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Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Fake Prize Winner Scam - Julie Leach Impostor

Julie Leach sent me a friend request on Facebook. I accepted it. She sent me a message on messenger saying that I was selected as one of the lucky Facebook winners to receive $50,000.00 this month as part of her 2025 giveaway program. All I had to do was contact the winning agent handling it. She sent the the messenger link for the agent Carrie Watt who is handling it. I clicked on it and it took me to her messenger. She introduced herself as Agent Carrie Watt the FedEx agent in charge of Julie Leach's giveaway. Carrie said all I needed to do was fill out a form and asked if I wanted cash or a check. Then said she would need my full name, home address, phone number, occupation, income, age and gender. I told her I could send it and asked if there was a link to this form. She replied no just send it exactly as I asked. I replied how do I know this isn't a scam and asked why some information was needed. She replied it was needed for the package. I said something doesn't seem right. I haven't got a reply back. I didn't give any information to her. I got screen shots of the conversation with Julie and I also got screenshots of the conversation with Carrie.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: October 1, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A

Online Purchase - Teleport Ride

The company promised in early 2023 shiny new e-bikes with 750 w motor, regenerative braking, 28 mph, leather seat and grips, premium accessories, blah blah blah for the discounted price of $1699 for early adopters with a $100 in refundable deposit which later became non-refundable. Delivery was promised by early 2024 with a 10-day return policy which vanished the moment bikes began to ship. The delivery date kept getting pushed back and pushed back. Finally by end of summer 2024, some people started reveling their bikes. Our VIP Facebook group was ecstatic, however anyone that criticized the company were banned from the FB group. Some of us started our own FB group called Teleport Ride Owners Group. We posted about how some of us never received bikes, not having a phone number to call the company, unanswered emails, confusing emails, the disappearance of the return policy. We also noted, as there were engineers in the group that there was a lot of false advertising once we received the bikes. There was no regenerative braking, no 750watt motor, no 28 mph, and also no leather grips, saddle and some of us didn’t receive the accessories we paid for while as the months went by, many didn’t receive bikes at all. Some were successful with chargebacks on the credit cards and most of us were not as Teleport was sometimes successful in lying to the banks. We began posting on Reddit and on Trust Pilot. The TrustPilot score was 1.5 with 60 or so reviews and TR worked really hard to post misinformation in response. Now, many of the reviews are fake and the score is at 3.8 now. Also, the FB group and Subreddit threads were banned because TR complained of ‘copyright infringement’. Straight up bonkers. Can you get the word out about these scammers? They are attempting a second batch priced at $3799. These bikes are Zodan AliExpress bikes probably worth $600. They were ‘based’ in Edmonton for batch 1 and are somehow ‘based’ in Denver.

Dollars Lost: $2452

Denver, CO- 80203

Date Reported: September 28, 2025

Business Name Used: Teleport Ride

Online Purchase - Puppy scam

I tried to buy a golden retriever puppy and they continued to ask for more money.

Dollars Lost: $3000

New Castle, PA- 16105

Date Reported: September 27, 2025

Business Name Used: Jayden Retreivers Farms

Online Purchase

I went online searching for a dog. Once finding the puppy I sent for more information that’s when they reached out to me via text message regarding the puppy. I paid the amount to have the dog delivered. Once the dog was sent to the shipper, there were additional added cost that I was unaware of. Once I let them know that I would no longer like to go forward with my transaction. They continued to ask for more money, very insistent on helping me if I provide what I have for the shipping container.

Dollars Lost: $1400

Dfw, TX

Date Reported: September 22, 2025

Business Name Used: Jayden Great Dane

Employment - Employment Scam

Just wanted me to get data from Watts app and several other apps companies Said we both would get paid

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: September 22, 2025

Business Name Used: Dea

Online Purchase - KITTEN SCAM

I ordered a Burmese kitten from Chantal Burmese Haven (Chantal Watt) on Face Book they asked for part of the money which I paid they were to ship the kitten to me from Care Cargo Solutions they need money for vaccination's which I paid, they said the kitten was on they way. Then they said they needed insurance money which I did not pay. both places are a scam. I am sure I will not get my money back I paid $1000, I just want to report them so no one else has that problem and is scamed

Dollars Lost: $1000

Pittsburgh, PA- 15212

Date Reported: September 19, 2025

Business Name Used: Chantal Burmese Haven Chantal Watt

Investment - dexss.com

They promised to teach me how to trade gold. The platform was called dexss.com I put money in the account. We made a few trades then was told I needed more money to continue trading. Tried to remove the money and no luck. Now I can't even log into my account.b

Dollars Lost: $1100

Chicago, IL

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Nicole / dexss.com

Online Purchase

Saw a advertisement about car audio equipment worth over a thousand dollars for only 106.00$ for a avatar subwoofer and a deafbounce 4000 watt amplifier using Costco wholsale as a means to fool people thinking it’s a legitimate investment

Dollars Lost: $106

Los Angeles, CA- 90001

Date Reported: September 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Costco wholsale - IMPOSTER

Online Purchase - Online Retail Scam

Item was advertised as a split unit a/c-heater. Supposed to heat and cool 400-500sq ft room in minutes. All it does is heat. It doesn’t provide any cool air as advertised. Advertised at 3300 watts and it’s really 1500 watts. It really sounded to good to be true. I made the mistake of purchasing two of these worthless units.

