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Online Purchase - Online Retailer Scam

Ordered a musical mechanical pocket watch from the company via a Facebook ad. Item that I eventually received was a cheap quartz watch worth nothing. The return name and address on the package is: **** ******* *** ****** ** ** *** ****** ******* ** *****. This is apparently an address known to be used for scams.

Dollars Lost: $81.89

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 8, 2025

Business Name Used: Raiinr

Online Purchase

I didn’t do my research enough before buying from this place. I didnt think I needed to because every social media page was full of what seemed to be satisfied customers, some even showing off their products that looked quality. I now know after looking at every platform and digging to find those bad reviews that they keep hidden on purpose that this is a scam. I ordered a Kitty Curlz toy for $39.98 (shipping included in that) and they randomly said Oh we’ll give you another one for free (BOGO) I was surprised but happy about it and placed the order. Immediately they started sending me chain emails trying to upsell other items which was a red flag. They kept saying they have too much product that they needed to get rid of and kept advertising a $300 cat wheel to me. Anyway, it’s been over 2 weeks now and no package, and the tracking on their website just describes my package as “moving.” After looking up the pages and pages of reviews of people that 1. Never received their order and their refund emails were denied or 2. Received the product months later in poor quality, I now realize this is a dropshipping scam. If you do receive your product, it’s poor quality because they ordered it from China. The website also says they started online in 2023, but the website was not actually created until 2024. There’s no way to actually verify if there was a store there in Montreal that they “closed down due to the pandemic” which was in 2020, not in 2023… they also have random people (Jessica, Sarah, Charlotte) on their email that they will switch up identities in different emails which is just 100% fishy. On Tiktok, a girl had posted that Marlene’s Pet Shop was using videos of her and saying her name was Jessica, one of their workers. It’s just a huge scam. I tried to report them to the FTC but the government is shut down right now. Let this be a warning to everyone, save your money and just go on amazon. Their marketing is top tier but trust me, people being scammed by them are everywhere, they just do a great job at hiding those reviews from the public. I’m being told my package should arrive Sunday-Tuesday, but I highly doubt I will receive it. There’s no phone number or any way to contact these people other than email and most of the time your emails will be ignored. Take this as a warning.

Dollars Lost: $60.98

Montreal, QC- H1A 0A1

Date Reported: November 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Marlene’s Pet Shop website

Online Purchase - Pet Scam

I ordered a schnauzer puppy from this breeder. Was told I would get flight in for until day of flight. Upon day of flight, individual used safepetflights.com attempting to ship the dog and attempted to have me purchase a $1200 crate that was not IATA required or authorized. And proceeded to offer the puppy to multiple other individuals.

BBB notes: If you feel you are a victim of an online pet or pet transportation scam, BBB encourages you to file a complaint and/or customer review at www.bbb.org/Norfolk, with the Virginia Attorney General's office at https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint, as well as report your experience to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov and the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov.

Dollars Lost: $800

Atlanta, GA

Date Reported: November 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Schnauzer Haven

Phishing - Healthcare Scams

This website appears to have a number of fake Asheville job listings such as by Heavenly Touch Home Healthcare and Cherry Hill Free Clinic. Who knows how much else is fake.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 7, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A

Phishing - Advance America

Received a personal loan offer via text after applying online from a company called "Advance America Payday Loans" but uses the same logo of the Advance America company. Verification link to form for personal information sent that asks for bank routing and account number in addition to name, address, phone number. After verification was complete, the "loan agent" Henry Brown text me that in order to complete the loan process, I'd need to send him my online banking login information (username and password), which I did not provide and ended the conversation. The next day, I received the EXACT same loan offer, from the same company, but this time the "loan agent" name was Kevin Carter. His phone number was exactly the same except for the last two numbers in sequence (same area code, same prefix, same first two numbers of last four). This is clearly one person running multiple scams on multiple burner/fake cell phone lines. DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Belton, SC

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Advance America / Advance America Payday Loans

Online Purchase - Online Pet Purchase Scam - Facebook Ads

I ordered phonics alphabet cards through an advertisement on facebook in May 2025, paid through paypal. Received some emails that the order was delayed, then shipped. Tracking shows it arrived in the US in June but I have never received it. When I reached out to the seller via paypal they replied that "according to my email address" they've never sold me anything and that I must have the wrong company. And ignored all subsequent emails.

