Caleb – Victim Location 28147 Type of a scam Tech Support I was writing an email an ad from McAfee popped up on my screen saying an uninvited website was trying to access my computer. It gave me an option to block access. I chose the option. Then I couldn’t access the internet. I called …
Meagan – Victim Location 95620 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam CryptoCurrency Invested in the site 1 million satoshi earned it back went to with draw they stopped all with draws and faked their payment proof system
Catherine – Victim Location 55347 Type of a scam Other I sent this to My McDonalds today: I kind of felt scammed by my local McDonald’s. The menu says burritos are one dollar each, so I ordered two burritos($2), one hashbrown($1.99) and a Diet Coke($1). The total should’ve been $5.36 with tax. the screen even …
Tyler – Victim Location 36869 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I advertised a product on BooKo.com a website around military installations for local sales. My product was listed for $1,500 the scammer contacted me via text message, saying he wanted to buy my item and pay to have it shipped. I agreed and …
Sarah – Victim Location 28216 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a cashier check for Comerica bank for 2800.00 in the mail. They ask me to deposit in my account and go buy several items at Walmart and keep $350.00 for commission and the items I purchased.
Clayton – Victim Location 25428 Type of a scam Debt Collections I received a letter in the mail from Joseph, Mann & Creed indicating they were asked by Lincoln Financial Group to collect $805.18, there was no additional information regarding the supposed account history. Also mentioned in the letter they claimed I could pay by …
Patrick – Victim Location 36619 Type of a scam Debt Collections They are calling different people that I know and also myself. Telling me that I owe $1200 on a Mastercard Credit Card. Which I knew right off the bat was a scam. I’ve never had a credit card of any kind. They had my …
Dennis – Victim Location 83686 Type of a scam Employment The website states that if you share your link once you reach the amount of 300 they will pay you but then they want you to spend money on different things and to do what they call a captcha which is actually spending money in …
Dominic – Victim Location 60620 Type of a scam Other I am an emergency medical operator; can you hear me?
Brittany – Victim Location 77494 Total money lost $3,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase My mini casa reached out to us once they stop using carrier shipex. To deliver conex cubes for them as a contractor. They recently stopped all communication and did not pay for the services rendered. They charge the customer upfront …
Pamela – Victim Location 62704 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I have received 2-3 calls per day, from a different city each day, telling me it is my final chance to sign up for Medicare benefits. I “press 9 to be placed on the do not call list”, and it says “ple[censored]d while we connect …
Richard – Victim Location 28213 Total money lost $53.21 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I ordered from an instagram ad a pair of boots, see photos attached of ad, it took over 5 weeks to arrive with no communication until I threatened to report them. When item was received it was a completely different …
Sharon – Victim Location 27017 Type of a scam Debt Collections They are the billing Co. fpor several adult channel sites…This one in pecticular was Brazzers….Before "Trail Membership" ( 2 days @ 1.00 a day) ended attemts to cancel membership was denied as well as debit card info requested again by live agent…3 ATTEMPTS ON …
Gregory – Victim Location 23323 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Scam call received from "Mega Millions Sweepstakes." Sorry I don’t have the phone number they called me from. They claimed I won 1.5 million dollars and a car, but first I would have to wire them $500 to cover the taxes for the car. Alexis …
Shana – Victim Location 08628 Total money lost $110 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased hair extensions from this company I found and was following on Instagram. The company was advertising a sale I was interested contacted the seller. At the time the website was down so she was taking orders via text …
Derrick – Victim Location 76107 Type of a scam Employment I have been looking for work to pay my bills. I got an email from "walmart" about a mystery shopper position. I thought nothing of it since I have worked at walmart in the past and i had filled out many job searching sites. When …
Jennifer – Victim Location 71118 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Call from Peter Excelsiur and James Robinson they said from Washington telling me I had won $5.5 million, $5000 cash and mercedes benz. They asked for me to send them $750.00 to collect the prize. Peter stated he was a federal officer and furnished badge …
Edward – Victim Location 65652 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency Guy called and said that my granddaughter had been in an accident, was arrested and put in jail, and they wanted me to send $9650.00 for her bail. Allison – Victim Location 07012 Type of a scam Rental The scammer tried to claim a …
Marisa – Victim Location 02021 Total money lost $62 Type of a scam Online Purchase Mencarb is a men’s online clothing retailer that has no intention on delivering your product. Facebook runs their "sponsored" adds consistently under many other company names, too many Co. to list. It’s a Chinese Company stealing your money while telling …
Eddie – Victim Location 38016 Type of a scam Employment This Scam offered me a job position with them that paid 35 dollars and hour to work from home …he as in the supposed Person of interest even sent me a check in the mail to buy supplies for training..upon my further investigation of the …
Lori – Victim Location 30213 Type of a scam Employment This scammer will email you from websites like freelancer.com and will offer a high rate pay working from home. Then after a very well ellaborated scenario through a hangouts chat, giving a lot of details of the company, offering 401k, medical benefits and so on …
Cory – Victim Location 10801 Total money lost $1,600 Type of a scam CryptoCurrency its scam website offering cheaper cyptocurrency miner which they never deliver
Brent – Total money lost $80 Type of a scam Online Purchase My complaint is for MerryFerrisUS. I ordered a Light drawing- Fun developing toy and recieved the picture below. I have written emails and they go unanswered. There are numerous complants on their Facebook page. Please stop these people from stealing from others.
Randi – Victim Location 19027 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Online Purchase We purchased a kitten on-line, which turned out to be a scam. All the right questions, quick e-mail responses, calls and so forth. But still a scam.
Robyn – Victim Location 32608 Type of a scam Employment I received a text message to advertise a Mc Cafe decal on my car for 12 weeks for $400/week, I look it up online and it is a scam, they are using www.123formbuilder.com No money has been received, just a confirmation email, that’s when I …
Tasha – Jan 26, 2021 I was sent a text by Metro mystery shoppers Inc. They sent a link and the link lead me to a page that said: You will receive an initial first time payment of $200 plus fees for gas for transprotation, any long mileage dine in options, They offer check by …
Carmen – Total money lost $5,900 Type of a scam CryptoCurrency Michael contacts you to deposit funds into your bank account and then withdraw the amount you deposited into a bitcoin machine. The withdrawal will be the next day. The e-transferred cheque is a fraud. If your bank lets you take the money out before …
Jon – Victim Location 62423 Type of a scam Phishing Scammer called and asked if I could hear them OK, then hung up. Not sure what’s going to happen next. We’ve been having cell phone connection problems, so naturally, I said, ‘Yes, I can.’ Hope nothing comes of this, but will report further if something …
Ann – Victim Location 80127 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I get about 7-8 calls each day from this “company”. Calls come from many different numbers, but a few numbers on caller ID are: 7184846247, 6158152500, 3852007254. There are many more numbers, but I rarely answer. The few times I answered I found the caller …
Mario – Victim Location 75248 Type of a scam Employment They had a job post on indeed.com Their email had such bad grammar, I knew it was a scam. What concerns me most is they asked me to do a credit check and sent me this link. http://ma.lmessage.us/ The link is masked as a different …
