McCreary Veselka Bragg Allen PC
Sandra – Victim Location 77504 Type of a scam Phishing At first I got a letter claiming a had an unpaid ticket at this far place i never heard of. first i called an texas official to see if i actually had a ticket other than one i know about and they said no. so ignoring the letter they sent a postcard claiming "2019 Warrant Round-up" with big red letters saying "FINAL NOTICE" with an apparent case number. furious i decided to google this place and saw people were having the same issue.
Health and Human Services of the US Government imposter
Linda – Victim Location 64429 Type of a scam Government Grant Received a phone call from "Harry Carter" offering you government grant, $14,000. I needed to go to Dollar General to get a voucher.
I Media Devices
Christie – Victim Location 44276 Total money lost $66.99 Type of a scam Online Purchase Purchased an electronic 5/19/18. Was charged 5/22/18. Never received product I paid for, and it is over two months later. I reached out to I Media Devices no less than five times via email, phone and text to no avail. Evan – Victim Location 11754 Total money lost $66 Type of a scam Online Purchase I paid $66.00 for an Amazon fire stick. Have e-mailed them many times. When on their website they have chat. They are never there. The phone number is just a…
imposter — IRS
Virginia – Victim Location 54302 Type of a scam Tax Collection A message was left on my answering machine stating that I must call the number back asap regarding me and the IRS. Instead of calling back I contacted the ScamPulse.com about the call.
Vonnewman
Margaret – Victim Location 18612 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Tech Support I stupidly replied to a phone number on my computer screen about a security breach. Sent them money via gift cards (impossible to recover) for software and tech support. (More stupidity on my part). They said that they are going to refund me money but that the company only refunds at $1000 and I would need to send them the difference of what they owe me and the $1000 BEFORE they would send my refund. They keep calling – for days now – repeating that…
Movers El Dorado Hills
Roger – Victim Location 95682 Type of a scam Moving I’m looking for moving company and this company came up in my google search. Google only provides a city and telephone number and when you click on the website an error message comes up that the url cannot be found. I called the number and the person who answered was very nice and would put me on hold when I asked questions but would come back with answers. I asked where they are located and was told that it could not be provided because they had experienced an issue when…
Wish App
Tommy – Victim Location 49309 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was scrolling though face book. And came across an ad for a plasma cutter. I clicked the link and no matter what I did I could never get the ad price to pull up. I contacted Wish app to explain what had happened and they refused to honor their advertisement Kelli – Victim Location 37891 Total money lost $374 Type of a scam Credit Cards I recently used the wish app and about a week later I get notified that an unauthorized person has used my credit card…
Qualia Health
Caroline – Victim Location 45342 Type of a scam Employment I was contacted via google hangouts, offered a position and they never contacted me with start up paperwork. They just reached back out again with a different contact. They do not have a phone number and based on the google photo, it does not look like an official office.
None given that I could understand. He stated his name was Steve Martin (or Monson?)
Lydia – Victim Location 84770 Type of a scam Tax Collection Received a phone message this am (9-29-16). He identified himself as Steve Martin or Steve Monson, but I couldn’t quite understand the actual surname, or if he said he was a government lawyer or agent, due to his accented English. However, I essentially got the gist of the rest of the message. He said that an action has been executed by the US Treasury against me, that this is a Federal Criminal Offense, and this was my second notice. I was to contact him immediately to avoid any further…
Jim Fowler
Holly – Victim Location 78645 Type of a scam Tech Support Caller ID name on incoming call: Jim Fowler Phone #: 859-846-4528 This info gathered from Googling Fowler name and phone number: Calls claiming to work for Microsoft and says a virus has been found on your computer and he is working on behalf of Microsoft to clear it off your computer…then proceeds to gather specific information. Numerous people have posted feedback on this scam. Since this is always the same number, and Google shows it originating form Kentucky, can’t the Feds track this number back to the scammer? It…
Vennis Services
John – Victim Location 44146 Total money lost $149.99 Type of a scam Tech Support Last week during the Thanksgiving holiday a virus appeared on my laptop. As instructed I called the number, 844-335-1210, and paid $149.99 with my debit card to have the virus removed. I realized afterwards it was a scam and contacted my bank who is now investigating on my behalf. The laptop has since been inspected. Several questionable files were found and removed.
Veteran’s Service Center
Andres – May 19, 2020 Victim Location 68104 Type of a scam Phishing A company that uses local numbers and is targeting Veteran’s to get personal information. They contact you stating that they are from the "Veteran’s Service Center" (a play on Veteran’s Service Office, they then ask if you heard about a bill that is being introduced to assist veterans They then start asking for personal information about your financial institution/mortgage.
