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Phishing - Just say yes

I work for the village of Stetsonville office, as clerk treasurer. person id's themselves as Express update, thinking it's my election machinery...the person asked if we were located at 105 N Gershwin St. I said YES...then thought, oh no, did I just get scammed by answering YES. I called the number back on caller ID and the recording says to look at www.expressupdate.com hoping the village isn't caught up in some subscription to something I don't want by saying YES. phone call came in at 3/3/2025 at 1:17 pm to 715-678-2191 Village office.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: March 3, 2025


Investment - Crypto/Investment Scam

I received a text messages from an unknown person who asked how was I doing. I asked who's this, in reply. She replied Luna. I replied wrong number. She replied sorry, I was trying to say hello to my friend. What's your name? I replied ****** no problem, you're welcome. Later that day I received a WhatsApp message asking whether we can become friends and chat on WhatsApp? That was from a new number. I was skeptical initially because I found her to be a bit aggressive. Nonetheless, I agreed and we began sharing WhatsApp messages. We spoke on a wide range of topices, including what we do for a living, hobbies, books, country of origin and more. She told me she owned a fashion boutique and investing in crypto currency trading. And that her investment were paying her better than her membership only fashion boutique which was her dream. We talked a few times about crypto currency trading and what I know about bitcoin. She informed me that she is a part-time trader but is doing well and is willing to teach me if that is something I would be interested in. At one point I asked whether she wants to communicate verbally. To which she replied, "I rather communicate by text messages. When you write it comes from the heart. By the end of the second week I dismissed her and accused her of being a scammer and wanting to rub me and other Americans of their hard earned money. She replied, saying I was falsely accusing her and making her feel bad. "I think you are a gentleman and likes speaking to you ". We resumed our daily WhatsApp messages which led to her asking whether I wanted to open a crypto currency trading account trading bitcoin. Her uncle is part of a trading group and analysts who analyzies bitcoin and gives her trading nodes which enables her to trade successfully. It sounded impressive which prompted me to agree to opening a crypto currency trading account. She sent me the website www.p2bdex.com and guided me through the process of opening an account. Following the submission and approval of the application to start an account I made an initial investment of $1K which was paid through my cash app account. All our communication was done through WhatsApp messages and screenshots. I had to follow her directives and instructions by an exchange of screenshot messages. By the end of July, we had made significant progress and profits. So much so that my investments had grown to $4K. A few times I got annoyed by her insistence that I should add more money to the account which in my opinion hinged on fraud. In September the account had reached over $10K and she advised me to try bringing the account to $20K which would enable me to generate a 35% profit on the investment. I didn't have the money and made my position clear. During the first week of October she advised me to take out a loan fo $5K from the trading company which would push the account over $20K. I contacted customer service of the trading company p2bdex.com for a $5K loan. On October 9, 2024 the loan was approved and to be paid back in 30 days with a 10% interest. Failure to repay the loan within the 30 day period would incurr a 5% interest on the daily balance. With over $20K in the account we began trading and receiving reguler trading nodes with increased profits. As the deadline to repay the loan I consulted her on a payment plan. She advised me to withdraw the equivalent of the loan amount to repay the loan. That is when I discovered that the loan has to be repaired with external funds and not from profits generated from trading. I was scammed but to deep to stop. I managed to raise the necessary funds and paid off the loan. By then the account had ballooned to over $570 aided by the election results and the reelection of President Donald Trump. I had my doubts and wanted to verify whether I was being scammed and at the same time excited about the possibilities. She encouraged me to believe in the process and trust the opportunities that now possibilities. We discussed making a first withdrawal. I told her I wanted to make a withdrawal and would need her help in doing so. I began the process and soon run into difficulties and had to request her assistance. We went through the process exchanging texts and screenshots until we made a submission. That was on November 21, 2024. Based on the customer service the funds should be in my cash app account within 24 hours following verify of my request. The next day I received an email informing me that the withdrawal had been put on hold until I pair 10% of the withdrawal amount as fees for an upgrade of the account. The withdrawal amount is unusually high and had triggered an alert and needed to upgrade the account to a " large-value channel upgrade to secure the safety of the funds. The required upgrade would have to be done within 15 business days. And failure to do so would result in an additional 5% interest on the daily balance. She initiated a $10K payment towards the fees for the large-value channel upgrade and I have to pay the balance. This is outside of usual wire withdrawal norms and processes. I have consulted many banking institutions and persons involved in such transactions and the general consensus is that this trading company has scam written all over it. They are insisting that I pay this one time fee for the large-value channel upgrade and that my account will be upgraded to VIP meaning that future withdrawals will be done with no difficulty. I suggested that the requested fee be discounted from the amount being withdrawn and the balance paid to me. They are adamant that the fees be paid with external funds and immediately thereafter the transaction will be completed. I think I am being scammed. Meanwhile, numerous attempts to have my friend who introduced me to crypto currency trading/p2bdex.com pay the balance of the fees to facilitate the release of my money had been very defensive. She is adamant that I should raise the required money by borrowing from family, friends, banks and other lending institutions. I want to determine whether I have been scammed, get my investment capital back and if a tall possible get the full amount in the account which stands at about $570 + depending on the value of bitcoin. I am still intouch with my friend and p2bdex.com if you need immediate contact information. In fact, since raising my misgivings and doubts about the legitimacy of the trading company my friend has made numerous threats including sueung me for monies she paid on my behalf and ensuring I spend the rest of my life in jail.

