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Online Purchase - Cartriva

Product still “ in transit” after 22 days. Customer service is insulting to one’s intelligence.

Dollars Lost: $30

Victim Location: Bernalillo, NM, USA - 87004

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Cartriva

Debt Collections

I received a call from a woman with CLS Services. She did not have an accent. She said she was in mediation services, and if I didn't pay a debt from Cash Advance America, she would take me to court. She asked for $700. I agreed to pay her with my debit card. Then I couldn't find any information on them, so I called BBB. They couldn't find them either. I am calling my bank and canceling my debit card.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Zanesville, OH, USA - 43701

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: CLS Services

Phishing - Toll Free call

A toll free number called I answered it gave me a recording saying it was recording whatever I say then a lady came on and asked me if I was me. I said yes she acted like she couldn't hear me and asked me again and I said yes and then the phone hung up. When I looked it up online it says it may try to use my voice to confirm me in a scam

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA - 87104

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Toll Free call

Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill - Fake Invoice Scam

The company I work for received an invoice via email from this fake company for services not purchased. The invoice had identifying information about a former team member like name, address, and phone number and occupation. The invoice listed ways to pay -credit card, ACH, wire transfers, etc. They also included their banking account number and routing number. No phone number was listed only a fax number which is 833-787-4900.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Champaign, IL, USA - 61820

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Pushman LLC

Employment

Resume

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Pinckneyville, IL, USA - 62274

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Healthcare Fraud Solutions

Phishing

For the past couple of weeks, I've been receiving almost daily phone calls from people claiming they're calling "from the Marketplace" regarding our health insurance plan. It feels very spammy, and every time I start asking questions or challenging them, they hang up. The caller has a foreign accent and follows what appears to be the same script each time. They ask whether I received our health insurance packet containing our insurance card and a letter. The most recent call, I engaged more than I had in the past calls just to find out what information they had. They went into more detail claiming that government shutdowns and President Trump's "Big Beautiful" legislation caused problems with people receiving their packets this year. They asked me to verify my ZIP code. Instead of confirming it, I acted like I had forgotten it because we moved (didn’t say when). When I questioned why they wouldn't already have that information if they were calling from the Marketplace, they gave me the ZIP code from our previous house (where we lived last December/January), which doesn’t necessarily help since I haven’t updated our address everywhere. I said I need to call you back, what’s your number? They said they didn’t have a callback number. At that point, I just flat out asked why their call was showing up as a local phone number—previously it has even displayed multiple Mercy Hospital numbers and once used a local attorney's office (Neale & Newman)—and why they didn't have a number I could call back if they were really with the government. It confused the guy that I went from playing dumb to asking how to get off this list, so once again, they hung up. The calls almost always come from different local-looking numbers, most commonly beginning with 417-841

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Springfield, MO, USA - 65802

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Marketplace

Employment

I recieved the text and immediately looked it up. Nothing was done

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Mary Esther, FL, USA - 32569

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Amazon

Online Purchase - Louise Carter

Purchased a large order from the company. I was diligently watching the tracking and it said order delivered, but no delivery was made. I reached out for support and was told that the delivery date is sometimes inaccurate. It did not come in the next few days and company said they could not issue a refund due to the shipping policy. However when I used a third party tracking website it says the tracking number they provided did not exist at all.

Dollars Lost: $109.95

Victim Location: Mililani, HI, USA - 96789

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Louise Carter

Online Purchase - Cozya home

Watching tiktok videos and ads came on for an air conditioner at a great price. I took the bait.

Dollars Lost: $57

Victim Location: Grandview, WA, USA - 98930

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Cozya home

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

ANDREW GOLDBERG SAID HE WAS PCH CEO MANAGER

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Saint Louis, MO, USA - 63135

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: PUBLIC CLEARING HOUSE

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

Scammer left a voicemail. Said I won a cash prize of 6million from the Annual 2026 Cash Sweepstakes from Mega Millions for being a Target, Walmart, or Costco customer. That my name was automatically entered into the sweepstakes, but never actually said my name. I was to call 701 518 3431. i was to give a personallized pin of 76239 to the person that answered the phone. 27480 Was my "ticket number".