Dollars Lost: $41.56

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Occasionalous

Credit Repair/Debt Relief

A lady called Arthur told me that the company "self Debt" could help me reduce my debt and interest payments by up to 40%. I had heard the name before and was suspicious. I asked her to verify what protection I would have from scams and she gave me a couple of acronyms I did note recognize any (I have worked in the financial services industry in a quasi-compliance role for 25 years). I told her I would manage my debt with my bank, She was defensive and tried to convince me that 7,000 would be better wth hr than with the bank. I hung up.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

New York, NY

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Self Debt

Online Purchase - Online Pet Purchase

This individual allegedly named Ellie has a Facebook website called Ellie’s Free Kittens In Search of New Homes. She will ask what type of cat you want and will show photos of the desired feline. She will tell you that the cat costs and offer a $150 rehoming fee. She will fail to tell you about the shipping’s fee. Then will tell you about the shipping company Sky Freight Carrier who will ask you to pay with she in cahoots with plenty of people with foreign accents. She gives all of your information so they can text concerning the cat’s shipping. They will ask for $300 and want it in Apple Pay. They will send a fake video of them shipping the cat. Then they will ask $999 for cat insurance and want you to use Apple Pay only. When confronted she blocked me.

Dollars Lost: $450

Las Vegas, NV

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Ellie’s Free Kittens

Online Purchase - Pet Scam

I tried to purchase a Maltese puppy through their website and sent a payment of $800 via Zelle. Then they stopped responding to texts, calls or e-mails. They use the names of Shanta and Adebayo .

Dollars Lost: $800

Cantillo, TX

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Lovelle Companions

Online Purchase - Pet magic hub ebooks

I attempted to pay shipping on an item from Walmart but my PayPal card wasn't accepted. Next thing I know I'm getting an email from PayPal saying that this pet magic hub books was paid $14.95 from my account using my card. I canceled the card but PayPal won't give me my money back even though I never purchased anything from this place nor have received whatever it was I supposedly purchased. No information other than the name has been given to me, no receipt, nothing. I got a new card but I'm scared to use it just in case it happens again. I don't know what info they have of mine and I don't have any money I can afford to lose. I'm not employed and because of health reasons I can't work so losing any money is tragic. Because of this scam I can't pay all of my rent or power. I don't know which one I'm going to have to pay a late fee on but one of them for sure.

Dollars Lost: $14.95

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Pet magic hub ebooks

Phishing - Paypal imposter

I received an email that looked like it was from PayPal stating a recurring payment had been reactivated for a Samsung S25 Ultra phone. I called both Samsung and PayPal to confirm the email was a scam and forwarded it to PayPal’s email for phishing scams as per their suggestion. A copy of the email I received is attached.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Paypal imposter

Online Purchase - Pet life bio

Pet life bioI placed 2 separate orders from their website and after 2 months still have not received the order with tracking being stopped. Customer services refuses to issue a refund due to product being shipped out.
 

Dollars Lost: $180

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Pet life bio

Online Purchase - Product Not As Advertised/Refusal to Honor Refund Policy

The company advertised hand-drawn portraits; however, the delivered products were AI-generated. Although a satisfaction guarantee was provided, a substantial portion of the refund was withheld. Attempts to reach customer service via email resulted in automated responses, indicating an absence of direct human interaction. Currently, our emails are no longer being answered.

Dollars Lost: $112.8

Cheyenne, WY- 82001

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Bondel

Retail Business - Wozniak Interior Design Scam

The scammer sent a quote request for t-shirts claiming to represent the listed company. When I researched the company online, the contact information did not match and there were other listings of scams by this company on BBB.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Somerset, KY- 42503

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Wozniak Interior Design LLC

Online Purchase

Era teck litter boxes are 100% scams. I already found somone else on here describing the same exact thing. I got a tiny data cable instead of litterboxes. How does that even make sence? Do not buy from era tech!