Dollars Lost: $11000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: December 19, 2024


Online Purchase - Online purchase

I had never heard of this company, WinRed. Begining 2/29/2024, WinRed began charging $75.00 per month to my credit card without my knowledge or authorization. The last time a made a political donation was during Predident Trump's election in 2016. That donation was made to a Trump site and know, in 2024, it appears this WinRed group is using my credit card information i supplied in 2016. This is only my assumpation. I have attemped to use WinRed's recommended procedures to request a refund of donation, per their website. I have made three such attempts but have only received a form email stating a representive will be contacting me. Three weeks later, i have not heard from their represetive.

Dollars Lost: $750

Unknown Location

Date Reported: December 11, 2024


CryptoCurrency

I got a random text on discord from a guy named matt Hendricks and he asked me if I knew anything about crypto.I told him I didn’t and he proceeded to inform me and offered copy trading for beginners. He told me I could invest 100 dollars minimum which I did, all this was done through bitcoin but then he told me that it was to low for me to follow his trades so I added 900 more dollars as he instructed me to do so.this was a three month duration plan. I accidentally made another trading plan which meant I had two different plans following him.so I had to add 500 more dollars for the second plan.i started getting hit with all of a sudden fees after a couple of days like switching to a higher frequency which cost like 2,000.After eight days the signal that is needed to copy his trades goes out and you need to pay 1300 dollars to renew it. After paying for all of this and doing more research I kept telling myself and him that it was suspicious and probably a scam, but he reassured me and gave me his word that it wasn’t. Many red flags about the website kept going down and having maintenance without notifying.So then I started doing research on him and the website found his instagram and it seemed suspicious but at the same time legit.the first month was just the two fees but after that was he had a significant lost and I had to put back what he lost 830.He switched coins on the second month to etherum and I had to add 1500 each plan so 3000 total.he started asking me if I wanted to be apart on extra trades, and I wanted to so it was 600 dollars and that made a profit of 1300.another fee came which was that one of my plans had 1000 more dollars in it and they told me that they both needed to be at the same to continue, I couldn’t afford it right away so he said that it would be paused until I can pay it.i payed it after a week in which he said that my duration was also pushed back a week.the third month he switched to lite coin and I believe I had to put 1500 in each again.two weeks later after the election it went on a bull run and because of that I had to pay 1800 in total to add a stop loss.he kept telling me everything was fine and that he will make sure everything is going good for me, he texted me almost every day out of those three months.the 1800 dollars was the last sudden charge, the. It came down to withdrawal timeNov 25. I needed to register my wallet for 460 dollars and pay a vat tax 10% which was 7600, this is when I knew my money was gone and since then he’s still texting me and trying to get me to pay it even offering installments.

Dollars Lost: $14855

Unknown Location

Date Reported: December 2, 2024


Employment - Employment Scam

Very similar experience for me I saw somebody posted about it on Facebook. I tried to follow up on it. The person I initially messaged asked if it was OK for a girl name Charlotte I believe to contact me within an hour and I said yes couple days of communicating she asked if I had two hours for training and how would get paid the first day, we went through it step-by-step. It was the easiest too good to be true thing ever and I really was looking for any reason to abandon ship if shadiness occurred and I actually got paid training seminar netted me like $28 and then they deposited $500 into my account that was a weekly base salary, but I couldn't get that until the end of the week and then they said that I could do my first job if I wanted to so I did the girl was right there via.Text message if I had any questions. She was very, very attentive, almost too much. I too came across one of the urgent jobs, which is supposed to pay five times as much, but if you don't have enough money in your account to cover this payment, which I didn't quite understand the explanation of what it even was for and why the company didn't cover it. This first time I had had enough in my account from the day before that I had released yet so no big deal at work just as they said it would. That first night I netted $119 believe and it took me all of 12 min... That's when it started to get weird. She said she would now teach me how to release the funds which involved Cash app and cryptocurrency and me connecting a debit card to Cash App using my photo ID to do so even though it was cash app and reputable company. I did not like it and I said it, and they had another option to use a similar site called upload which is more of a cryptocurrency exchange Site like COINBASE. I was able to release my funds from the job to upload. I just didn't put in my banking information to get the money into my bank. The next day the girl texted me asking me if I was ready to work since the money was there the night before Not salary because it wasn't showing that it was there. I decided to let work so I got about halfway through the jobs. I'm supposed to dispatch which means clicking two buttons. I came across a job that I needed to use $250 in my own money to move along and that's when I put up the walls and just tried to find somewhere to compromise myself , and there wasn't and I didn't have enough in the account to cover it so I proceeded to tell them how I felt they were adamant about me leaving and not talking in the group chat foreign the way they were typing their English to me so I did the group text and said how I felt and then I left and never go back. I still have 100 and something dollars in the upload account because of crypto surges since the election Went from 47 or something like that almost $200. I'm just a little skeptical about putting my personal information in there in case they're still monitoring it somehow I'm just being super paranoid but reality site has nothing to do with them so scam the scam was to give me 140 something dollars then ask for 250 back and I'm sure if I did that , they would then hit me with bigger hopes of getting it back at the end of the shift explained to me, which is exactly what happened to you

Dollars Lost: $0.0

FL

Date Reported: November 23, 2024


Romance - Klicklex.cc

Person initially contacted me via text message. Quickly moved to WhatsApp. From there talked me thru using an application called CashApp. Copied a small amount of money $100 to the crypto currency exchange called klicklex.cc. This was then invested and became $230 dollars. This was repeated several times. Eventually another $1000 was invested. The scammer wanted a total of $10,000 for a big opportunity occurring after the Nov 5, 2024 election. This because $156,000 dollars! Sounds great. However the web site https://klicklex.cc charges a 15% "fee" to withdraw the funds. This was another $23,000+ to withdraw the funds which I refused to pay. So the alleged money is still in the exchange awaiting the payment of the "fee".