Dollars Lost: $291.98

Franklin Park, IL- 60131

Date Reported: August 23, 2025

Business Name Used: Climafypro

Employment

I was contacted by Ms. Jackson about a job offer and told me to click ion a link to contact Oxana Trotsenko. I had to make sure I had Microsoft Teams on my computer because that is how they operate and communicate with you. Oxana pretends to be the HR POC. There is also Catalyst Watt IM interview. You're asked to provide a copy of driver's license, and he ask to scan your face: front and side views. You are promised all this equipment at a cost of $3,155, as well as a sign-on bonus of $500. See attached from the conversation I had with Oxana.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Tyler, TX

Date Reported: August 20, 2025

Business Name Used: Theranow

Employment - TheraNow IMPOSTER

I was contacted by Jennifer Jackson about a data entry job for TheraNow. Next I was scheduled with an interview with Oxana Trotsenko, I was asked to answer questions and given an interview rating score and told. I was offered the job at $13.00/hr for training and 33.00 for work. I was asked to provide my driver's license number and ss to set up my employment. I was then contacted by someone called Catalyst Watt, who I was told was the IT person to set up my credentials. I had to scan a picture of myself and told the credentials would be ready within a few days. I was then contacted again and told a check would be mailed to purchase equipment and I would be contacting a vendor to have the equipment shipped. I received a check via UPS from a "Travis Veit" at Everything Promotions 6983 Oxford Street, Saint Louis Park, MN 55426. I am attaching a copy of the check. I became suspicious since the company name was not on the check. I called TheraNow in Texas and was advised their system was hacked, they did not have any job openings, and they had received other calls like this. I cannot believe how far the scammers took this scheme.

I was contacted by someone called Jennifer Jackson and then Oxana Trotsenko, HR department she said from Theranow for a data entry position.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Minneapolis, MN- 55426

Date Reported: August 19, 2025

Business Name Used: TheraNow IMPOSTER

Employment

I was contacted by Jennifer Jackson about an executive assistant job for TheraNow. Next I was scheduled with an interview with Oxana Trotsenko, I was asked to answer questions and given an interview rating score and told. I was offered the job at $18.00/hr for training and 33.00 for work. I was asked to provide my driver's license number and ss to set up my employment. I was then contacted by someone called Catalyst Watt, who I was told was the IT person to set up my credentials. I had to scan a picture of myself and told the credentials would be ready within a few days. I was then contacted again and told a check would be mailed to purchase equipment and I would be contacting a vendor to have the equipment shipped.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Tyler, TX

Date Reported: August 19, 2025

Business Name Used: Theranow

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

The caller posed as Publishers Clearing House and tried to get me to borrow $500 dollars to put in my account so I could collect a thousand dollars! Ask if I had PayPal also and a watts app!

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown, ID

Date Reported: August 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Publishers Clearing House-Imposter

Online Purchase - Online Retailer Scam - Jansport Impostor

I attempted to make a purchase from this website. Very soon after I entered all my information and clicked purchase the light bulb went off that it was fake. I immediately locked my credit card. Within 5 minutes I received an email that someone attempted to use my locked card. It was for a purchase to Jayden’s Plants for $8.69. Luckily it was already frozen and did not go through.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: August 4, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A

Online Purchase - Auto Engines LLc

After ordering an engine from this company's website I did not receive a confirmation email, order number, or tracking number. After attempting to contact them all attempts failed.

Dollars Lost: $734.3

North Highlands, CA- 95660

Date Reported: July 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Auto Engines LLc

Online Purchase

Ordered a dishwasher motor on Amazon specifically with a parts number (P/N) to match the one on my old motor. The one I received was HALF the power size (watts, amps, RPMs) for $200. The plumber refused to install this knock off motor. It would not only break (can't handle the electricity in the dishwasher) but would probably destroy the rest of the dishwasher too. TRYING TO GET A REFUND HAS NOW BEEN OVER A MONTH LONG NIGHTMARE!!!! I knew they were scammers immediately when they said they wont be paying for shipping (min. $55) because it 'was no fault of the seller's". Then they said they'd be charging a 20% restocking fee ($35) PLUS no guarantees they are even going to refund me after a month long of stressful gaslighting horrible customer service from them! I've shipped it back across the country although the shipping label that was on the package was down the road from me! 10 mins away in Alberta! Nope, they wanted it shipped to Quebec. Paid alot for shipping, needed a signature and insurance for $170 like Amazon told me to do....NO ONE IS SIGNING FOR IT. They have 5 days to pick it up now and sign for it. ANYONE GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO???? scammers!!! Amazon needs to vet their vendors better and these guys are NOT from Canada...their emails come to me at 3am and broken/not great english using cdn addresses. Nice. Layger...No3rd....check out their poor reviews. Wish Amazon would have.

