I Was Scammed!

Need help or advise when you are scammed? This category posts help request from our visitors. If you are scammed, please submit an email to us and we will review before publishing them here.

If you wish to report a fraud, you can go to Internet Crime Complaint Center. (aka IC3)

IC3 is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).

IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.

I have been scammed at job site and I need advice...

Original Question: I was stupid enough to pay membership for this supposed job service website and now they have my debit card number and all the info on it, and they also have a good chunk of my social security number. Even if the bank cancel...

Distress Scam: Warning! Hacked Yahoo Account Used to Scam Friends

We received this report from one of our readers. Her account was hacked, and the scammer was using it to sending a distress email to her boyfriend asking for money. Some quick advise to protect your email passwords: 1) Do not use the same login pa...

I have won the lottery and I am getting poorer everyday!

Subject: winners choice lottery scam by phone
Question/Comment: My mother is involved in a scam with these people and has already sent $300 plus $2500 and now possibly another $2500 plus.  The sweat talk her on the phone and know she is vulnerable, she is not listening to all the people who have told her not to talk to these people. They must be very convincing because she believes she will receive millions of dollars.  Today 12/17 she was supposed to get a delivery by FedX telling the next instructions.

The one name I have is John Kent and money by Western Union has been sent
to possibly Virginia and Michigan.

What can I do, can you help, police will do nothing

Help! I have been Scammed.

We received a message from our visitor that he has lost some money in a 419 (lottery) scam, and he is asking for our help to recover the money.

The money that is lost in a 419 (lottery) scams is very hard and almost impossible to recover. Even the FBI could not help much.