Dollars Lost: $1200

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 17, 2024


Employment

I worked for a company North Carolina community coalition during the election. Contacting several people. The last assignment I had was to go door to door. The questions I asked where the specific questions in the Empower app that I was tol to ask. My husband and I never got the money that was owed. Everyone ghosted us and never replied with an answer. The coach LaShun said that she completed her job however never replied to any of my other messages about my money. Many people on their Facebook page, Instagram and twitter are speaking out about not getting paid!

Dollars Lost: $100

Cary, NC- 27513

Date Reported: November 16, 2024


Advance Fee Loan - Orrville Pet Spa Impostor

They left a voicemail from number 1 + 562-395-9389: "Number is 866-406-6777 I am calling about your preapproval of 42,000 in available funds now that the election is over there has been another drop in interest rates making this the best time to secure loan before the market changes again my telephone number is 866-406-6777 that's telephone number 866-406-6777 look forward to your call bye-bye if you'd like to talk out please call us back…" I called the number provided in the voicemail and gave them a fake name, and they were trying to obtain personal information regarding my personal debt and how much I owe to see if I "qualify" for a loan that they said i am "pre-approved" for. They were making it seem like they were a loan company but trying to phish for my information.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

CA

Date Reported: November 15, 2024


Advance Fee Loan

Phone number calling from was 561-465-0796, voicemail is as follows. *6 seconds of silence* "Hello, my name is James Portman, I am a senior unwriter (?) at the Liberty Loan Group, my telephone number is 866-407-5137. I am calling about your preapproval of $42,000 in available funds, uh, now that the election is over and there has been another drop in interest rates, this is the best time to secure a loan before the market changes. Please give me a call back today again telephone number is 866-407-5137,. Again that's telephone number 866-407-5137. Look forward to your call, buh-bye.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 12, 2024


Online Purchase - DECO DREAMS ONLINE/Truly American

I took a political poll sponsored ad on Faceboo.k. The company was called Truly American. They stated if you answer the poll questions you could purchase a Trump flag for Shipping only in the amount of $4.97. I did the poll and ordered 1 flag. They charged my card for $4.97 and also a separate charge of $79.99. It was listed on my card statement as DECO DREAMS ONLINE, ADDRESS I called to have the $79.99 removed. They said I signed up for a monthly membership fee of $79.99! I was upset and had them cancel my membership. I called my card company. They had rejected the $79.99 charge and recommended they issue me a new card. I ordered the flag in September. I called again in October to find out why I hadn't received my flag. They said it would go out in 1-2 days. I have not received the flag at all. When I called after the election, the phone number I previously called them on is no longer in service. Also, another $79.99 charge appeared on my new card under another company name. Thankfully my card rejected the charge. It seems to be a scam run on FB during the election cycle. The company names used, and address listed on my card seem fraudulent. I can't find the original company, Truly American, and have no further way to contact them.

Dollars Lost: $5

Tampa, FL

Date Reported: November 8, 2024


Online Purchase - Message Wiz (Message Whiz imposter)

This is what Message Wiz sent: Hey Ivan, it's David from MessageWiz! With less than a month until election day, I wanted to reach out as we are now offering unlimited texting @ 5 cents per voter for the rest of the election! That includes an image and no additional fees. You would get access to our software to see all messages sent and received, and you will get assigned a Texting Manager who can work with you to craft the message, help with designing images for your texts, and even help to pull a FREE voter list for you! You can not beat this price, so when would work for you to hop on a call and go over this?

Dollars Lost: $501

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 1, 2024


Online Purchase - VoteVets

For the upcoming election, the scammer offered a yard sign for a $35 donation. It’s been almost two months and no sign. I did receive an email from “VoteVets” with a tracking number from the USPS that says a shipping label has been created and delivery date will be provided. That status hasn’t changed in 3 weeks. (**Eventually he received his sign. I followed up with him on 10/30/24. He did say however that it "took forever.")

Dollars Lost: $35

Unknown Location

Date Reported: October 31, 2024


Phishing - Center for Voter Information

I called the number on the mailer. It said it was from Center for Voter Information…. But that is not who I called. The first time they were trying to sell me personal safety devices and the second was Medicare. To make matters worse, the person on the mail received is dead and won’t be voting in the election.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Albany, NY- 12208

Date Reported: October 30, 2024


Employment

My son was told he would be employed by Blair Consulting Group to canvas the Charlotte North Carolina area prior to 2024 election. He arrived in North Carolina at 7ish (his ticket was paid) and was not given any information on where he would stay, when he would start work. He was told to text the “project manager” for his itinerary. He was texting an unknown number asking about hotel details and was asked “Who is this?” He waited in the airport 2-3 hours and text multiple times. Finally calling and was told he’d be staying at an Embassy Suites. Still no information on who he was speaking to, when he’d start work, what city he’d be working in near Charlotte. We advised him to text back that he felt uncomfortable with the lack of information he was given. A person named Abby texted him back a threatening message that she would ruin his future political career and smear his name. She then said he would have to pay for his flight, Uber & Hotel and he’d be sued! He never left the airport and didn’t use the Uber or check into the hotel. I believe it was a scam, I feel when he questioned their lack of details, they realized they had been caught and chose to threaten him. We booked him a hotel for the night and paid for a flight back home.