Dollars Lost: $225

MONTREAL- H1G 6H8

Date Reported: June 24, 2025

Business Name Used: Layger

Phishing - Lawyer Phishing Call

My friend wanted me to talk to their lawyer because he wanted me to become a trustee for his taxes. Someone who's not his lawyer ended up reaching out to me. He claimed his name was Dean Watts, that he worked with the Jackson Walker LLP firm, and it would only take about 15-20 mins. (He did not give me his name or company right off the bat, i had to ask questions to get the info out of him.) I knew my friend was from Texas, and in looking up the area code that reached out to me i learned it was from New York. That was my first red flag. After i got his name and firm i did more research. Dean owns his own private practice and is a criminal lawyer (nothing to do with taxes), and has nothing to do with Jackson Walker LLP. So i reached back out to him and told him he was getting no information from me and explained the research i found. He never contacted me again.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: June 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Dean Watts with Jackson Walker LLP

Phishing

I received an email from [email protected] for DocuSign Morgan Watts [email protected] for payment of $499.99 via PayPal Auto Debit Transaction Details ID:1050781071 Customer ID: LsgoqE6Ui Service: B.T.C. If you didn't authorize this transaction, Contact our Cancellation Department imme-diately within 12 hours. Toll-Free 1 (833) 566-6647 message was auto-generated Sincerely, PP3 Support Team 132

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 4, 2025

Business Name Used: B.T.C.

Online Purchase - ESaver Watt

Shows Elon Musk claiming if I buy his plug in invention I’ll save up to 90% on my electric bill and suggesting I should buy 2 at 10%off for only $98

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: March 7, 2025

Business Name Used: ESaver Watt

Counterfeit Product

I was sold what I was told was a new Apple computer in October 2024. When I had a problem with the computer holding a charge, I went to Apple. Apple showed that the computer was made in 2016 and first sold November /22/2017. What I received was a refurbished computer and not the new one that I bought. It also came with a charger that would not charge the product. They sent a 20 watt charger and the computer required at least a 30 watt charger. When I spoke to a manager at Best Buy, he refused to check the serial number and only looked at the date I first transferred my old computer to the new one. They committed fraud and took advantage of me as a little old lady. I was scammed into trusting Best Buy. Never again. I hate to think how many other people have been scammed by Best Buy. It must be a lot because Apple told me that they would not do anything about the problem.

Dollars Lost: $1494

Birmingham, AL- 35242

Date Reported: March 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Best Buy

Online Purchase - AliExpress

The two items were shown and described as a 4800-Watt Portable Inverter Generator Produces Clean Power Prevent Damage Sensitive Electronics Ultra-efficient 1.9-gallon Tank and a Freestanding Electric Fireplace Stove Heater with 3D Flame Effect for 1,000 Sq. Ft. Room the items i received were not even close to either of these im not even really sure what i received it was somw weird screw and a tiny package of water beads i think total scam

Dollars Lost: $50

Unknown Location

Date Reported: February 3, 2025

Business Name Used: AliExpress

Other

I Brent Watts owner of Watts Truck & Trailer Repair, LLC. Done a service call for a driver Joshua Watts new Joshua stole the money from the owner and took it without permission and costed me $4600.00 from my understanding he is telling people and customers my business name and sending them invoices with my business name and taking there money! I would defiantly be aware of this scammer he has no mechanic experience and is scamming people for money

Dollars Lost: $4600

Greenville, SC- 29611

Date Reported: February 3, 2025

Business Name Used: JWs mobile auto and diesel services

Online Purchase

Hi (My Name), May this email find you in the best of spirits? It's Jayden Macfarlane, part of the TzAudious.com crew. Our company is one of the distributors of Tz Audios LLC based in California, USA. Your channel popped up while we explored new trending topics on the platform, and we just started a Talent Program, which is why we'd be excited to have you involved. Would you appreciate our involvement in obtaining a pro audio mic which is handmade in California, USA? Also, to maximize the impact of our campaign, we would be honored if you could record something interesting for a duration of roughly five minutes using this device. Curious about the latest creative videos from our previous partners? Kindly open the provided link to access additional updates: https://www.tzaudious.com/video.html Can I just say, if you find yourself needing a high-quality microphone for your recordings, this could create good chances for collaboration, right? We obtained your contact information from your Social Media Site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW_kTpLmjSQPp80tUCe52FQ/videos (Not my ******* site) One final aspect to remember, you could win $500/$1000/$2000 for creating remarkable content! Best wishes, Jayden Macfarlane —————————————————————————— Resourcing Department To confirm legitimacy, check: https://www.tzaudious.com/contact.html ------_¯_-----_¯_ -----_¦¦¦¯¯¯¯¯¦¦¦_ -__--¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦--__ ¦__¦-¦¦¦¯¦¦-¦¦¯¦¦¦-¦__¦ Website: https://www.tzaudious.com ******: https://www.******.com/@tzaudious V8_113777_241018_113777_18:02:[email protected][email protected] We'd miss you like the moon misses the stars, but if you need to leave, unsubscribe here.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: January 23, 2025