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Sheboygan, WI, USA - 53081

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Mega Millions Sweepstakes

Online Purchase - Atlas-Library

The kids book “100,000 Whys” was advertised on Facebook and author Daniel Begum claims to have written the book. I ordered the book through the site and the product never arrived. Author is fake and many complaints of product not being delivered.

Dollars Lost: $30

Victim Location: IN, USA - 46373

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Atlas-library

Online Purchase - online purchase

They provided a shipment tracker that showed that the products were delivered twice. After the second failed delivery they asked if I could accept a 70% refund because of the money that they lost for two undelivered shipments. Initial order placed 26 March 2026, emails sent out every two weeks since then to try to recover my money and they keep telling me that it is taking longer than expected.

Dollars Lost: $35.46

Victim Location: Long Beach, MS, USA - 39560

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Uiryve UK

Online Purchase - Meanloon

We purchased pants on June 30th. We got a notification that it was delivered on July 23, 2026 . The post office did not receive it, fed X did not deliver it and USP did not deliver it. The tracking number can not be traced. Where is our package? What good it a tracking number that no company can trace it? We emailed [email protected].

Dollars Lost: $41.49

Victim Location: Waddington, NY, USA - 13694

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Meanloon

Phishing - Phishing Scam - Fake Fraud Alert

email received through Shop App of a purchase from vendor

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Louisville, KY, USA - 40210

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Owen Nolan

Online Purchase - Zeweask

Paid for large box of amazon return Items Cost with shipping $75.00 .received one item worth about $10.00 Not a large box of return Items.

Dollars Lost: $75

Victim Location: Lutz, FL, USA - 33558

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Zeweask

Other

I ordered a starter kit for $29.00. I was automatically enrolled in a monthly shipment. Within 24 hours I emailed to cancel the order but there’s no way to communicate. No log in account and no response to their support email. I called my credit card company to stop payment and reported it as fraud. Hopefully, I took action soon enough to avoid recurring charges.

Dollars Lost: $29

Victim Location: Saint Charles, MO, USA - 63301

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Erthlabs

Online Purchase

An ad for bras on instagram the bras in the video were not the same being advertised they said they would refund my money on the 15th and never did.

Dollars Lost: $44.36

Victim Location: Middleburg, FL, USA - 32068

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Whirlspark

Online Purchase

I purchased 3 items of clothing from the website of what appeared to be a mother and daughter owned boutique in Casper, Wy. What I received were ill fitting items made from cheap material, similar to what is used in Halloween costumes. When I attempted to return, I learned this company is actually located in China. They told me to keep my items and continued offering me percentage refunds when I requested a return address. UPS quoted me over $200 in mailing charges for the address they finally provided. Please note, this company uses multiple domain names, Lucy and Claire, Lucy and Clara, Lucy and Clare.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Richmond, VA, USA - 23235

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Lucy and Clara

Online Purchase - Hooma

Scammer posed as an ice machine maker company on ****** shop. The link leads you from ****** shop to an outside site. Site says Hooma.

Dollars Lost: $49

Victim Location: Jewell, GA, USA - 31045

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Hooma

Online Purchase - Yatskia Urns

I ordered an urn from yatskiaurns.com on July 15. It's now July 29, and it still hasn't arrived in the mail. I plan to cancel my order, which I paid $45.00 for. I was also told by several other people on Facebook that they had problems with Yatskia Urns. One woman never received her order, and when she canceled it, she couldn't get a refund, so she wound up losing $200 for no reason whatsoever.

Dollars Lost: $45

Victim Location: Mccomb, MS, USA - 39648

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Yatskia Urns

Online Purchase - LUXEFYX.COM

Saw A add on You Tube Scand the QR code And ordered Product on 6?30/2026 it's now 7/29/2026 and not even a e-mail.