Dollars Lost: $800

Unknown Location

Date Reported: October 26, 2024


Phishing

A person claiming they work for Trump, giving the name “ Thomas." This person is spreading misinformation about the election by making up economic numbers that misrepresent the truth. Then they want you to click on a link to grab more of your information.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Milwaukee Area, WI

Date Reported: October 23, 2024


Worthless Problem-solving Service

WinRed has been sending me unsolicited text messages demanding money for Republican candidates in this upcoming election. I foolishly sent them a small amount to "Donald Trump" but I just found out it's a democratic organization posing as conservatives trying to extract money from me. They send me at least 100 or more text messages every day for the past 6 months and I want it to stop. My phone carrier T-Mobile told me to email them at donations@ WinRed.com and tell them to stop this abuse immediately. I did that but the unwanted text messages keep on coming. In a 24 hour period, my guess is I'm getting at least several hundred of these unwanted demands for money sometimes with an implied threat. Please help me stop these abusive scams once and for all. thank you.

Dollars Lost: $1

Sunnyvale, CA- 94088

Date Reported: October 6, 2024


Online Purchase

Election Candidate Merchandise

Dollars Lost: $82

Austin, TX- 78723

Date Reported: September 27, 2024


Online Purchase

I ordered a yard sign on 9/4/24 for $39.65 ($20.00 + $17.06 shipping + $2.59 tax). The shipping cost seems quite high, but if it's for a good cause, I thought: so be it. My bank statement indicates that I was charged the $39.65 by "ActBlue" on 9/5/24. As of today (9/16/24) I checked on the order status, and it just says: "order placed: Sep.4th 2024 ... last update: Sep4th 2024 ... awaiting fulfillment". By now, I don't know if I will ever actually receive the yard sign (or at least certainly not in a timely manner, before the November election).

Dollars Lost: $39

Austin, TX

Date Reported: September 16, 2024


Charity - Charity Scam - Democrats United Inc

From the Federal Election Commission website Democrats United Inc is an Administratively terminated PAC - Nonqualified - Unauthorized ID C00681247 with a registration date of June 19 2018. Yet they text me multiple times a day asking for money The 'text STOP to opt' out prompt does NOT work, blocking the number does not work as they change numbers with each text. I looked up DEMOCRATS UNITED INC and their 'contact us' link is conveniently broken. I have emailed them multiple times to remove me from all lists at the address: [email protected] which was found on their privacy policy. This is also not effective and texts from many different numbers continue to arrive daily. This is an unauthorized entity that is asking for money and does not have the proper opt-out framework in working order. It is a scam, please shut them down and stop them from taking peoples money. Other information found on the FEC website Committee name DEMOCRATS UNITED INC Mailing address 1544 WELLBORN RD 1453 LITHONIA GA 30058 Treasurer GUILLORY TIOPOL. Thank you.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Lithonia, GA- 30058

Date Reported: July 23, 2024


Employment - ITM

They are a company who advertised to Craigslist in Las Vegas stating they were hiring for political canvassing and petitioning in Las Vegas, I contacted and said I was interested and they told me I needed to do a video interview, so I did and met with one of the managers, she told me during that interview that in order to get onboarded for the Las Vegas position i would need to fly out to Atlanta and do an in person I interview and she stated repeatedly that I would be reimbursed for the trip. I paid just over 1k for a round trip because it was around 4th of July weekend and when I contacted them when I was in Atlanta they told me I needed to contact another manager named Angel Cardenas, I called her and texted her and she said she would call me in 30 mins, and she didn't. When I attempted to reach her again she told me that they were no longer hiring for Vegas and that I was required to travel states and stay in Atlanta if I wanted to work, I told her I never agreed to this and I was unable to stay. Then she told me that they actually were never in Las Vegas and that position was not available. I told her I was told I would be reimbursed for the flight and they then proceeded to tell me they would not reimburse me for my expenses. I went to their website "itmteam.us" and the website has claims of hiring hundreds of people to do campaigns with no evidence as well as only 1 employee "Jonatan 'alessandro' lamas" as CEO. Lamas listed phone number from the ad (239) 269-0709 was unresponsive. They refuse to reimburse me and basically see this as a game to make people fly across the country and then not reimburse them and they've only been in business for 3 years, I am involved in political canvassing every election year and am certain their claims on their website are impossible to have been achieved. I would like the BBB help in prosecuting them and receiving my reimbursement for my travel.