Business Name Used: part of the TzAudious.com crew

Phishing

I received a text message from a number I did not know, but the name was my Pastor. The Scam was the Text says - " Do you have a moment? I have a request I need you to handle discreetly. I am currently going into a meeting now. Please let me know, Peace and Love, Pastor Ron Watts. I text back "What's Up" Scammer says " Good to hear from you Linda, I need to make a donation for some shut-in members but I can't go to the store right now to pick up the gift items. Can you please pick up some gift certificates from any store near you? I will refund you as soon as I can. Let me know if you are available to help, Pastor Ron Watts. I called my Church and asked if this was Our Pastor and they said that is not his number and must be a Scam

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Cape Girardeau, MO- 63703

Date Reported: December 19, 2024

Business Name Used: Pastor name Ron Watts - Imposter

Online Purchase

Pro Power I ordered two of your Pro Power units on 11/6/24 for the amount of $115.45, there was supposed to be a free one included that never showed up. I called your support number as you instructed, and also sent you a copy of your add giving a free unit with my order, as of yet I have not received the free unit, only the two I ordered, when I called your support number some body from Indian Asian Heritage answered the phone, I couldn't understand a darn thing he was saying, because his english was that bad. Today, I I'm too tired, and just want to cancel my order, please refund my $115.45, you can keep the unit you were supposed to send, and as soon as I see my refund I will send your two units back to you, at least I am honest. When payment is made it went to Margin Holdings LTD, and there is no way to get in touch with them Stop Watt: I ordered two of your Pro Power units on 11/17/24 for the amount of $68.84, on check out there was an offer for an additional unit for $24.90, so I accepted it, both were paid for thru my paypal account for a total of $162.58, there was also supposed to be a free one included that never showed up, that was what attracted me in the first place to order with you. I called your support number as you instructed, and also sent you a copy of your add giving a free unit with my order, as of yet I have not received the free unit or the additional unit for $24.90, only the two I orginally ordered. were delivered, when I called your support number some body from Indian Asian Heritage answered the phone, I couldn't understand a darn thing he was saying, because his english was that bad. Today, I'm too tired, and just want to cancel my order, please refund my $162.58, you can keep the unit you were supposed to send, and the one that was for $24.90 and as soon as I see my refund I will send your two units back to you, at least I am honest. WHEN WILL MY REFUND ARRIVE !! This company will never return an email, when payment is delivered it goes to Media Communications, and there is no way to get in touch with them. They also do business as stop watt, e saver watt, miracle watt and modern life.. On Facebook, they use Elon Musk to promote their products, he is smart and trust worthy by all accounts, so you are lured in by the product, however, I seriously doubt he has anything to do with this company, and they also offer to give you one free if you order right now

Dollars Lost: $209.19

Dublin, OH

Date Reported: December 5, 2024

Business Name Used: Stopp Watt e Saver Watt Miracle Watt Pro Power Saver Margin Holdings Media Communication Corp Modern Life-Imposter

Tech Support - Tech support

I received a text message on my personal cell phone stating this information: Norton Security: Your purchase confirmation inside While Norton Services executes your order, this purchase will display as a completed transaction. Please note that it may take a few moments for this transaction to appear. To view the whole transaction details , Norton Services account Or Call us at 1-850-270-1172. Norton Lifelock product: Norton Services Order ID:OVR-872 Amount: $359.00 Payment Mode: Auto Debit To Cancel Call At +1 (850)270-1172 Your recent purchase is greatly appreciated! Warm regards from the Norton Billing TEAM. Above is the exact text message that I received and I called the number to cancel and a foreign sounding male, kept requesting me to go on the computer to fill our a cancellation form. I did not do this as I did not want them to receive more information regarding my computer log on or any personal information. I did ask several times for him to cancel the request and that I would be contacting the BBB when he refused and his reply was "blah, blah, blah, do what you want to".

