Kristopher – Victim Location 92404 Total money lost $4,000 Type of a scam Government Grant Government Grant. A friend of a friend had a flier posted at work about applying for grants. Several people applied. My friends friend paid the fee that was requested, $1000(goggle play cards) and received $50,000. I am given the phone …
Eugene – Victim Location 29485 Type of a scam Tax Collection Posing as James Caskin and states enforcement action brought by the the US Treasury and to contact 660-822-9012… This happened in Charleston, SC on 2/23/2016
Logan – Victim Location 72396 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order To wrap your car with monster logo. Sent check 3500$. Verified by a phone number claiming to be Union Bank.
Marvin – Victim Location 33919 Type of a scam Home Improvement I keep getting phone calls from this person jake who claims he’s from a home owners association which I am not in an association and is trying to sell me repairs I have him to please stop calling but every day I get at …
Daniel – Victim Location 46106 Type of a scam Online Purchase The website states that they raise pit bulls on an prganic farm with other animals so that they are social. Low price. Say they will send them via an airline after you pay thru Walmart Money Transfer. Total scam. When I asked for the …
Anne – Victim Location 66061 Type of a scam Credit Cards The caller stated I had an outstanding credit card balance with Chase Manhattan Bank, which hasn’t gone by that name in over 20 years. They requested the balance be paid in full of roughly $3,500, which was completely fraudulent.
Billy – Victim Location 31401 Total money lost $5 Type of a scam Employment [email protected] (Mathis Bonheur) IP Address: 138.201.199.38 Provider: HETZNER (Germany) [email protected] (Cecile Bellefleur) IP Address: 138.201.199.38 Provider: HETZNER (Germany) Bitcoin Wallet #: 1LhqZDsz4H2E5GWD2udwLeLYDp9mRvyb6V On June 4th 2019 I was contacted by Cecile Bellefleur regarding an executive assistant position I don’t remember applying …
Melody – Victim Location 89110 Type of a scam Employment John Daniels to 2 days agoDetails Title: Admin Assistant Reporting Relationship: Supervisor Name: John Daniels About the job: This is a part/full time position. Janzhoff A.F & Associate will setup a fully functional home office work-space for you to carry out duties and responsibilities. Hours: …
Gabriel – Victim Location 94553 Type of a scam Phishing Mr. Martinez sent me a letter today outlining that one of my relatives has died, leaving life insurance proceeds; he wants me to contact him at FAX number 1-289-667-3232 or by phone 1647-328-4355 for "the repatriation of these funds." This is the second or third …
Michelle – Victim Location 94401 Total money lost $24.99 Type of a scam Phishing I posted my vehicle to sell on craigslist and received this message. Being a first time seller, I didn’t think about the possibility of being scammed. But after texting the scammer back and forth, he wanted me to go to vinsvertification.com …
Bryan – Victim Location 01463 Total money lost $2,450 Type of a scam Other I went to buy a puppy from this "certified breeder"and the dog was $950 FREE shipping. I sent the money to him ($958 through western union, $8 charge) and he said the puppy was ready to be shipped. I then get …
Ricky – Victim Location 77086 Type of a scam Employment This is 100% a scam, this scam will promise you a work-from based position, being a quality control making $2500 a month plus $25 for every package shipped. I thought was fishy at first and I wish I would have just went with my first …
Wayne – Victim Location 73118 Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange I have received a bequest notice from a law firm in Canada saying that I had $2 million waiting for my response.It incorrectly identifies me as having been a nurse. When I go to web site, nothing appears but an icon to send …
Krista – Victim Location 19805 Type of a scam Other Said they were going to garnish wages and report to the IRS. Also that they were going to file a judgement case tomorrow. They had already verified W2 information with my employer.
Terry – Victim Location 80921 Type of a scam Employment I created a *** account in March 2017, which has since gone inactive, and less then 10 months later, on August 28, 2017 I started receiving spam emails from the James Yawn, Graiden Kemp, Leila Coponen, Carmine Scherich, Vivian Morrison, Marcia Berry, Dora Sparks, Tara Little, …
Douglas – Victim Location 94941 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Rental I found an apartment listing on Zumper and Apartment.com for a Honolulu apartment. My daughter was interested in the apartment and I emailed the "owner". James Walters exchanged several emails and two phone calls with me. My daughter traveled to Hawaii …
Joe – Victim Location 64507 Type of a scam Government Grant They hacked a friend of mine on Facebook and approached me with the grant scam offer via Facebook messenger. I didn’t call the number, but provided it here.
Jesse – Victim Location 94707 Type of a scam Other “Jaden” contacted me about buying my car from an ad on craigslist I put up. He said he wanted me to get a vehicle history report from www.nationalautoreports.com. Found out about the new scam going around from this website. Pretty sure it’s an illegitimate website. …
Craig – Victim Location 65781 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Online Purchase Me and my husband went online to get a ragdoll kitten. They went through a website called ZELLE. They charge me $500 to ship the kitten, but then I got a call that I would have to buy a special …
Samuel – Victim Location 98372 Total money lost $100 Type of a scam Online Purchase Looking to sell magazines, to raise money for kids – pocketed $100 from us and $200 from the neighbor
Victoria – Victim Location 23690 Total money lost $350 Type of a scam Online Purchase We were scammed today for $350. Everything looked good from the website they provided for purchase of a Teacup Pomeranian Puppy. My son was in touch with them by text throughout the process. I sent $350 on the Cash App. …
Holly – Victim Location 65604 Total money lost $175 Type of a scam Other I learned about Blues tickets on sale from Craigslist; they were $175.00. I paid through paypal. They said that they wouldn’t help me because she is an individual, not a business. She was going to do one at a time through …
Roy – Victim Location 46805 Total money lost $11,000 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I was looking on Craigs List to buy a used motor home for my business Artist Edge – shear sharpening in the beauty industry. I am the business owner. I found a van, 2005 Roadtrek 190 Motor Home listed by …
Heidi – Mar 05, 2020 Victim Location 35756 Type of a scam Home Improvement Frank Joseph had been initially referred from Angie’s List for leak repair. Subsiquently was contracted to install irrigation system. A time-line was identified and he requested a check for materials. A check for $1200 was given him for this. He failed …
Crystal – Victim Location 02813 Type of a scam Employment I received a text message offering me a job to visit Walmart, CVS stores and local stores in my area to review my interaction with the employees at these locations. I replied to the text asking for more information. I was sent a check in …
Isaac – Victim Location 29302 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency James Clark called me yesterday. I answered the call. A young sounding man said he was in an accident and that I needed to call his attorney. He gave me a phone number, asked me to repeat it back to him, then ended the …
Blake – Victim Location 79110 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Online Purchase This is a scam. They advertise puppies for sale at reasonable prices. They have the ScamPulse.com accreditation sticker posted at the bottom of their home page. They offer shipment through American Airlines, and only accept payment through Zelle which doesn’t …
Christian – Victim Location 80631 Total money lost $6,369 Type of a scam Employment I’m behind on bills and I want an extra job so I searched on *** online jobs and found groups. I saw a lady that said she worked for ** *** and that they made small donations to people that had active …
Monica – Victim Location 84604 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Listed high ticket item on craiglist equivalant. Within a day, scammer contacted us, said consider it sold without asking many questions. Then said they were sending money via paypal with extra $950 for shipping and to moneygram the $950 to the shipping people …
Felicia – Total money lost $3,000 Type of a scam Romance I was approached by scammer on POF. He asked me to email him because he is hardly on the site. He introduced himself as a small business owner, widowed with a 15 year old daughter. Sent me at least 10 picture of himself and …