Dollars Lost: $189.64

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Era tech

Online Purchase

Bought a corgi puppy and paid for seller to ship dog. Seller only used cash like payments, bank transfer, Apple Cash, cash app, etc. Seller stating he ships the dogs with a pet courier that has pet Nannie’s on the flight to take care of the dog and get them to the buyer at the destination airport. $200 fee covered shipping. Puppy was $500. $700 paid. Seller told me he ships the dogs out of wills point Texas. Upon payment I received a tracking number and link to track the shipment of the puppy but no flight number or airline information. After payment was made and tracking received the seller informed me I would have to pay a crate deposit for the flight and the company would reach out to me to get payment. This was not disclosed until after paying for the dog and shipping. The shipping company, Air Pet Travel contacted me and they informed me the crate deposit is $1500 or $2500 for a deluxe crate and that they were climate controlled so the dogs are comfortable in the cargo hold, but stated the deposit would be 100% refunded to me once the dog was in my hands and I signed paperwork. I asked for a contract stating my money would be refunded and they told me they couldn’t provide me with it until after I paid. I reached out to the seller to ask about other routes of delivering the dog as I wasn’t paying $1500 and he told me since the dog was handed over to the courier company the dog would be quarantined at the airport and then turned over to a shelter if we didn’t pay for shipping. When asked what airport the dog was at, I was told they were at DFW and not wills point like originally stated and he couldn’t tell me which airline they flew with, stating they use private planes where the dog is not in the cargo hold. However the shipping company demands I pay $1500 for a climate controlled crate. Now I can’t get ahold of the seller and the shipping company keeps calling me saying I need to pay or this dog will be quarantined. Im out $700 and had to sign a pet contract, as a lot of breeders use, and this person now has my information.

Dollars Lost: $700

Wills Point, TX

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Allen Welsh Corgis

Online Purchase - Miniature Schnauzer Online Puppy and Pet Transportation Scam

I have attached the email communication from the seller

Dollars Lost: $1550

Dallas, TX- 75215

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Miniature Schnauzer Online Puppy and Pet Transportation Scam

Phishing

I received today a phone call pretending to be ADT, the company providing security system for my home. The person who called herself Jennifer, left me a voicemail saing my system needs an upgrade which she said will be provided free of charge. I called her back and left a voice message as I had no idea it was a scam. After I hang up I called ADT to find out if it was a scam. They told me it was. I wonder if the police can do something to prevent such scams as they seem to be very common nowadays.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Dallas, TX

Date Reported: November 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Acting as: ADT

Counterfeit Product - Apple Impostor Scam

I was trying to check my name for scams

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: apple

Online Purchase - Online Pet Purchase Scam - Facebook Seller

A Cat was located on Facebook and they had me pay for the cat via Gift Card and then continued to ask for money.

Dollars Lost: $300

Cleveland, OH

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Wild Maine Coon Kittens for Rescue

Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

An invoice was received for an extremely hyperinflated price for a toner delivery from an "Executive Office Supply". No order was ever placed with this "company". After looking into similar scams, it has been determined that they must have called our organization at some point, possibly multiple times, and eventually got the name of an employee (to attach to the invoice) and the specific printer model used within the organization (often times a call is made alleging they are from your office supplier or for some similar cause - an employee did recollect some call regarding printer replacement parts or something of that nature - coincidentally printer parts were being ordered around the time it is expected these calls were received). After receiving this fraudulent invoice and connecting some dots, looking back at least three months, our organization did receive a toner delivery for our specific printer model, and upon looking into it, it was determined that this delivery did not come from our regular supplier i.e. no order was ever place before or around the time this delivery was received. There is another report of almost the exactly same incident/scam with the exact same company name and almost the exact same invoice amount.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Diamond Bar, CA- 91765

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Executive Office Supply

Online Purchase - Pet Scam

Highland cow or cattle scam. person has email, website, facebook (24k followers), twitter. many likes and good reviews.

Dollars Lost: $1180

Chesterfield, VA

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Mike Goodwin Deontrell of Deontrell Livestock Farm

Employment

I received an email stating that based on my background they wanted to schedule an interview anytime today (11/4) between 2pm and 6pm. They provided the Zoom link and verification code. The roles offered were Admin Asst for $32.50/hour, Customer Relations Manager for $35.15/ hour, or Data Entry Specialist for $29.15/hour. At first I thought it was legit, then I noticed it was a gmail address. These job scams are absolutely ridiculous!

