David – Victim Location 28083 Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories This company at random "GeneralYellowPages.com" contacts different businesses asking them to verify their address and then ask to speak to people in charge. Whether this person is there or not with whomever verified the business address they then open a fraudulent account for services …
Latasha – Victim Location 35201 Type of a scam Other Received call from a Jason Eadie claiming to need personal information like Social Security numbers to update various insurance policies. When asking Mr. Eadie which specific policies he was referring to, Mr. Eadie could not give an answer and said the reason he couldn’t look …
Jared – Victim Location 99501 Total money lost $200 Type of a scam Investment I came across to this investment website called JRF Profit Fund a months ago, and they offer me 4 plans with such an interesting return rate as you can see on their website. first, I was a bit hesitate so I …
Erika – Victim Location 33458 Type of a scam Rental I was using the Claigslist to find a rental room, http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/apa/5541691364.html The "owner" emailed me back, but the content are very similar to ones reported as scam. Also, the guy called me with "home phone" as 1-636-525-1186. I did not pay any money at all, …
Trisha – Victim Location 78213 Total money lost $1,640 Type of a scam Online Purchase They made me pay for dog told me I had me I had free shipping but there isn’t and then they say if you pay $990 for a crate for the dog and then $990 insurance for the trip.
Brittney – Victim Location 29445 Type of a scam Phishing SAID IT WAS A RECORDED CALL – ASKED IF I VOTED IN THE LAST ELECTION – SAID YES – THEN ASKED IF THEY COULD CALL PERIODICALLY WITH QUESTION – SAID YES – THEN SAID SOMETHING LIKE THEY WOULD NEED ELECTRONIC PERMISSION BLAH BLAH; AT THIS …
Leah – Victim Location 45430 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order The person above states they have a personal assistant job and is on Business in Canada. Wants you to receive and drop off mail at post office, pay bills, do shopping. says work part time pay$300.00 a week. Asks for your number, emails, …
Naomi – Total money lost $3,500 Type of a scam Home Improvement Hello, Terrible experience. This guy (Mr. Jason Hickey) seems to be nice and legitimate initially but he is really a liar and scammer. We signed a contact for the detached garage on September 29th. I gave him $3500 as a deposit. He said …
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Kristy – Victim Location 70001 Total money lost $2,082 Type of a scam Online Purchase I went online to look for French bulldogs & I came across the website aghemfrenchies.site and inquired about a puppy. They said the puppy was $950 and shipping is free. I sent $950 through Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart. I received an …
Samuel – Victim Location 21217 Total money lost $335 Type of a scam Rental I was trying to rent a house on Craigslist [from a listing posted by a Jacqueline B. Tucker] and I got robbed for 335.
Joanna – Victim Location 35582 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency Someone called my mother in law stating they were a lawyer representing my son in a DUI case. Another person on the line pretended to be my son who had a broken nose and stitches in his mouth (this was his excuse for sounding …
Megan – Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories Received a fax stating that we were 30 days past due on payment ($719.95) for "Online Business Listing 800ads.com advertising network"… which we’ve never had and never asked for. It was also billed to us using an address we had over 10 years ago to the attention …
Stacy – Victim Location 43460 Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency Caller stated he was my "nephew". Stated he was in a car accident, cited and was now in jail. Caller asked me to call his attorney, Jane Johnson, at which time he provided secondary number to call. I called that number and the person …
Nicolas – Victim Location 33498 Type of a scam Phishing answered yes, the scammer behind the call may have recorded you, could plan to use your affirmation to sign you up for a product or service you never knew about and then will demand payment. If you refuse, the scammer may produce your recorded "yes" …
Leslie – Victim Location 11203 Type of a scam Employment Company said they saw my resume online and is offering me $29.20/hr and $24.80/hr during training.for the available Data Entry / Customer Service Rep. Telecommute position in our company. So I called HR from the company website off google and they told me it was …
Tommy – Victim Location 30215 Total money lost $27,000 Type of a scam Other On Sunday November 6th a friend of a friend said that this company was going to deposit a deposit in my account how did that go about I trusted the person I gave him my account information so they did deposit …
Johnathan – Victim Location 20815 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I received a priority overnight envelope congratulating me on being selected for Secret Survey Evaluation, a program where you are rewarded for spending free money and sending in a survey about the experience. The letter also includes a $2,900.40 cashiers check from St. …
Francisco – Victim Location 30607 Type of a scam Tech Support Called 6 times on 12/21/17 when I answered he said he was calling from Microsoft. I said I wasn’t interested and he began to start aggressively tell me what would happen if I didn’t give him access to my computer. I told him it …
Courtney – Victim Location 78368 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I got a phone call from James Baker saying that I’d won a million dollars and a 2016 Volks Wagon due to my good bill paying history. He was willing to stay on the line while I got dressed and drove to nearest money gram …
Savannah – Victim Location 44706 Total money lost $74.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase Googled a stroller we were looking for, and it popped up in the recommended ads for Google. Free shipping, cheapest price. Paid through Paypal. No shipping confirmation. Emailed using the Contact Us option on the website and got a return …
Veronica – Victim Location 24014 Total money lost $598 Type of a scam Online Purchase Consumer bought dog online. She wired $598 to business.
Kristopher – Victim Location 94066 Type of a scam Tax Collection Phone number (585) 268-0354 calling in regards to an enforcement action by the US Treasury.
Patrick – Victim Location 70128 Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order I applied for a job on indeed.com. I then got an email from a person by the name of Becky Adams explaining that she was in need of a personal assistant and she presently deals with forex trading. She said she’ll send me …
Deborah – Victim Location 99515 Total money lost $450 Type of a scam Online Purchase Me and my boyfriend were looking to purchase a pit-bull. So first thing we did is look up on Google for pit bulls for sale. First website was Jaydenpitbullhome.com. We reached out to the guy running the site and so …
Brooke – Total money lost $100 Type of a scam Online Purchase [email protected] Jhon Malabrigo via paypal I got scam ** *** *** ***, when I finish the payment he just didn’t reply to me. Its was a dota 2 Item that I’m suppose to buy, then he scam me, please help me *** *** …
Trevor – Victim Location 48430 Total money lost $1,621 Type of a scam Employment I was a nanny for this woman and her family. This woman wrote 5 checks from a closed account totaling $1,621.00 dollars. (This website would not let me attach the check image of $250.00.)
Diane – Victim Location 64110 Type of a scam Employment Got this cashiers check in the mail for $1,998. Says I’m a secret shopper and to deposit this at my bank. Then it wants me to spend 40 and evaluate that store, then send two separate amounts of 774 to 2 different people. Where do …
Bryan – Victim Location 23692 Type of a scam Other Scammer says he is looking for event planner to plan anniversary celebration. When I looked up his phone number (something seemed fishy), a list of complaints all across America against him came up. I saved emails and text correspondence if you want it.
Robin – Victim Location 43064 Total money lost $34.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase I originally ordered a curler (https://www.jhelectroniccommerce.com/products/90-offlast-day-promotion-2-in-1-m…⇄ from this website after being linked to it from within social media. It looked legit. When I FINALLY received the product, the iron was in a generic straightening iron case (even though it was …
Chad – Victim Location 63045 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Have received more than one email from this person for different amounts due. I do not have any knowledge of this person being real and have not purchased anything form someone with that name.
