Steven – Victim Location 15084 Type of a scam Romance I met this person on facebook, he made a friend request. He just promised so much and seemed like such a wonderful man. He claimed he lost wife to cancer, worked on an oil rig, finish up job on rig an open a winery. He …
Erica – Victim Location 19401 Type of a scam Employment Offered a position as Data Entry, to work from home. Hiring Managers name is Melissa Peterson. She only contacts me through Google Hangout, she explained the job in detail, asked interview questions online. She told me that the company would pay for the expensive software …
Darren – Victim Location 77086 Type of a scam Phishing You won a trip a robot call then a transfer to a person and they hung up called the number back went to a voice mail not a travel agent made the mistake of answering the phone yes instead of hello I usually don’t answer
Jon – Victim Location 61611 Type of a scam Home Improvement wanted home owners insurance information and said would send inspector to house to inspect roof for hail damage due to hail in the area where I live
Meagan – Victim Location 94703 Type of a scam Employment There were no transactions or anything yet but I just need to say how extremely sketchy this business interaction was. I was contacted by a woman Yen Than on LinkedIn to be a business development intern for her company – Just Entreprise – that she …
Michele – Victim Location 23321 Type of a scam Identity Theft Received this call with a name close to someone in my phone book and it was a recorded message asking if I would like to extend the warranty on my vehicle. I wanted to keep them on the line and talk to someone to …
Valerie – Type of a scam Moving Running a business without a licence, steals belongings and funds from his clients
Melinda – Victim Location 49776 Total money lost $92 Type of a scam Online Purchase I placed an order for blouses & shoes online (which I never do unless it’s a reputable co). My order came from China (which I didn’t know it was), it cost about $92.00 with min. S/H chef. They want $53.00 …
Alexandra – Victim Location 15025 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Tyra B. aka Tyra Bolling texted me from me contacting her on facebook and she said that she was going to send me a check and that she wanted $4,000. from it and that i was to keep $1,000. The check was for …
Luis – Victim Location 01089 Total money lost $50.88 Type of a scam Online Purchase I placed an online order Dec. 11-12, 2018 payment was taken from my account Dec 13, 2018..I have never received my order. I emailed and asked for a status check and received the attached email response. I emailed on Xmas …
Adrian – Victim Location 27260 Total money lost $150 Type of a scam Online Purchase Pay w/ credit card and never received items
Paul – Victim Location 94108 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was told I was approved for a loan with a co-signer or secured collateral of 466.68. I have researched the company however I was unable to find the company. I haven’t given them any of my information as to draft any monies …
Gary – Victim Location 16127 Total money lost $300 Type of a scam Online Purchase I lost my cat a week ago to cancer. I had her for 15.5 years. I decided I wanted a Bengal kitten. Did a web search and found what I thought was a reputable breeder. Turned out the ripped me …
Cameron – Victim Location 60491 Type of a scam Online Purchase I bought a jersey for my son from footballjersey.store and immediately received three emails from 3 different locations confirming my purchase. My wife then immediately received a text from my credit card company confirming two purchases that were made with the card. One was …
Kristi – Victim Location 21060 Type of a scam Other Please read carefully as I am going to explain in details why I mailed you. Craig died in an auto- mobile crash on the 15th of March 2014. I have since carried out a search on his actual extended family ties and which efforts have …
Tina – Victim Location 41472 Total money lost $63.91 Type of a scam Online Purchase I seen an offer for quilts in an add and checked it out. They had a good price on them they were half price and I wanted to get my husband one as a gift. I purchased it on Dec. …
Alisha – Victim Location 99025 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Phone call from a Mr. James Williams from port Washington, N.Y. telling me that I won 21 million dollars and 5,000 dollars a week for life and a 2015 mercadies benze that’s worth 200,000 $. I spoke to publishers clearing house and they said they …
Naomi – Victim Location 83642 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order Hello! I was attempting to sell my queen bed on craigslist when I got an offer via email from “Jose Kootz” he responded very professionally and wrote me a very long email but was a little bit demanding in that he was going …
Nathaniel – Victim Location 73109 Total money lost $79.95 Type of a scam Online Purchase Money taken from bank account, no product shipped. I posted on their facebook page the problem. Many others posted same situation. No refund, no phone or way to email them.
Jorge – Victim Location 97018 Total money lost $2,875 Type of a scam Investment This so called company promises earnings. Once payment made by BTC, then instead of earnings, more money required. The emails in question are [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Trevor – Victim Location 20016 Type of a scam Phishing Scammer called pretending to be an AT&T employee and that there was going to be an outage in service from 10pm to 7am. Scammer will send you text messages from an AT&T alert number that contains your account PIN. Even though the text will come …
Tammy – Victim Location 29501 Type of a scam Phishing This person goes by the name of Judith Powell from Craigslist. They reply with the emails below: Hello, My name is Judith, and I’m emailing you about 2005 Honda Accord LX with an gasoline engine, automatic transmission and only 108,735 mileage. Never had or need …
Carolyn – Victim Location 65807 Type of a scam Employment This guy offered me a “job as a ‘rep’ to contact the supplier through email to make orders for the materials requested for and also state the quantity that should be mailed to the agents address through post”. He stated that the company would send …
Donna – Victim Location 85704 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations This is Josh .. can you hear me?
Daisy – Victim Location 75201 Type of a scam Investment I just received this email: Good Day, There are sensitive issues I seriously need to discuss with you for investment benefits. Unfortunately, I cannot visit you now due to the nature of my work. Please, I need your guidelines and assistance to make investment funds …
Daniel – Victim Location 60411 Type of a scam Counterfeit Product Shouldnt be selling this on the internet.
Nina – Victim Location 46240 Total money lost $700 Type of a scam Online Purchase The breeder Jolie Maltese requested money sent via western union. I sent the money as down payment. The breeder stopped all communication after the transaction was made. I did not receive my puppy. I have proof of transaction and all …
Ricky – Victim Location 64801 Type of a scam Phishing I received an email from this company saying I had been chosen for an award. I had to pay to get the award though
Whitney – Victim Location 21015 Type of a scam Online Purchase My wife and I were searching online for Havanese puppy breeders and came across this website. We called this person "Jonathan" about buying a Havanese puppy. The price he offered was very low given all of the research we had done. He was offering …
James – Victim Location 73460 Total money lost $507 Type of a scam Online Purchase Paid for a yorkie never recieved my puppy and never recieved my money back or a puppy. The website has a 30 day money back guarntee wheni relized it was a scam he stopped responding to phone calls, texts, emails. …