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: OLX Group

Online Purchase - Just Gratify

Website advertising custom hoodies and sweaters with embroidered photos of your pet, their name stitched and established date (representing adoption dates). I custom ordered a sweatshirt for my mom. (Grey) with pink writing and a photo of her dog. I immediately received tracking info from China. After almost 2 weeks I received a long v neck white shirt with flower print on it, very cheap, not what I ordered and stinks like a cigarette. I contacted the company and they made me go through all of these hoops. (Show proof of packaging, email photos of the product, etc). Then they told me to peel the label to show the other label beneath stating maybe the courier made an error. The label below had my info. Then they tried to say well they don’t even sell the item I received and demanded I put the item in the package again and send them the weight. I don’t have a scale that shows ounces. They are ignoring my requests for a refund and even said “are you sure this came from the package” I sent them numerous photos as well as an unboxing video because I was so excited to show my mom. Once they received the proof, they didn’t do anything. They have scammed me. I filed a dispute with my credit card company. I have screenshots of my order, their advertisement showing what they promise, photos of what I received and screenshots of their emails. It only allows one upload so I’m uploading what I received.

Dollars Lost: $60.98

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Justgratify.com

Online Purchase

Purchased an item from Babies-mall.com and 4 days later an unauthorized charge on my account from "ADORABLE PET HAVEN STO" appeared in the amount of $379.99. Luckily my bank flagged it as fraud. The item purchased from babies-mall.com never arrived.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Babies-mall.com

Online Purchase

I placed an order with Sure Petcare (a division of Merck Animal Health) on August 30, 2025 for two Microchip Pet Feeders and one Rear Cover. I received an invoice (No. 449302) confirming payment of $372 USD, and the amount was charged to my account. I never received the product or a refund. When I contacted the company in November 2025 to ask about the order status, they told me they had sent an email in September requesting verbal confirmation before shipping. I never received this email, and the company made no additional attempts to contact me despite having my phone number and email address. It is unreasonable and unacceptable for a company to retain payment for months without providing the product or initiating a refund. If the company did not intend to fulfill the order, they should have promptly issued a refund rather than keeping my money with no communication or delivery.

Dollars Lost: $3720

Rahway, NJ

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: SureFeed

Counterfeit Product - Counterfeit Product - Sunnies Beauty

An ad came up on Facebook for Sunnies Beauty advertising the Peter Thomas Roth instant Firmx eye cream. I ordered the product only to receive an imitation product! I contacted them via e-mail and they informed me it was the product I ordered and that the packaging can vary. I proceed to open the box to see if the product read Peter Thomas Roth. To no surprise it did not. The ingredients were not even comparable to the Roth formulation! I sent them a photo of the product they had sent me compared to the product they were advertising on their site. I have been e-mailing them back and forth insisting on a full refund and a way bill to send back their inferior product. They have offered me a few options of either a 25% refund or a 50% refund and I can keep the product. I informed them they are obviously using false advertisement to lure customers in and that I will be reporting them to the BBB. In the next e-mail, they say will give me a full refund if I pay for the product to be shipped back to this address 75 N Woodward Ave #3724 Tallahassee FL 32313-3724. They are refusing to pay for shipping the product back. They will also only be issuing me a full refund if the box is unopened. I'm not going to spend more money to ship back the product since they obviously know I've opened the box to verify it's authenticity. I have no recourse! It's so frustrating that these companies can get away with these types of scams!

Dollars Lost: $60

Mississauga, ON- L5N 8B3

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Sunnies Beauty

Phishing - Check Scams

A lady text me through TikTok and wanted to know if her and her client could have permission to use my photo for a painting and she would pay me 2,000$ while the remaining balance of 500$ would go towards her and the business. Her client text me through iMessages with her email and asked for verification that I understood I would get paid for approving the use of my photo. This was my first time using my banking mobile app to submit a check. I called my bank about it and they told me it was fraudulent.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY GENERAL FUND TREASURERS ACCT

Phishing - Postcard Scams

Pink Postcard Sent from "PRSRT FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID ST. LOUIS, MO PERMIT NO. 495" Addressed from: SUBARU OWNER MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE NOTIFICATION message: FINAL NOTICE SUBARU OWNER ... Our records indicate that you have not contacted us to have your vehicle service contract activated. This notice is to inform you that the vehicle service contract on your SUBARU has expired, ... Please call us immediately at 1-866-202-1636 to activate your protection plan... Immediate response requested.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

MO

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A

Phishing - (888) 899-1359

The *** said they wanted to talk about a personal loan request. I told them to **** off and that their parents must be so proud to have a fraud and a scammer for a child and also to get a real job and I hope they end up in jail. After reading my text they promptly removed me from their list. Lol More needs to be done about these scams!

