Jenny – Mar 05, 2020 Victim Location 08865 Total money lost $4,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase Online website https://sheepadoodles.online/ promised to ship a puppy within 48 hours. Kept asking the victim for more money for issues that kept coming up. Sent over $4,000 through online payment method Zelle.
Jasmine – Victim Location 75050 Type of a scam Phishing this number calls business number and when asked to be removed from list starts making vulgar comments, initially asks for credit card number in order to purchase car products.,when told i would report them makes comments that it will be impossible to report them due …
Cynthia – Apr 20, 2020 Victim Location 77004 Total money lost $499 Type of a scam Government Agency Imposter They emailed our business to do our SAM registration. We paid them via check to do the registration. We found out our registration was never paid and contacted SAM.gov directly where we were informed there is …
Nicolas – Victim Location 60098 Type of a scam Phishing I received a call from Cody ID 971583 from the Social Security Administration on Saturday, June 8th 2019 from this number 866-931-7075. He informed me that my SSN was stolen and more than 1 million dollars was spent in my name. He gave me a …
Caitlin – Victim Location 85739 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Tech Support Yes. They claimed to be Amazon technicians to repair Alexa and asked for and remotely controlled my computer. Then accessed Paypal and stole $450 US funds and stole all my passwords and left my computer so they could access anytime
Haley – Victim Location 37129 Total money lost $95 Type of a scam Online Purchase They offer clearance on kid swings and I tried to purchase with a reloaded Master Card 2 times, it keep saying something went wrong so I used my credit card and it still said there was a problem. Sent them …
Charlotte – Victim Location 92883 Total money lost $4,100 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order They contact you from 2 different e-mails, pretending to be 2 different people. The scam is they’re a "Model Agency" looking for a photographer. They e-mail you claiming they work for a popular magazine company, using someones name that …
Grant – Type of a scam Identity Theft We received a "return to sender" envelope showing our return address (which included the name of a past president that is no longer living and retired at the end of 2002). The envelope included a one page add from Hardcopy Communications which is a fax broadcasting service …
Nicolas – Victim Location 79029 Total money lost $890 Type of a scam Online Purchase I tried to order a puppy online and sent a money gram to the company of $890. When they asked for more money for insurance on the dog, I knew something wasn’t right.
Erika – Victim Location 93401 Total money lost $65 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered some shoes from this website May 18th. I have since emailed them 5 times at 3 different email addresses I found on their website with no response and a bounce-back from one. The three email addresses are [email protected], …
Marisa – Victim Location 22580 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased a $20 hot tub off Instagram. After I did so I looked up the reviews online and noticed it was a scam. I recieved a fake receipt from the email address listed. The scan info is at https://amp.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/bg7t6f/did_i_just_get_scammed_hot_tub_fo…⇄
Caitlin – Victim Location 90028 Total money lost $540 Type of a scam Romance I meet him in June of 2018and everything was good then he started asking for itunes cards now he will not answer questions about when I will get my money back and he is asking for Amazon cards
Melanie – Victim Location 19050 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Online Purchase On Instagram keya does trivia and if win u get a free wig but It actually isn’t free she tells you to cashapp 150.00 to $Nyjaeinthemix17 and tells you that it will take 7-14 business days. After u waited days …
Shana – Victim Location 48045 Type of a scam Employment This scam was sent out as an email through College for Creative Studies about it being a "part time job." I emailed asking for details about the "job." I got a reply when they first contacted me 6/17/19. I have emails of the school email …
Micah – Victim Location 75964 Total money lost $14.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase Shopify had an ad for a popup tent. When purchased, payment went to Hefty Empire. Confirmation email gave fake email of [email protected]
Renee – Victim Location 08054 Total money lost $16.90 Type of a scam Online Purchase On 6/10/19 I thought I was purchasing a Roku stick for 16.90 with my prepaid cash card. Upon completion I checked for a delivery date and could not get one, from there I started searching and emailing all of my …
Tommy – Type of a scam Charity This company sends certain employees to open more small “offices” around North America. Working with alias company: Global Faces Direct, this company hires employees to go door to door collecting money for specific charities. All of these charities’ websites look very similar, and have the same colour scheme, …
Joel – Type of a scam Employment I applied for a courier position that claimed to be paying $28/hr by this company. I received an email a few days later stating that this position had been filled but another position for a Cash Handling Assistant was available and sent me a link to check out …
Johnathan – Victim Location 71854 Type of a scam Debt Collections THE REP THAT CALLED (SKYLER JOHNSON) SAID THAT MY HUSBAND WAS BEING SUED, AND I NEEDED TO HAVE HIM CONTACT THEIR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. I SENT THE NUMBER, HER NAME, AND THE "CASE NUMBER" TO MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM TO CALL ASAP. HE TALKED …
Stephen – Victim Location 19143 Type of a scam Employment I applied for a job as a receptionist/ admin assistant with Heartland payment systems on Indeed.com a couple days later I was emailed from the company telling me that they were impressed with my resume and I should email the hiring recruiter via google and …
Jesse – Victim Location 38016 Type of a scam Phishing Caller ID was a local number. I answered and the caller asked if I was “my name” to which I said yes. He had a thick foreign accent and said he was from Hello Fresh and wanted to know if we had missed any packages. …
Meghan – Victim Location 72903 Total money lost $1,250 Type of a scam Online Purchase They sale exotic pets. I thought I was buying a female capuchin Monkey. The website site is fraud they don’t sale nothing. They wanted me to purchase 1000.00 Walmart e-gift cards and I did. They where suppose to ship her. …
Erik – Victim Location 63303 Total money lost $123 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill I called my bank about to check on a charge that I wasn’t sure about. I learned when I talked to the bank that my account has been charged since January from this company without approval or even knowledge. …
Christian – Type of a scam Employment This scammer uses the legit profile of a company and uses it for their own purpose. They post a job on Indeed as a Cash Handling Assistant for $21/hr, remote based. They ask you for ID and if you have a smartphone. You will be asked to transfer …
Kevin – Victim Location 07458 Type of a scam Employment Identified himself as "Mr. Frank Cole" and contacted me on freelancer.com with the username "kilavos" offering to interview me for a work from home position at $25/hour, mentioning I’d get a check or direct deposit. Then said I’d be taking the interview on Google Hangouts …
Spencer – Victim Location 01085 Total money lost $79.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase Sampled a "Free Trial" offer from Healthy Feel Diet. They sent 2 bottles of useless pills (Forskolin coleus extract). Two weeks later I received 4 separate packages of pills. I returned all 4 packages unopened via USPS tracking. The pills …
Andrea – Type of a scam Employment They ask me the information of my debit account so they can send me e-transfers that I am going to use to buy cryptocurrencies then send it back to them. I do not know if this company is legit or not. Brandy – Type of a scam Employment …
Brendan – Victim Location 76541 Total money lost $20 Type of a scam Online Purchase There was an ad on facebook for a jacuzzi at the purchase price of $20.00 dollars. There is no phone number for this company and their email address is nonexisting. My bank indicated that the company is in Spain. Dennis …
Barbara – Victim Location 95301 Type of a scam Employment A Lisa Brown from Healthcare Global contacted me via text regarding a job. She referred me to reach out to a Lewis Gronberg on Google Hangouts. His email address is [email protected] He referred me to healthcareglobal.com as their company website. He conducted an interview and …
Mario – Victim Location 14420 Type of a scam Online Purchase We were told that there were multiple available puppies and they even sent us a handful of photos. We asked what the next steps were and they said we would have to send the money via the Zelle app and the puppy would be …
