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- Memphis, TN, USA
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Scammer called claiming to be from Social Security and needed my personal info and I refused. They asked my birthday and I told them which was a mistake. He asked for my mother's maiden name and I said no. I decided to hang up. 

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- Saint Louis, MO, USA
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 I received a letter in the mail stating Student Loan consolidation prepared for me, It stated that it was a government program.  I called and gave out all of my personal information.  They told me that I would qualify for complete loan forgiveness.  He processed my loan over the phone and stated that I would have to do this every year, and in October of 2023 my student load would be forgiven.  Also they would charge me $248.00 each month for six months and stated that did not sound right and so I called Mohela.  Mohela informed me that it was a scam and that they do not charge for processing applications.  

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I recieved a phone call and the caller said" can you hear me," I said yes, the caller said she was from health care.gov and if I wanted to opt out, press 2. After I said yes, and pressed 2, I realized I should have not done that. Hopefully they don't use my recorded message "yes" to purchase something.

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Asking me to open documents sent to me and fill out. I did not do any of that.

You will not be able to receive incoming payment until you complete the form attached

Please download the Document attached.

and follow the instructions to receive Incoming Direct Deposit.

Thank You,

EDD Employment Development Department.

State of California.

This information originated from your state agency.

Please move the message to your inbox folder to enable download.

Note: The document is best view on computer.

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Notes entered by ScamPulse.com staff - Consumer has received about 6 phone calls from foreign sounding person supposedly from "Medicare". Caller said they will be sending out new laminated cards. Asked the consumer to go get current card and give them the info. Consumer ended the call and has blocked the phone number. 

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- Detroit, MI, USA
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Scammer claim to be a friend and recommended a organization to help me. This led to me contacting her by the messenger app she said I was a winner of a grant for $200,000.00 and the payment will be delivered in 4 hours by FedEx

I asked her for id and a direct phone number she just kept asking for a payment option then I reported it to messenger and blocked her she asked for my phone number,full name and address and age

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Sent a US Bank Reliacard pay card with instructions to call in and activate but I have no unemployment account.

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Sarah Williams, social security office,transferred to us marshal,said they were freezing my account and that I was accused of money laundering and drug trafficking, us Marshal samuel brown, badge number us471341,told me to put my money on the cards,someone would be here to interview me in the morning and never showed up, I knew then that I had been scammed, checked the cards and the money was stolen from all 5 cards

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They claimed they had an identifiable information for an address that a package was to be delivered I needed additional money to verify the address.

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Oct 31 2022 - Received a text message "REGISTRY, Motorists who qualify are being mailed a $306.94 check. To verify and fill out the form, reply "Yes". I typed yes only to be sent an address: motoristsalberta.com

Went to the site and it's a form requesting full name, sin, address, drivers license number, audit number on license....this is serious so needed to report it asap before too many people are scammed.

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After you file an LLC, this company mails you an official-looking letter stating that you have to purchase a labor law poster or you will be fined up to $7,000. It is NOT required to order this. It targets new, small businesses and the letter looks official like it’s from the government.

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A man called me from this company stating that By federal law I need to update And pay $200 that they work for the government. We do not have any commercial vehicles on the road even if we did this would not apply.

He insisted that I must pay for that I would be fined and they keep sending me letters that I would be fined if I did not comply with them they are a middleman type of agency Imposing that they work for the governmentI don’t know where they came from

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From: user-datacrasupport-account-no-618024443273hoet.michel@telenet.be

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I had received this contact from City Hall Valencia, CA USA.

I’m going to become homeless and I’m in need of housing.

They mentioned I needed to be homeless on thee streets before they could give me housing.

It is illegal for USA to have people on thee streets. By which it is common sense of thee thee law to save people prior entering thee streets.

Especially in this weather. Of high heats.

Thereby which I believe they are false representative of USA law and government officials.

