Phishing Phone Call Scam

Steven – Victim Location 13152 Type of a scam Phishing My mother answered the phone and was asked to confirm her identity. When she said "yes" it played a recording. She believes this was a scam to get a recording of her saying "yes" that they may use later to falsely claim she agreed to…

Phishing/ID Theft

Ashlee – Victim Location 29860 Type of a scam Identity Theft Someone named Juana? Young left a message on my home phone at 4:03 p.m. May 30 saying there is an "Impending Claim against you and your SSN. The claim date is June 1, she said. She left a phone number to call but never…

Phishing Calls

Christie – Victim Location 30040 Type of a scam Phishing Computerized voice stating that “Actions have been filed on your social security number for fraudulent activity. So when you get this message if you are in office earlier kindly call us back on our hotline number xxx. Do not disregard this notice and do return…

Phishing Telephone Calls

Russell – Victim Location 30360 Type of a scam Phishing I want to report a # that has left me a voice message about pending legal action if I don’t call back. # is 607-595-1459. I did an initial reverse number search and found many #’s related to this one all in the 607 area…

Phishing call scam

Jake – Victim Location 60506 Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare Senior received call from number listed, company was selling a back brace. Caller wanted senior to go to Rockford to pick up the back brace but 91 year old senior mentioned that he could not go that far, caller then said they will mail it….

Phishing Voter Survey

Phillip – Victim Location 85086 Type of a scam Phishing Caller asked if I had voted in most recent election. Answered Yes. Phone caller asked if they could call back in 4 week intervals and ask brief non-partisan survey questions. Answered sure. Caller asked for a first name to ask for when calling back to…

Phishing Scam call

Whitney – Victim Location 36856 Type of a scam Phishing I man called my cells phone saying he has misplaced his cell phone. He reads me my cell number and proceed to ask me is that number correct, he then accuses me of stealing his phone and starts laughing. He called several times.

Phishing Phone Calls

Catherine – Victim Location 30528 Type of a scam Phishing Yesterday I got 2 phone calls. One Pretended to be blue cross blue shield with added benefits. I said I wasn’t interested but they said okay let me confirm your birthdate so we can take you off of the call list. Then I immediately got…

Phishing Email Scam

Katrina – Victim Location 30318 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise I received an email stating I have a BBB complaint Ricky – Victim Location 30680 Type of a scam Phishing I received an email from a Shawn R. Peterson claiming to be with the Abuse Dept of the ScamPulse.com reporting that my organization…

Phishing Call

Adriana – Victim Location 55433 Type of a scam Identity Theft I RECEIVED A CALL AND THE CALLER SAID SHE WAS CALLING REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS IN MY HOME. THEN ASKED CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? I SAID YEA AND SHE THEN HUNG UP Michelle – Victim Location 45069 Type of a scam Phishing I answered…

PNC Bank Phishing

Jimmy – Victim Location 45406 Type of a scam Phishing Received a call from someone claiming to be PNC Bank offering a loan. She wanted my social security number. I did not give her any information. I called PNC Bank and was told this could have been a marketing company.

Phishing Telephone Call

Alan – Victim Location 30144 Type of a scam Moving Caller asked if we had found another location to move to. He stated my "current" address (which wasn’t the correct address number). He spoke with an accent. I was confused by him asking about us moving so I said I’m not sure of what information…