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Victim Location 98229
Type of a scam Online Purchase

So someone posted that they were selling a parrot on craigslist with only a number attached. (240) 630-1816

I did some research and found the number was being used to sell monkeys on various different pet selling sites. When I texted the person they never told me the type of parrot until I asked for a pricing. They asked very odd questions which had very poor English. Their posting was for Bellingham WA, but the number is from Washington MD. They said they lived out of state and either I went to Atlanta GA to pay $550.00 dollars for the bird or payed $700.00 online. Which I automatically knew it was a scam being that you are not allowed to post out of state ads on craigslist.

This person needs to be taken down. So many people are falling for these scams. They are paying for pets that they are not getting.

-Here are my screenshots from google voice and what I found online:

https://puu.sh/zpZZm.png (text)

https://puu.sh/zq018.png (text)

https://puu.sh/zq0ba.png (google search)

Victim Location 62234
Type of a scam Debt Collections

Recording claims that you have been served with 2 issues of fraud against Bank of America. Called number multiple times only to get hung up on.

Victim Location 66225
Type of a scam Credit Cards

The male individual that called was claiming to work for an “unmentioned” company that would be able to assist with lowering credit card debt. He had a Middle Eastern accent and was very insistent on getting my credit card information. When I asked him to give me his company name and a number I can call back he hung up.

Victim Location 92592
Type of a scam Phishing

Caller attempts to get you to say "this is (your name ) over a recorded line.Then hangs up. Call back and phone is disconnected.

Victim Location 26505
Type of a scam Credit Cards

I was contacted with an automated warning that my interest rate on my credit card would not be dropped if I did not hit “1” on my phone. I suspect this is also a cell phone identity theft using an elderly person’s phone number. (The person listed under the number was over 70 years old). I hung up the call. There was no indication the caller had any of my personal information (no name, type of card, etc).

Victim Location 80550
Type of a scam Tax Collection

Leaves me voicemails several times a day. Calls himself Mason S*** (or S***?) and threatens me. Says he's coming to my home and work to serve me papers- and that I'm going to jail if I don't call him back. He says in the voicemails that I will face legal repercussions and he will call my local PD to have me arrested if I don't answer my door when he or his agents come to my home. He says he'll be there within 48 hours. He has no regional accent, he is a middle age or older white guy, and there is no noise in the background on the voicemails. I block the calls, so he just fills up my voicemail box with messages.

Victim Location 48466
Type of a scam Government Grant

Someone created another account posing as my uncle, messaged me saying he was looking for ways to spend his grant $, which is believable because my uncle is a county commissioner. We then called my uncle to see if it was him, and it wasn’t. I was being directed to follow a link to a “recruiter’s” messenger to help me “apply for the grant too”

The message with the link was:

This is the online agent who helped me get mine, her name is Sarah Kecy. Click on the link, it will direct you to her messenger page. Add her and send a message that you want to apply for a grant

https://m.me/Sarahkecyfed.gov

Victim Location 97539
Type of a scam Phishing

I got a call answering with my name since I am a realtor. They asked, "is this *name*? And I said yeah. Then they hung up... I remembered hearing about the yes scam and now I'm worried... Not sure if yeah works... There was talking noise in the back ground like they were in a call center.

Victim Location 48309
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

Possible scam alert from 313-406-7662 robo-call "can you hear me clearly/" I answered yes before I realized it was an automated call. Be careful on this one. This phone number should be shut-down Not scammed yet but I am alerting my bank not to accept any unusual charges. I believe I am on the do not call list.

Victim Location 80504
Total money lost $750
Type of a scam Tech Support

This number continuously calls saying that my computer has a virus and that my information is being used in *** and this could jeopardize my life in the **, I fell for this and paid them the money to protect me. They now never stop calling me. When I did fall for this as soon as I paid them I heard cheering in the background and heard someone say "Stupid Americans"

Victim Location 28584
Type of a scam Phishing

it was a robot call from an un named co. scam. read news articles. did not say yes to it. it was calling from wilmington, Lumberton for example.

Victim Location 53719
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

Picked up a call around noon CST. The caller started to say I was eligible for a free vacation because I had stayed at one of their resorts previously. I had not given my information or stayed at a resort recently and this seems a "to good to be true" kind of scenario, so at this point I had hung up immediately at this point which is why I do not have much else to offer up.

Original number was 405-503-8893. Other numbers are calls I have received and not picked up because my phone said Oklahoma (where I have no friends or family) and none of the numbers have left a message so far.

Potentially useful - I am a Project Fi subscriber, so the scammers could be exploiting my number from Google, T-Mobile (as I have experienced before), US Cellular, or Sprint.

Seems related to: http://kfor.com/2017/01/30/can-you-hear-me-okay-scam-hits-oklahoma/

Victim Location 65536
Type of a scam Phishing

Scammer refused to identify themselves but had crucial information for which to verify my identity, which I refused to do. I asked several times who they were but they would not answer my question about their identity. My phone # is on the National Do Not Call Registry. I explained that they should not have any identifying information about me and respectively hung up.

Crystal

Victim Location 82001
Type of a scam Charity

The person on the other line or recording, asked "if this was(my name)", and what out thinking I said, "yes". There was no response or reply.

Victim Location 92620
Type of a scam Credit Cards

They keep calling to talk about credit scores etc.

Victim Location 34471
Total money lost $373,060
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

WE RECEIVED FAKE EMAILS FROM THIS COMPANY REQUESTING MONEY. 4 CHECKS WERE SENT TO THEM ON 10/26/17, 11/20/17, 12/11/17 TOTALING $ 373,060.00. ANOTHER FAKE EMAIL WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK REQUESTING $ 600K. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE FBI, THE OCALA POLICE, THE AVON POLICE, THE FLORIDA ATTY GENERAL AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. SUBPOENAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR EXAMINED THE EMAILS AND DETERMINED THEM TO BE PHISHING OR SPOOFING AT A PROFESSION LEVEL. PLEASE WARN OTHERS. WE NEED TO GET OUR MONEY BACK.

Victim Location 32258
Type of a scam Phishing

received a call asking if I was "name"

I instinctively answered "yes" at which point the caller hung-up.

Suspect this to be a phishing call just to obtain a "yes" response.

Victim Location 63021
Type of a scam Phishing

I received a call from this phone number. The person said my name and they sounded a bit strange. I replied with "What" and they person on the phone said may name, I replied "yes" and they hung up. I'm guessing they are trying to use my "Yes" reply for some use like opening up a credit card. It was early in the morning so I wasn't thinking 100%, I know better than to say "yes" just be careful everyone and just ask "who is this calling and what is it in regards to".

I tried to call the number back and it appears to be a bogus phone line. Hence the reason I think this person is going to try to use it against me in a scam or to open a credit card.

Victim Location 30236
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

01-29-2018

I received a call from 404-334-4159 around 11:20 AM this morning. Did not recognize the number so I did not answer the call. Caller did not leave voice mail. I "googled" the number; result stated that it was some kind of "travel scam" that someone had reported on 01-03-2018. I am reporting it to BBB.

Thank you for your assistance in stopping this scam.

Victim Location 64110
Type of a scam Phishing

"Yes" scam. Asked me if I could hear them. I answered "yes" and they hung up. The telephone number they called from was 1-816-708-3127. I have received several calls from this number before and ignored it. Decided to finally answer since no one would leave a message.