Brent – Victim Location 29720 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Received a letter in the mail, full color, to the house I just moved into. The letter claims that I had been selected to receive a complimentary vacation in Charleston or Myrtle Beach for 2 nights, along with $150 spending money and a $50 Darden …
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Natasha – Victim Location 45324 Total money lost $2,801.65 Type of a scam Online Purchase I was searching for an airline ticket. This site was online and had good flight times and prices. After I completed the transaction, I received a phone call with an update to a "better" flight at the same cost. The …
David – Victim Location 39110 Total money lost $75.92 Type of a scam Online Purchase I ordered a bag online from Essential Travel Bag on January 1st, 2020. I received a confirmation email from them that same day saying they received my order and my payment. The money was processing and pulled from my card …
Anthony – Victim Location 02909 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations In April 2019 my husband and I attended a travel seminar we were invited to. We listened to them for about 2 hours. We did not purchase the travel vacations that were promised. We were promised a $50.00 Visa gift card just for attending. We …
David – Victim Location 37385 Type of a scam Identity Theft Called my mother and ask if she could hear her in order to get her to say "yes"
Tanya – Type of a scam Employment This is a copy of the email they sent me. I sent them an email asking more about their company, like how long it had been in business and some other questions. The lady said that if I filled out the form she would call me the next …
Gina – Victim Location 10013 Type of a scam Employment They will send you an application form which i have attached here, when you filled it and send it ban, they ask you to pay $5000 for processing of documents, their phone no(+13475719817) didnt answer, instead it look like a voicemail,and it belongs to an …
Andrew – Victim Location 14267 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Recieved a fax for travel for only $99.00 including Cuba. Called recieved new amount for travel and the company name and location. The name was Corperate Travel Services in Can cun, Mexico. I spoke with a Connie Miller ext. #1109. The number provided was 1-844-859-2102. …
Jared – Victim Location 27882 Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes The person calls on behalf of a cruise organization, and will ask if you can hear them (I answered). The person said that they are trying to fill empty rooms for their cruises, and all they want in return is for you to tell your …
Ronnie – Victim Location 98122 Type of a scam Employment This story reported by *** almost describes the scam exactly, except she said I applied via Glassdoor. I’ve been applying like crazy so I may have applied, but they offered me the job without an interview. I have a US phone number so I think …
Melanie – Victim Location 90017 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations They call you saying you won a free night with Marriott Hotels. They then tell you about some insane package deal and that you get an additional cruise vacation for free. They say it’s a $3100 deal but with the promotion it is only $1100. …
William – Victim Location 78227 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I keep receiving telephone calls from a local number, I’ve blocked a number of local numbers claiming to be calling from Costco Travel, some hearing aid company and even the IRS. Is there anything that can be done to prevent these local business from obtaining …
Sarah – Victim Location 68521 Type of a scam Phishing Received a call this morning on 2/3/17. It was a lady that sounded very quiet. Then she said sorry, I was adjusting my headset are you there? She then went on saying that I had won a free trip. It was an automated phone call. …
Shanna – Victim Location 91362 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations My husband and i were in Kona,Hawaii for vacation when Hurricane Lane hit.We decided we should try to change our United flight home due to the severity of the hurricane.When I looked up United i did not notice that the number that popped up was …
Hilary – Victim Location 75707 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations These con artists are sneaky and sound VERY legit! They called my mom and knew the name of her time share and say they work with time shares all over the country that enable time share owners to benefit from time they are not using. …
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Julia – Victim Location 30240 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations I received this fax at work and was very interested but afraid it was a scam and after reading alerts on the internet in regards to these scams I recognized it as being just that. I did not call or inquire about the vacation but …
Jesus – Victim Location 87123 Total money lost $398 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations In 2015 I agreed to a travel deal to be taken in an 18 month time period and paid $398. I was unable to use the trip and this week received a call threatening to sue if i didn’t pay an …
Alyssa – Victim Location 15220 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Received fax 7/1/2015 stating: "ALL INCLUSIVE VACATION To any one of the destinations below: Cancun, Riviera Maya, Cabo San Lucas . . . . 5 STAR OCEAN FRONT RESORTS, 6 days 5 Nights, ALL-INCLUSIVE OCEAN FRONT, ALL MEALS & DRINKS, KIDS FREE, $199 PP, BONUS-BOOK …
Jaime – Victim Location 94931 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations They called saying "Thank you for being a Costco customer. You have won a vacation package." When the person answered the phone and I said that I was typing up information for BBB they put me back on hold, picked up said "No" and hung …
Devin – Victim Location 92709 Total money lost $1,050 Type of a scam Travel/Vacations Fax said it was a vacation package. They described and gave names of the hotels that you can choose from and availability for booking at $99 per person for a 4 night stay. Once booked, a third party verifies the charge …
