Victim Location 55433
Total money lost $54,000
Type of a scam Tech Support
Tech Alliance Inc in San Diego, CA scammed me out of $54000.
They told me that my computer needed a new IP address (or a virtual one) and then proceeded to coerce me into paying them a total of 54,000 in smaller payments over time.
I wouldn’t have paid them but they promised me repeatedly (verbally and in emails) that I would receive the whole amount of money I gave them back. Their was the promise of a full refund. I haven’t seen any money from them them, and I have been waiting for 4 to 5 months.
Their method was coercion, implied threats of what they’d do to my computer if I didn’t comply. And I need my computer for work and they knew that, so it was even more threatening. And they threatened to destroy me financially, again an implied threat.
I’m a senior citizen and they repeatedly called me dear, and talked to me like I was a confused old lady who had to be told what to do.
They were very intimidating and confusing, and unfortunately I got caught in their web of deceit.
I gave them my credt card numbers and my checking account number, but I have changed all of those.
They are dangerous men. They took
full advantage of me.