Darryl – Victim Location 14624 Total money lost $1,600 Type of a scam Rental Inquired about a property in my local area from a Craiglist advertisement with links to Zillow. Scammer posing as an elderly Reverend and his wife looking to rent their home while relocating to Charlotte for missionary work. Filled out an application …
Allison – Victim Location 77407 Type of a scam Employment Hi All, Thanks be to God for my diligent study on this scam and avoid losing $2400. They send me a cashier check in the amount of $2850.00 and ask me to cash it at my bank. I was to go to two different Walmart …
Joanna – Victim Location 19711 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I never signed up for anything like this ? but all of a sudden, EVERY SINGLE DAY I get texts from whatever this is . Everyday. Either 1-2 times and they think I’m someone named Makeda Law? They won’t leave me alone and it’s always …
Bethany – Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I’m a part-time instructor, and occasionally I do web design freelance on the side. I’ve been in the industry for over 15 years so I am experienced enough and have dealt with many clients. The scam that I recently found myself in was very realistic and …
Drew – Victim Location 61529 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Tech Support company had pop up on my computer and charged me $300 to remote into the computer
Roberto – Victim Location 33801 Total money lost $13 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased a children’s table and chair set back in March from Robyfy. I never received the item I called the customer service number and it was disconnected I sent numerous emails and no one responded please do not order …
Kristi – Victim Location 79424 Total money lost $3,780 Type of a scam Employment I had been applying to jobs through Indeed.com. I had received several emails from legitimate job offers already, so I was not surprised to get this one. The email came off as a potential employer offering me work as a Personal …
Kathleen – Victim Location 95501 Total money lost $23,347.30 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was contacted by a man claiming he has a store in ***, named *** ***. He placed a large order for plant fertilizer with my company, since we do not ship internationally he forwarded a freight company under …
Deborah – Type of a scam Online Purchase They represent themselves as being a Canadian company. There products ship from China and are not even close to as described. Plastic is used in place of metal and stone. When you attempt to ask about it they refuse to contact you
Bonnie – Victim Location 46939 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I got a check for 2,380 dollars and looked like a real check and when I went to cash it they said they couldn’t so I called the bank that was on the check and gave them the routing number and they said …
Willie – Victim Location 38401 Total money lost $53.92 Type of a scam Online Purchase I saw an advertisement and link to the "rivestore" website on instagram and clicked the link. I thought the "Galaxy star projector" listed on the website would be a great present for my nephew. I placed an order for one …
Ricardo – Victim Location 85719 Type of a scam Phishing I received a call from a Roger Carrera (last name was not clear) regarding my husband. He said there was a case number against him and that he was going to visit us on a certain date and time. I called the number he provided …
Craig – Type of a scam Tax Collection Unknown caller. Automated voice with an accent claiming he is Robert William CRA Agent. Requests you or your attorney to call 905-963-0240. Threatens that if you disregard this message or do not call back the consequences will fall on you. I googled the number and it looks …
Dana – Victim Location 80504 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Hello, I had been subcontracted to do a house from the owner of this company which at the time he told me his name was Don. I then came to find out his name is Banjamin Mark Landa. So at the time I …
Gerald – Victim Location 30513 Type of a scam Other Man in orange colored truck with amber lights and lettering and numbering appeared in our driveway and said he had leftover material from another job and would we like it for our driveway. When we asked about pricing, he indicated it would be $1.80 per …
Samantha – Victim Location 54401 Type of a scam Government Grant I received messages on FB Messenger from a friends account. They claim she received $100,000 in money from the FTC . I was given a number 717 292 8213 using the name Ronald Adle.. i was advised to text him to check my eligibility. …
Curtis – Victim Location 43613 Type of a scam Employment I completed an interest form on line just stating that I would be interested in earning extra money. I was sent an priority envelope in the mail with a check and instructions on how to complete my secret shopper experience for WALMART. It was professionally …
Beth – Victim Location 92551 Total money lost $6,000 Type of a scam Government Grant This man name is micheal William he said he work for the Lion foundation grant program they act like you won a winning grant.this is the information he told to follow to wire transfer money into ‘this Bank of America …
Candace – Victim Location 59935 Total money lost $800 Type of a scam Online Purchase Tried to buy a pet. He took the money via ApplePay then I was suppose to get the kitten intinerary for deliver. He disapeared in thin air then he changed the email address, blocked me from his iPhone, etc. Have …
Hillary – Victim Location 29621 Total money lost $164 Type of a scam Online Purchase Please don’t buy for this company they claim they send products out but you never receive them and they won’t refund money for products never received.
Melissa – Victim Location 60051 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Online Purchase I feel I was misrepresented by your company. I believed I was communicating with someone from Amazon with reference to help in setting up my Alexa on April 27th! Somehow I was routed to you who failed to to tell …
Anthony – Victim Location 37664 Total money lost $550 Type of a scam Online Purchase was looking for a minature dashund found this web site (Royal Doxies Home) with pictures of puppies I picked one out , inquired about it. the person texted me back and forth the cost 500.00 plus 50.00 extra for home …
Erica – Victim Location 27534 Type of a scam Other Please be aware of these scammers. They also have a site listed in Virginia. They kept asking for money and for me to send using Google Pay, CashApp and several others. I asked if we could visit the puppy and he said yes. When I …
Russell – Victim Location 26354 Total money lost $110 Type of a scam Online Purchase They offer free products , send no written info about there fine print and then continually charge people’s card untill it goes thru
Marie – Victim Location 46163 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Online Purchase I found this couple Scott and Carla Rees through the Facebook market place. At the time I was inquiring about floating shelves. He charged me less than $100. I actually received those but he knew I wanted more. I decided …
Emmanuel – Victim Location 32955 Type of a scam Debt Collections This website will scam you for fake costa sunglasses. They offer the highly priced sunglasses at a fraction of the cost but do not hold up to the standards of Costa Del Mar quality lenses and frames. With a well put together website and …
Christie – Victim Location 28753 Total money lost $35.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered a bike computer from Rugbye ad on facebook. I never received the product and the phone number on their website does not work. Beware of ordering anything from www.lihzh.com.
Jeffrey – Victim Location 60466 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations RPR(Royal Property Real Estate) is trying to buy my 21 weeks of vacation shares out of Cancun Mexico that I purchased 5 years ago in Cancun. They offered me 10 times the amount that I paid for it. I have emails from the two individuals …
Bradley – Victim Location 23222 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased Skin Element Moisturizing Cream and Eye Vibe, advertised as free with only shipping charges due. Did not commit to anything else. Fifteen days later my bank acct. was charged $97.83 and two days later another charge of $92.79 …
Kelli – Victim Location 32541 Type of a scam Tech Support 5/17/19: Received a message from 800-228-6713 stating that my credit card would be charged $699 for Microsoft Windows Support if I did not call 712-485-7255 (Neola, Iowa) immediately. In my defense, I responded to this message ONLY because I have an online computer tech …