Dollars Lost: $1125

Atlanta, GA

Date Reported: July 7, 2024


Phishing

I hate to be a bother, but before I move on to my next assigned district, I'm sending one final reminder. If you don't remember from my previous emails, I'm scheduling appointments for employees in your district for annual reviews of: Your pension election options Your 403(b)/457 benefits and options available to you Your projected pension benefits at retirement Your overall retirement plan These reviews are complimentary and voluntary and will consist of a 45 minute meeting with a licensed pension expert via Zoom. To get scheduled at a time and date that is convenient for you, reply to this email or call/text me with the date and time you'd prefer to meet (my number is 877-704-1269). If you are not interested in scheduling an appointment at this time, reply and let me know. Thanks so much for your time. Ben We are an affiliate of AMARK, LLC and not affiliated with, or contracted to provide services for, any government agency, school district, or state pension system. PO BOX 81, Monroeville, PA 15146 unsubscribe

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Monroeville, PA- 15146

Date Reported: March 14, 2024


Online Purchase - trbvercent.com/

Telegram was the app used. It was for Trumps re-election campaign. Below is what the cards are… “As an ardent trump supporter you must have eagerly awaited the opportunity to be part of americas remarkable comeback. The TRB collection is here to make this dream come true and offers a variety of products with the highest quality. If you are still hesitant, don’t want any longer; your time is now. Choose yours.” Black and gold card, with trumps face on it, with NFT in the bottom left corner, TRB Billionaires Club membership card. My grandfather bought 25 of them over a year ago, only got 24. Then today received a call from “Pavel coles” asking how many he received and told him he’d call him back in 48 hours to let him know how much money he could get for them.

Dollars Lost: $1500

Richmond, VA

Date Reported: March 11, 2024


Employment - Fraudulent Job Opportunity

They offered me a data entry position and sent me a check for the equipment/software. They asked me to send money to their vendors for installation. Their check came back a week later and my bank refused to return the money to me. I asked them to refund the money and they refused. I never received any equipment. I never performed any work. It takes the bank 10 minutes to recover damages from their company and they were provided all the details they needed to recover the money from the check. Wells Fargo retaliated because they held me hostage over contracts and created all of the Chinese, Taiwanese, Canadian, London, and Japanese trade barriers. They retaliated because the forged the election and were told that they're not allowed to impede my right to the obligation of contracts anymore.

Dollars Lost: $5000

Fort Collins, CO

Date Reported: August 28, 2023


Phishing - Text Scam

I listed “other” for country of origin because I do not know. I got a text message from “James” conducting a survey of issues important to Kentuckians with the upcoming election. I answered about 10 questions and then I got the following message: “Unfortunately, you haven’t qualified for any surveys at this time. We hope you will try again later”. I “never” respond to texts and emails like this - but this caught me off guard. I am very interested in the election and I thought I was doing something good. Have you seen any reports about this? Is it a scam? Could “James” now have access to my phone?

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: August 9, 2023


Phishing

The USPS mailer states, "Dear Carla, When you turn age 65, you will be in your Medicare "INTITIAL ELECTION" period, which means you can choose any Medicare carrier without medical questions. This guarantee acceptance period only happens once. Make an informative choice during your election period and possibly save hundreds of dollars each year! For more information on the choices and benefits available, return this postage-paid inquiry card today! You have ONCE initial election period, do not delay. ************" The postage-paid inquiry card expects me to sign my full name, identify my age, the spouse's age, and especially the phone number is "REQUIRED FOR VERIFICATION"

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Washington, DC- 20077

Date Reported: April 14, 2023


Phishing - Indiana Dept of Workforce scam text

Received following text: "IN DWD: Your UI Claim has been updated. Kindly update your payment election at upIink.qov.u-in.in/CCS to reissue disbursement that could not be initially processed by your financial institution. Sincerely, IN Dept. of Workforce Development." I have made no claim with this agency.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: January 20, 2023


Employment

asking to update my profile and payment election. I have not been unemployed for 14 years.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: October 17, 2022


Government Agency Imposter - Indiana Department of Workforce Development (imposter)

Here is a text copy of what was texted to me: Action Required! - Voucher Payment of $8,200 on your Back2Work account. Kindly click on https://govt.indianaworkforces.online/ to update your payment election.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: September 24, 2022


Government Agency Imposter - Indiana Department of Workforce Development (imposter)

Received a text message: HELLO, Indiana Department Of Workforce has Funded Your Profile with $10,140.00 on unemployment claim Please go to; https://uplinkui.live/csslogon/ To Verify And Update Your Payment Election Sincerely, IN Dept. of Workforce Development

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2022


Phishing

I receive multiple texts a day from Indiana department of workforce development saying your recent disbursement of 10,800.00 could not be processed by your financial institution. click on https://govt.indiana-climants.online to confirm and update your payment election. I know this is a scam, so I block them, but they keep using different numbers to send me the same text message.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: September 9, 2022


Phishing

Text message stating: “Indiana workforce development : has just funded your account with sum of $9,350.00 CLICK https://xsrtge.gq/indiana/uplink to update your payment election .”

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: August 8, 2022


Government Agency Imposter - Indiana Department of Workforce Development (imposter)

May be a coincidence but the scam phone number contains my address and month/day of my birth, 33 and 123. "Action Required - Indiana Department Of Workforce Development: Your Back2Work disbursement of $3,800.00 could not be processed by your financial institution. Kindly log into http://uplinkincc.cc/css/indiana/logon/ to restore your payment election."