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Victim was contacted by a "Deputy Scott" who informed them that there was an arrest warrant out for having missed federal grand jury duty and that the USM failed to obtain their signature. Victim knew this was false because they work from home and does not recall the event "Deputy Scott" described. Scott told victim he could go down to 515 Rusk Ave in Houston, TX, to verify their signature, or they could go to Kroger and purchase a MONEY PAK and provide the 14 digit code to Scott over the phone for the fine of $1500. Scott stated he had a Maintain Contact Order (MCO), which meant that the victim could not hang up until they provided the digits from the Money Pak or the fine would double or they would be arrested. The victim complied and kept Scott on the phone with him for 2 hours while he purchased the cards. The victim bought three cards for $500 apiece. The odd thing was that Scott provided (713) 755-5200, which is the actual number for the Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 1, as a call back number and requested the victim to call him back for verification. The victim called the number (713) 755-5200 and Scott answered on the first ring. Afterwards, when the victim figured out they had been scammed, they called the Harris County Constable Precinct 1 number (713) 755-5200 and no one answered. Finally after numerous attempts dispatch answered.

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I received a call from 202-217-8432 a rep claim to be from the government and wanted to talk about a grant. I immediately knew it was a scam and hung up.

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Trademark Emergent poses online as a legit company with lawyers to help you file your Trademark application with the USPTO. I contacted them online and spoke to a representative there who advised me that I would need to file my trademark in 4 classes and I would not have any conflicts. They charged me $350 for the filing and then $350 per class for the trademark applications. 3 weeks later, I started recieving calls from the "USPTO" (come to find out not really), saying there is another applicant with the same business name who has an application, and if I would like to proceed I would need to trademark my Logo as well in all 4 classes. Then there were additional fees incurred- total $6000 additional needed! This sounded strange to me, so I called the USPTO direct line and spoke to their customer service. I was informed by the USPTO that they had filed for 1 class, not 4. Total cost should have been $350. They charged me $1750. Also, not only was there no conflict or addtl money requested, but they hadn't even assigned an attorney to it yet! I spoke to Trademark Emergent (Jennifer Smith) many times, she had me pull up the legitimate USPTO website so everything looked legitimate. THEY ARE A SCAM! I can only imagine how many people they are doing this to... shameful!

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When I searched for the irs.gov ein this website came up. There was no mention of any upfront costs for this service. I received an email after i clicked submit which said I was charged $329.00 for this.

See the following:

Congratulations! The EIN/Tax ID has been successfully assigned. This is a Federal Tax ID Number assigned by the IRS.

EIN Assigned: xx-xxxxxx

Legal name: xxxxxxxxxxxx

Next steps for your Sole Proprietorship: Follow these steps to successfully complete the set up of your new business!

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Important Information about your EIN/Tax ID Number – Please Read!!

A confirmation letter will be mailed to the address provided. The letter will be the Official IRS notice and will contain important information regarding your EIN. Allow up to 4 weeks for the letter to arrive by mail. If you need the official letter sooner, the responsible party on the EIN application must be the one to call the IRS EIN Operation at 1-800-829-4933, and they will be able to fax you a copy of the letter.

Your EIN can be used immediately for most of your business needs including:

Opening a bank account

Applying for a business license

Filing a tax return by mail.

However, it will take up to 2 weeks for your EIN to become part of the IRS’s permanent records. You must wait until this occurs before you can:

File an electronic tax return

Make an electronic payment

Pass an IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) matching program.

We are here to help! If you have additional questions, please feel free to e-mail [email protected] or call our support service at 818-796-3020.

Regards,

EIN TAX ID Filing Service

irs-ein-tax-id.com

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Scamming to sell a "New York Certificate of Status" to small businesses.

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I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING SOMEONE HAS BEEN USING MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY MONEY LAUNDERING , ETC, AND ASKED FOR THE LAST 4 OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND I GAVE IT, THEN ASK FOR MY ZIP CODE , BUT HUNG UP , WHEN I CALL BACK THE PHONE RING ONCE AND THAT'S IT

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