| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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![]() | felix Somewhere in South Africa 2017-06-23 09:34:45 Business Venture Scam | Scammer Information He promise me that his company want to come to S.A and build a factory and he introduce me to a guy at Limpopo who gets away with 2200 from me watch out people… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Falcons fan Lilburn, GA, United States 2017-06-23 00:04:33 Job Scam | Scammer Information Hello ,
Thanks for responding to the advert, i believe you are fit for this position in as much as you will prove yourself to be a reliable and good person. I and my wife just got married and we are relocating from Canada to United State, and we just get a New House there so we need someone that can assist us in doing some house work such as,cleaning the rooms, floors and washing the toilet and bathroom.
We are the busy type So you will be the one to do the general hous… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Falcons fan Lilburn, GA, United States 2017-06-22 22:14:36 Job Scam | Scammer Information Hello ,
Thanks for responding to the advert, i believe you are fit for this position in as much as you will prove yourself to be a reliable and good person. I and my wife just got married and we are relocating from Canada to United State, and we just get a New House there so we need someone that can assist us in doing some house work such as,cleaning the rooms, floors and washing the toilet and bathroom.
We are the busy type So you will be the one to do the general house cl… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Temple, TX, United States 2017-06-21 15:09:40 Dating Scam | Scammer Information Met him on okcupid with the user name of topher77. Claimed he was a horse trainer. Kept asking for money in different ways, first to pay for the vet (since he was out of the country) via western union. Then to send him itunes cards because he had gotten robbed and was out of funds. He then asked for me to receive money from one of his "clients" in my account and later do a money transfer, The more I told him no the more hostile he got. His telephone number was a google subscr… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Peter Berkhof Erina, New South Wales, Australia 2017-06-21 08:02:31 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information scammer wanted to buy our car on Gumtree. He claimed he worked on a oil rig .He would transfer money incl $950.00 for courier to transfer car to state NT. the funds would be waiting in our bank account send via Paypal . But first we have to pay the $950.00 via Western Union Money transfer to the courier. Name Chuanlong Liu
address Jiangxi Gongzi.Jintai Lu
City Ji"an
State Jiangxi
zip … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Lilburn, GA, United States 2017-06-21 03:02:24 Job Scam | Scammer Information Concerning the Ads You replied to on craigslist,Decal will be placed on your back window and/or on either side of your car/bike with 3M vinyl decals. Easily removable and will not damage your paint,its a Part time job using your vehicle to drive where you normally would (from home, to school, errands, work etc), you will getting paid via check($500 weekly),get back to me with your full name,address including street,city,state and zip-code and VALID DRIVER'S SEND IT IN PICTURE… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Glenorie, New South Wales, Australia 2017-06-21 00:31:32 Classified Ads Scam Other Classifieds Site | Scammer Information I was just about to pay when I had this problem with the pick up, my
pick up agent said I will need to pay for the pick up before they can
schedule a pick up time, they charged me $2,500 for pick up and
delivery, and payments for pick up made through them is made to their
Corporate International Headquarters which is in Turkey and the
payments are made through Bank International Wire Transfer, i will add
the $2500 to the money i will send through paypal wire transfer t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Lower Nicola, British Columbia, Canada 2017-06-20 15:41:46 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Scammer Information There will be a house for rent for an unusually low rent. Upon contact you will be asked to email to a private email address rather than the Craigslist email, or to text, and to tell more about yourself. The return email will tell you that the person has had a promotion in her job as a counselor for the United States Aid for International Development (US-AID) and had to move away and would therefore rent their house. You will not be able to see the house from inside as he has… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Amalrich90 Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 2017-06-20 13:37:23 Charity scam | Scammer Information
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![]() | Anonymous Factoryville, PA, United States 2017-06-18 23:43:46 Nigerian/419 Scam Yahoo | Scammer Information Said I had 8 million us dollars waiting to be shipped to me, for a "small fee"… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Suffolk Park, New South Wales, Australia 2017-06-18 04:14:43 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information Same gumtree scammer as the person who uses the rezafarhady090@gmail.com email. He sent a text message about a vehicle asking for final price and to reply by email only.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Syracuse, NY, United States 2017-06-16 18:42:10 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Scammer Information He contacted us via text message and when we looked up his info we found a lot of scams - craigslist, google, etc. We replied to his message with a picture of the computer screen and the message "Explain this". Still have not heard back from him!!!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | seekingjustice1 Columbus, OH, United States 2017-06-16 15:39:54 Business Venture Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Scammer Information John Chambers presents himself as a "professional" with years of experience in the business and talk about how much he have and even that he is related to someone famous so he doesn't need your money. He was ready to start, but I wanted something in writing so he drew up this "contract" which we both agreeded. He tells you all the things that he can and will do for you because he's a "Professional". When you sign the contract then he will hold you to if for payment, but wi… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in South Africa 2017-06-14 12:50:32 Blackmail, Extortion, threats | Scammer Information The company, Telecom Directory, sent me a misleading contract to sign, parading as Telkom's Directory, which I was actually dealing with at the time. Thinking it was the form for my annual Trudon/Yellow pages update, I filled it in and sent it to them, only to receive an invoice 2 weeks later for an exorbitant amount of over R7000 for 24 months of advertising on their terrible website that does not adhere to the promises they made in the contract for a proper optimised online… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Hempstead, NY, United States 2017-06-13 14:42:05 Business Venture Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information Scammer took info from ClearanceJobs.com, pretended as if I had applied for a job, then asked for bank details, etc. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | pat chym Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2017-06-11 11:03:09 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information i was selling furniture item on gumtree and the person wanted to pay via paypal prior to pickup of item.
