Brittney – Victim Location 83201 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received an email stating they were a retail survey company needing my help to complete surveys for money. They sent a check for $2,350.00 via mail and stated this is my first assignment to purchase (4) gift cards at nearest Walmart and put $500.00 …
Reginald – Victim Location 76852 Total money lost $195 Type of a scam Other Ellenwood academy ,, in Brandon , FL. is not accredited ….
Dane – Victim Location 85253 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief These people called me and provided me with information about my finances that they could only have obtained through illegal means. They refused to provide me the address of the company and when I asked a second time for the address the person …
Kristin – Victim Location 44420 Type of a scam Tax Collection Claims about tax filing expired. Legal action will be taken.
Margaret – Victim Location 12303 Total money lost $49.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I (thought I) purchased the Shaun T’s Cize workout DVDs from http://elitefitnessproductsonline.com/ I was supposed to receive it in 5-12 days. It’s been 2 1/2 weeks and still nothing. Shortly after I placed the order, I received an email from …
Jordan – Victim Location 22191 Total money lost $800 Type of a scam Employment They said they provide training but half way thru instructor disappeared.
Robin – Victim Location 27127 Type of a scam Employment Here is the email I was sent after sending my resume/CV: I represent "ELBEN ONLINE STORE" LLC. We really appreciate your interest in new open vacancy "QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR" and replied to our email hiring campaign. Let me provide a detailed description about the position. …
Karl – Victim Location 24171 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was trying to get loan to buy a semi trailer.these people emailed me and said they would approve me for a 12,000 dollar loan.it was for 12 months with payments of 1008 a month.total interest on loan was 68.00.then I was to …
Micah – Victim Location 30121 Type of a scam Employment This business represents itself as a review club. You receive items for free or heavily discounted and then review them. Unfortunately they allow you to get a few products this way and then they block you from getting any more. However they do not tell …
Kelly – Victim Location 37327 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan In the past few weeks, I had been applying for loans online. I received a call telling me I had been approved for up to $5000. The caller had all of my info already and was only asking me to verify. The scam …
Anthony – Victim Location 44081 Type of a scam Home Improvement They call from local numbers even though they are not local. An automated person sends you over to a "security specialist". If you ask them any questions they hang up on you. They call from different numbers three or more times a day, every …
Dennis – Victim Location 64862 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Tried to mail me a well over the amount check for a ring.
Kristina – Victim Location 97206 Type of a scam Debt Collections I was contacted by email stating that I had defaulted on a payday loan and a court case had been filed against me. They provided me with a social security number that did not match my own, and the loan was taken out in …
Sara – Victim Location 72118 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was in the market for an earlier model Chevrolet truck when i came across an ad on "Hot Classics" website. It was just what I was looking for so I inquired about it with what I thought was owner. After texting back and …
Alana – Victim Location 13815 Type of a scam Phishing Called and wanted me to take a one questions survey. Asked if I voted in the last election. Made the mistake of saying yes, but not loud enough. Asked me to repeat again. hung up but not sure if they got the first yes.
Clayton – Victim Location 96744 Type of a scam Other We have an EZ MEATS van in our rural area going onto private property and up private roads marked do not tresspass. On the VAn it says EZ Meats (808) 396 3287. We wanted the owners to stop the van from tresspassign but cannot find …
Devin – Victim Location 05765 Type of a scam Phishing Originally the caller sounded live and said he was from and Emergency Medical Company or something like that. He then asked me if I could hear him and I said yes, then he started talking about how we could use senior care and I started …
Deborah – Victim Location 31047 Type of a scam Phishing Someone from this address [email protected] accessed my email contacts and SPAMed my contacts. One of the contacts is now receiving harassing emails from the same people. Can you please investigate the practices of these people. Jordan – Victim Location 63366 Type of a scam Phishing …
Julie – Victim Location 16403 Type of a scam Utility on 10-24-16 i received a call in the morning . female caller claims to be from "electric company" asks if Mr or Mrs …. at address and wanted to discuss if i saw the info on the bottom of my bill. i realized then that …
Erika – Victim Location 40447 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan They said first time if I pay 200 They would give me 3000.then $75 then today $50 …
Tamara – Victim Location 14105 Type of a scam Phishing I listed a car on Craigslist and received a text message asking if I would send a report from something I believed to be similar to carfax. They want you to enter the vin number and give a credit card information.
Gina – Victim Location 80138 Total money lost $15,000 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I was scammed. I paid $15,000 cash to liquidate my time share at El Cid in Mazatlan, MX. for the sum of $29,900.00 and in return I purchased a Vacation Club Travel all expensises paid including 10 airline tickets roundtrip anywhere …
Dominique – Victim Location 33993 Type of a scam Employment Received a Text Message from 563-275-6371, saying they were interested in talking to me about my skills, as they had located my resume on an industry specific website. The company they stated they were from was in Brisbane, Australia. The company and person they said …
Kristy – Victim Location 99508 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise Used the name of my colleague and supervisor; modified their email to appear like the ones I have in my address book. Pretended they were in a meeting and couldn’t come out to purchase the gift cards.
Adrian – Victim Location 79119 Type of a scam Government Grant On March 28, I received a friends request on Facebook. She contacted me back on Messenger. She had just received a $200,000 grant from ECAB. Wanted to know if I had applied. On the 29th, gave me the phone number. Called. Got Voice mail. …
Cameron – Victim Location 94904 Type of a scam Other The unsubscribe link is not functional. It appears as follows: Use the following link to unsubscribe only to Health Alerts. Your other services will not be affected. UNSUBSCRIBE There is no indication of how to unsubscribe from all emails.
Amy – Victim Location 07304 Total money lost $19.99 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Claim it’s their anniversary and have a $1,449 diamond ring sweepstakes.. Once you sign up, it will say you win and will just have to pay the handling fee. Even if u use PayPal to pay, the transaction was completed right …
Tina – Victim Location 20850 Total money lost $40 Type of a scam Online Purchase False claims, product does nothing. Free trial promised actually leads to a $190 credit card charge 2 weeks later and an automatic monthly charge (autoship). Cannot reach customer service to cancel, can’t email the cancellation request. Had to pay $40 …
Arthur – Victim Location 80218 Type of a scam Online Purchase Never buy from this artist. They claim my piece was delivered. I do not have it, never came to me anyway. The professional thing would have been to send me a replacement. What did they do to protect their buyer? Offered me 20% off …
Tommy – Victim Location 77385 Type of a scam Utility Called and said we needed to make payment or they would be cutting off electricity to our store in Magnolia. That location has a different provider and we confirmed nothing is being cut off. Once I said we have a different provider and accused them …