Dollars Lost: $31.35

Victim Location: Mansfield, OH, USA - 44902

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: LUXEFYX.COM

Online Purchase - Product not as advertised / displayed on website / in store

I made a purchase for storage bags and what I received was not what was marketed. I emailed about it and they determined $7 would be my compensation when I paid $40.

Dollars Lost: $40

Victim Location: Hollywood, FL, USA - 33029

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Crudeoverall

Employment - Appen usa talent

Fake job site. You have to buy software and equipment and course before you start work. They look like a real job you have a portal login etc

Dollars Lost: $300

Victim Location: Woodstock, GA, USA - 30188

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Appen usa talent

Counterfeit Product

The description, picture, and video of the product was nothing like what was received. Attached is what I received. What they show on the website is a beautiful handcrafted piece that is hand carved and hand painted and they even show a video of a person hand creating them. What I actually received was nothing like that! After weeks of going back and forth, they would only give me $13 of the $40 I paid. They insisted I got the correct product. It definitely wasn’t.

Dollars Lost: $40

Victim Location: Maiden Rock, WI, USA - 54750

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: YQY Workshop

Online Purchase

The company takes you to a website that does not have a phone nukber only the email address above. My email used for the order was [email protected]. I have been emailing them daily since April. Twice they told me that my order was delivered which NEVER happened and the rest is a daily automatically generated email that says the same thing no matter what I say.

Dollars Lost: $60

Victim Location: Port Allen, LA, USA - 70767

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Selinlab

Romance - Express Edge Shipping and Logistics

Met her on Facebook in a chat room. Said she lives in Manhattan, is a Doctor, in the Army and works for the UN. About 2 weeks later she was deployed to the Ukrainian. She shipped a package to me. Sent a pdf file showed the shipping label from Express Edge Shipping about 4-5 days later I get an email stating that the package was at Mexico Customs and Border Protection facility and that the Customs duty was $1700 I started some research and that's when the scam fell apart

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Salem, OR, USA - 97304

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Express Edge Shipping and Logistics

Online Purchase

They said an item was delivered when it was not. They they sent me another tracking number for the replacement and I got a message 2 weeks later at 8 am saying it was delivered at 615 pm that same day. I contacted them again and was told they could refund 70% of purchase price but that's it.

Dollars Lost: $32

Victim Location: Waukesha, WI, USA - 53188

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Ulerra

Employment

I received the following email. I knww it was a scam because it mentioned a job application I did not make. "Hi [my name]! Thank you for your interest in Turnquist. We reviewed your application and would like to invite you for an interview. This is a work from home position for residents of the state of Missouri and we are conducting online-interviews. We would like to invite you to speak with our hiring manager to discuss the position available, as well as schedule and compensation. Before moving forward, we want to make sure that you: Have strong communication skills Live in the state of Missouri Have availability to work full-time and to start immediately Have no major criminal history Please confirm that you meet these requirements. The hiring manager will be available to speak this week on Thursday at 11:00 AM CST. Please let us know if that time works for you. Once confirmed, we will send you a confirmation email with the link for the Zoom meeting as well as all necessary details so you are prepared. Feel free to reply back to this email with any questions. We look forward to speaking with you! Regards, Mariana Quiroga (346) 636-8026 On behalf of the recruitment team"

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Saint Louis, MO, USA - 63121

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Turnquist

Debt Collections

They texted and put it was me vs state I live in case #2026- etc and to call 877-798-5890. when I called they had all my info, name address, ssn and said I owed 4k

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Mexico, MO, USA - 65265

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Lend nation

Phishing - Cooper Law / Legal Process Server

Called regarding a bill due via the Court.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Spokane, WA, USA - 99201

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Cooper Law / Legal Process Server

Travel/Vacation/Timeshare - Smartcheapfares

It guaranteed me an airplane flight round trip for $342.75. upon them contacting me for verification they wanted another $700 or so in order to confirm the tickets. The alternative they offered was a one way flight from San Antonio Texas in November and then refused to allow money back or anything and told me that if I tried to book a flight in the next 90 days to the same location that the tickets would be canceled even if I tried to buy them through the airline themselves. They never intended for me to have discounted flights as the amount they wanted me to pay was more than the cost of a flight booked with the airline directly.

