Mathew – Victim Location 98387 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Consumer called in: Gentleman called me telling me that I just won 1.2 million from Reader’s Digest. He asked me for my name, birthdate, address, and social. I told him that I would call BBB before I gave him my social.
Joel – Victim Location 85719 Total money lost $100 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Rent in here in hopes of buying my wife a nice 30th birthday present. Walked out with what I thought was a Louis Vuitton purse it tore up in 3 days and upon examining the purse further found out it …
Eduardo – Victim Location 30474 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a call from Dave Henry stating that I had won $35 Million and a Mercedes Benz. He said I needed to send him $500. So, I ended up sending him a check. Then he said he needed another $200 …
Daniel – Victim Location 96007 Total money lost $40 Type of a scam Online Purchase Website offers products that say buy now. But your actually buying into a survey site to earn points towards the purchase of the item you already paid for. Scam. Ramon – Victim Location 30215 Total money lost $38.99 Type of …
Victoria – Victim Location 55106 Type of a scam Debt Collections A phone call stating you acquired a loan which you have never acquired and they give you your information such as name, social, account numbers, address, email, excetera. In attempts to acquire a debt which is false. Will ask if you want to set …
Sierra – Total money lost $179.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase I signed up for a ‘free trial’ of a face cream product for $5.95. The issue is with cancelling the Auto-Refill which I was not aware that I inadvertently signed up for. When I saw an additional charge on my account that I …
Bradley – Victim Location 80132 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Put an antique pump organ on Craig’s List for $2000. He responded that he was definitely interested. He wanted us to take it off the listing. He sent a "Certified"???? check for $3500. The extra amount was for us to pay for shipping. …
Pedro – Victim Location 80819 Total money lost $908 Type of a scam Rental Kaanapali Shores Ocean Front, great affordable Maui vacation ad on craigslist, Bano Scott (Redwood Property Manager, state of Hawaii tax ID: TA-***), 1BR condo (unit #806) located at Aston Kaanapali Shores Resort, 3445 Lower Honoapiilani Road, Lahaina, HI 96761, Property owner …
Kristi – Victim Location 97027 Type of a scam Employment "RESGOA" is running this ad in Portland and Seattle Craigslist, offering a $20/hr work-from-home job for posting ads for a real estate syndicate: https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/ofc/5298304227.html I applied and got back this email the next day, saying that I need to pay $97.50 to get started: (It …
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Rose – Victim Location 77449 Type of a scam Other Sent us Purchase Order for rollout trays. Paid with 3 different individuals corporate cards, and did not use their real TIN number for their business. They paid us, upfront, for goods and shipping costs – using the credit cards. AND THEN they asked us to …
Allison – Type of a scam Home Improvement ordered 2 prints that were supposed to be 100cm x 50 cm . I paid $ 186 plus customs. Both prints came and they were both 40 x 22 cm . I sent numerous emails with no satisfaction.
Felicia – Victim Location 23838 Type of a scam Rental be careful when receiving a phone call to rent out your timeshare from Regal-m(Regal Marketing Inc) the names that they go by are albert Gilder and Matthew Green claiming that they are brokers and you can search their broker info Oklahoma state site. They claimed …
Brianna – Victim Location 32725 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Person told me "relax it’s not a sales call" then asked if me and my spouse have the same address on our licensees. I said no then he asked how old I was which I did not reply. The phone started to break up when …
Darrell – Victim Location 64164 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations When I first answered, it was an automated message offering a discounted vacation, and to push 1 if I was interested. When I pushed 1, a woman got on the phone to talk to me. They offered an all-inclusive resort stay for 5 days, and …
Gloria – Victim Location 34748 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Was told by candice spencer that i was approved for a 7000 dollar loan. Just had to pay my first 3 payments upfront for a monetary collateral. Was sent a contract and everything. After i paid the next day …
Bethany – Victim Location 11787 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I originally sent an email to SillSip474 applying to the position. Here is the ad – [email protected]=………General Office [email protected]=.. $20.00-………… (Long Island) compensation: $16.00-$20.00// per hour ….General Office Clerk…../// $16.00-$20.00// per hour///// The General Office Assistant will support the Controls department with general …
Stephanie – Victim Location 19023 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Repeated calls & voicemails about making money from home. Up to 12 times per day from 8am to 10pm from multiple numbers with the same pre-recorded message. Jesse – Victim Location 19422 Type of a scam Employment They call with a work from …
Pamela – Victim Location 33865 Type of a scam Home Improvement Remodelers finance out of Ft Myers, Fl sends people into low income areas offers great deals on home improvements, also tells you that you can have improvements paid off in 7 years and when you agree and sign contract you do not receive a …
Catherine – Victim Location 13077 Total money lost $596 Type of a scam Online Purchase Found royalshepherds.com after a search on Google. I found a puppy I was interested in and used their contact form on their website to inquire about the puppy. After initial contact was made it was agreed that the cost of …
Evan – Victim Location 75214 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Mystery shopping buying money gram and walmart to walmart money transfer. They sent me a $1965 cashiers check to cover expenses leaving me $300.
Ricky – Victim Location 53206 Total money lost $60 Type of a scam Moving This company guarantees that they can help you housing but they request your deposit up front and then they stop helping and stop returning calls and email the last person I spoke with cursed me out called me out my name …
Tyrone – Victim Location 92354 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan This was a first for me and I fell right into the scammer trap. Recieved a call from Mr Roger Bell offering me a 7000 dollar loan. Been a little ruff for me finacially these few months I wasn’t …
Shawn – Victim Location 92335 Type of a scam Identity Theft Received call with quick talking person identified self as working with rocket mortgage and immediately asked for social security number and birthdate. No one should ask for my social security number and I asked them not to call back and blocked number on my …
Jill – Victim Location 40342 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Government Grant I was contacted by phone (Kelly 206-629-6027 ex 505) and told I had been granted 7300.00 by the U.S. government. The initial caller needed a registration fee of 300.00 for the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In my …
Shaun – Victim Location 44310 Type of a scam Phishing Said he has my password and will expose porn I watched to friends and family if I don’t give him bitcoin.
Audrey – Victim Location 48341 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Online Purchase It’s online and when a person win an item if it’s the amount of money they what , they XXXXXX XXXX or XXXX goes back into the computer system and change the bidding for one of there shill bidder.They bid …
Armando – Type of a scam Employment Be careful of an employer named "Republic of jobs Inc". They’ve been emailing and pestering me about responding to their job offer when I haven’t submitted anything. I can barely find any info about them online and I’ve grown suspicious of them
Walter – Victim Location 44122 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I’ve had several phone calls. They did not give company name. Said I won $850,000. They would deliver the check tomorrow. Wanted me to wire moneygram for $400 fee for delivery. I told them I do not have $400. They kept going down in price. …
Thomas – Victim Location 21206 Type of a scam Employment I have emails of all interactions and saved PDF’s of all packages including tracking numbers and a screen shot of the one phone interaction. Through out the month of September received several packages in various people names. Expensive deliveries of Apple TV’s, Dyson Vacuums, and …
Clinton – Victim Location 96797 Type of a scam Phishing It was a lady but it didn’t sound as if it was an automated voice message. Though it asked the question, can you hear me now? It kep on saying, I can’t hear you, can you hear me now. And then it said that I …
