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- Sandy, UT, USA • Apr 16, 2024
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I sent him a Google Play card for $50 and he says it's been used I know he scammed me

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- Medford, OR, USA • Apr 06, 2024
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I met this person on Facebook messenger, she showed up as a mutual friend or something and started talking to her. She was fluent in my native tongue (Thai) and was very comforting and caring as I was going through some personal stuff in life. I asked her what she does for a living and she said she does business online and I was interested in how it worked and asked to learn more about it. She did not pressure me or anything, just gave me the website link glsddff.com and told me to explore the website and see if I wanted to try it. If I wanted to, I could register and she would guide me. I am not good with technology as I am over 60+ years old and she would be very patient and told me to screenshot each step and she would show me the correct route or button to press to proceed to the next screen. I registered on the website and then she said I needed to make a cashapp account or something similar like (Trustbank app) so I could put money into my store and sell things. I had to go on the store and select various products to put into my "online store". Once i had products in the next day or so i started getting orders which seemed legit at the time. She guided me through the process to put money into my cashapp such as bank withdrawal or even to go to a Walmart nearby and put cash in that way. I had some issues and verification processes but she guided me through it all patiently. Then I recharged $500 to the store and sent out the orders in my store and she said will have to wait 5-7 days and the store will reimburse you with 20% profit. Just the next day I received some more new orders after putting more product in my store. So I decided to go ahead and recharge another $700 with bitcoin and send that payment to the store and filled out a recharge voucher and received it in my store wallet. Then I used those funds to complete the next few orders that came through, now I am leftover with about $117 left in my store wallet and then I found out she blocked me on Facebook when I tried messaging her the next afternoon. In my store account it currently shows my frozen balance $1280.95. I just want to spread the word out there and tell everyone else to be careful and trust your guts if something doesn't seem right. I was taken advantage of because of my current situation and will advise others to be careful who they talk to online. Her facebook is Souda Yang and this is her facebook link https://www.facebook.com/people/Souda-Xiong/pfbid02zN6MeDZbEjtiZrw7bq4rFkFuYqrY9...⇄

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- Marietta, GA, USA • Mar 31, 2024
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Received a postcard stating "[First name]: Gift card vouchers worth $500.00 are being reserved for you at our main processing center. Please call us now, toll free, at 1-877-515-7057 to learn how to receive them." "Warning: failure to call may result in an automatic forfeiture of your gift card vouchers. Terms apply. Please call at once for details."

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA • Feb 17, 2024
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Ask you to buy gift cards and take pictures of them then send them to the email address listed

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- Dallas, TX, USA • Jan 26, 2024
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I walked in Walmart and bought a debit card, then I went home to activate it. It wouldn’t let me activate it said it was already activated in somebody else’s name. So I called the number on the back of the card then he gave me a number for my case, he said they will investigate then send my money in a check, I waited then no answer. So I called he told me all my money was gone off the card and then said to call the police.

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- Brooksville, FL, USA • Jan 03, 2024
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I purchased two Walmart gift cards from my local Walmart. Gave them as a gift. When they tried to use them they said they had already been spent. They brought them back to me. I took my receipts and went to the customer service desk. They told me that they were used at two different Walmarts on the day after I purchased them!!! I had these cards in my company the whole time until I gifted them. I purchased them on 11/24/23, One GC was for $100 and one for $20. I spoke with Thomas the MGR. on 12/10/23, he told me to contact the 1-800 # on the back of the cards for fraud. No one answers the phone!!!

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- Lakemore, OH, USA • Dec 19, 2023
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Contacted via phone about a loan. The loan was for $1000-$5000. I told them I only needed $3000. They said they put $1000 in my account but I had to go to Walmart to buy 2 cards for $499 and to send them the cards. I gave them 5 cards all together. I gave them my bank account information to add the money to but they never did it.

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- Hanford, CA, USA • Dec 18, 2023
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I bought a gift card at Wal-Mart and activated it and the money was gone as soon as I activated it.

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- Louisville, KY, USA • Nov 19, 2023
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Went to Kroger at 2200 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY, 40206 and purchased two gift cards for $100.00, totaling a loss of $200.00. These gift cards were used up before I even opened them. They were supposed to have $100.00 on both but were completely depleted. I would like my money back, I have proof I purchased these gift cards and can support any documentation required, including my identification as well as my receipts for each card. Also, when I called the number on the back of the card (888-853-9536) they told me to send pictures of the gift cards (front and back) as well as my government ID and to upload the pictures to their website at prepaidgiftbalance.com. when I tried to log into the site, as instructed, I encountered an error with the site and could not log in. The agent on the phone told me to fax the documentation over to them since I was encountering an error. The fax number they provided was 1-844-241-1886. This is a scam and I'd like my money back.

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- Pineville, NC, USA • Nov 07, 2023
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Victim identified as ***** **** ******* stated that on 10/30/2023 around 1100 hours, he contacted GeekSquad for assistance with wiping a virus from his computer. The victim then granted access to David Usher, a supposed technician of the company.

******* then advised me that he granted virtual access to his computer. Upon doing so, David accessed ********* amazon account and purchased $800 worth of amazon gift cards. David had informed the victim that these set of cards contained a special chip that needed to be inserted into the computer.

At approximately 1400, ******* received an amazon package with eight amazon gift cards. ******* then provided all gift card numbers to the suspect believing that it had something to do with fixing his computer. Throughout the day, ******* had noticed an abundance of activity taking place on his computer screen. The suspect also advised ******* not to shut off his computer.