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: October 2, 2024

Business Name Used: Norton Security -Imposter

Online Purchase - Cockapoo Palace

On 8/25/24, I searched the web for puppies for sale and came across Cockapoo Palace's website, https://cockapoopalace.dog/, which displays cockapoo and cavapoo puppies for sale. They had and still have listed the advertisement text of: “30 Days Money-Back Guarantee, 1 Year Health Guarantee. We are presently celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary, so my husband and I decided to give out our puppies at a 40% DISCOUNT.” For me, the website seemed genuine. It had pictures of various puppies and their ages (9 weeks) at the time of search. The website also has information regarding pet care, breed history, the agency, testimonials, shipping & delivery process, and contact submittal for inquiry. I submitted the inquiry to be contacted regarding the potential purchase of one of the two cavapoos, Jared or Jameson, with a selling price of $700. I provided my name, phone number, and email, which were required for the contact submission request. SallyAnn contacted me via email and text. SallyAnn from the agency responded via email and text and explained the shipping process thoroughly. She quoted me a shipping cost of between $150-200. She emailed me additional videos of the puppies. Being hesitant, I requested to speak with SallyAnn On over the phone. SallyAnn texted me from 574-313-1321 but then provided a different number to call 574-444-3117. When I talked to SallyAnn, she assured me she was a legitimate breeder and had been breeding dogs for several years. She recently moved to Indiana but has a pet transport company that she frequently uses. They will provide me with the carrier's tracking number and need my full name and address to schedule the transportation. She quoted me the cost of the pup and shipping, $900 and requested that I submit the payment via Zelle to her husband, Jakell Watts. I agreed to Zelle $450 as the deposit and send the rest later mid-week. After sending a Zelle payment of $450 as the deposit, SallyAnn emailed me a "Sale Contract" me the sale contract from two different emails ([email protected] and [email protected]) listing her name and address as the seller and my contact info as the. The contract also listed the AKA application number for the puppy. SallyAnn informed me that she will begin to arrange the transport for the pup to arrive on Saturday, 8/31/24, via the nearest airport. Midweek, I followed up with SallyAnn to submit the final payment. I inquired about the method of payment. She requested Zelle again, but this time, she provided me with a different contact name for Zelle for the final payment. The act made me skeptical about sending any more money, and I requested a refund. SallyAnn advised that she had already reserved the transportation flight for $200. She refunds me once she resells the pup, and the owner must accept the shipping fees. Today is 9/26/24; I have emailed and tried to contact SallyAnn several times with no response. When I sent my final email on 9/13/24, I threatened to report her to the Federal Trade Commission for fraud and fraudulent activities. I received the following email response from her, "I need to resell the puppy first because I could never believe you’ll ask for a refund after the assurance, so please hold on while I resell the puppy and refund you." Today, 926/24, I have yet to receive my refund, and the website still has the same post listing of puppies for sale with an age of 9 weeks.

Dollars Lost: $450

Date Reported: September 26, 2024

Business Name Used: Cockapoo Palace

Employment - Employment - Ex-Ponent

I received an email from one of several applications I submitted on Indeed, CareerBuilder, and Monster for a remote position. I started said job in late June to work from home entering invoices for a monthly commission. We were added to a telegram group chat and given a resource page to enter the invoices. https://www.resourceuhv.com/_FrontEnd/index.aspx. We were told we would be paid $6 per invoice for reaching 800 in a month. We entered 15 invoices, 3 times a day, 5 days a week, Monday thru Friday. We would log into the group chat, wait for the invoices from Chandler Watt and submit them to the resource page listed above. The HR contact for this company was Ivy Woods or so they claimed in all correspondence. I was supposed to be paid on Aug 10th for all the invoices I entered in the month of June and July. The company used a group chat to provide the invoices for the group members and we had a resource database to enter them into. The group chat has since disappeared and all messages between us and the group managers were deleted. I tried to contact the company based on the info I received when I was hired but am now unable to get a hold of anyone. When I messaged the company website, I received a message saying they had no idea what I was talking about. *** * **** ** *** **** ** ****** *** ******* ** *** ** *** **** *** *** ** **** * *** *** ** *** *** ***** I can provide the original email received with all contact information. I am also in contact with about 20 others from this group who have the same situation. There were several members who "participated in a financial assistance program" and they have said that the company only took their money and refused to give them whatever they earned.

Dollars Lost: $6000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: August 15, 2024

Business Name Used: Ex-Ponent

Employment

I received an email from one of several applications I submitted on Indeed, CareerBuilder, and Monster for a remote position. I started said job in late June to work from home entering invoices for a monthly commission. We were added to a telegram group chat and given a resource page to enter the invoices. https://www.resourceuhv.com/_FrontEnd/index.aspx. We were told we would be paid $6 per invoice for reaching 800 in a month. We entered 15 invoices, 3 times a day, 5 days a week, Monday thru Friday. We would log into the group chat, wait for the invoices from Chandler Watt and submit them to the resource page listed above. The HR contact for this company was Ivy Woods or so they claimed in all correspondence. I was supposed to be paid on Aug 10th for all the invoices I entered in the month of June and July. The company used a group chat to provide the invoices for the group members and we had a resource database to enter them into. The group chat has since disappeared and all messages between us and the group managers were deleted. I tried to contact the company based on the info I received when I was hired but am now unable to get a hold of anyone. When I messaged the company website, I received a message saying they had no idea what I was talking about. Now I need to pay back my sister for helping me pay my Aug rent and try to find a new job to pay for Sept. I can provide the original email received with all contact information. I am also in contact with about 20 others from this group who have the same situation. There were several members who "participated in a financial assistance program" and they have said that the company only took their money and refused to give them whatever they earned.

