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Online Purchase - online purchase

Using Amazon logo to advertise big boxes of returned Amazon items for low price. Promised at least 5 items and as many as 30. Posted pictures of big boxes for $29, bigger boxes for $49 & $59. Received 2 small boxes packaged in one envelope with ear buds, usb cable and 1 ultra 2 smart watch. All cheap items and all for the price of $104.48!

Dollars Lost: $104.48

Rancho Cucamonga, CA- 91730

Date Reported: April 25, 2025


Phishing - Phishing Scam

My husband was contacted that his cable company had said virus used scare tactics had him put money in Bitcoin lost

Dollars Lost: $4900

WA

Date Reported: April 25, 2025


Online Purchase - amazsaleboxus

Saw this offer on Facebook and it looked as if the seller was associated with Amazon. I purchased the "super giant" mystery box with the impression that I would receive a package with multiple valuable items and the it would ship from California. Once I ordered, I received an email confirming my purchase with an Amazon logo in the email and a tracking number from a shipping company called 17Track/Uniexpress. The email was from amazsaleboxus • [email protected]. Turns out that the shipment came from outside the US. When it did arrive, the box was about the size of a paperback book and contained a 3-in-1 charging cable that looked like it came from the dollar store and a generic pair of in ear headphones. I reached out to the support email . They responded that what I received would be all I would receive and that "you will have a 10% chance to get an item worth 2 times the purchase parice, a 15% chance to get an item worth 1.5 times the purchase value, and an 80% chance to get an item equal to the purchase value.". So, that is 105% for chances and the items I received definitely were not the $59.99 value I paid for. They also offered me a 15% refund. I will be reporting this company to both Amazon and PayPal, and this report as well.

Dollars Lost: $61.29

CA

Date Reported: April 22, 2025


Home Improvement

I called a chimney company from the internet to fix my flue. They said the service call was $65 but that would be applied to the service. The man came out in a jeep, looked in the chimney and told me it would be about 7000 since I had cracks in something and to clean and fix the flue. He said who ever did the work back when I bought the house didn't do what they said they did. It's not safe with the way it is. I knew I paid $5500 back when I bought the house for the repair then and so I figured maybe the prices went up? He left and came back, not sure where he went. Another Mexican man came in a track to help him. They were on the roof doing something, I heard a loud machine that was possibly the cleaning brush, he painted white onto the outside of the top of the chimney, he added a cable to the flue so I could pull it easier. ( it was easier to pull but now it doesn't close.) I could confirm what he did unless I got up on the roof and knew what I was looking at. He told me it would be 9000! I asked why he said 7000 and now 9000. I am so upset, I don't know why I paid him! I didn't ask for a license number or contract? I can't sleep, I must have been in a fog since I had been evacuated from the fires and was wanting to get my house in working order? I don't know. I asked for him to take a video of what he did since I can't see. He used his phone and showed me something, but I didn't still know what I was looking at? Please help me. I paid with a check and just tried to assume it must have been warranted. Now as I realize I need to find out if this was valid, I look back. This company I called was Chimney Pro, the guy said to make the check out to Elite Air Group Inc. I went to call and ask some questions and the company name is now Olympus Chimney Pro. They don't have a license number? He sent me a text as my invoice back on 3/9/25. It has the address I noted in this report, but the website has no address? Why the different company names? The text he sent me is from a number 818 644-3105, the invoice has the same number on it, but I called originally was 888 958-7618. I see the Olympus Chimney Pro has a Facebook account but I can't access the whole page since I do not have Facebook, but what I could see I took a picture of. The comments are from people scammed too. All their writing is in a foreign language? Their address on the website has no address, it has "Olympus Chimney Pro, Rd, Kanjur 56765" No city or state on a website? The website says Altadena everywhere so I thought they were local. I need help getting my money back, please.

Dollars Lost: $8770

Los Angeles, CA- 90036

Date Reported: April 22, 2025


Phishing - Phishing Scam - Xfinity Impostor

txfinity called from 612-556-0195 on Wednesday April 16th 2025 about a promotion to reduce my cable bill to 155/mo for 3 years as a promotion with Target The representative name was Jerry Smith and he instructed to buy 3 target gift cards from jewel osco each card for $310 and then to call 877-631-5483 and give promotion code of XFI0790 and then give the gift card information that was done on Thursday April 17th and then Friday April 18th received a text from 601-301-3406 that payment did not go through and I called them back and it was an issue they said with the gift cards from Jewel and they will refund me only if I purchase gift cards from Target so I did and again the payment did not go through because his name was Mike -he said I did not give him the XFI0790 code and then I called comcast and they told me this was fraud my cell is 815-355-2950

Dollars Lost: $930

Crystal Lake, IL- 60012

Date Reported: April 21, 2025


Tech Support - GeekSquad IMPOSTER

They asked me to open Chrome and go to a website to enter information. Once I was on the website, it felt uncomfortable and it asked for bank information. I said that I would not give them any information and the man got more and more upset. I asked him why he was getting so angry. He told me to fill it out if I wanted the refund. I told him that I would check my bank to see if there were any charges and I hung up the phone. Then the mouse on my screen started to move and open the tabs that were on the screen and I couldn't get control of the mouse. I unplugged the computer and the ethernet cable to stop the scammer. We just bought a new computer for our business and it hasn't been hooked up to the firewall yet. We do not know what information they got but would like to report this incident.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 17, 2025


Other - Spectrum Mobile Impostor Scam

i called the wrong number i thought i called spectrum mobil but this guy said he was upgrading my phone my ******* believed him and gave him my phone number email and card info

Dollars Lost: $59

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 14, 2025


Phishing - Spectrum-Impostor

He keeps calling telling me he is from Spectrum. Told me I could get a discount. He keeps calling. We called Spectrum and they said they would not call by that number. He is very persistent. He said if I made a payment I could get the discount. Sometimes they have promotions. I think he is trying to scam people.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 11, 2025


Utility - Spectrum-Imposter

I google spectrum support and the first number that came up was (888) 929-4123. They knew my address and phone number and told me that I would need to provide them with my credit card number in order to process a cancellation fee. I did not provide them with that information and they became increasingly pushy and upset.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Southbury, CT- 06488

Date Reported: April 10, 2025


Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill - Fake Internet Invoice Collection Call

Someone from Spectrum contacted me on several occasions telling me that I was behind on my bill in the amount of $302.00 On 03/28/25, at 9:00 a.m. Micheal claims to be a salesperson. I told him I was going to enter into my bank to pull each month to read each month where I paid in the amount 0f 131.92. Which was the amount I had to pay. Michael with excitement stated are you in your bank account now? and I said yes. Then I thought about how excited his voice was, so I immediately excited my account but prior, Michael heard that every month was paid. Then he told me OK just pay 170.86 for late fees, I explain to him that I was not late. Then he said just pay $144.28. Then I told Michael I would be calling the FCC to report this SCAM. and I did. Then I ended the call. The next day I received a call from Ann, and she told me the same story I was behind on my bill in the amount of $277.11 was my current balance and I was past due in the amount of $160.86, and it must be paid by 4/18/25 or they would shut it off.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Charlotte, NC- 28273

Date Reported: April 9, 2025


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