Robyn – Victim Location 11414 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes I received a letter today with a return Home Depot logo which was photo copied onto the envelope. Inside along with the letter was a check in the amount of…
Desiree – Victim Location 54014 Type of a scam Tech Support I was on the internet and had just typed www.facebook.com and hit enter when an alarm started shrieking on my computer and these messages about a "Windows Security Server…
Thomas – Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes This company sent a check to cover the taxes and fees for a large telephone sweepstakes they claimed our home number was drawn for. Total winnings of $250,000.00 and asked us to deposit…
Ricardo – Victim Location 95252 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan A man claiming to be Rodd Taylor claims to have processed our approval for a loan modification through the Federal Government and HARP program. Wanted us to send…
Diana – Victim Location 14610 Type of a scam Charity An organization calling itself "New York American Legion Support, Inc" at PO Box 30330, Rochester, NY 14603, is using the USPS to mail letters soliciting "tax-deductible" contributions of $10 or…
Taylor – Victim Location 54110 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes My father, who passed away 2 years ago, received a check in the mail for $3650 to assist with tax and insurance handling fees to process a claim. He won…
Latoya – Victim Location 85395 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, consumer was looking for a loan of $70,000 to purchase a home and found a company on Craigslist.org called Quickfinance Lendings who says…
Margaret – Victim Location 10025 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan 1) Sept 2017, Called me when I’m supposed to be on DNC List. 2) Offered affordable terms to someone needy, but up front fee of $450 necessary, can’t…
Sheena – Victim Location 08757 Total money lost $500.50 Type of a scam Tech Support on September 29, 2018 I did not want to pay they took the money without my authorization. I want a refund . It was a…
Katie – Victim Location 70072 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan The company continues to contact me while blocked saying my loan was approved when i didn’t complete no application on line or in person. If i don’t except…
Casey – Victim Location 54228 Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief There was an ad on Instagram saying only for MATC students to sign up and receive student loan forgiveness. I was a student at MATC and was going…
Steve – Victim Location 11434 Type of a scam Employment I am an actor/model in NYC. I receive emails about castings quite often so I’m used to seemingly random emails. The first email I received said this, “Hello, Nine-Roses Media…
Ann – May 22, 2020 Victim Location 35614 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan I was almost scammed by national Institute of health they wanted my i.d. were i live my address how much income i had an they…
Martha – May 13, 2020 Total money lost $1,800 Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan What happened? Dear Sir/Madam: 1)I received a letter of loan approval on the 21st April and was very glad to the amount of $8000…
Kayla – Victim Location 14224 Total money lost $1,100 Type of a scam Government Grant Call from the NIH and they said that I was to receive $14,580 for a personally individual grant by the government as long as I…