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: August 5, 2022


Phishing

This text stated: $9,600 is now available in your INDIANA Uplink Claim Account. Verify Payment Election: https://xluxne.gq/indiana-verification-logon

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IN

Date Reported: July 29, 2022


Other - Scam call

Had a call from some saying they were a student and wanted to ask questions about the primary election. I said "Yes" and phone caller hung up. I called the number back that appeared on caller ID and it was disconnected no longer in service. I immediately called AT&T and they helped me turn on call protect and I blocked all international calls on my phone. Also made sure all credit cards and bank alerts were up to date.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

IL

Date Reported: July 14, 2022


Employment

I originally answered an Indeed employment post for temporary work in Los Angeles for the upcoming primary election. I had concerns about the pay dates with this two-week temp position, and I sent an email requesting the pay dates. At the time I was in the process of onboarding at a Permanente position so I missed the date for their alledge onboarding in time for the background check. Although late, and because I had already completed a background check for another position, I requested if I could be allowed to be considered for the position. The hiring manager at Riverstreamsz sent an email with a link for the onboarding process which requested PII including SSN and bank account information. Before submitting that level of information just to be considered for a position, I did a more extensive due diligence research and sent the following to Rachel Judson at Riverstreamz: Hi Rachel, Thank you for the response. Because this is an online onboarding process, I am obligated to perform a bit more due diligence before submitting the type of personal information as you will also perform with your applicants. Therefore, I have a few concerns before I continue. First, Dun and Bradstreet list your official business location as 1002 7TH St Hermosa Beach, CA, and the amount of time in the business is listed as since 2017. The website URL is the same as indicated in your email signature line, but your website states that you have been "Leading technology resource for the Los Angeles area for [20 years]". I understand that 20 years may be the total amount of time that the founder has been doing business and may have incorporated that number into the current documentation. The concern I have is that your main address is listed as stated above from more than one source including Buzzfile.com, Federalpay.org, manta.com, and the SBA website which indicates that Riverstreamz received approximately $320,000 from two rounds of PPP assistance. Congratulations on receiving the loan, your company was listed in Easy Reader and Pinnensula as a recipient under an article also referring to some calculation errors with the payments that may or may not have affected your company. I am not the PPP police, but my concern is that your loan list on Zoominfo.com as needing to support payroll for 79 employees and listed as 162 employees on FederalPay.org while concurrently your employee size officially listed as 4 employees across the board on every site with an average maximum of around 6. Of course, since you are primarily a technical staffing company, I can reasonably presume that the PPP funds were to cover the contract staff if the companies under contract during the pandemic canceled, but it is not entirely clear for anyone doing a quick baseline investigation. You might want to take a closer look at that. Overall, I am not sure of your official company address or phone number because it list differently on your website than in your official filings. And there is nothing on your website or other documentation that mentions the owner's name Rich Sootkoos. Ron Scott, Michael Eludo, Rich Sootkoos, and Deus Coriga are listed with Rocket Research and you are only listed once on Zoominfo. Has there been a new company restructure or buyout or something which better explains these slight disparities? Thank you for your time. Vanessa Adams Needless to say that she did not answer my questions nor has anyone from that company contacted me. Therefore my warning is for no one to give this company or any other like this one asking for PII just for consideration for a position.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

El Segundo, CA- 90245

Date Reported: May 19, 2022


Government Agency Imposter

I have been getting 8 to 10 text a day addressed to my parents from the Republicans after the election is over. And I'm on the do not call list! This should be illegal.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

PA

Date Reported: May 19, 2022


Travel/Vacation/Timeshare

2307749614746 this is one and this is the other 2307749614008 Hello, good afternoon…to whom it may concern…I tell you that I made two reservations with your travel agent called Alexandrino, very professional…to be the payment for these reservations, I sent it through zelle as he recommended…make 2 payments to each account with the following codes code> JC8G3K and the other with QCXB0E...the man tells me that he only received 2 of said payments and that the other two he has not yet resided in and today he told me something that must not be that he would not receive it for sure...the payments they were 1-2500..2-1643.87…..3-1500 and 4-743.32,,,,, he informs me that the ones that arrived were 1 and 4 that with that he paid for the reservation 2307749614746 which was a total of 2243 plus the election. From the agent 35 dollars…I have been talking to him so that he informs me and he sends me the forms to reimburse me, nothing more than the number 4-743.32 plus the difference of the payment of the reservation that he made with the sum of 2500…that from there I reimburse 221…please I need the receipts of what they received and the copies of the forms signed by the agent…the bank says that they did receive that money and here I send them the receipts saying that they were sent to the agent at the time…thank you very much…I hope Please understand that we are talking about a total of 4,143 dollars…very hard-working…thank you for your attention…I am sending you the attached photos The The sea, sea. 8, 2022 at 4:56 pm

Dollars Lost: $4100

Los Angeles, CA- 90013

Date Reported: April 11, 2022


Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare

Official-looking "pull-tab" letter saying, "When you turn age 65, you will be in your Medicare "INITIAL ELECTION" period, which means you can choose any Medicare carrier without medical questions. This guaranteed acceptance only happens once." ... "You only have ONE initial election period, do not delay." Asks for Signature, age, spouse age and phone number. What looks like an acct number (but I doubt it is anything more than a tracking number) is 068750003726.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Washington, DC- 20003

Date Reported: January 24, 2022


Phishing - Phishing

I want to file a report about the user Gunwinner.com for abuse. They are using their platform to promote Donald Trump and to spread his disinformation, lies, and false election claims. I have also reported them to the state Attorney General.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Scottsdale, AZ- 85251

Date Reported: January 8, 2022


Phishing - Election

I had gone to Trumps Inauguration in 2017 and Lisa took care of lodging and transportation. I again had Lisa and two other ladies coordinate lodging and transportation and tour of Washington DC for three days. She spent the night at my house and spent the night at my friends home on the way back as she lived in Dayton OH and picked us up. I contacted her to make lodging and transportation plans for Trumps's inauguration in January 2021. If Trump was not elected, she assured me that all members would get a refund. Lisa requested that I send her the money no later than October 30th or price would triple.She also said to make all checks out to Lisa Moore. I federal expressed her checks from 15 members of Trumbull County Ohio GOP members totalling $11,250.000 to Atlanta Georgia because she was staying with her daughter I have texts and emails confirming all she said she was going to do. Everyone has tried numerous times to get their refund but Lisa does not respond by email or text or phone.

