I was contacted by someone on Facebook saying I could claim money and told me to text a number to receive fund I was very suspicious and wasn’t responding back I received multiple messages and calls from the Facebook friend and then from the agent asking me to send a certain amount through a Steam Wallet Card or Nordstrom Card said I had neither so they asked for a visa gift card
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They are telling you that you will win money.and you don’t. they charge me a fee. It cost me $950.00 in gift cards.used by my debit card.They also when I told them to stop. They spread pornography all over my Facebook page and shut my page down where I could not open it up.These people need to pay us all back what they owe us. Wcab is a thief and a lier.
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I was told that I won 85000 dollars and that if I paid $ 950 in gift cards to them in Walmart or Nordstrom they would pay me
85000 dollars the next day by fed x. They went thru a friend of mine on my Facebook page. Zi hope we all can catch who ever is doing this to all of us. It his make me sick to my stomach. I called the police and they are investigating this..
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- Whitewater, WI, USA
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Phone:518-712-3360
Address:Adirondack, NY 12808, USA
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
WCAB Agent named Andrew Christian Jackson said he saw in a database that I am a winner of a large amount of money. If it sounds to good to be true it usually is.
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- Western, NE, USA
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Phone:1-574-301-3084
Website: Messenger
Email:Billye Hintchel
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
Contacted by cousin of getting 100,000 from WBCA for disables, retired, workers compensation, veterans. Wants me to call a Fred Walker at 1-574-301-3084. Refused to call. Deleted
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Type of a scam:Government Grant
Someone hacked FB friend's account and is sending IMs about getting WCAB grant money. 7047505639 is the number that texted me.
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- Canyon, TX, USA
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Phone:801-240-9226,509-240-9226
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
I got a call from a lady named Catherine Carpenter who said people have been trying to reach me to give me a $9000 grant. If I sent $200 in google play cards from Walmart then I would receive my tracking number and the grant would be sent to me. She said the faster I sent the money the faster the grant would come. She kept giving me a ton of information about it but when I called ScamPulse.com they said that was just a distraction to make me think it was a legit grant.
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Type of a scam:Phishing
This person hacked my facebook account and sent several messages to my friends. Attached is a message that was sent to my friend
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- New Philadelphia, OH, USA
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Phone:515-512-7847
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
While messaging a person on Messenger I was asked if I had received a call from Federal Government Department of Workers Compensation Appeals Board. She said she paid for case file fees and delivery fees , they have so many options, I would need to choose one. I paid $1000 and received $15,000. I should text the agent and he will let me know more about this. I was to let him know a friend told me about this. And she said "it ain't a scam and it is for real". 'It's like a compensation fund. Have you heard from them" 'Have you been contacted by the WCAB?"
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I was also contacted by a man identifying himself as Michael Mullins an employee of the Federal department of Health and human resources and that the federal government department of workers compensation appeals board had a check for $100,000 for me. It was a referral on Facebook from an old class schoolmate from 1974 who referred him to me and she stated she had received her check and it had cashed. He requested my personal information which I eventually supplied him with my social security number and my bank account numbers. This has been going on since February and the other day he said I had to open a trust bank account. I then contacted a very smart friend of mine and he pulled this alert of a scam regarding this subject. I'm trying to report this to them but the referring website is so convoluted I don't know which one to go to. How do I stop this?
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- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Phone:4352558066
Country:United States
Total money lost:$500
Type of a scam:Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Victim sent $500 through Money Gram to collect winning's from WCAB (a workman's compenstation program). The victim supposedly received a message from his aunt on instant messenger (still hasn't verified with her that it was in fact her messaging him), that he had won a drawing and to contact 435-255-8066. He was unable to speak to someone using that number but texted with a Robert Samuel. After he sent the $500 by money gram, he was contacted from someone claiming to be from the IRS stating he needed to send another $1500 to collect the winnings.
The victim stated he has more information saved in emails and texts, so investigations person will need to contact him for further information.
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- Covington, KY, USA
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Website: empowerment programme
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
hello I received a text from a friend saying I was on a list and I text the person name scott reed a agent from empowerment programme and said my name was on the list and ask me if I was ready to claim it he needed my name address and email and if I owe a home or rent and monthly income I gave him(scott reed) 650-339-7302 he sent ,me a reff no:be6006/85428 and batch no.282070001gre winning amount 100,000 cash he said to make sure all your delivery information save and secret scott said he got my information and that fedx or the ups will deliver it all they needed was $500.00 for clearance and delivery fee I just need someone to find out if this is a scam or not
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- Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA
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Website: Facebook
Address:455 Golden Bate Ave., 9th floor, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Email:non
Country:United States
Type of a scam:Other
Received a facebook request from Patricia Montgolf Wheeler from Georgia who was supposedly friends with a dear friend of mine. She said my name was on a list that I was to be awarded $100,000 through my disability as back pay & said to contact Toni Bailey from Virginia to get info. I contacted Mr. Bailey & he asked for personal info from me so they could send me a check to be delivered by UPS. He wanted $2000.00 from me before they would release the money to me. I refused to send any money.
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- Glendale, AZ, USA
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Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
Text " Good day my name is Nicholas Wooten, from the Federal Government (WCAB) we have to know if you are here to get your (WCAB) so that we can show you what grants are available and how to apply." Consumer " Here-meaning where? I'm in phoenix" " Scammer: Please provide us with the following information , so the Board of Trust and the lawyer can verify from our database. Real Name...... Mother Name...... Street Address..... City...... State....... DOB...... Email address.....Mobile Number...... Job or Occupation..... Male or Female.....Age..... Deaf or Hearing.....Do you own a house or rent apt.....to tell us your email ......is for your own security reason and for the lawyer to confirm that we are the delivery to the right person" Consumer provided all the needed information" Scammer " We are processing your information right now and working on your document how much grant do you want to apply for AND $2,0000,000.00 is the limit now tell us the amount you want to apply fr make sure you keep it secret it is only you and the agent should know about your grant money it is risk and it is for security purpose." conversation continues. consumer grows concerned as the business is now pressuring. Decided he would come in and let the ScamPulse.com know.
The scam name is WCAB, reports that your name has been randomly selected to receive a govt. grant for $100,000 . in order to receive it a $600 processing and shipping fee is required. I need to know if this is a true scam or not.
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- Santa Maria, CA, USA
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Country:United States
Type of a scam:Government Grant
One of my friends on Facebook contacted me and was telling me about how a man from the WCAB workers compensation appeals board gave her $30,000 cash and that my name was also on this federal government list. She told me to contact a man named matchap b Brett and he would help me claim my money. They were asking for my personal information, a pic of my drivers license and a $400 delivery fee. Then they wanted my Facebook password to verify my account and then they changed my password and locked me out putting my email address as [email protected] which they made themselves. The friend who was telling me everything was ok turned out to be them, they had taken over her Facebook too.
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- Aldie, VA, USA
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Address:Alameda Street Los Angles
Email:none at this time
Country:United States
Total money lost:$1,500
Type of a scam:Fake Check/Money Order
WCAB requesting money for something that not real saying you have winning after you send them money and UPS is to bring you the money you won.
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85000 dollars the next day by fed x. They went thru a friend of mine on my Facebook page. Zi hope we all can catch who ever is doing this to all of us. It his make me sick to my stomach. I called the police and they are investigating this..
The victim stated he has more information saved in emails and texts, so investigations person will need to contact him for further information.