Dollars Lost: $342.75

Victim Location: Snohomish, WA, USA - 98290

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Smartcheapfares

Phishing

At 5:24 p.m. today, I received a phone call from this number on my landline (540-657-0281). When the phone rang, I answered, said “hello,” and heard static on the line and a male voice. The person said, Oh gosh, can you hear me?” I said “yes” and there was a prolonged silence. I said, “Hello?” and the person came back on the line. Then I hung up. I have heard about scams where the caller prompts you to say “Hello” and splices the audio to set you up for financial theft. I am therefore reporting this call. It was very strange and I have never heard of any organization that identifies itself as “Police Committee.”

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Stafford, VA, USA - 22554

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Police Committee

Phishing - Disability Information Center

I received approximately 20 to 30 different phone calls over a week and a half time span. No matter how many calls are blocked for how many phone numbers I blocked they continue to call several times every day. They always leave the same voicemail claiming to be from the disability however, they wanted to sell me insurance get me hooked up with an attorney for a fee or take their Life alert button. Until I hung up. The woman's name was Debbie Stancliff, The numbers that they requested that I called back was: 207-204-5129. They have called me from several different numbers. Approximately two to three different numbers every single day.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Rochester, IN, USA - 46975

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Disability Information Center

Travel/Vacation/Timeshare

Boardwalk Resort Vacations - Multi-Level Marketing Scam This company operates as a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme disguised as a travel club. Here's how the scam works: The Setup: * Charges $7,500 upfront for a "wholesale license" to access travel discounts * Charges $149 annually to renew membership * Promises "exclusive member-only rates" on hotels, resorts, and cruises The Red Flags: * Offers $1,000 referral commission if you recruit other members (classic MLM) * When asked about a cooling-off period, the sales representative explicitly stated "there is no cooling-off period"—this is false. Federal law (FTC Cooling-Off Rule) requires a 3-day cooling-off period for travel clubs * Claims "20 years in business" but only registered with BBB on May 6, 2026 * Contract uses New Mexico law (choice-of-law clause) to try to override California consumer protections * No independent verification of actual travel discounts provided What to Watch For: If contacted by Boardwalk Resort Vacations, know that cooling-off periods ARE legally required. Any company claiming otherwise is committing fraud. The $1,000 referral structure means they profit more from recruitment than actual travel bookings.

Dollars Lost: $7495

Victim Location: Novato, CA, USA - 94949

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Boardwalk Resort Vacations

Employment

Fake Amazon Recruitment Text Received. ???????????Hello, this is Rebecca Harrington representing the Remote Recruitment Team at Amazon. After reviewing your profile, we believe your skills align well with an adaptable home-based role. In this position, you will assist Amazon sellers in updating their product listings to boost their market presence. • Schedule: 60–90 minutes/day, 4 days a week • Compensation: $100–$600 daily (base $5,300 per 30 working days) • Benefits: Free training + 15–20 days paid leave annually We have 18 spots available at the moment. If you are 23 years old or older and would like to apply, please send the text “More Info” to 2138796389.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Columbia, MO, USA - 65202

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Amazon

Employment - Bull City Freight

Approached me with a job offer and have received three different phone calls saying they’re the supervisors and sending me onboarding emails a company portal and took my ID info Two of them had thick accents and were kind of hard to understand. I have not received a package yet but am now worried about being scammed and being in legal trouble . Kenneth Ellis is who reached out about the job offer.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Geneva, AL, USA - 36340

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Bull City Freight

Counterfeit Product - Trendy Home Wear

I was ordering a golf shirt for my 14 year old golfing-enthusiast grandson's birthday. This Trendy Home Wear website was one of many listings selling Peter Millar golf shirts with a Masters Logo and looked legit. They also send a typical email showing shipment on the way etc. Ordered on June 14, It didn't arrive until toward the end of July, many weeks later. The package was nondescript with no return address. Inside was a shirt made out of a gross, shiny, creepy looking fabric, with sewing that looked like a 10 year old was operating the machine, with missed stitching, puckered fabric and no label inside the neck. It's not suitable to wear to bed let alone outside.