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Iron Wire America

Phishing - Myreliefcheck Scams

I received a phone call from this phone number@ 828-221-3311 and received this message. "Hey, it's Dan from www.myreliefcheck.com. Our records show you may have $5286 waiting in a relief check that's already been issued in your name, but has not yet been collected. This could be from past relief programs or federal assistance payments. Visit www.myreliefcheck.com. Search your name and collect it before it's returned." I went to the site indicated and it redirected me to a different site and wanted some information. Of course, I got off of it and did not provide any information. I got a feeling that it is a scam, or it would not have redirected me to a bogus site that wanted some information about me. Just thought you should know in case you get similar complaints.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Lenoir, NC

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: www.myreliefcheck.com.

Online Purchase - Mae & Willow

Ordered shoes on website posted on Facebook. The pictures of the shoes are pics of other well known brand. The shoes I got are nothing like ones pictured. Vert cheap and flimsy. No phone number in website and no way to return or response to inquiries. I see that this company has had many other reports of scams.

Dollars Lost: $69.95

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Mae Willow

Online Purchase

I ordered what I thought were quality made booties from a site I thought was a Clarks outlet. I received fake plastic pieces which are obviously scams from some unknown overseas manufacturer.

Dollars Lost: $59

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Clarks Bloomfield

Employment

I am seeking employment and a recruiter by the name of Shruti Bhadauria reached out to me about a medical assistant job at Humana. She refused to give me her company name and where she found my resume. The id for the call came up as Lancesoft, 571-678-0804 but the company name in the email was Staffing Industry Analysts. She refused to answer all my questions. She was extremely rude and unprofessional on the call. She asked for personal information that is not needed on an application. She had extreme scammer vibes. She wanted my full name including middle name, dob, and social security number. When I would deny this information, she became extremely rude and try to bully me to provide the information. I advised her that I am currently working and advised her when the best times to reach me are. Despite this information she would call me five times a day and sometimes back to back. She demanded if I did not answer the call I would not get the job. No one needs that pressure. I did some research and the companies seem legit but I could not shake the scammer vibes. I called both companies for more information but haven't received a call back yet. When I refused to give her my social security number twice, she hung up on me. Scams are so rampant right now and to be that unprofessional about something as sensitive as a social security number, it just doesn't seem like a proper business. Especially, when I shouldn't have to provide that information until hire and provide it to the direct employer. I've been burned by staffing agencies before but this is the worst. No wonder no one wants to work with staffing industries. I just could not shake the scammer vibes the whole time. I just want to report them to protect other people if this was a scam because sadly there are way to many scammers out there.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

