Matthew – Victim Location 92869 Total money lost $22,000 Type of a scam Romance He contacted me via Match.com. We became very friendly and talked about a love connection. Believing he was a business owner, he said he had to go to Beijing China, as there was a problem with customs, and his customer was …
Katrina – Victim Location 96810 Type of a scam Rental I found a listing for a rental property on Craigslist for $90/night in Kailua. My email was returned quickly and I had many exchanges with the "owner" of the property. He was willing for me to name my own price for a monthly rental. He …
Kaitlin – Victim Location 12590 Type of a scam Online Purchase Went online searching for a toaster oven. They came up in a google search (on side bar) as a retailer. A day or so passed and I never received a confirmation email. I then emailed them and got no reply. I tried to call …
Pedro – Victim Location 84037 Type of a scam Tax Collection Voicemail from (202) 683-9439 "This is the Internal Revenue service and the batch number is 46719. The reason for the call is inform you that there is a Federal investigation on your name because we found misconduct on your tax papers in the audit …
Mayra – Victim Location 55414 Total money lost $1,484 Type of a scam Online Purchase I found this website when I was searching for exotic shorthair cats on Google, and the cats were cute, so I contacted the seller. I got along very well with him and he sent me a lot of videos about …
Shana – Victim Location 39564 Total money lost $400 Type of a scam Online Purchase I put a down payment on Frenchie Bulldog of $400 on 9/14/19. The owner of busy said he would send a contract to me. I have never received a contract and have tried to contact them with no response. I …
James – Victim Location 61764 Total money lost $75 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered from I. December 2018 joy toys and got charged but never received product. Have tried multiple times to contact and got nothing . This seems to be a scam Priscilla – Victim Location 35216 Total money lost $20.95 …
Cheryl – Victim Location 98665 Total money lost $460 Type of a scam Online Purchase I found craigslist ad for justin Timberlake concert tickets. They scammer talked me into transferring money using zelle. AND i did it TWICE two differnt people scammed me! Tanya – Victim Location 53705 Type of a scam Phishing Can you …
Angel – Victim Location 83676 Type of a scam Online Purchase 2 emails received stating I needed to review a sale on a property in another state, also included an "E Sign Document". Looks like it is a "Title" scam.
Russell – Victim Location 94607 Type of a scam Other This number and other numbers from other instances for the past two months and including yesterday and today recently has been calling asking for a person’s name who is not me and not someone I know or associated with for an appointment for "signing legal …
Ana – Victim Location 32904 Type of a scam Debt Collections I asked my friend some questions about her home and other places she lived as I am planning on a move and she was helping me with floor plans etc. The message stated she was very pleased with her life thanks to Mark the …
Angelica – Victim Location 07010 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Online Purchase Someone claimed to be selling me 2 VIP tickets to a Billie Eilish concert event and I was sent the tickets after paying and they were fake.
Courtney – Victim Location 65401 Total money lost $800 Type of a scam Government Grant My friend, Leslie *** PM me through facebook and told me she had received a grant and had given my name to Joseph *** and he would contact me if I was eligible for a grant. The next day 9/7/19, I …
Bryan – Victim Location 70807 Type of a scam Government Grant For about 8 to 12 hours even while I was at work these 2 people continued messaging me on Facebook telling me I had won government money. One was Judy Miller. I have struggled for about 8 years so I thought I would be …
Shawna – Victim Location 60527 Type of a scam Other The scammer reached out to me via contact form on my graphic design portfolio. He stated he needed a website for an apartment listing, and that he had a budget of $800, and had content and images for me ready to go. The first red …
Nina – Victim Location 15401 Type of a scam Debt Collections I received a call May 30 2018 from Dan Walker,Eric Brown and Keith Reed (June 28 2018) at Joseph and Associates from the same 9094505394, 8559840844, and 3109291090 numbers. They had my legitimate work name, address, and debt that I owe. Stated I needed …
Dustin – Victim Location 34209 Total money lost $5.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase I received an ad for a "free kabuki makeup brush" on a YouTube video. Since the ad was hosted on YouTube, I trusted it. I clicked the ad to the website and checked it out. There was no evidence that …
Christy – Victim Location 92553 Type of a scam Debt Collections A man claiming he was giving away Shih Tzu asked me to pay shipping he said he was giving dogs away because of mother’s death it was a scam
Alana – Victim Location 15068 Total money lost $30 Type of a scam Online Purchase I bought a bracelet for a friend from Joycuff at Www.joycuff.com. It broke two days later. Called customer service and explained what had happened and asked what I had to do to have it replaced. He kept saying” I don’t …
Gloria – Victim Location 53140 Total money lost $109 Type of a scam Online Purchase I first saw the advertisement on FB. I went to the website and made selections of Nike shoes to purchase. I went to the payment page and put in my mailing address and credit card information. The payment processed. There …
Alexis – Victim Location 56058 Type of a scam Debt Collections They called me then tired to come to my place but was my mom address. You call them they answered did we call you they say they are part of a law firm but when we looked up the law firm they said it …
Erica – Victim Location 40324 Type of a scam Phishing Recieved a telephone call and they guy said "This is Josh from Customer Service- can you hear me ok?" I believe this to be a recent scam I read about in the news where if I had said yes, it would have been recorded and …
Kaitlin – Victim Location 54216 Type of a scam Debt Collections called saying i owed debt to us cellular from 2007 and that my circumstances allowed them to go after me for the amount of $1200. I argued back and fourth for an hour asking questions, and got answers like we dont have a web …
Natasha – Victim Location 91740 Total money lost $48.84 Type of a scam Online Purchase One of those scammer sites where they will sell you very cheap products (but use legit product photos). Their FAQ also notes that you can request for changes to your order as long as it is placed and requested before …
Kelli – Victim Location 60472 Type of a scam Employment keeps mass tagging people on face book saying he’ll pay $50 an hour to stuff envelopes, will only accept a text with your information, so wants your phone number for some reason.I didnot respond, so don’t know if its legit or not.
Kari – Victim Location 30096 Total money lost $101.62 Type of a scam Debt Collections I was contacted by Jensen & Evans saying that I had a account with *** *** *** ***. They stated that I had paid on this account for two years and stop paying leaving a balance of 609.70, I have never …
Andre – Victim Location 75033 Total money lost $535 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was in the market for a new puppy. I was searching online for local breeders. The next morning, I received a text from someone claiming that I had sent an email inquiry about Pugs. Somehow, they knew I was …
Preston – Victim Location 37076 Type of a scam Online Purchase I went to look for NFL jerseys online and found what I thought was legit website. I ordered 2 Dallas Cowboy Jerseys for a total of 87.98 They gave me order number and then I went to pay and it wouldn’t complete my payment …
Natasha – Victim Location 97478 Type of a scam Debt Collections Called saying "a complaint was filed" and we needed to call 844-841-5461 with a case number to resolve. Wouldn’t tell us what it was for and said the "folder in front of is was sealed" and she couldn’t legally open it.
Kevin – Victim Location 32233 Type of a scam Online Purchase My daughter went on juulsite.com thinking they were associated with the company Juul. The site error out so she logged back on. It error out the second time. I noticed not long after 2 exact charges for 22.97$ by the site. My daughter never …