Dollars Lost: $46.9

Victim Location: New York, NY, USA - 10038

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Trendy Home Wear

Phishing - Tax Consultants of America

Repeated calls from 877, 855, 844 prefixed numbers. Messages left follow this pattern: "Hello, this is Jessica with tax consultants of America. Today is Tuesday, July 28. I'm calling regarding a time sensitive matter involving tax balances or unfiled returns that still need to be addressed. A notice was recently sent outlining programs that are available, which will significantly reduce or potentially eliminate what is owed. These programs are not always available. And this may be the only attempt we make to reach you before they expire. We will get penalties waived, bring filings current, and resolve outstanding balances. Please call us back today at 855-587-4375 again that number is 855-587-4375." If you answer, they attempt to steal your SSN.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Cerrillos, NM, USA - 87010

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: Tax Consultants of America

Government Agency Imposter - CPS Safety Materials

received a letter that looks like a government document and was crafted to make the reader believe they had to purchase the Motor Carrier Safety Manual or face civil penalties.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Bryant, AR, USA - 72022

Date Reported: July 29, 2026

Business Name Used: N/A

Online Purchase - Pixeolane

Order items never got it emailed over anc I’ve

Dollars Lost: $32.43

Victim Location: Saint Louis, MO, USA - 63111

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Pixeolane

Other

Received an “official” looking letter in the mail that stated I have not contacted them regarding coverage for when my alleged “factory warranty” will expire on my vehicle, and I would be liable for any and all repairs to my vehicle unless I contact them about a service contract and that it is allegedly time sensitive. There is no company name listed, just the 888 number and their operating hours.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Fairfield, IA, USA - 52556

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: N/A

Employment - Nexus Workforce LLC / Timothy Kimutai

I was offered an online positon as a data entry clerk on July 11th from a company calling themselves Nexus Workforce LLC. I thought it looked like good opportunity and was naive enough to except. I later learned the following week from my sister in law that the place was a fraud and I was scammed. I only worked for them a couple days and have not been in contact with them and have not done any work since than. I did however give them the information for my old bank account number with Truist bank, which is has been closed for a while because there was no money in it. Unfortunately I did give them my social security number when I filled out a W-4 form that they wanted me to fill out online. I did save all my paper work but unfortunately and foolishly I ended up deleting a few of the documents by mistake while I was transferring my documents to my new email address. I have closed and shutdown my old one as well my gmail account and have updaed all my other accounts and have been in touch with the three major credit bureaus as well to file a fraud alert. I have also been trying to see If I can retrieve the documents I $but I am worried I may be unable too. I have, however, also received a check from them in the mail. They did say it was coming. It came by Fedex. It is for $2850. They said it was for a $500 signing bonus as well as 2350 fro educaional oppotunities. Not quite sure what that means. I have no intention of cashing it and am uncomfortable hanging on to it. I feel very foolish about this whole thing and have been working to try to cover all my basis and to make sure I haven't missed anything as well. The name of the man who supposedly hired me is Timothy Kimutai. If that is his name and he is supposed to be a HR Manager. I just don't feel comfortable with this whole thing.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Mount Rainier, MD, USA - 20712

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Nexus Workforce LLC

Online Purchase

Product never arrived. But was "delivered ". Twice. Refund has taken over a month already

Dollars Lost: $63

Victim Location: Washington, IA, USA - 52353

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Lunorynza

Home Improvement - HGGlobal,LLC

This was for repair to a garage door. Later found out parts replaced were over priced. Company I wrote the check to was out of state, just a holding company. Phone number is listed as a fraud number. Worker never gave last name. His iPhone was in a foreign language, Arabic?