Dollars Lost: $2000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: August 12, 2024

Business Name Used: Exponent Investment Management

Online Purchase - Egaurd Watt

The marketing put out by Egaurd Watt is misleading and in several of their ads photoshopped. This leads buyers like my grandmother to pay $127 for a product that does nothing. There is no science behind the product they are selling. There is no information published about how it works and the concept behind the idea is a scam. They are using fake photographs as celebrity endorsements to sell products to vulnerable individuals.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: August 7, 2024

Business Name Used: Egaurd Watt

Phishing - ATT/Directv Impostor

The caller (Mike Melvin, (ext 6005) said he was from the AT&T/Directv tech office. I was told they were updating the satellite frequency on our receivers. I had to give a $199. security deposit that would be refunded after 2-3 months. NOTE; I had this type of call from Directv before, and it was legit. My bad this time....I fell for it. I was offered $25 a month off my bill for 2 years since I was a long standing customer. That is the same thing that was given to me legitimately before. He had me write out a check, but not send it, and just give him my bank account number. (YIKES). He then gave me his Floor Managers name (Peter Jones, ext 6011) who would call to verify all this. I got the call and talked to him at length about worrying that this was a scam. They both had accents. I asked where he was from, and why he had such an American name. He said his dad was in the service in Japan, and mother was Japanese. He was given an American name. My money was never refunded, and I've gotten several more calls from them.

On 7/13/24 the call I got said they wanted more money.....saying it was a 2 step process. That last call with Mr. Jones was rather heated. He kept insisting, I kept saying no....give me my refund. I eventually asked for his boss...everyone has a superior. He gave me the branch manager (Vilson Watt (not sure of the spelling or pronunciation) at ext 1625. We talked for less than a minute and he hung up on me. When I call back, I get an answering machine. I've called Directv, which I should have in the first place. They told me it was a scam. I'm sure I'm out the money, but I want to make sure nobody else gets scammed by them. It looks like their phone number shows that it is known to be a scam. I did get a copy showing they cashed the 'check' (even tho I didn't send it to them...they just used my account number to deduct the money.) As you can imagine, it's hard to read the name on the back side of it.

Dollars Lost: $199

Los Angeles, CA

Date Reported: July 15, 2024

Business Name Used: ATT/Directv Impostor

Online Purchase - Online Purchase

on AMOZON I was shopping for a generator due to power outages in Houston ,TX the brand is Westinghouse 3600watts priced at 55 dollars with a 85% discount sold by Li Ni's poster shop using Westinghouse ad page, when i went directly to Westinghouse website that particular item costs over 500 dollars wsith their discounted price. I al;so googled Li Ni's poster shop and found people had been scammed, also very little information is on the seller. it is my believe that they are scamming people here in HOUSTON TX after millions lost power after the tropical storm made landfall juily 8

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 12, 2024

Business Name Used: Li Ni's poster shop

CryptoCurrency

In November of 2022, I met Amanda on Facebook. She and I were messaging. She said she was Asian and lived in Baltimore, MD. She showed me a MD Drivers license. She said her uncle worked on Wall Street, and she is unavailable through the week. She said she had an inside track into crypto. She presuaded me to join a fake company, Redcoin 01. She showed me how to wire money to crypto.com. I set up an account there. Crypto.com is a warehouse that holds your money until you tell them where to send it. I had the money sent to RedOne 01. I could see a graph showing my money was increasing on a graph. She said she was putting money into the RedCoin account too: $20,000, $18,000. She was contacting me from Cambodia. We communicated a lot through WattsApp. I could see her on screen, and she looked like she was in a rich person's home, or a friend's house. The last money I deposited was in january 2023. In February 2023, the account reached 1 million. So, I went to make a withdrawal. I was told I could not withdraw the money until I paid $1,000, and she became hateful with me. Then I began contacting scam advisors on the internet, and they wantd a lot of money to track her down, like $20,000. I went to my bank, US Bank, in New Albany and showed the bank manager the pictures of my RedOne account. She sent me a fraud notice, saying I was involved in fraud scams and closed my account. Then I received a call from job and family services saying they ahad gotten a referral for elder abuse. I told Job and Family Services that I was just investing in crypto and not to worry about it. Amanda was very persuasive that everything was fine. I called FTC and was told to put a freeze on my credit report.

