Victim Location 92024
Total money lost $1
Type of a scam Online Purchase
The website claims to have info about your car and will show it to you for $1. After the fee is paid it brings you to a page where every field says there is no available information which is false and contradicts information before paying the fee. The worst part is they then do a second charge on your card of $24.95, luckily wells Fargo blocked the second charge attempt but now they have my card info and I don’t trust it with them. Claims $1 fee then charges $1 then does an additional charge of $24.95
Victim Location 92124
Total money lost $25
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was told I’d pay $1 for a car report, charged $26 when I’m low on money rn for rent and car maintenance and new clothes. Not happy they are a scam!
Victim Location 75234
Total money lost $35
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was looking for a used car and searching for online services for VIN history. I found the site https://www.vinhistoryusa.com/ as the site looks like it’s the relevant to USA by the name. While looking at VIN history, it doesn’t ask for the money but asked to provide payment details. Later, I found some transactions posted on my Credit Card (25$, 1$, 1$, ). I have called them, canceled the subscription If it opts. They keep posting transactions even after the cancellation. In one month, they have done more than 10 transactions with 1$ (with 2-3 days of an interval). Each transaction will have a different transaction description and different merchant. But they are all same. I reported to them multiple times, they do the reversal of 1 transaction and say it’s a system error and will report to the management about this issue and the remaining will be reversed in a couple of days, which can be never done. I fed up with them by calling asking for the reversal. Finally, I have canceled my credit card to stop the fraud transaction.
Victim Location 12839
Type of a scam Online Purchase
We signed up with VinHistoryUSA to get a report on a used car we wanted to buy. After getting the information and noting we would be charged $1.00 for a one-time use, if we cancelled within 30 days – we would not need to pay the $18.95 monthly fee. We called and cancelled 2 days after the first and only use.
We were immediately charged $18.95 and were able to get credit for that, BUT we kept getting charges for $1.00 about every 2 weeks which they would refund after a 40+ minute OFF SHORE call. During this call I noticed they kept trying to get "just a little bit more personal information" from me. First 4 digits then 6 digits of our credit card number, then our email address. Throughout the whole process, I involved our credit card company and had them dispute the charges. The final attempt (3 months in a row), they don’t show us as having an account with them, even though they keep charging us $1.00. Our credit card company is handling our case from this point forward. Capital One credit card advised us NOT TO RESPOND to the email from Vin History USA requesting more information so they could try to find our account.
Victim Location 12831
Total money lost $200
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I found the website looking for a vin history report. Went ahead and paid a dollar for a single report. They then went ahead and decided to continue to bill and withdraw 18.95 every week. It was a couple of months before I noticed, upon which I contacted them several times and requested they stop. They said they did, yet they continued to. I had close the account to stop them, they took over 200$ before I stopped them
Victim Location 12570
Total money lost $19.95
Type of a scam Online Purchase
They claim to charge $1.00 for their service to get vehicle history reports using vin numbers. They do not render service and then proceed to charge you $18.95 on top of the dollar. It is charged through other company names that are not them. If you try to talk with them, they shut you down unless you threaten to report them. They steal credit card info and charge the card through bogus companies.
Victim Location 92887
Type of a scam Online Purchase
They tell you it will cost $1.00, you utilize the information they offer which tells you NOTHING about the vehicle. They then charge you $18.95 for a monthly fee on top of the $1.00 and NEVER DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT $18.95!! That was 3 months ago and I cancelled EVERYTHING with them and tonight I find that stupid $1.00 charge again. I am so mad I had to cancel my credit card.