Later in the evening at approximately 2200 hours, a second package arrived containing an additional set of gift cards totaling $800. However, ******* became suspicious of the package and ceased contact with the suspect. ******* further confirmed that two separate transactions for $800 dollars had been placed on his Wells Fargo account credit card which was linked to his amazon account. ******* disputed both charges.

******* stated that David had contacted him from both of the following phone numbers:

484-547-0280 – Allentown, PA

415-358-3530 – San Francisco, CA

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- Brecksville, OH, USA • Sep 26, 2023
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Yesterday I received from the postal service an envelope from Eastbrook Services. In the envelope is a check in the amount of $1840.00 and also a document telling me to take the check and deposit it into my personal account, preferably my debit. They then asked me to evaluate three stores (7 names have been provided), i.e.CVS, Walmart, Walgreens, RiteAid, Sams Club, 7Eleven, HEB, Speedway.

"MAKE DEPOSIT, GO TO THE STORE, GO TO THE REGISTER, AND ADD CASH OF $500.00 to purchase a "VANILLA VISA GIFT CARD" (3X500 = 1500.) EACH CARD HAS AN ACTIVATION FEE TO BE COVERED WITH LEFTOVER FUNDS. REMOVE THE LABEL AND CAPTURE A CLEAR IMAGE OF EACH CARD AND SEND VIA EMAIL TO: [email protected] OR TEXT IMAGES TO 806=436-4884,"

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- Manorville, NY, USA • Sep 18, 2023
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Received a check for $1830 payable to me. I’m supposed to deposit it and then purchase 3 Vanilla gift cards for $500 each. Then I’m supposed to capture clear image of gift card after removal of front label and text info to them. I’m not supposed to register the card either. I’m not supposed to discard the card as it will be used for my next assignment. $290 would be my commission. I’m supposed to visit a store, fill out the questionnaire and send to them. Stores in the survey are: cvs, Walmart, Walgreens, Sams, Rite Aid, 7-11, etc.

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- Rutherfordton, NC, USA • Sep 16, 2023
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Purchase a $500.00 Vanilla Gift card for vacation and would not work and called the customer service number and was told that this card had been issued several times before we purchased it and they have filed a report. So now we have lost $500.00 for vacation and it will take 45 days to send paperwork.

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• Aug 28, 2023
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I bought it from Walmart Gift Card and someone redeemed it using the code. I cant get my money back.

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• Aug 04, 2023
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She wanted me to buy a visa card for 75 dollars an take a picture of it then she would send me some money threw her agent ar FedEx

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- Jacksonville, FL, USA • Jun 21, 2023
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Received and email that appeared to be from Target Stores saying that as a valued customer I could receive free gifts from a list and only had to pay postage to receive the items. I choose two gifts from the list and choose to pay for the postage through my Venmo account. I received the two "gifts" in the mail a few weeks later and they both were junk. Then I received my Target/Master Card bill in the mail with four different charges from names of companies I did not recognize. They are as follows: 1) RELIABLETESTEDSTATIONE 2) IMMEDIATEMODERNPRIMECO 3) TIMLYADVANCEDCOMPLEXS. The amounts were: $5.99, $8.99, $9.99, $71.97. I called the phone numbers and was told by each person that answered my calls that I had signed up for a membership for a wholesale distributer of products. This is NOT true! When I asked that the bogus charges be refunded I was told that was not possible. I then called Target Customer Service (1-800-480-8236) and filed a dispute and closed that Master Card number. I was sent a new card with a new number, however, my new card now has another bogus charge from METHODICALASSERTIVEKEE. I called the phone number - 1-888-213-0544 and the person I spoke to said the charge was for a vitamin supplement, which I did NOT order. When I said I did not order any vitamins and to please issue a refund I was told she could not issue a refund. I have disputed this latest charge of $39.99 and I will close this new card number as well.

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- Gilman, CT, USA • May 20, 2023
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Our local Target has fraudulent gift cards being sold their that are already empty. We purchased a $200 Visa card inside was destroyed and it was already drained entirely. The Target store did NOTHING and will keep all cards available to shoppers to purchase even though if you check online, we are not the only customers who went through recently and they refuse to do anything about this theft and fraud. Target corporate had a lack of care for its customers and its lack of follow up with local police regarding this matter to protect all customers moving forward.

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- Selma, NC, USA • May 05, 2023
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Say it was a gift card for one hundred dollars for being a valued customer shopper

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After I tracked my steps this was a Ponzi hustle, there was never any money transferred to my bank account. The scammer made it appear that $2500 had been transferred to my account by my downloading Lite Manager Remote desktop. The ph # (888) 888-9039 has been disconnected. I was instructed to purchase two gift cards from Target in the amount of $500, and one in the amount of $200, then I was asked to go to a grocery store to purchase two American Express gift cards in the amount of $500. The scammer ask me not to utilize my ATM or do any online banking and that was when the nefarious act took place, and when I did check there was $2 in one of my checking accounts, and I was in a default negative $410 in my other account. I have overdraft protection, therefore these charges were covered. I know that I may never see this $2200 again, but I want to make sure nobody else falls prey to the Ponzi Hustle.

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- New Albany, IN, USA
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Was told I could order a gift card for $100 and would be delivered on Dec 15. Card is nowhere to be found. Company states it won’t be here until early January and refuses to send me a tracking number. Have proof on delivery date but no one wants to address it. Was told I was out of luck on getting my money back

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