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Justin – Victim Location 28078 Type of a scam Employment An email was sent to me that had a friend’s name in the email address. This email offered a PT job, working from home as an independent contractor, for 10 hrs a week, paying $600 per month. The email asked for my name, address and…

Beth – Victim Location 92173 Type of a scam Employment Our model agency was contacted by "Joss Whedon" from "Beyond Earth Films" agency, saying that there was going to be a commercial shooting and was requiring people of all backgrounds, with a upfront payment of 1,200 dlls per day. We got told to send our…

Trevor – Victim Location 07731 Total money lost $129.95 Type of a scam Tech Support I was seeking phone-based technical assistance with the installation of my Verbatim External Slimline CD/DVD Writer. I found what I thought was the help desk toll free number for this product via internet search. After I called the above number,…

Kristin – Victim Location 12804 Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill I have received two letters saying that I am being billed by Asurion Insurance Servicesfina through TeleCheck. They give a date of 9-9-17 as the date they tried to access my account and it failed. They give an item number (4728) and a…

Robyn – Victim Location 78148 Type of a scam Other A few months ago I applied for a job through Ziprecruiter for shipping/receiving clerk. The job described it as a work from home position where I will receive packages at my home address, inspect those items and ship them to a prepaid address which was…