FL

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Staffing Industry Analysts

Phishing

received postal mail and when read contents - assumed it was a scam. I am doing my civic responsibility to report this scam as hopefully no one falls for it. I have attached both the letter itself and the envelope it came in. I am assuming that there is a law about using the US postal system for scams and hope by forwarding this information to you - you can hopefully prevent anyone (especially members of my family) from falling victim to this scam. Attached is the information. Dear********. My name is Boloti Valo: I am a partner at Balot Tutti LLP Canda It may surprise you to receive this letter from me, since there has been no previous correspondence between us. There is an unclaimed "permanent life insurance policy" held by our deceased client. The transaction pertains to an unclaimed "Payable-on-Death" ("POD") savings monetary deposit in the sum of Eleven Million, Five Hundred & Fifty Thousand and Three Hundred United States Dollars ($11,500,300.00). The policy holder was one of our clients, Late Eng. Robert ********, who was a Real Estate Investor and precious stone dealer. He was a Covid-19 Victim, who died about 2 years ago. Since His death no one have come forward for the claim and all our efforts to locate his relatives have proved unsuccessful. The insurance company code stipulates that "insured permanent policies" not claimed must be turned over to the abandoned property division of the state after 10 years. Therefore, I ask for your consent to be in partnership with me for the claim of this policy benefit, in view of the fact that you share the same last name and nationality with the deceased. If you permit me to add your name to the policy, all proceeds will be processed on your behalf. I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among charity organizations while the remaining 90% will be shared between us. This is 100% risk free: I do nave all necessary documentation to expedite the process in a highly professional and confidential manner. I will provide all the relevant documents to substantiate your clam as the beneficiary. This claim requires a high level of confidentiality, and it may take up to thirty (30) business days, from the date of receipt of your consent. Kindly provide a reachable contact number, for faster communication. Contact me via email: [email protected] or [email protected] for more details on how to proceed further. Your earliest response to this matter would be highly appreciated. Baloti Valo Attorney at Law

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Geensboro, NC

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Balot Tutti LLP

Online Purchase - Mac Kenzie Childs

I either received an email or clicked on a Pinterest ad. Sorry, can't remember. The brand advertized was Mac Kenzie Child,. a well known, upscale home decoration brand having a VERY deeply discounted BARN SALE. The photos of the products exactly matched the real online images, however the prices were deeply discounted. It appeared that the brand does hold a BARN SALE with great prices. This so far seemed legit and a great bargain. A piece of furniture was shown and I was curious about the shipping charge. In order to get that you had to go through the entire sales process including CC number. After going back to the sale items (there were 100's) I went back to the check out and hoped to see the shipping added, but it said free shipping and because I had spent a certain amount I also received an additional AMAZING discount. I found another item and added it to the total. This was a 2 piece sofa reg. price almost $10,000. I'm sure there was plenty of mark up in that but now with all the discounts for spending more, the sofa was about $72.00!!!! Wow they must have really had overstock. I finished the transaction and to my amazement the total still had free shipping and and was around $72.00. I had referred back the Real Mac C site to verify the pictures and it all matched exactly. Boy, was this going to be my lucky day!! I waited to receive a transaction email and after about 5 hrs. nothing. That seemed strange. I checked Reddit for any scams similar and found nothing. I rechecked the Mac C site and they do have a huge Barn Sale in July. Lots of photos of that and running for years. But, with no acknowledgement by the end of the day i called my CC co. to attempt to cancel the order. The CC cr said nothing was ishowing yet and to ck bk on Monday. Now, Monday it shows on my account under NOCERAST ATLANTA USA. It is listed as a cosmetic company on the CC charge. I looked it up and found it as a scam biz often selling deeply discounted Carters brand baby clothes. Nothing about the Mac C brand but maybe they are expanding their successful enterprise. The old saying, Too good to be true, is not to be ignored! Be safe.

Dollars Lost: $72

Atlanta, GA

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Mac Kenzie Childs

Online Purchase

I ordered 5 30-ounce bottles of hair growth vitamins, and when the order came, I received 5 30 ml bottles. There is no availability to get in touch with the vendor. I lost all my money and am just so frustrated with scams.

Dollars Lost: $74

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Getgrows

Employment - Skybound freight

I got called from a Colorado number and they said they were offering me a packaging checking job and then sent me an email with a contract which I thoroughly read and then check out for scams because I knew it was a scam and it turns out it was this is some of the information I was given I have other documentation if needed but do not accept the job offer or submit any of your information to these people

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Skybound freight

Online Purchase - Jenny Chihuahua Pups / Pet Scam

I was looking for a chihuahua puppy to buy as a gift for a family member, as ours passed away a few weeks ago. I looked online and found Jenny Chihuahua Puppies website I called the number and picked out the puppy on their website. It seemed legit. They sent me a pic of the puppy and said they were shipping him to me. They added that I would need to pay a refundable "thermal shipping container" for the puppy but the money would be refunded. I received an email from the shipping company and then they wanted $2000. I contacted the owner and said I can't afford this and then they asked how much I could send and text me several times. I asked for refund and he gave me an excuse that now they won't get their puppy back from the shipping company. I contacted Chime to report and the only thing they could do is have me request my money back which he refused and then they blocked his account from future use. It was under #Tramont-warren on Chime. I gave them my name, address, phone number, and email addresses. You can see on their contract tab what information they ask for. They were very detailed but then repeatedly asked for more money, stating they would pay the fee "for me" and help me out. I don't want anyone to get scammed like this, especially when grieving a family pet. We now don't have money to get the pet and it has been very upsetting.