Dollars Lost: $11250

Hampton, VA- 23669

Date Reported: April 23, 2021


Counterfeit Product - Election

In anticipation if the re-election of Donald Trump, I wanted to go to the inauguration. Lisa Moore, dba Lisa Consultant, advertised tickets to all events, lodging and transportation for $750.00. There was no mention of a no refund policy on the flyer. A group of people from Trumbull County Republican group elected to go and $11,250 was paid to Ms. Moore. Ms. Moore cashed all of the checks in At Ants GA. Ms. Moore gives a Ha pain VA address on her flyer. At the end of December, my travel companion and I wrote to Ms. Moore requesting our money back; we were growing more fearful of predicted violence. Ms. Moore did not answer either of us. In January, we again requested our money back with no response. She has not responded to phone calls from anyone. In February, we again emailed Ms. Moore, this time she said she anticipated refunds would be sent around 2.20.2021. Late February, we advised we did not receive our funds. No one in the Trumbull County group has. I contacted the Lake county Ohio Sheriff Department and filed a report. Ms. Moore has not responded to the deputy. I emailed Ms. Moore last week, trying to appeal to her as a mother because I am helping my handicapped son support his family, the money would help immensely. She has not responded.

Dollars Lost: $750

Hampton, VA- 23669

Date Reported: April 19, 2021


Debt Collections

I received phone call from these people with a robot voice yelling me I need to call them to discuss a debt. However ad for so I am aware money of my accounts are in collection status. Everything is either paid in full or more minimum amounts. I do not like being contacted by election agencies for reasons not known or for someone else. I think this is a scam.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

ON-

Date Reported: March 17, 2021


Phishing - Student Loan Scam

They left a VM about my student loans. I called the number back and it asked if I would like the website and if they could send me text for information to help with my student loans. I said "Yes" and then it asked if I confirmed that I want this information and that I do have over $10,000.00 in student loan debt. I said "Yes" again. It put me on hold with music playing in the background and nothing else happened so I hung up. I never received a text or any website information on student loan services. It mentioned that election with Joe Biden and how Student loans are going to be forgiven and it also mentioned the different loan companies for student loans.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: February 25, 2021


Advance Fee Loan

This company, SLS Funding, 870 Montauk Hwy, Bayport, NY, Montauk, NY 11705, sent me an e-mail on October 27th advertising uncollateralized loans, long term, low interest loans and lines of credit. As most advertising mail goes, it went to the trash. Ready to review the trash mail to completely delete, there were two different companies with the same phone number. The other company is 1 Oak Funding, 2215-C, Rt 112, Medford, NY 11763. So I called the number and started a conversation. Sam and another operator kept disconnecting the line and blaming it on technology. He also said that these offers were no longer valid as Trump lost the election. He could not give me a straight answer when I said Trump doesn't have anything to do with loans. I have kept copies of the emails from both companies if needed. Wonder how many people tried to fall for these emails.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Bayport, NY- 11705

Date Reported: November 13, 2020


Government Grant

I got a friend request on Facebook messenger & it was from my Grandmother, who is a 100 years old. So I accepted the request cause she's still pretty mentally healthy. Then she ask me if I heard about the good news, at which I replied no what is it, she tried calling me but our connection wasn't good on messenger, so she ask me what my number was, which I gave my cell & home number & told her to call me on my house line. She tried but I couldn't find the phone, so we didn't talk & I texted her & said I had to go do some laundry & it would take about w-3 hrs. She wasn't able to tell me & that was the first day. The next morning I received a text with the same story of hearing the good news. I said if you are talking about our Lord & Savior & his wonderful redemption& forgiveness, that its really an understatement about being good, because its really great news. Then later that night she said yes that was good news, but she was talking about(TCF) Trust Cumminity Foundation Grant & she has already gotten$200,000. I already knew whoever I'm talking to wasn't my grandmother, so now I'm playing with them, & they send me the contact info. What's so sad is that with all this info, the authorities still can't do a damn thing about it. Im not surprised, because the CIA can't even take the so called Russian Election Interference of Mr. Trump,, & deliver to truth, & like the CIA maybe the BBB is also just as corrupt as the CIA. The American Legal, Political, Governmental & countless others are far to embedded with evil corruption.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

NY

Date Reported: November 11, 2020


Other

“Hi looks like I missed you again this is David Reynolds of the student and I'm really sorry to keep bothering you but we're really not sure _?_?_ _?_?_?_ _?_ your previous request regarding is _?_?_?_?_?_?_?_ and we can just program _?_ _?_?_?_?_?_?_ the application a while back whenever that required documents so it's still in a pending status however you want to proceed with us it's fine but if you still want to roll if _?_?_ _?_?_ this program we're gonna need you to call us back at this number today and I know everything might be crazy with the election in _?_?_ _?_?_?_?_?_?_?_ but we also hate for you to miss out on these programs that they go away so if you're not interested you can even call the same number and just press two to opt out of future calls and will cancel the application OK thanks and have a great day…”

Dollars Lost: $0.0

CO

Date Reported: October 28, 2020


Phishing - Phishing

I got a call from this number on my answering machine requesting that I press 3 to connect to my supervisor of election to vote over the phone. Since it was on my answering machine I did not press 3 but the same message kept repeating itself over and over and over again.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: October 2, 2020


Debt Collections - debt collections

Continue to call wanting money. Never state how much just state that need to take care of balance due before election.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 28, 2020


Charity - Fake veteran charity

I received a call stating they were raising money for veterans and asked me to give a donation. When I asked them what they money would be used for, they didn't want to give me an answer. After I finally insisted they tell me what the money was used for the girl finally said it was a political campaign to raise money for candidates running in the upcoming election.  This is so wrong to use veteran assistance as a cover up to be sneaky and ask for political campaign funds. 

