job on career builder for an office assistant. Alex Kirsten Operation Manager sent me a email to tell me that they had reviewed my resume and they wanted to offer me the …
Kristopher – Victim Location 45324 Type of a scam Credit Cards A man from India(I know because of his broken English) calls claiming he’s calling me about a problem with my Microsoft computer and he’d like to help me fix it for a fee in which I need to give him my credit card information. …
Taylor – Victim Location 87110 Type of a scam Employment I was applying for jobs on Indeed.com and applied to be a sales associate for Mountain road art gallery. I was contacted through a text messege first by a person who went by William Parker. We remained in contact through gmail and he informed me …
Leah – Victim Location 54729 Total money lost $170 Type of a scam Credit Cards Miravie charged my credit card 170.00 when it was suppose to be 6.00 I’m irate I want my money back!! You need to stop this immediately. I should of known!!
Deborah – Victim Location 32701 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Beware of requesting to advertise Miller Lite ad on your car for $400.00 a week for a month or up to three months. They will send you a check, mine was for $1869.55 for the first month and the fee to install the …
Derek – Victim Location 14209 Type of a scam Phishing They called my cell phone asking if I want to reduce my mortgage payments. They offered to have me press one to be removed from their call registry by pressing a number, which I pressed by accident. After, I called them back and there was …
Hilary – Victim Location 23453 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Contacted me saying they could help me get a loan even with my bad credit score so I went along and completed the loan documents and paid the insurance down payment of $1500 once I started having doubts about …
Carlos – Victim Location 44120 Type of a scam Debt Collections I received a voice mail message last Friday from this company. I called them back at 844-307-2009. When I called them back they were trying to collect approximately $1000. I could make payments $109 on my debit card. I don’t know what they are …
Hannah – Victim Location 62351 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes This what was sent to me in my messages. My wife and I won the Powerball Jackpot of $528.9 million, recently we decided to donate $1,000,000 USD as this year’s GIVEBACK project to 4 numbers each, we selected through a computer ballot system and numbers …
Ruben – Victim Location 30909 Type of a scam Phishing I received a call from someone threatening to arrest me if I didn’t call them back immediately. I had missed jury duty. I didn’t call them back because my friend had received a similar call.
