Random $9000 government grant
Complaint
Peg
Country: United States
First of all, I knew almost immediately it was a scam. The woman on the other end of the line was foreign, and you could tell she was reading what she had to say off of something, like it was scripted. There was so much noise of trucks and machinery in the background, it was hard to keep from laughing out loud. But, I kept her going, wanted to hear all of what she had to say. I was told I could spend the money any way I wanted and not have to pay it back (of course, real grants do not have to be paid back, they are not loans). If I wanted a grant for a small business, purchase a car or do renovations on my home, I could apply for one myself. It is actually very hard to receive a grant. You have to know exactly how to write the narrative. There are actually specific people who do nothing but write grants for a living. They know just how to word the grant in order for you to get one. I questioned her about who wrote the grant, what department of the government issued it, etc. She just said her job was only to notify the person that they were randomly selected by the government for this $9,000. Grant. When the time came to where it was to be deposited (bank account, debit card, western union), I told her under no uncertain terms was I going to give her that information. I kept asking her if this was for real and she kept replying yes. I finally told her, look, I know this is a scam. You are probably calling from your residence or a rented office space. I heard trucks and machinery in the background. The phone call was from New York. The phone number 646-632-1398. I hung up at that point. She called me back six times. I did not answer. When I tried to call the number, it said call cannot be competed as dialed. So, they can call you, you just can't call them back. I am getting so tired of foreign people scamming American citizens of their hard earned money, but they are just too lazy to work. So they steal from us. I am wise to this, as I was a victim of an employment scan that i wound up owing $1400 back to my credit union because the check these people sent me was a fake check. People, please be totally aware of these people. They are cunning, and know exactly what they are doing and they do not care if you lose every last penny you have.
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I have not heard from them up until to day, so here they come again 6 months later with the same thing about government grant randomly selected to and when it was explained to me the method that they used to determine who gets this grant money. They said that the qualifiers is one who has never found bankruptcy and you don't have a criminal background. Once they said that I knew it was a scam, because I have an extended criminal background. So she wanted me to get 250 registration card from Western Union And how soon could I purchase that. I told her when I get off work at 2:30 Now she's going to be calling me back at 2:30 because she want me to go get a card for $250 just to verify who I am so they can take the money and run I never hear from him again.
After I tell him he'll burn in hell. He calls me back and is like "it says you're single, I'm single would you want to go on a date? "
WTH
I'm obviously not a dumbass...and I'm not desperate