Frederick – Victim Location 14150 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes The following letter was recevied. BUSINESS PROPOSAL Dear (first name) (last name) My name is Peter· Hughman; I am a partner m Harcourt LLP a London based Law Firm. Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature …
Michelle – Victim Location 90032 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange Condensed Version… I received several emails from a "Dying" widow living in the U.K. wanting someone to handle her millions after her death and "Make Good Use" of the funds. After I was sent forms to sign by a "Bank Manager", I was …
Leslie – Victim Location 46298 Type of a scam Charity This is probably Fake Charity. Harold Diamond is 80 yrs old and a retired school teacher. He won over 300 million in a lottery in New York. He has used his money to fight cancer which he had 4 times.Also his mother. He is donating …
Alisha – Victim Location 07002 Type of a scam Employment This company emailed me on three separate occasions to recruit me for an interview and possible employment. The dates emails were received are 2/22/17, 2/23/17 & 2/27/17. The company claimed that zip recruiter sent them my infomation and when I reached out to zip recruiter …
Jay – Victim Location 80521 Type of a scam Utility We received an automated disconnect notice with a mans voice saying they would be shutting off our power if we did not call and pay within the next 30 minutes. The number they said to call is 800-460-4985.
Karl – Victim Location 89447 Total money lost $400,000 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Shane Hannaford defrauded me and my 4 investors on over $60,000,000.00 of contracts and losses. The FBI is involved!
Angel – Victim Location 48858 Type of a scam Employment Thanks for getting back to us with your interest about the job. (HARVEY BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY) Is a construction company, we offer construction services to our clients all over the globe. We have suppliers in United State that that make supply of construction material to …
Tabitha – Victim Location 30180 Total money lost $64.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase They will take your money and charge your card right away but do not give you the product you purchased.
Daisy – Type of a scam Online Purchase I was selling a car on kijiji and he asked if it was for sale. It was and he right away asks for the VIN number. I’ve been scammed before and I learnt the first time!
Naomi – Victim Location 30277 Type of a scam Online Purchase Reached out regarding a Havanese puppy for sale. I was suspicious because of the poor grammar used and reminded me of scams. He would not do any type of credit card/PayPal/check payment- only money order. Looked up his domain and it is new- but …
Marco – Victim Location 19018 Total money lost $90 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased two sample products from this company. One for $4.97 and another for $4.95. After making the purchase on August 10th I noticed an extra charge for $24.95 for a product that I did not order and I contacted …
Phillip – Victim Location 48174 Total money lost $96 Type of a scam Online Purchase The website seems decent and legit, it even offers PayPal as one of there methods of payment, but as soon as I checkout and payed for it I noticed on my PayPal receipt it had a woman personal yahoo email …
Jason – Victim Location 32962 Type of a scam Online Purchase I wanted to purchase a very expensive called Skinceuticals CE Ferulic Antioxidant Serum. Normally it costs a minimum of $129 for 30 ML. HealthyMart247 sells it for $59. The low price made me suspicious–is this a fake? So I went to email them directly, …
Ebony – Victim Location 77057 Type of a scam Debt Collections A woman by the name of Lucky Cruz called May 28 2016, from a "private number" claiming they were an attorney, and that a complaint had been launched against me and to contact them asap. They left the number 1.855.246.7291 along with the reference …
Brittney – Victim Location 96843 Type of a scam Utility Local business receiving calls from our local Uilities office. The caller indicated the company had an outstanding balance. The call came from 844-244-9660. Company was unable to obtain an individual name.
Louis – Victim Location 36693 Type of a scam Other I am sure this was some type of scam. I worry that I may have answered ‘yes’ without thinking and if I did, what type financial harm can happen to me. How does one report this? How does one prevent financial damage? Said she represented …
Health Alert Co., do not recall a name being provided Read More »
Jermaine – Victim Location 12205 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I get multiple missed calls from this number every day urging me to enroll in health insurance before it’s to late and when I called to express my anger the man answered saying “would you like to enroll in health care” then hung up as …
Mathew – Victim Location 45013 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare I was woken up by a call that said they were health provider and wanted to know if some of my medicines were denied. They ask me four questions about medication then I realized I was answering yes to every question. I ask where are …
Roy – Jun 08, 2020 Victim Location 94518 Type of a scam Phishing Person alleges to be giving away money for free to individuals. Collects information. Doesn’t explain why the information is really needed. They claim it is a legit charity and use a website that doesn’t open and use tax ID 961807558 for donations. …
Tracy – Victim Location 96768 Type of a scam Charity The male caller claimed to be collecting money for the local police department. I didn’t listen and told him I don’t give money over the phone. I contacted someone at the Hilo police station who said they do not do that type of thing, so …
Tamara – Victim Location 86403 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief Heather at Card Services Scam has resurfaced and called from multiple numbers. If you block the number a different number will call with the same information. FTC took action in 2012, but the calls have returned. Alberto – Victim Location 38134 Type of …
Ashlee – Jun 06, 2020 Victim Location 33713 Type of a scam Online Purchase you purchase a trial version of nuluxe skin cream and they fore a second product purchase with no way to remove second product. I have just read that they also enroll us in auto ship monthly of these products I have …
Alex – Victim Location 28584 Type of a scam Online Purchase Ordered from hey weekends actual pymt thru pay pal processed thru storm media Ltd. Bbb showed nothing on hey weekeds however storm media is a Chinese scam
Lee – Victim Location 32653 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare We are a doctors office and have had this company fax us prescription forms for patients that neither the patient or the physician were aware of, nor did they need the medication. We ask them to stop sending the requests, but they continue to send …
Charles – Victim Location 49103 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes "Robert Bronson" called an elderly woman in south west Michigan and told her she won 650,000 and a Mercedes Benz. "Robert Bronson" said his employee ID number was 8927. Robert Bronson stated his general manager is "Henry Johnson" at phone number 509-790-0952. Eventually, when the …
Lori – Victim Location 63110 Type of a scam Employment I had applied for a job posting listed as Office Assistant/ Receptionist. I received a response within a hour. This is a copied and pasted response that was sent via email by a “Michelle Cox”: Thank you so much for applying for the Office Assistant/ …
Tristan – Victim Location 64730 Type of a scam Government Grant They have been harassing me with phone call after phone call, from different numbers with the same 202 area code, telling me I earned a $9000 Grant for being a "good citizen" with no criminal record, that has never owed any taxes. When I …
Adrian – Victim Location 02538 Type of a scam Online Purchase Fake website advertising puppies. When asked to pay, instead of a business transaction, you’re asked to send a money order through walmart to them. They warn you not to say the money transaction is for a dog purchase but to a friend or family …
Andres – Victim Location 29505 Type of a scam Employment I was on career builder looking for a at home data entry position. I was contacted via email from Highmarksonline.com they sent me a email about being selected for a interview and we conducted the interview on google hangouts and after the interview I had …
Oscar – Jun 17, 2020 Victim Location 77090 Total money lost $80 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered a product from the website mylivia with a subscription in which the product would cost about $50 and a $8 monthly subscription. I placed my initial order on April 30th,2020. After a month my purchase …
