Complaint #1796674 submitted on 02/20/2016 relating to U.S. Bancorp. Complaint relates to Credit card - Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement .
Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Saturday 20th February 2016.
NEW FORM OF CREDIT CARD SCAM USING ONLINE XXXX.
I would like to make a report. The popular websites known as XXXX where people search for jobs is now a medium through which scammers target US resident to work with them. I, m a victim along with others because I 've seen where they post about it. They represent themselves to you as owner of online XXXX XXXX. They go by various name such as XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX and XXXX. They are very good at what they do. I was offered this project on XXXX. First they tell you that they are not tech savy so they would like you to build a website for them and create a new email for business. The salary is XXXX per week. Once all that is done they send you all kind of agreements and policy also they send you pictures of the painting. Once all of that is done you are required to create a merchant account with XXXX. XXXX and XXXX is the only companies these scammers use i dont know why. Once the accounts are created they ask you to process orders. They have a long list of credit cards information for XXXX of individuals who lives in the US. Ive seen in only on webcam because they interview you on hangout. You are then required to process 10 orders per day they provide you with the individuals information. Of the 4/5 orders only 3 successful the money one painting cost XXXX dollars. So thats XXXX per day to be deposited to the square account after that the company would deposit the money to out bank accounts. I found out before it was too late because i started asking question and i realize they did n't want to answer until XXXX of the deposit went to my bank account total of XXXX the next morning the victim of that scam call me i explain to her what happen she told me that she did n't purchase any painting so i sent her screenshot of all the conversation and the information given to me then i notify XXXX XXXX of whats happening. After all that i refunded the money to all the individuals Its getting really popular they only target person living in US i would love for the work to get out below is a link to two other persons it happen to as well. I have email conversation i have phone numbers i have the conversation as evidence please look into it.
XXXX I made a report to XXXX about it and also made a report to US bank about it. I still have the individuals credit card information as well as evidence.
| Company | U.S. Bancorp |
| Complaint ID | 1796674 |
| Date Received | 02/20/2016 |
| Product | Credit card |
| Issue | Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement |
| State/ZIP Code | NY 119XX |
| Consumer Consent | Consent provided |
| Company Public Response | Company chooses not to provide a public response |
| Company Response To Customer | Closed with explanation |
| Submitted | Web 02/20/2016 |
| Result | Timely Response: Yes, Consumer Disputed: No |
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