Adriana – Victim Location 95205 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Phone scam – answer three music trivia questions to win a trip for two to the bahama’s. My beloved granddaughter had possession of my cell phone at the time and decided it would be fun to "play and win". She answered all three questions correctly …
Haley – Victim Location 83236 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes copy of letter: "DEAR BENEFICIARY, Good day, this is to inform you of your long overdue Compensation Payment In this office Files records over here.This department founds your name and email address in the Central Computer / Federal Ministry of Finance among list of Scam …
Dennis – Victim Location 20721 Type of a scam Employment The scam consist of hiring you as a Forwarding carrier, having packages delivered to your home and you’re the Quality Control person, meaning you inspect the package make sure there is no damages, take photos, load them to your profile and you wait for the …
Krystle – Victim Location 70501 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Said he was rep of Publishing Clearance House,won 2mil+car.will deliver when 1000.00 sent to him.
Shaun – Victim Location 29611 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Priority mail sent from United States Post Office. Consumer’s Credit Union sent me a check for 3152.00. I am to deposit the check, send them 3 money orders; 2 in the amount of 1,000.00 each and 1 in the amount of 700.00. Also take out …
Terrance – Victim Location 99205 Type of a scam Online Purchase Scam website advertising 90% off Ray Ban sunglasses
Sheila – Victim Location 90247 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Employment First received a message through Linkedin in November 2016, from a seemingly reputable profile in related industry telling me about a part time store survey job opportunity to make extra income and include a Mr. Thomas Moore and his email address. …
Shawna – Victim Location 60174 Total money lost $9.50 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I recently purchased a pair of women’s leggings from this website (raymensapparel.com) on 12/22/18. They were running a special for one pair of free leggings when you pay shipping (shipping was $9.50). I received a simple invoice email for my …
Clinton – Victim Location 53207 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Offering 90% off of Ray ban sunglasses on instagram. Messaged the owner of the account and said he was hacked and was not posting the link to the website.
Donald – Victim Location 75233 Type of a scam Employment Applied for a office manager job on indeed. Company stated that they were expanding to Dallas and the office manager would be responsible for setting up the office, ordering office supplies, interviewing applicants. My interview was done over the phone and later received an offer …
Sabrina – Victim Location 83843 Total money lost $28 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product The site looks like yeti products but are fake
Miguel – Aug 21, 2020 Victim Location 92345 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product My grandson, a recent high school graduate, received a priority mail letter containing a $ 1570.00 ( check # 188429 ) college grant written thru Delta Dental and payable thru U.S. Bank of Portland, Oregon. The document was mailed from World …
Beth – Victim Location 48708 Total money lost $88.79 Type of a scam Online Purchase I don’t even know who this company is. My Uncle got a random bill on his debit card for 88.79 and everytime I try to call to figure anything out, no one will tell me any information. The company’s number …
Preston – Victim Location 92586 Type of a scam Rental Business has a web page which gives directions for a ranch type atmosphere with horseback riding on trails in the area of Hemet, CA. we drove to location and found know horses or a place to keep horses and no water like river or stream …
Cara – Victim Location 79356 Type of a scam Romance The guys go on dating site and claim that they worked for Rayyan petroleum company. They say that they are over sea drilling oil. After a one month to two months of exchanging texts and phone calls they decided that they want to meet up. …
Vincent – Victim Location 33604 Type of a scam Rental Advertising home for rent they don’t own on craigslist..claim they relocated for job. It’s actually a rental property they copied and pasted from realtor site. Take applications and send letters of approval just can’t get to town to deliver your keys. They pick single family …
Tommy – Victim Location 34957 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Pinterest site asked for mystery shoppers. I signed up and received bogus check which I was asked to deposit, keep 300.00 and send 4 500.00 cards to them.
Virginia – Victim Location 46208 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes A man saying his name was Jonathan called me last week and said I had won 4.8 million dollars. He said my name was in a pool of 500 people and my name was drawn. He asked for a lot of personal information and I …
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Veronica – Victim Location 97103 Type of a scam Other I have a add on craigslist for a boat. The person request me to go to a link( hindetector.com) two different people under different names have requested this report and the wording was almost identical. Basically if I go to that web sit it wants …
Bonnie – Victim Location 96706 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan He called and said i applied for a refinance and he knew my name, when i told him i didnt apply and wanted to know how they got my name they hung up on me
Shanna – Victim Location 92336 Total money lost $2,996.66 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief Real Estate Law Firm contacted me on my cell phone at the end of July early August 2015. Real Estate Law Firm offered to modify my home loan. Real Estate Law Firm had a convincing presentation, they even provided …
Kristin – Victim Location 98387 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations The lady who called ask me "can you hear me?" I didn’t reply and was quiet. Then stated, "I’m sorry I was adjusting my headset." This is the fourth time is have received this call from this number. She then stated that her name was …
Scott – Victim Location 64030 Total money lost $90 Type of a scam Rental When I called the contact phone number, it was a sales representative who informed that there was a $90 fee for their company to assist me in locating a house. I was given their office address, and told that after I …
Kari – Victim Location 27591 Type of a scam Employment I was invited via email to do an online interview via hangouts. She (***) asked me a series of questions about myself and also told me about the job. The job was through Realty One. After the initial interview she said that I was hired …
Andrew – Victim Location 34983 Total money lost $7,500 Type of a scam Other If you receive a call from this number it is displayed at Westgate and the company represents themselves as doing business for Westgate owners. Do not fall for it is a scam. The company and its rep Greg Riley comes across …
Frank – Victim Location 02215 Total money lost $40 Type of a scam Online Purchase Purchased an item while on sale, read that their delivery time is between 10 and 20 days, and it’s been a month since I paid. I messaged them repeatedly and have heard nothing.. Saw that there were a good amount …
Nicole – Victim Location 83202 Type of a scam Investment Called my 86 year old mother in law saying the were an investment company. They wanted a fee starting with $1500.00 to give her monthly income from Amazon.com profit sharing. The income would be tax free. They wanted a Visa or Master Card but would …
Aimee – Victim Location 07052 Type of a scam Rental False house rental
Naomi – Victim Location 48838 Total money lost $169.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase Ordered free sample from Rejuvenem LLC, 3130 Tyrone Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33704. I did not authorize anything else to be sent to me, but they did, and charged my credit card with 89.95 and 79.95. They will not answer …
Latasha – Victim Location 64151 Total money lost $25 Type of a scam Employment receive packages, check for damage, take a photo confirm the delivery and upload the photo and packing slip to the web site. Repack the box and place the new shipping label on the box and take it to the UPS or …