Dollars Lost: $42000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 11, 2024

Business Name Used: Amanda

Employment

I found it on instagram a part time job offer, I click on it and automatically connect me with a watts up, offering me the job they provided me with training all instructions we’re giving via watsup I have them, it explains the job and rules in their platform, I was on my first 50 tasks to review products on line apparently I was getting a great profit I had to do op it off my deposits several times until on my very last task telling the that my profit was extremely high and I had to top it off $22,000,00 to be able to withdraw my funds plus the profit, I didn’t deposit that amount because I don’t have it and this is a never ending thing so now their telling me that I will loose all my deposits, the agent that I was in communication moth even advising me to go get a loan and to even go to a gang to ask them to lend me money which i won’t ever do, all I will like to get is my deposits back from them and never make this mistake again

Dollars Lost: $9000

Date Reported: June 27, 2024

Business Name Used: Bloom Inc

Online Purchase - Free Vacation Scam

They told me I won a free vacation but it wasn't

Dollars Lost: $39

Date Reported: June 26, 2024

Business Name Used: Watterson travel

Online Purchase - Bottledjoy

Fake

Dollars Lost: $82

Aurora, CO- 80013

Date Reported: June 9, 2024

Business Name Used: Bottledjoy/orbitphin

Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill - Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Robert Gracey called asking if we needed lights for our store. I told him we don't have a retail location and we only sell Business to Business. The next day UPS comes with a cash on delivery package from his company that we rejected. I called but no one answered. Later that day he called back, I told him we did not place any orders and that his delivery was rejected and will be returned. The next day we received an invoice from his company for $627.50 for 35Watt Par 30 LED 6000K Diamond light $89.99 each, quantity 6, $48.59 tax and $38.97 shipping. Once again, I called no one answered. We are getting the invoices at least once every couple of weeks.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Atascadero, CA- 93422

Date Reported: April 17, 2024

Business Name Used: BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTING

Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

We are a church/religious organization Invoice was sent for LED lights Paid invoice before realizing it was fake. Have received 2 more invoices from this company for LED lights Description BR18WattLED $735.52

Dollars Lost: $600

Greenmount, MD- 21074

Date Reported: April 13, 2024

Business Name Used: GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LLC

Phishing

The email came to my email address as a sirius xm radio email offer for 1 yr subscrition for $2.00 the ad appeared like sirius xm radio it also showed security features appearing safe & legitimate, so I signed up for the offer and gave my debit card info for the $2.00 subscription fee immediately my bank holder placed a decline on the purchase it then showed up on my bank account it was a strange company something like buytoyshopp & it tried to charge my card $9.60 so my bank placed a stop on the purchase and we submitted a request to issue me a new card due this fraudulent person/people pretending to offer a subscritption to sirius xm radio yet it was false to gain access to my bank account infornation and take my money. I would appreciate follow up I can forward you the email from this person. They sent me another email today I replied to stop emailing me they committed fraud & I will be reporting them. Thank you, Stephanie Watts.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 4, 2024

Business Name Used: Sirius xm radio - imposter

Online Purchase - Online Purchase

I currently just moved in an apartment. I ordered a microwave because my apartment doesn't come with one. I ordered this one through the site (https://www.llineboutiques.com/products/b eautiful-1-1-cu-ft-1000-watt-sensor-microwave-oven-white-icing-by-drew-barrymore-new-536449751? variants=1134840) and never received an order receipt, update, nor tracking info. I made a claim through P***** and the seller responded with tracking information. I was told it would take 7-10 days to arrive. According to the tracking info, it was delivered on the 25th when I ordered it on the 22nd. When I called the office, there was no package for me. I then called USPS and gave them the tracking info. They stated it was not sent to that address however due to privacy and security, they couldn't give me the address. I then called P***** and reported the discoveries found on this tracking info. When the P***** representative looked into refunding me for my claim, because the seller didn't respond with additional information by the 3rd, the seller had no money in the account and had shown a recent withdraw of that amount. The seller also had got P***** to close the case in their favor due to whatever package they sent being delivered. However, validated not sent to the correct address. I called P***** back and a manager looked over the whole case and deemed that the claim should be reversed in my favor and that the account will be flagged and taken care of. They also gave me a site (www.ic3.gov) to report the online scam crime.

Dollars Lost: $59

Houston, TX- 77022

Date Reported: April 3, 2024

Business Name Used: SmileMall

Online Purchase - Puppy scam

This person: Ramson Ejime, wanted to sell a puppy to me, he asked for the deposit $300 that was transfered via Cashapp to Jaydin Johnson($d1Jadyn11). Then Ramson Ejime requested $200 for paperwork which was transferred via Cashapp to Jay ($Jay2rich30). Then Ramson requested $200 to pay for puppy’s vaccination which was sent via Zelle to Treyvon Watts. In the end he said the puppy was sick and needed $200 more for the vet which was transferred via Cashapp again to Jay ($Jay2Rich30). One last time he requested $200 to repair his car to bring the puppy which was transferred to Nadiyah Mitchell ($Nadiyaahv). Totaling $1100 for a puppy that never even existed.