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 18, 2020


Online Purchase - Masks

MoveOn.org sent me an email on July 21, 2020, offering to sell me microfiber masks. I ordered 8 masks as you can see below totaling $159.00. Since then I have sent several emails asking for an explanation as to why my masks have not been delivered. Each time they came with an excuse. I asked for a refund and they said the masks had already been ordered. To date, I have not received a shipping date or tracking number. Below you will find copies of the emails back and forth communications. Moveon sent on July 21, 2020, thanking me for ordering the masks and the cost. “Dear MoveOn member, Thanks for ordering your face mask! It should arrive in three to four weeks. Your order details are below. If you have any questions or need to update your shipping address, please contact [email protected] You ordered: 2 "Vote - Masked but Not Silenced" Mask - $36.00 4 "Vote - 11.03.2020" Mask - $72.00 2 "Vote - November 3, 2020" Mask - $36.00 Your order will be shipped to: 5532 Sacramento Mews Pl Here is the advertisement they emailed me on July 21, 2020: “Dear MoveOn member, This election season will be like none ever before. Due to the pandemic, traditional tactics to turn out voters, such as canvassing and in-person volunteering, just won't be possible. So it's more important than ever to find creative ways to encourage people to vote this November—while keeping ourselves and our communities safe. That's why MoveOn is offering three custom, union-made, washable, microfiber masks for MoveOn members … but only while supplies last! Just click here or on the image below to order your mask. https://act.moveon.org/donate/moveon-masks/?t=2&akid=269312%2E27990155%2EVOrlBA While Trump continues to ignore the advice of our nation's public health experts and refuses to issue a nationwide mask requirement, we know that wearing a mask is one of the most important things we can do to keep ourselves and our families safe and healthy.1 Choose from the three designs—or order them all! By ordering a mask from MoveOn, you'll help power the biggest election program in our 22-year history to defeat Trump, flip control of the Senate, and build an America for all. These masks are going quickly, so make sure to click here to order your masks as soon as possible! Thanks for all you do. –Kelly, Oscar, Isbah, Julia, and the rest of the team August 25, 2020 response to my first inquiry: We really appreciate all your support! We do apologize however, due to the high volume of face mask orders, please allow another 2-3 weeks to receive your order. Additionally, with the Covid-19 pandemic the supply and demand have left a bit of a traffic jam in fulfillment. We anticipate that all orders will be shipping out as soon as the masks are received. Again, our sincere apologies and your patience is appreciated. Debbie @ customer service My response, August 26, 2020: Hello Debbie, You should not have taken the money out of our accounts until you had the masks to sell. You are selling a product that you do not have and you should have notified us of the delay. This is the second time I have had a company promise masks that they did not have. My bank has already reimbursed me for another company that was advertised on the news for selling masks they did not have. At that time I was told that all online sales have to give a shipping date within 2 weeks. You have given me none. If I do not hear from you in 7 more days, I will contact my bank and let them deal with you. L.T. Carson Here’s my second email on August 26, 2020: I just saw that your masks are “out of stock.” So please reimburse my money. If you cannot, then I will contact my bank within 7 days and they will get the money from you. L.T. Carson Moveon’s Reply August 27,2020: Good news! You have placed your order before they went out of stock. This ensures you will still get your order. We really appreciate all your support! We do apologize however, due to the high volume of face mask orders, please allow another 2-3 weeks to receive your order. Additionally, with the Covid-19 pandemic the supply and demand have left a bit of a traffic jam in fulfillment. We anticipate that all orders will be shipping out as soon as the masks are received. Again, our sincere apologies and your patience is appreciated. Debbie @ customer service My reply on September 6, 2020: Hey Debbie, I ordered masks on July 21, 2020. It’s been over a month and still no masks and no shipping information. You contradicted yourself in the last email you sent me. The last email excuse on August 27, 2020, you wrote that “I placed the order before they went out of stock” then at the end of the same email you wrote, “all orders will be shipping out as soon as the masks are received.“ Which one is it? Did you have the masks when you took my money or not? In the email excuse on August 25, 2020, you wrote, “due to the high volume of face mask orders, please allow another 2-3 weeks to receive your order. Additionally, with the Covid-19 pandemic the supply and demand have left a bit of a traffic jam in fulfillment.” Since then I have received my Biden/Harris masks within one week of ordering. I believe you are procrastinating. Nevertheless, I would like a refund on my masks. You have been using my money for almost 2 months and I want a refund of $159.00 NOW! This sounds too much like a mask scam I just went through. I thought Moveon.org would be more reliable and that’s why I trusted you. If you do not refund my money by September 10, I will notify my bank of your possible fraud. Respectfully, L.T. Carson“ This was my last communication with them. I have heard nothing since.

Dollars Lost: $159

Berkeley, CA- 94709

Date Reported: September 11, 2020


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