Dollars Lost: $750

Ferndale, WA- 98248

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Jenny Chihuahua Pups

Rental - Real Estate Rental Scams

Rental houses

Dollars Lost: $270

Monroe, LA

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Mark Michael Property Management FAKE REALTOR

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Phishing

Scammer called using a Toll-free Caller ID phone number, and an automated announcement they were from the Publishers Clearing House (PHC) Prize Patrol, then said I won the PHC sweepstakes and any car or truck of my choice, and provided a prize "confirmation" code and to call them back at 917-374-1864 to contact Prize Patrol members "Todd Sloan" or "Susan Williamson". When I phoned the callback number, an automated message instructed me to leave my full name and address. Unfortunately, I left my full name and phone number only. After hanging up, it occurred to me that this was most likely a scam, which was confirmed when I checked online information about Publishers Clearing House scams.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 3, 2025

Business Name Used: Publishers Clearing House

Online Purchase

I purchased a baby monitor thinking the reviews were real and the website was real I used my cash app to pay and once I payed a few minutes went by and more money was trying to be taken out good thing I lock my card after any purchase I make. I don’t understand why this is still a website if so many scams have been reported

Dollars Lost: $29.99

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: Baby Mall

Employment - Pamil Art Work

I applied to a personal assistant job on Indeed for, Michael Pamil, who said they needed someone to handle remote work a few days a week for only about 10-15 hours. The pay was $850 a week. I went for it knowing it sounded to good to be true. But, I figured if it was, I could just ignore whoever tried to message me. However, after 5 months passed of no follow up I figured that was dead in the water and didn't give it a second thought. But, recently I recieved a text message stating "Hello, this is Michael Pamil, I hired you as my personal assistant. How are you doing? I just emailed you. kindly check your email and respond with answers. Thanks." I never responded to the message, so he texted me the next day asking me to "kindly reply to my email." I did check my email and found that it had been placed in spam. The email goes, NAME, Congratulation! We are pleased to offer you the position of personal assistant. I had to verify all the information you provided. Note that this is a Remote Work from Home part-time position and attracts a Salary of $850 per week. I hope I'll have your %100 diligence. Your quick response to emails and effectiveness will be required as you will be receiving your first assignment very soon. I will get back to you as soon as I have payment for errands and your salary sent to you with a set of Instructions on each task you are to perform. Please note that this job requires you to check your email 2-3 times daily as your total commitment is however needed. Kindly respond to this email with relevant answers to below Questionnaire (I will advise you to give a comprehensive answer to each of these, as all questions are important): - Are you currently employed, and will you be able to devote a minimum of 2 -3 hours of your time to this company daily, what time zone are you in and what hours are you available? (Morning Hours/Lunch Time/After Work) - Comprehensively, describe what you understand by privacy and code of conduct? - Do you have an active checking account ? YES or NO. ( Please don't send me your account details) Email back the ANSWERS ASAP to confirm you are ready for this task. I also sent a text message. Sincerely, Dr. Michael Pamil ART FACTORY GALLERY After reading that, I continued to ignore them and never responded, but then, a few days later, i recieved yet another message telling me "the check has been delievered," to me and to "kindly text back." I then recieved a phone call from the number that same day. The next day i got a text asking if i was there, and then, without knowing (because i had blocked the number by this point) recieved two more phone calls that same day. I have also recieved other texts from the blocked number urging me to "reply to text," asking me "why the silence" and saying "You have my check with you". It wasnt until today that I understood what was being sent me as I had actually recieved a check in the mail! It was for $3,850 dollars and came with a note with introductions and instructions on it about artwork being sent to my address to hold on to until they arrive in the states, and also explaining how to deposit it to my bank, and to send a photo of the reciept and confirmation of deposit to them in his email. This entire experience was extremely concerning. I have, in the time I've been looking for work, experienced scams before, but nothing that involved harassment or was as indepth or desperate like this one before.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Millersburg, PA