i looked up the wording for the email and it matches almost word for word a nigerian scam for a wine merchant/farmer Andrew Margan in 2015 in the hunter valley newcastle nsw
the content of the email was as follows
sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 6:10 PM
Subject: Gumtree Ad
Thanks and reply asap..Thanks a lot for the email. I am buying it for my sister who make a pro… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Brooklyn, NY, United States 2017-06-10 20:36:30 Job Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information Received a fed ex envelope from the "payroll department" that we are to manage these funds as per employer/ hiring manager online. The envelope included a cashiers check from suncoast credit union (fake). The instructed us to deposit the funds and email a copy of deposit slip to them, not our employer, obviously so that they can get account information. Letter is from mr. Simon bricks … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Chudleigh, Devon, United Kingdom 2017-06-10 07:18:07 Dating Scam | Scammer Information Classic dating scam claimed to be an architect working in Ghana needed money for various reasons after he sends your 4 bouquets of beautiful expensive flowers
He used pictures of a bit called David Martinez fro S.A. Texas.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Las Vegas, NV, United States 2017-06-09 18:52:46 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Scammer Information Ad stated: "I am selling a very nice bike with lots of factory extras. This bike has no modifications on it. Everything is factory original. Adult owned and well taken care of, always garaged. Clean and clear title. 5143 miles since new. No damages or accidents. Runs and rides perfect and is ready for any trip"
Email will follow with details about a dead son and a phony ebay link transaction
Below they where running the same ad in little rock. This particular model of the… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Sue Belgrade, ME, United States 2017-06-09 13:56:29 Pet Adoption Scam Other Classifieds Site | Scammer Information Upon inquiring the availability of a Pomeranian (Faith) on his site, I received an email from him stating the puppy was available for $695.00. He agreed to take $650.00 and advised ne air transport would be no charge and asked that I send payment via Western Union, which I did. A short while later I received an email from a Kevin Loonie at fly-petinternational@outlook.com stating a climate controlled crate was required in order to ship the puppy. The fee for this was $850.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Madrid, Madrid, Spain 2017-06-08 07:04:54 Lottery Scam | Scammer Information Thanks for your last email response to me.
The information required should include the following-:
Your full names
Your address
Telephone number
Your private email
Occupation
Age
This is to enable my further discussion with you in confidence.
Best regards and wishes to you.
Mohammad Amir Khadov
NB: Please reply to:
khanmammadov@vera.com.uy
amir2016@vera.com.uy
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![]() | Little Beak Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2017-06-07 21:14:14 Wills/Probate Scam | Scammer Information Supposed relative with same last name as recipient died intestate with $3.8 million U.S. in a bank account. The funds need to be claimed within ten years and the scammer offers to handle the transfer of funds with the assistance of a notary to the recipient. The recipient is assured to qualify to receive the funds, all legal. Of course, the offer must remain confidential with no third party involvement with contact to be made strictly by telephone or email.
The envelope w… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Cedar City, UT, United States 2017-06-07 12:51:32 Overpayment Scam | Scammer Information Mary Kay order from unknown customer… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2017-06-07 04:39:04 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information We are selling a ktm 65cc on gumtree.
He wouldn't/claimied he couldnt phone us
Thanks for getting back,I'm fine with the price likewise the condition
as described on the advert,exactly what am looking for,I work on a
remote mine site, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) Darwin,NT
and the reception is terrible. We do not have access to phone at the
moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
Where is it located at the moment?Does it have a… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Pref Notto Wilmington, OH, United States 2017-06-06 22:31:57 Social Network Scam | Scammer Information I prefer text messages to phone calls.
Interests:
Buying Mary Kay® products.
I will like to order some products from you directly … Read Full Report ⇒ |