Bruce – Victim Location 52404 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Online Purchase I thought I was purchasing a puppy from a reputable breeder. I sent over $600, and then received fake shipping information. I contacted the shipping company that was supposedly shipping my puppy, and they told me they did not work …
Russell – Victim Location 64801 Type of a scam Phishing Received email "from" [email protected] (email header reports signed by paysimple.com) with replies sent to [email protected] But elitecardservices.net doesn’t appear to be a valid website. Email was sent by bounce.secureserver.net. The contact info at the bottom of the email showed the contact email address as [email protected] …
Kristopher – Victim Location 97456 Type of a scam Other I have been contacted by *** *** of EVENTS&PROMOTIONS asking if I would consider selling my Timeshare and I said, I would. So he wanted some info about the Timeshare and I gave it to him. He came back with an offer of over $71,000.00 …
Nicholas – Victim Location 15221 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I called to find out the price of having a shirt done and right away some one started with I just won a free trip to somewhere and I hung up. one second latter my phone rang and left a message on my machine to …
Evan – Total money lost $80 Type of a scam Rental I responded to an ad for a 2 horse trailer for rent, listed by Ashley Kaiser. I paid a deposit for August 1st and 8th. We had a misunderstanding about the deposit being non-refundable (I bought a trailer and didn’t need it) but she …
Hector – Victim Location 92706 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Cliff called my company asking if I needed and advertising pens and what not he also advised he make custom shirts I had him come over and ordered 70 plus shirts and paid 400.00 bucks with a check it’s …
Marvin – Victim Location 84088 Total money lost $350 Type of a scam Online Purchase Asked for $350 deposit to transport puppy from his location to my location. Sent a $920 flight insurance on puppy. Tried to get me to pay half to have puppy sent. Wouldn’t send vet papers, contract papers. Just kept saying …
Deborah – Victim Location 23666 Type of a scam Employment I use indeed.com to search for jobs. I got an email from a personal email address from the person claiming to be HR for ECAS Consulting pte ltd. This is an actual Singapore based consulting firm. The email asked me to send a google hangout …
Jon – Victim Location 43524 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Several calls from the same individual letting me know that my timeshare has an offer to be sold. I do not own a timeshare. I told the man this, but he continues to call. He became rude and obnoxious during one call. His name is …
Cole – Victim Location 94538 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I just received a call from "Mr. Jackson", says he works at Excellence in Delivery. He called from phone number 647-779-4344 (caller ID said number was from Toronto, Canada). He said I have an unclaimed prize from a National Sweepstakes that I got through National …
Mathew – Type of a scam Business Email Compromise *** Members certified mail. Global trade leader ECROBOT.COM A customer is interested in your product, kindly click the reply button below to login and reply the customer Reply Your hard work will be much more willing to reward members. Thank you. Global trade leader ECROBOT.COM Login
Rebecca – Victim Location 80111 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare States they work with Medicare to obtain a knee or back brace. Asks variety of questions regarding injury, falls, surgery, etc. They will provide unit under Part B of Medicare. Just provide them your name, address, weight, height, age and your NEW of CURRENT Medicare …
Trisha – Victim Location 31310 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Says the bank Fulton Bank , N.A. has issued a check from the insurance group with winnings of $8995.45. Taxes owed were $8,000. "Cornerstome Internatonal Company"
Joshua – Total money lost $179 Type of a scam Online Purchase I bought this IPTV box on line from this site You can buy it from our website here http://www.easybox.tv/arabic-iptv-promotion. I was told that I can return it within 30 days if I don;t like with full refund. After about 10 days. I informed …
Jacob – Victim Location 71653 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I had been researching personal loans on internet. Received an unsolicited email with subject: EZ Loan Approval. Said I was approved and had several pages detailing how they help persons with a bad credit history. l called the number on email and was …
Jessie – Victim Location 41011 Total money lost $14.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased a Ebook on this site for $14.99. I received this ebook right away via email and was able to access the ebook for that night. The next day when i went to access the book I wasn’t able …
Stephanie – Victim Location 37919 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Offered an item for sale on Close5. Person offered to buy item. Gave them basic information and told them to use PAYPAL for payment. They insisted on sending me a check. I declined offer. Package arrived USPS Priority mail. I declined.
Christine – Victim Location 57701 Type of a scam Online Purchase This website offers cheap replica brand clothes. But has no contact information or trusted payment methods.
Eric – Victim Location 55387 Type of a scam Phishing The caller said hello and identified himself as Arnold (I think) and said he was with the Education Minnesota union and because I was a member of both that union and the NEA (he called me by first name) they wanted to better serve us …
Terrance – Victim Location 08081 Total money lost $50 Type of a scam Online Purchase They will not fully answer any questions and their website is really sketchy. It will not show any policy but then they will not give you a refund and make up a policy to not have you get a refund. …
Julie – Victim Location 33701 Type of a scam Employment A woman called me offering me a cleaning position but stated that everything including trainging and orientation were done by email and online. She wanted a copy of my social security card, my ID and my direct deposit information all through email only.
Kevin – Victim Location 94087 Type of a scam Other As an advance, "Edgepoint.biz" (Nathaniel and/or Rachel Jacobs) wants my company to sign a "Fee Agreement" and a "Limited Power of Attorney" that will: 1. Authorize "Edgepoint.biz" to act as the agent of my company if "Edgepoint.biz" locates funds, or recovers funds held by Others …
Jenny – Victim Location 37387 Total money lost $1,590 Type of a scam Online Purchase Purchased a puppy from Maltesemixes.com and was supposed to be flying her to me today. They told me this morning they needed $990 more and 900 would be refundable after pickup of puppy so I did it and the money …
Katelyn – Victim Location 98029 Total money lost $541.24 Type of a scam Tech Support On the evening of 5-17-17 I received a phone call from someone that said I needed to purchase Hacker Software to make sure I was security safe. This person said he had helped me in IT a couple of weeks …
Deborah – Victim Location 60104 Total money lost $1,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase I purchased some merchandise from this company over 2 months ago. I never got any tracking info, my merchandise, or my money back. I made numerous attempts to contact the vendor via phone, email, and at their online website. Finally …
Meredith – Victim Location 32221 Total money lost $70 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered a bowling quilt for my Nephew for Christmas on November 20th 2018. I received a confirmation number and everything. I even looked at the online reviews before I placed the order. A week later on November 28th 2018 …
Scott – Victim Location 43615 Total money lost $6,000 Type of a scam Online Purchase For Tecentriq 1200mg, Paid $4671 though western union and moneygram to ANOUR MARIAM and STEPHEN ORLI Paid extar $903 for goods insurance, claimed to be refundable to Ilunga Chadrack Paid $433, claimed that the medicine need English prescription and stuck …
Sarah – Victim Location 32819 Total money lost $37 Type of a scam Online Purchase More than 30 days been foolished about necklace order! They always come with excuses….
Jacob – Victim Location 93010 Total money lost $800 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product I have been shopping for loan with my less then pristine credit score. So I have applied online to several sites who promise that their network of lenders numbering in the 100s will review my single application. They just shotgun …
Sheila – Victim Location 45431 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Searched multiple websites and came across Corgi Precious yesterday 2-1-18 and was really happy at the cost of $700 for a corgi. They gave a phone number 6146692263 to text them if we would like any further information. Asked some questions regarding lifestyle …
