Janet – Total money lost $159.74 Type of a scam Online Purchase Following anti-fraud advice, the website appears legit in some ways (https security, accepts credit card payment, email confirmation upon order). But further research shows signs of the site being suspicious and fraudulent (lack of contact info, short history of existence, no reviews to …
Sean – Victim Location 44106 Total money lost $1,000 Type of a scam Tech Support This company decieved M e into thinking that my computer was hacked and they would provide security services for my computer. But in actuality, they were the hackers and now they have locked me out of my account and asked …
Theresa – Victim Location 23185 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill This morning I received this email: "This is a notification email to inform you that your technical contract for computer is expired and according to the contract it is going to be auto renewed. You would be charged one time fee of $325, …
Christy – Victim Location 72802 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I received a call from Tonnie about our membership with II and RCI. When I called back, I spoke with Bridget. She wanted me to pay $399 for each of our resort accommodation certificates that we have with Interval International. We have 4 so the …
Brandy – Victim Location 93727 Total money lost $25 Type of a scam Rental Company listing properties for rent that are actually for sale by other real estate companies. Possible identity theft Lisa – Victim Location 95376 Total money lost $25 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product They will send a text with a link …
Juan – Victim Location 33125 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I applied for an online loan and they contacted me in regards to it. Immediately they began with the harassing phone calls and then stopped. This was about a week ago, then today I received the call and told the woman I was …
Roberto – Victim Location 98405 Total money lost $3,475 Type of a scam Employment RA Shippers contacted me about a position in January (via email), near the end of January I decided to apply (with Student Loans, bills, etc piling up) some work would be better than no work. I recently graduated with a Bachelor’s …
John – Victim Location 28634 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Said I was approved fora loan but to verify I am who I said and the owner of the bank account they are depositing the loan into they will be depositing a small goverment funded amount into my account and I was to …
Daisy – Victim Location 75551 Total money lost $20,000 Type of a scam Investment My husband and I purchased a Tax Lien Buyers Club Tour 2 years ago. We were told that once we got to Florida we would have a $9000 credit to purchase liens. Once we got their they gave us a print …
Devon – Victim Location 30319 Type of a scam Employment While I was on my job search I had come across a job posting about a sales operation clerk at Rakuten e-commerce company. the instructions suggested that I should email [email protected] A few hours later I got a congratulation letter that read like this: we …
Brandy – Victim Location 48471 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Employment There was no time clock, or any process done to prove I was an employee of his. He refused to get a time card for us to keep track of our hours. He had stated that it would be 40 hours …
Joel – Victim Location 53207 Type of a scam Online Purchase Radiance Skin Care misrepresentative itself by using a false celebrity endorsement (Savannah Guthrie). They offered a free trial but then immediately started an auto ship monthly and charged me over $200.00 for their product. And now only honor the cancellation at the time of …
Luis – Victim Location 85747 Total money lost $800 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan Applied for a loan they sent me a email saying I was approved jack called me and said I was approved and then started tell me he was gonna send 800 and I would keep 49 and send back …
Tyrone – Victim Location 91306 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Online Purchase Placed order and the order view on there website says processing. Have sent multiple emails requesting delivery tracking information . But, all I receive is an email stating item has been delivered to shipping department and they are awaiting further …
Lydia – Victim Location 01464 Type of a scam Credit Cards My Debit card ( thru DCU bank a visa debit card) was used without my authorization and I have no way of reaching them. When I call called the attached phone number, they said they were a third party billing company and had no …
Tanya – Victim Location 37303 Total money lost $40 Type of a scam Credit Cards This caller told my aunt he was able to provide her with a loan in the amount of $3000 for 3 years $99 dollars a month. He scammed her into sending him a $35 google play card stating he could …
Kate – Victim Location 91977 Total money lost $1,000 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Sent a fake check to cash and buy Wal-Mart gift card as a secret shopper for a survey
Tracy – Victim Location 33809 Total money lost $380 Type of a scam Employment I applied for a job secret shopper which was for stores like walmarts, cvs, walgreens and many more. I was approved emailed and text then recieved a priority mail envelope with what to do in it and a check i was …
Julie – Victim Location 46368 Total money lost $107 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was sent an email stating that if I filled out a survey for Amazon I would get a free gift all I would have to do is pay a shipping cost. I picked out a watch and I put …
Priscilla – Victim Location 95203 Type of a scam Rental After showing interest in a rental property in Stockton ca I was informed by. That because they were "outta town", in order to get the keys I was told I needed to send money to them via paypal or money order and that my keys …
Tabitha – Victim Location 46385 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Received a check for 3,976.00. I thought this might be a scam so I called the bank it was issued from, The account did not exist.
Rebecca – Victim Location 60563 Type of a scam Other My mother received a letter addressed to my father that has been deceased for 20 years. They were wanting me to send 97 dollars in to process the deed with the County Recorders office. Katie – Victim Location 65721 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money …
Lucas – Victim Location 95023 Type of a scam Credit Cards I listed my vehicle for sale on craigslist, a scammer texted me to my personal cell phone asking to provide a specific kind of vin report of the vehicle using the website rapidvincheck.com. He insisted on me paying for it even though i provided …
Jaclyn – Victim Location 32206 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order On November 1, 2018 [email protected] contacted me via email regarding some burial plots my mom is selling. Their story sounded fishy, but we went back and forth for a week and finally I gave them her full name and address (she lives with …
Kari – Victim Location 47713 Total money lost $20.37 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I received a package from Recovery DME dated March 20, 2019. I had not requested any products from that company to be sent to me, nor had my physician done so. Since I didn’t know what it was I opened it. …
Kyle – Victim Location 77031 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan This site will ask you to borrow loan and when you try to register with them ,you will be charged and loan will automatically be declined,if you manage to get the loan,you will be debited thrice for repayment, I applied for a loan …
Levi – Victim Location 08742 Type of a scam Debt Collections Jason from Regional Media Services called today on Dec 5th, 2019 and attempted to collect $10,000 in payment from me for services he said I verbally agreed to over the phone back in July. He threatened to sue me for the full amount including …
Rodney – Victim Location 32065 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Charity This person is an amazing artist but too bad that she is scammer. I bought a painting from this person 6 months ago and she has yet to send me the painting. This person stole my 150 dollar for a paint, …
Travis – Victim Location 93030 Total money lost $23 Type of a scam Online Purchase <span title="https://readlizy.myshopify.com/1918730285/checkouts/0242e04ee372605e61adf10d6425ae21?previous_step=shipping_method&step=payment_methodhttps://readlizy.myshopify.com/1918730285/checkouts/0242e04ee372605e61adf10d6425…⇄ /> They pretended that they carry the book I needed. Once I paid for that book, they took the money out immediately out of my bank account and once it was posted on my account the charge showed …
Marco – Victim Location 77036 Type of a scam Employment
