Jacob – Victim Location 39846 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a letter from Jeff G. Norman saying that I had won $734,940.00 U.S. DOLLARS, and that I had to send a money order or cash/ check for the amount of $18.00 to receive this award money. As usual when I receive these types …
Joy – Victim Location 95687 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Online Purchase Was trying to buy a puppy made my payment thru PayPal and asking me to send more money to Wal-Mart for the crate of the puppy!
Grace – Victim Location 53110 Total money lost $1,947 Type of a scam Debt Collections The first call received was in early February 2018 stating that I owed Capital 1 bank/HSBC from 2010. I contacted Capital 1 & HSBC to see if they had any record of this and they stated no, not under my …
Cristina – Victim Location 43943 Total money lost $5,000 Type of a scam Romance I was on bbwcupid.com. I was message by a guy named Jeff Woods. He was a civil engineer in Houston Texas. He had a business named Jeffs construction LLC. In Houston. He told me he had one son named Eric he …
Jeffrey – Victim Location 90013 Total money lost $1,400 Type of a scam Online Purchase Anderson Hooner, [email protected], 9157032255, instructed me to pay via Paypal under Family and Friends. I paid $450 for a puppy. Next day, he said that the second flight for the dog is already full so he’ll just be back the …
Kari – Victim Location 10029 Type of a scam Employment Took what I thought was a work at home job resending parcels after sending out about 15 parcels I am unable to contact them this is a scam
Jessie – Victim Location 99204 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency Someone called and said that my grandson was in jail. They told me to pay $7,000 to post bail for the grandson.
Kaitlin – Victim Location 23901 Type of a scam Debt Collections Received email stating that legal action would be taken if a loan was not repayed. I did not have a loan through the stated company, and no contact information was given other than the email address. Also had the wrong personal information for me
Jake – Victim Location 97408 Total money lost $30 Type of a scam Moving Today I came across an open house ad on Craigslist for an apartment at: <span title="https://eugene.craigslist.org/apa/d/open-house-sat-1-130pm-one-br/6708193278.htmlhttps://eugene.craigslist.org/apa/d/open-house-sat-1-130pm-one-br/6708193278.htm…⇄ /> I completed the common ‘Oregon Rental Housing’ rental application with my social security information, full name, date of birth, address, employment information, and personal …
Ricky – Victim Location 34446 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Other My friend and I met John B Slade in person which he’s making the doorbell flasher, and videophone flasher for the deaf people. They all gave him the cash to purchase things even clients from out of state mail John cash …
Bryan – Victim Location 31315 Type of a scam Phishing I received a email stating that I was going to receive money from JP Morgan Chase bank because of pass scams that occurred that I unfortunately was a victim of.
Erin – Victim Location 90056 Type of a scam Debt Collections This suppose company has been calling my job calming I owe a debt to them. I do remember the debt but not he company. So i look up my credit report and the suppose company thats calling my job is not the company on …
Theresa – Victim Location 61853 Type of a scam Phishing A young man driving a White Kia Seoul parked on a side street by our house at 8:10pm, came up the driveway, took a picture of our house so I went outside to ask if I could help him. (My dogs were going crazy). He …
Rafael – Victim Location 95062 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Scammer sent an email saying I was chosen for a Walmart shopping survey, asked for information that he already had (apparently from SurveyMonkey), and sent a package with a fake cashier’s check, an “assignment sheet”, and a survey sheet. I was asked to …
Kristen – Victim Location 19973 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I got a call from Center for Fraud based in Florida. It seems that I was a target for fraud via Facebook where I had won cash prize. I was going to send the requested money when Western Union advised e not to send. Sonia …
Shaun – Victim Location 03278 Total money lost $600 Type of a scam Online Purchase "My husband and I contacted above seller in regards to an 11 week, 2 day old female chocolate lab, from what appeared to be a legitimate breeder in Baltimore MD. We live in New Hampshire. The breeder had pictures and …
Steven – Victim Location 27545 Type of a scam Employment Please do not respond to this company’s post on *** for work. It seems that they are laundering money through unsuspecting people. I contacted them regarding a job and they immediately responded saying they would send monies to perform online marketing services and that I …
Trevor – Victim Location 60504 Type of a scam Other Caller says thank you for calling this is "Jared" can you hear me ok? after a response the line drops Gabriel – Victim Location 61535 Type of a scam Other I received a call from an unknown number in my area code but I didn’t …
Yolanda – Victim Location 01532 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Automated call about winning a trip that persuaded me to say OK.
Reginald – Victim Location 01519 Type of a scam Other I have been receiving E-mails from multiple people inquiring if we where hiring because a company call JWH Construction Group which is a similar name to ours, has been E-mailing tempting engineering positions in the U.S. At this point I am receiving about two a …
Marvin – Victim Location 79423 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I received a call on my cell phone from a man who stated, "Hello, my name is Joe, can you hear me ok" to which I responded, "yes". He then proceeded to tell me I "had been selected to receive a trip that included tickets …
Albert – Victim Location 79382 Total money lost $86.17 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered scrubs from this company (Jen’s Scrubs and Uniforms) and never received my order. When I looked up the status of my shipment, it stated "shipped" but there is no UPS or other entity tracking #. When I tried …
Theresa – Victim Location 06612 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received an e-mail from "Adams Jones", that looks like it originated in Korea, asking me to open a document confirming a payment to my account. There was no deposit made to this account, and this e-mail itself (vague, misspellings) looks fishy. Not …
Brandon – Victim Location 07032 Total money lost $152,000 Type of a scam Romance "Janice Santana" using [email protected] conned me out of monies and items over $100,000. She claimed to be a United States Marine who at the time of my conversations, was to have been serving tours in both Syria and Mauritius. This all …
Stacey – Victim Location 39701 Total money lost $1,500 Type of a scam Government Grant Gave me a phone call saying I was granted money by the government of 8 thousand dollars because I hadn’t had any criminal history and because I didn’t owe any debt. Said all I had to do was make a …
Heather – Victim Location 32259 Type of a scam Debt Collections I was contacted by a person claiming to be "Michael Brown", stating that the office had been contracted by US Bank to file a civil suit against me for an old account. I didn’t recall having any dealings with US Bank so I was …
Amanda – Victim Location 64012 Type of a scam Online Purchase Ad in Craigslist for a 2002 Roadtrek 190 Popular for $ 4200.00. I requested mileage. Received a text saying more information would be provided is I supplied my email address. Received an email stating the husband has died of a heart attack and mother …
Nancy – Victim Location 94518 Type of a scam Employment This guy contacted me by email asking if I wanted a job. He then wanted me to collect some money and wire it somewhere.
Candace – Victim Location 34472 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Who ever is this person calling everyday to my house is offering to give me winnings that I did not take part in any sweepstakes. This call comes at least three times a day. Very frustrating and disturbing. Wish it could stop.
Angelica – Total money lost $850 Type of a scam Home Improvement We hired Brad Jarvis from Jarvis n’ sons construction for carpentry work in May 2018. We had a signed written contract for the job, he requested 1/3 deposit of total price which was 850$. This was sent via etransfer at his request. He …