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: Pamil Art Work

Employment - USMart Logistics LLC, Over payment painter scam

was contacted by someone claiming to need painting work done. They said they found my information and wanted to hire me for a painting project. The person claimed they would pay upfront by mailing a check and said I could begin the job once I received it. The check amount was higher than the agreed project cost. The scammer then asked me to deposit the check and forward part of the funds to a “supplier” or “assistant.” This raised red flags, so I investigated further and discovered this was a fake check scam targeting painters and small contractors. The phone number they used was (407) 436-4917, and they mentioned a business name possibly connected to USMart Logistics LLC, which has been reported in similar scams. I did not deposit the check or send any money.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: USMart Logistics LLC

Online Purchase - Online Retailer Scam

I ordered from Social Media the Nicco Realistic pup that are supposed to be like real life pups, they're supposed to learn from commands. However the pup came and was a battery operated pup that just walks forward a few steps back a few steps while wagging tail and barking. That's all it does. This person is advertising the Realistic and sending out $5 toys. Lost $52.98 people do research. I suggest not be like me and order from Social media. I ordered this for my 92 year old gma because she wants a pup so thought it would be nice she cold have one that follows her, eats etc without going out ( which she can't take out). And then didn't notice until got them no real email name. My fault this time however will not happen again. People are ordering from this Company and getting all different than ordered. Please please don't order save your hard earned money instead of giving to scams! God bless our world!

Dollars Lost: $52.98

Far Rockaway, NY- 11691

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: Nicco Realist pups

Online Purchase - Mait / Pet Scam

Texted questions then attempted to finalize contract. breeder for dachshunds

Dollars Lost: $0.0

San Diego, CA

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: Mait

Other

I ordered a product from Babies mall.com. My bank instantly asked if I approved the transaction when I put in my bank card info and they gave a company name that wasn't BabiesMall. I said no. The scammers tried to process the transaction again and I denied it. I checked my bank account and there were 2 denied transactions the the amount of the purchase for a pet supply store. Then there was a third transaction for that same amount that was pending for a sporting goods store. I contacted my bank to file a fraud claim.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 2, 2025

Business Name Used: BabiesMall.com

Online Purchase - chat dash home - and prestigious pet airway

Just like the others who were scammed. Received an "official" contract and paid the $800 via Apple Pay to Paul Tamufor or Paul Mokom for the Dachshund puppy named MAYA. I was then contacted this morning by "Prestigious Pet Airway" to post $1,799 for the "REFUNDABLE" crate rental, which I paid via Apple Pay. This raised a red flag, so I finally checked Google and the BBB and discovered it was a scam. Prestigious Pet Airway then contacted me and demanded another $2550 for again "Refundable" pet insurance and vaccination record, which time I declined.

Dollars Lost: $2599

Austin, MN- 55912

Date Reported: November 1, 2025

Business Name Used: chat dash home - and prestigious pet airway

Online Purchase - (814) 989-8428

The price for the puppy was $350.00. I was asked to pay $150.00 deposit fee. Then I had to pay $150.00 for puppy vaccinations prior to receiving the puppy. Not told about. Then a $300.00 delivery fee that I was told would be refunded upon delivery. I was never made aware of a delivery fee prior to buying the puppy. Then asked to pay $500.00 insurance fee for delivery. Again I not told upfront about. The breeder said she had a flat tire and neighbor would deliver puppy. Then this delivery fee x2. I even offered to drive to the breeder to pick up puppy. Then was told there would be a $400.00 cancelation fee. $350.00 turned into $600.00 and now asked to pay $250.00 and the breeder will pay $250.00 to cover the $500.00. I never got a refund or sadly my puppy. This pet breeder needs to be held responsible considering this is a business. I was scammed, and extorted, This is fraud.

Dollars Lost: $600

Brethren, MI

Date Reported: November 1, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A

Online Purchase - Jayden Retreivers Farm / Pet Scam

As also tried buying golden retriever only to receive emails asking for more money.

Dollars Lost: $1590

New Castle, PA

Date Reported: November 1, 2025

Business Name Used: Jayden Retreivers Farm

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