Melissa – Victim Location 28209 Type of a scam Tax Collection The company called from 866.872.8045 and left a voice message stating that I was owed $299.99 for the tax refund. I called them back and I told them is not true I had a professional to do my taxes and nothing is owed to …
Brett – Victim Location 29464 Total money lost $22 Type of a scam Online Purchase They offered a makeup product for sale for $22. Even sent me an email with a tracking number (which only worked in China) and an explanation of how long I should expect to wait for the product to arrive. They …
Sheena – Victim Location 63118 Type of a scam Debt Collections Rude callers stating that i will go to jail in 48 hours if i didnt pay my debt. They sent me an email with the company name misspelled and what seemed to be a fake company website.
Craig – Victim Location 65714 Type of a scam Tech Support I received a phone call from this company. They told me that they owed me $500 for anti-virus services. I told them I didn’t purchase anything like that, but thought that maybe my grandchildren who use the computer may have clicked on something. Unfortunately, …
Candice – Victim Location 28805 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Tech Support It started with an email or a text message saying there was a threat of loss of my internet service, "press 1". I did. The scammer posed as a representative of Google G Suite, to help me with detected threats …
Randy – Victim Location 70052 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Identity Theft They try to tell you someone hacked your account and need to have permission to get into your account to remove all false information. Then they will try to get you to purchase some google play cards so they can …
Tina – Victim Location 43943 Total money lost $3,750 Type of a scam Online Purchase I inquired through the glowmalts.com website about a Maltese puppy for sale for 500.00.I received a response very quickly. Through some communication, all emails and later on some texting, I decided to make the purchase of the puppy. I was …
Francisco – Victim Location 86301 Type of a scam Other In conjunction with Bradshaw Group Property Management in Chicago, they claim to have a buyer that has put the funds to purchase our timeshare unit into a trust fund and needed $3499.00 up front to cover the transfer fees in Mexico but was reimbursed in …
Monica – Victim Location 53597 Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories Usually the call is an automated voice saying "please don’t hang up as this is an important call involving your google listing. If your google listing is not verified, it may keep customers from being able to find you. please press 1 now to …
Erin – Victim Location 33578 Type of a scam Online Purchase I contact the seller of a vehicle (1973 Pontiac Grand Am) inquiring about the vehicle….the seller (a Mr. Erin Westlin) stated that the vehicle was located in New Brunswick, NJ and had been in the process of being transported to the U.K., but that …
Daisy – Victim Location 67357 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief I got a call on my cell phone that is with a Kansas number claiming to be a process server. She said they were serving papers the next day at my last Kansas address. (Easy enough to find this info online). She gave …
Kenneth – Victim Location 60559 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Received a phone call telling my husband and I about winning $500,000,00 in sweepstakes from an business whose name sounded like PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE. I answer the phone she asked me to confirm my address and they had the previous; she asked me to give …
Jeremiah – Victim Location 43215 Type of a scam Tech Support After looking at payday loan companies, a red Google Chrome Critical Error appeared on my computer screen. It reads: Security System has detected the threatening attempt to gain access to your bank logins and related data, but this dangerous connection was blocked with Firewall …
Gloria – Victim Location 98261 Type of a scam Phishing This is the scammer’s voice: hello, I’m Gordon, this is a secured line to test for hearing, how are you today? I said I’m fine, he hung up. I called back sensing a scam and when he answered he said, “this is Gordon can you …
Lawrence – Victim Location 30071 Total money lost $65,550 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency 1. My wife has been deceived by ‘Whatapps’ messages (pretending to be a known person of us) and seek for help. Then we received the messages by Email from a company on 14th March 2019. 2. Then my wife follow …
Jaime – Victim Location 36695 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Online Purchase This woman convinces people to buy jewelry from her and after you send in your money through PayPal she waits 4 days for PayPal payments to go through and then cancels out your orders and tells everyone that you didn’t …
Ricardo – Victim Location 74074 Type of a scam Tech Support Received a call from a strange phone number M205172700051. The gentleman with a heavy foreign accent said they were suspending my Google business account because I had not verified the account and they wanted to send me a code to verify. I thought it …
Ann – Victim Location 38635 Type of a scam Employment While on Indeed, I received a fraudulent email about employment for Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, P.C. The scammer posed as the hiring manager for the firm. He claimed that he would send a check in the mailed for my first week pay and other …
Victor – Victim Location 31059 Total money lost $123 Type of a scam Online Purchase Ordered gps system last week no merchandise no response far as phone or message they will not respond
Lacey – Type of a scam Employment Was offered what seemed like a legit mystery shopper position. Tax forms were sent and then communication stopped. Website does look legitimate. But now skeptical Mayra – Type of a scam Employment My daughter applied for a job on indeed.com she has had contact by phone and various …
Brooke – Victim Location 70548 Type of a scam Identity Theft Received a call from Brian Thompson with Google Security Team, Gave his Google ID of BT9696. Said they are monitoring suspicious activity of my Google account. Said someone has made purchases from my Google account for XXX websites in the amount of 700 + …
Curtis – Victim Location 24121 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Online Purchase Trying to Purchase a Golden Retrieve Puppy, the web site, addresses and everything is a complete SCAM
Melody – Victim Location 55319 Total money lost $28.96 Type of a scam Online Purchase My son ordered a Tshirt on August 24, 2019. My credit card was charged on that day $28.96. The shirt has not arrived. Initially I was told it would be shipped shortly. When it still didn’t arrive I requested a …
Tristan – Victim Location 48036 Total money lost $65 Type of a scam Online Purchase I am HIGHLY PISSED off. I found a website that supposedly is a discounted website for baby items such as car seats, strollers,etc. My son needs a car seat that he can grow into. I bought what I thought was …
Edwin – Victim Location 19426 Type of a scam Other I was contacted by the US Treasury saying if I ignore this message I would be in big trouble and I would have to appear before a Magistrate Judge or Grand Jury. It would be a criminal offense to ignore this message. Angela – Victim …
Brittney – Victim Location 10075 Type of a scam Employment I got a phone call for a job interview, however upon more research I found out that. The company was not real – i found no prior record of the phone number. The address is constantly changing there business name and they asked me for …
Christy – Victim Location 14435 Type of a scam Phishing David Graves called from the Goshen police chief association.
Abby – Victim Location 36343 Total money lost $400 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Yes they sent me a cashier check when I tried to deposit in PayPal they said they could so I checked into it and it’s a fraud
Linda – Victim Location 31093 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I received a call telling me I was approved for a loan of $5000 and then I was told I would need to pay upfront one time payment of $75 before the money could be deposited. When I asked why couldn’t the $75 …
Aimee – Victim Location 52403 Type of a scam Identity Theft Left the following message on my phone on April 8, 2019, at 11: 43 a.m.: "Hello we have been trying to reach you. This call is officially a final notice from SSA Social Security Administration. This call is to inform you that we have …
