Andres – Victim Location 90210 Total money lost $2,000 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations when you apply for a job that they off on job sites, they call you and give you an interview and then in am email say you pass and they are going to send a contract letter after that they will…
Taylor – Victim Location 68130 Total money lost $4,000 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations mailing said to contact to register for chance to win a car. called the # and was told to attend 90 min. presentation for travel services with no purchase required. other prizes are available also. guaranteed to walk out with a…
Brendan – Victim Location 23513 Type of a scam Business Email Compromise " I am Laura Carboni, and I am employed by Amstel Travel. We are > currently searching for US resident candidates to fill the job > opening of a Travel Manager with our firm and I suggest you to consider application for it….
Caleb – Type of a scam Employment I’ve received an email addressing me by my full name regarding a resume I’ve posted. The message never mentioned the company and it was posted to me at 5:00 AM on a Sunday. The spelling was correct, but the grammar was off; simple things that I assumed to…
Jeffery – Victim Location 94611 Total money lost $3,550 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Alex call you with an offer to purchase your Mexican timeshare (Mayan Palace), saying there is a Mexican investor wanting to purchase many timeshare units. Contract is written and signed. Escrow is set up with Wynridge Escrow (partner in the scam)….
Blake – Victim Location 01569 Total money lost $11.33 Type of a scam Online Purchase Saw a social media add for scratch-off travel map for $9.99 plus shipping from Travel Maps. Received email confirmation but a month later, no product and no response to my emails. The website address given now redirects to another product…
Linda – Victim Location 55340 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Received letter in the mail that we won two of five prizes, which were clearly going to be a hotel card and cruise vacation (odds stated in letter to be 585,977/586,000). Called and signed up for a 90 minute travel sales presentation in order to…
Katelyn – Victim Location 91331 Type of a scam Phishing I bought tickets through Latinofare since they had the best pricing. Long story but please read. I got an email stating I won’t get my e-tickets until verification is complete. The first email was from Latinofare. I went online and did that. Then I got…
Logan – Victim Location 01430 Type of a scam Other do not give personal info after they say you are a winner of a $500.00 air travel voucher
Randall – Apr 06, 2020 Victim Location 49418 Type of a scam Other I recieved in the mail a letter stating that I may have a balance on a prepaid American Express. I called the phone number listed on the letter but thay couldn’t tell me the amount left on the card and the only…
Alexandra – Victim Location 44287 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Saw this Cruise being advertised on social media. Sounded like a really good idea. I even got a group of friends involved. We thought it was a Carnival Cruise because of the poster, but the only contact information on the poster was a personal email…
Christie – Victim Location 95391 Total money lost $414 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations My wife and I were invited to a "VIP Travel Presentation" hosted by VIP Travel October 2014 where they offered us a cruise and a 2 nights stay at a hotel for free with the initiation cost and processing fee of…
Amanda – Victim Location 65037 Total money lost $570 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations They have you pay over the phone. They send you a ton of run around e-mails to send more money and there’s never any booking.
Adrienne – Jul 21, 2020 Victim Location 08840 Total money lost $1,700 Type of a scam Online Purchase I arranged to buy a puppy from Elite Golden Retriver Home (www.thegoldenelitehome.com) Paid $700 plus $195 for shipping "door to door delivery." On the morning the pup was to be delivered, I got an email from the…
Donald – Victim Location 59911 Type of a scam Identity Theft Received a piece of mail addressed to a Deanna McLaughlin with Freedom Calls Travel at my residential address. I am also a small business owner and have my business address currently under my home address. I googled the business name and found on Google…
Spencer – Victim Location 63010 Total money lost $1,050 Type of a scam Online Purchase Offering a cheap airfair onAir lines ticket let u make weekly payment s international receipt False flight information on flight s tht dont. Exsist any here asking u pay to her phone likds to text i alot from different line
Jose – Victim Location 27244 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I tried to book a flight through my airline, and this number was the first to come up so I assumed it was the right one. It rerouted me to a call center and asked for my credit card information. When booking a new flight,…
Alberto – Apr 01, 2020 Victim Location 53126 Total money lost $500 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I paid around $500 for several trips (with 2 being all inclusive) about $6,000 value. This was to be used at anytime with no time limit. They call nearly everyday saying I need to pay anywhere between $300…
Roger – Victim Location 21401 Type of a scam Phishing This company says it represents a buyer in Mexico who wants to purchase my timeshare in Cancun, Mexico for $28,500. The company has a "Virtual" address; by that I mean, it can have a mail drop, etc. at a facility shared by multiple companies. The…
Jesus – Nov 12, 2020 Scammer’s phone 4104977382 Scammer’s website [email protected] Scammer’s address 112 Hastings Ln, Pasadena MD 21122 Scammer’s email [email protected] Country United States Type of a scam Online Purchase Initial means of contact Online classifieds (e.g., Craigslist) Contacted “Richmond” about dachshund puppies he was giving away.. He told me his son was breeder…