Julian – Victim Location 64082 Total money lost $160 Type of a scam Online Purchase Stole my money and provided false information to my bank to sidestep this. A seller, Rosetic, on AliExpress scammed me for things they never sent me and will not refund me.
Kristi – Victim Location 95758 Total money lost $495.20 Type of a scam Rental This site pretended to be Holiday Inn. Made a reservation at the wrong hotel from what I typed in and won’t even consider a refund. Charges exhorborent fees buried under "Taxes." When we complained, they lied and said Holiday Inn told …
Micah – Victim Location 65203 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a mailing with a check for $2350. The letter references a contact named Rhonda Downing who is a hiring manager for Royal services. The letter advised me to sent $2000 through money gram ($1000 each time) to Terry Moore and then …
Alana – Victim Location 48198 Total money lost $7 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw an advertisement for reusable straws on Instagram. The ad was giving away a free set of reusable straws for just the cost of shipping and handling.Two weeks after the purchase, I have still not received these straws.
Sabrina – Victim Location 73034 Type of a scam Phishing I received a phone called wherein the caller said she was having problems with her headset, can I hear her. I said yes (and then realized what had just happened!!!) Then she went on to say I stayed at a resort and was now eligible …
Grant – Victim Location 90715 Type of a scam Employment Following the job application you filled out for the position of Operations (Logistics) Manager with RB Company, we are pleased to confirm the job offer. We are eagerly awaiting for you to become an irreplaceable asset for our company. We are sure we will be …
Dale – Victim Location 78223 Type of a scam Debt Collections Received a phone call on my cell phone stated that this company, "RSG", was trying to serve my father with documents regarding his credit card. I stated i was my father’s POA. They didn’t even have a correct address that father has ever lived …
Erik – Victim Location 74832 Total money lost $91.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered some vitamins in Dec. 2016 for$ 2.95. Never received a bottle. Then I see in January they charged me an additional $89.00 without my consent. Never received this additional vitamins either. Called to get my money back, they …
Joel – Victim Location 32526 Type of a scam Tax Collection 24 hours to pay owed taxes. If not paid there will be someone coming to arrest us.
Raul – Victim Location 60649 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Online Purchase paid for order never got it
Jake – Victim Location 21849 Type of a scam Debt Collections I’ve been getting calls over the past 2 months stating I have defrauded a business with a personal loan and local authorities have been dispatched to my home as well as my place of employment.
Ernest – Victim Location 93940 Type of a scam Debt Collections Yes I received a call from R C CAPITAL collection services who had my social number and address but wrong date of birth. They said I owed a payday loan from over a year ago when I asked to send me verification of it …
Jasmine – Victim Location 88210 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange I received 2 letters, packaged together in a manila envelope. One stating my "great uncle" has passed and I "am named by him as an inheritor of a portion of his estate". I have no idea what this is. Researched online and found …
Jacquelyn – Victim Location 70583 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare On 6/20/19 my elderly father received an automated voicemail stating that his Soc Security benefits will be immediately terminated because he was responsible for a fraud with his Soc security benefits. He was requested to press 1 to speak to a representative. If he did …
Pedro – Victim Location 27265 Type of a scam Debt Collections I received a voicemail today from what sounds like RRGN Associates. They have a complaint against Anthony Gentry and no one by that name lives in my residence at all and no one in my family is named Anthony Gentry. Caller ID displayed the …
Leonard – Victim Location 49201 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I was waiting on a mystery shopping job so I thought this email was it. When I received the "package" it was a cashiers check in the amount of $2990! They wanted me to send 3 money orders, each in the amount of …
Margaret – Victim Location 80504 Total money lost $1,714.28 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product My husband and I were looking forward to a road trip from Colorado to California over the 4th of July weekend. We wanted to visit several national parks on the trip so we decided to rent a small RV. I …
Elizabeth – Victim Location 53132 Total money lost $71.92 Type of a scam Online Purchase This is the second time a charge from this company has showed up on my credit card bill. I have had to be issued a new credit card three times in the last year and have the transaction called fraudulent. …
Brooke – Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Received email from Rachel Ford. Scam.
Raquel – Victim Location 98006 Total money lost $45 Type of a scam Online Purchase Found advertisement on Facebook. Clicked through to offer for eye cream and moisturizer cream, It was a free trial whereby I only had to pay $4.95 for each product to cover shipping costs. Fifteen days later I was charged for …
Philip – Victim Location 33334 Type of a scam Employment I had seen a job offer on ConnectFlorida Website and applied online to the job offer thru the website. On May 13 was contacted via email and told by Lauren Coates ([email protected] that my application looked like a good match for their Billing/AR Specialist and …
Hannah – Victim Location 98032 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan They called asking for the owner, when we told them he wasnt available, they refused to leave a message and said they needed to talk to someone about the owners financials. He was insistent and harrassing. When my employees told me, I called …
Gabriel – Victim Location 48604 Total money lost $19.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered from this company over a month ago. There was no tracking so I contacted them by email. They did contact me back saying free shipping products don’t have tracking but that they would see if there was a …
Rachel – Victim Location 77801 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Debt Collections Received email below, and fell for it until I realized that the debt wasn’t being reduced. I called the company and they said that they have no debt in my name RAPID COLLECTION SERVICES LLC Attention, Subject: Legal Proceeding Creditor: …
Sergio – Victim Location 32821 Type of a scam Romance I met Raffaello Vito on Our Time/Senior People Meet dating site in Dec., 2014. His profile stated he was a widowed Veterinarian from Texas. He was raising his 16 year old son & caring for his elderly mother. (What a guy!) He said he travelled …
Jacquelyn – Victim Location 85705 Total money lost $3,348.48 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Said they were a secret shopper company. Sent me a check for over $3348 and had me send money orders to other people once the check cleared. My bank, Chase, said funds were available and the 6 days later said …
Vincent – Victim Location 93529 Type of a scam Debt Collections My brother was contacted by an attorney telling me that a summons was being filed. I contacted them. The judgement they speak of doesn’t exist. The summons doesn’t exist. The debt(through thorough checks) does not exist. They do not have a business license nor …
Edward – Victim Location 80905 Type of a scam Identity Theft Continue to call and ask for social security numbers and refuse to provide a reason why, an agent name or a company name. They just hang up when asked
Christian – Victim Location 98034 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill They called me on 12/28/18 telling me my CC would be charged $79.99 at midnight if I didn’t take advantage of their promotion. I got worried and called the only magazine I have subscribed to in the last five years. The publication, FamilyHandyman, …
Brandi – Victim Location 83401 Type of a scam Online Purchase Posted item on Craigslist, scammer responded with a text saying can’t receive texts, gave email address, sent an email, scammer responded with in army-deployed, can only pay with PayPal, curior will pick up item.
