In 2002 my husband and I were selling a car online, and became the victims of a counterfeit cashier’s check scam. We quickly found that there was very little information for scam victims, and few resources for support and assistance. Once we started talking about what happened to us, we found others who had also become victims of scams and we knew that we needed to create a place where we could all gather to share our stories, offer support to each other, educate people on what to look for, and maybe even work towards finding a way to really help scam victims. With this, our site ScamVictimsUnited.com was born.
When we started the site we said that if it helped even one person to not go through what we went through, both financially and emotionally, then it was all worth it. Now, we cannot even count the number of people that we have helped! In the first two years of our site being in operation we helped to stop over TWO MILLION dollars from going into the hands of scammers.
We have also worked with businesses and websites to get warnings up to help educate people about these scams and warn them of what to look for. We have worked with government agencies for press conferences, press releases, media spots and speaking engagements. We have appeared on both local and national news, and in 2007 we spoke at the National Center for Victims of Crimes Annual Conference in Washington D.C.
While we have come a long way, there is always more to do. We will continue to spread the word about theses scams, and you can help too. Just by reading this, you have helped to educate yourself. Pass on the link to this site, or link it to your personal networking page so that you can help to warn others about these scams!
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December 18, 2008 at 2:21 am
I was sent an email which prominently displayed your web site. If you would like me to send it to you please let me know how to do so. The email is a scam email however it mentioned your name and web site address prominently. The scam organization needs to be shut down and I feel your name and web site address should be removed from their emails.
Happy Holidays!
Rick
December 18, 2008 at 8:49 am
Rick,
I would LOVE to see the email, including full headers. Could you send it to me, or go to our site and register and post it on the message board?
Thanks,
Shawn Mosch
Co-Founder of ScamVictimsUnited.com
March 19, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hello:
I found an ad at Craigslist that I suspected might be a scam. I engaged them and have caused them to use an internet cafe, or wherever they send from with about a 15 letter back and forth. They’ve invested in a UPS Express envelope to deliver a large check to me, (which I am not going to cash), and followed that with instructions on sending the overage to them via Western Union. Company name on the check is: Zebra Circle International Fondation.
want to know more?
Frankie Cee at gmail dot com
June 23, 2010 at 8:09 am
Hello: I found an ad at Craigslist that I suspected might be a scam. I engaged them and have caused them to use an internet cafe, or wherever they send from with about a 15 letter back and forth. They’ve invested in a UPS Express envelope to deliver a large check to me, (which I am not going to cash), and followed that with instructions on sending the overage to them via Western Union. Company name on the check is: Zebra Circle International Fondation.
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June 23, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Could you also post the email address that the scammer was using?
July 13, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Hello: I found an ad at Craigslist that I suspected might be a scam. I engaged them and have caused them to use an internet cafe, or wherever they send from with about a 15 letter back and forth. They’ve invested in a UPS Express envelope to deliver a large check to me, (which I am not going to cash), and followed that with instructions on sending the overage to them via Western Union. Company name on the check is: Zebra Circle International Fondation.+1
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September 23, 2010 at 11:36 am
Hi, nice to meet you !
January 8, 2011 at 8:47 am
I received an email from a david scott. I decided to goggle this company (spiesshopping) and discovered it was a scam.
January 12, 2011 at 12:46 am
Is anyone else getting a javascript error?
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April 7, 2011 at 12:26 am
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April 10, 2011 at 10:10 pm
You may have not intended to do so, but I assume you might have managed to express the state of mind that a lot of people are in. The sense of wanting to support, but not knowing how or wherever, is one thing a lot of us are going through.
July 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Ive been scammed in the money order scam!what do i do?they just sent me 4 more money order? and they look real but i check them and they r fake
July 12, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Start off by following the information posted here . . . http://scamvictimsunited.com/Reporting_scams.htm
September 4, 2011 at 8:02 am
I have received dozens of these scam emails. I replied to a couple, just to see what would happen. Inevitably, all the responses were pretty much the same: send money and you will receive your first payment of $5000 until you have received all $4,500,000. Oh yeah! Right! I sent $50 once, again to see what would happen. Then I got another email from them saying they needed $458. Of course, I didn’t send it. They were very indignant when I called them scammers.