Dollars Lost: $2812.2

Victim Location: Littleton, CO, USA - 80129

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: HGGlobalLLC

Retail Business

I came upon this website, saw a puppy I was interested in buying, and sent a message via the contact option on the website. The supposed owner, whom I will refer to as "she", texted me and asked for the typical information breeders want from a potential buyer--daily routine, others in the household, other pets, experience with doxies, etc. The fact that the website did not give a general location or a specific address, waved a red flag. I did a google search and found what appears to be a legitimate breeder's site called RiverStone Dachshunds in NC. I looked up the area code from the text message from Riverstone Dox and found it to be a CA area code. When I replied to the text, I stated that I thought the distance between us was too great and asked if she could tell me about how far away she is. I did not get a reply, but I went ahead and sent the basic info she'd requested. She responded very positively to the information I had given and said she had recently relocated in San Diego. She sent several pictures of the puppy and the link to a purchase agreement for me to fill out and sign if I wished to proceed. Full payment of $1050.00 was to be made when I signed the contract. The options to pay were Zelle, Apple Cash, CashApp, and Chime--none of which offer buyer protection or refund options. Red flags were flying in the breeze. I again expressed concern for the distance between us which would require the puppy to be flown for several hours to be delivered, and complicate the ability to resolve issues with the puppy, should any arise. It was all looking more and more sketchy, so I did a reverse image search on Google and found that the pictures of the puppies on the website were taken from other sources--another huge red flag. Fortunately, I realized it was a scam before I proceeded with the purchase of a puppy I would never receive. I hope this helps others avoid being taken. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do to help thwart this scam.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Marion, IL, USA - 62959

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: RiverStone Doxies

Identity Theft - Mnemosyn LLC

Mnemosyne LLC registered their business using my home address. I started receiving junk mail addressed to the LLC, which alerted me to the issue. It is a fake company using my home address to registration a scam business. There has been a rash of similar false business filings in Colorado using random home addresses. Per recent news articles, the Colorado State Attorney General is investing the large number of false business creations using residential addresses without permission of the homeowners.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Denver, CO, USA - 80238

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Mnemosyn LLC

Phishing - Social Media Apartment Rental Scam

I was looking for a place to rent. this company said they had a House in my town for rent just needed to pay for the application fee and then they proceeded to ask me to pay the security deposit. I said no, that’s not the way it works and then they told me that they had had people not show up for the viewing before Paying the security deposit. My grandson went to the house, knocked the door in a gentleman answered saying that no he lived in the house. He bought it two years before. The person that I sent the money to was Kathleen Finnell.

Dollars Lost: $70

Victim Location: Leicester, MA, USA - 01524

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Leasia Homes and Properties

Employment - Employment Scam

26- handmade community, talked with Erin Bailey she set me up on telegram doing different task before you get your shipment and after 3 tasks they start asking for money, they set up up with Bitcoin they add a little money for incentive then they ask you to put money in to get more task before you receive your shipment. They also set you up on a Cash App. You need to make a temporary deposit $27.00 and you will earn a little as you do more task, eventually you have to add more money for each task,I stopped when thy started asking for money, knew it was a scam, They set you up on telegram.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Shawnee, OK, USA - 74801

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: 26-handmade community

Phishing - Patent & Trademark Resource Center, LLC

The company is using a virtual office to pretend to be the USPTO. The claim that your Trademark is in cancellation and that you must pay $1900.00 to renew for 5 years. Fake "registration" number and virtual office gave it away. Also left out "US" in the name on the envelope. The number they give is 18009834701. I checked with the REAL USPTO and my Trademark is active with no issue. They are obviously poaching public trademark data looking for potential victims.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Lorton, VA, USA - 22079

Date Reported: July 28, 2026

Business Name Used: Patent Trademark Resource Center LLC

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