Dollars Lost: $1100

Royal Palm Beach, FL- 33411

Date Reported: March 31, 2024

Business Name Used: Ramson Ejime

Other

We were looking for a puppy and found one on this website. They wanted a $1000 deposit to hold the puppy and the remaining $1000 once we visited and decided we wanted to dog. We saw the additional pictures they sent after we said we wanted her and made a Zelle payment to them. Zelle stated there would be a 24 hour hold on the payment, but the seller wanted us to cancel with Zelle and use ApplePay. They wanted to money now. They continued texting nonstop with how I should cancel Zelle. They even tried to call. I began getting suspicious with the urgency of needing the money. I started looking online and at their site and realized that I couldn't verify anything about them. I started texting them about my concerns and they would try to assure me with pictures of an AKC Breeder of Merit certificate, which I searched on their site and did not find his name as a receiver of this. His website was built on a hair salon website. He stated he had 19 reviews on google, which can be faked. I did an image search of the puppy and found 2 pages worth of the same image used multiple times by other "breeders" going back to 2004. It is a stock photo. We were able to cancel the Zelle payment; we were lucky. His name is Anthony Watts.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: March 4, 2024

Business Name Used: Toy Maltipoo Puppies

Other

Emailed me saying my student loans had been forgiven and to give him a call at a fake number with my case number

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: February 26, 2024

Business Name Used: Watt Mendez

Romance

My credit card was taken from me an it's where I received the my stimulus check.

Dollars Lost: $2500

Watts, OK- 74964

Date Reported: February 20, 2024

Business Name Used: N/A

Online Purchase - Online Retailer Scam

I ordered a dress from Stylewe on 1/9/2024. It is now 2/15/2024. I got the confirmation regarding the order was received. After that, I have several, several e-mails to order other products with a discount but nothing regarding my order. I paid over $60 including shipping cost. I cannot speak with a live person, only chats can be delivered. They wanted me to pay $5.00 to get more information regarding my order. I told them that if I did not get a refund within 3-5 business days that I would report them to BBB and Consumer Protection. I am waiting for a refund but feel that this is a scamming company that lures the public in with their advertisements and never deliver. Temu is cheaper and better. I will never order from this company again.

Dollars Lost: $63

Unknown Location

Date Reported: February 16, 2024

Business Name Used: Stylewe

Online Purchase - Life Heater

Advertisement currently in cell phone news. Specifically states free all you pay is shipping. Revolutionary heater heats a large room in minutes. Uses hardly any energy. Has the power company very concerned or something to that effect. After receiving it, I came across a question and answer about "Is it UL approved", Answer was not a direct "Yes" but said approved by the most leading Laboratories, or something to that effect. My first attention to a scam was upon reading the instruction Manual. It said it uses only 500 watts. 500 Watts is a tremendous large amount of power and had no "UL" markings anywhere. Then I saw that my credit caed was charged $ 175.95 for something I did not ask for. Upon checking my sources, I found that this Flex MK Tech PH - Portable Heater was the culprit. Upon checking with the company, the person I spoke with said "Theres a clause that says after the trial period and you did not comment on the product you would be charged full price. When I placed my order I did not come across any wording even close to indicating this. There is nothing on the box or the packaging or the instruction manual that indicates this. Absolutely "Nothing". My bank obviously is experiencing other incidents such as this and flagged it as fraud activity and I am thankful they declined payment. I still feel I need to report to the BBB as this is not a good service to the consumer.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Corona, CA- 92879

Date Reported: February 15, 2024

Business Name Used: Flex MK Tech PH - Portable Heater

Debt Collections - Credit Card Debt Scam

Caller identified herself at first as Jayden, then I believe also as Megan Martin. Said I owed money from a credit card supposedly my ex-husband or I opened in 2003. I was potentially being sued by the creditor after 20 years. Asked about my maiden last name versus my married last name. Asked me to give her a call on monday to discuss how I would like to proceed with getting situation handled. Said the CC I owed money to was MBNA who was bought out by Bank of America. Was allegedly sending me an email so I can look over information she has about the pending case against me. Had me verify name, DOB and SS.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: February 9, 2024

Business Name Used: Process Notification Services

Online Purchase - Purchase Scam

Can't remember exactly how the product was introduced to me. I remember the presentation where i chose one Elon Musk heater. Another offer appeared with purchase of second for less money. When statement arrived, first heater was $34.99 and second one billed for $77.89. Telephone to distributor appears to be disconnected. That credit card is no longer active.

Dollars Lost: $78

Date Reported: February 6, 2024

Business Name Used: SLASH WATTS

Online Purchase

Calls himself Jayden Business Classhelpers or Crew Assemble LLC Ashan Rasheed 8052 Catawba Ln. Hanover Park, IL 60133-2205

Dollars Lost: $1248

Bartlett, IL- 60133

Date Reported: February 1, 2024

Business Name Used: Crew Assemble

Other - Extended Warranty through Slash Watts

Nothing identifiable to track back to Slash Watts. Email receipt included charges for extended warranty that wasn't selected by the purchaser. Received two units that don't work as advertised. Mailed from First Real Choice, P O Box 19141, Akron OH 44319. Charges purchaser didn't authorize were made two months later. Unable to find a working phone number or contact original seller to stop charges. Filed fraud report with credit card company and closed account.

Dollars Lost: $120

Akron, OH- 44319

Date Reported: January 12, 2024

Business Name Used: Slash Watts

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