I was contacted by a friend on messenger and was told this vital info about this Gradient Grant. She gave me this link to apply for myself, agent.lawrencedimech17, a government agent. A picture comes up with a man with an American flag and official seal. Who knows who that is. I unfortunately gave them personal info, but, not my bank info. He wanted money upfront and when I didn’t have it and “my friend” didn’t have it to loan me, I knew then. Then I checked her messenger account and she had two. I asked her why and where she knew me from and she said she forgot about the other one and didn’t say where she knew me from. I reported it with the Better Business Bureau and Facebook. I didn’t lose any money but they still have my personal info. I deleted the conversation with him but , he probably wrote it down.
This person contacted me through a friend on Facebook telling me I could get grant money to do anything J wanted and didn’t have to pay it back all J had to do was pay for clearance and delivery fees depending on how much money I wanted. Then they tried to push me into rushing to acquire my bank account , routing number, bank name and beach used and told me to give my login information also. I new it was something wrong with that. Finally , he asked with haste for my SSN number and told me to stop stalling by asking him questions because I was looking up the info online while talking to him and the site said , right up top before any information was given representatives will never ask for your personal information especially SSN! I sent that to him and a testimony like this and his same name was being used Henry Williams . I called because after I sent him that information he became adamant that I just send the information he was trying to help me. I called him and he didn’t sound like the optimistic happy persona texting and he asked who I was and I said who I was and I asked if he was who he said he was and he said lowly and surprised even that I asked , he said of course send me the info now and don’t call here again and hung up on me. I felt something was wrong from the start but the more he pushed the more it made me uneasy. It’s a scam. I don’t know how these people live with themselves!
I got a text from my cousin asking me if I was familiar with this foundation. stating that she had just received $60,000.00. She gave me the information and I wrote in requesting information. They sent me a basic application with name, address, monthly income and name of bank. I was immediately approved then the stated I can get up to a million dollars. I told them I want $40,000.00 but I would have to pay $400.00. I asked them to take it out of the grant money they told me they couldn’t do that. At this point I stop texting. This is the phone number 682-324-6280. They went under my cousin messenger page Charlene Bougere.
similar from old boss Instagram message 775 403 2760 the text number
They got people onthis video they showing me rhat they got there money and they paid a fee but i gave my account number they said they couldnt use that it had to be through money gram or via. Western union or cash app those are they payment options
I had someone stating they were someone that I’ve known for a few years. The person kept texting about this. I had a feeling this was a scam and sure enough it was NOT my friend texting. This scammer claiming to be my friend gave me a phone number and said text them now. “You’ll get your money within the week, delivered to my doorstep.
I’m reporting this to our local police and letting my friend know that this scammer is using her idenity.
Scammer’s phone 19014400264
Scammer’s website Facebook
Country United States
Type of a scam Government Grant
Initial means of contact Text message
False information scam for information and such for grant an loans for people who need financial help
I received a message on FB from a friend , who shared happy news that he go the money delivered to him from Gradient Grand foundation and all I need to do is to text the same agent and apply . I started the process by phone , got “ approved” and then begun asking me for money to send me money . I came across scam alerts and blocked the phone ( 414) 934 6537 and my friend on FB . Thanks for the heads up ! Be safe
This scammer used someone I have knew for a long time . She clam that this person did send her money .So I thought I would try . But this person just keeps asking for more and more money. I have already sent her 750.00 dollars .And now she is asking for 550.00 more dollars .And this all took place on messenger.The name she is going by is Melinda Bolstad .And the person I knew for a long time is Belinda Howell .I think they are in this together. This Melinda said if I sent her 300.00 dollars I could get 30.000.00 dollars ,But now I keep getting asked for more money . She even sent me a picture of a fake certificate to show I was getting it .And now she want stop . I am not sending any more money .She had me to get gift cards from ebay and Itunes for her .Ishould have known better
I was scam about this program,I didnt put in any bank info,but just wanted everybody to know about this setup.They use me niece Instagram account,ca the number and it was a text one number 757 542 9648.
I got a message on Instagram to add my cousin. So of course i did. not long after i got a message saying long time etc. and then was told about this program where you pay 3000.00 for 90,000.00 I knew something was a miss. So he gave me a phone number to call as I thought i was talking to my cousin, so i texted the guy and he sent me a ” application” the email address i got was Attorney William Henry .
So when i asked all kinds of questions to make sure it was not my cousin i then sent a message to my cousin via messenger and asked if he had an Instagram account he said he was aware of this situation and told Instagram.
So needless to say these people are horrible and saying they are government worker.
Someone claiming to be Steven Jason lake with federal government grand department cloned my friends Facebook saying they were from gradient gives back and tried to get my info over the phone I knew it was a scam their number was 502547048 I hope this get to enough people that it educates people not to believe any of these scammers
Victim Location 90066
Type of a scam Charity
Raymon Carlos 417 374 0779
contacts people on FB and claims to be with gradient give back foundation
Gradient Grant foundation
2:42 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
WRITE BACK THE ANSWER Full name…………………… Full Home Address………. Male/Female……………… Your Age………….. Married/Single……….. E-mail……………………… Hearing or Deaf……………… What do you do for living…………….. Do you Own a house or Rent Appt……………. Monthly income………….. Cash or Check……….. You are to type out the information and send it as a message to me one after the other…
Gradient Grantfoundation
3:49 PM (44 minutes ago)
to me
Do you have a government issued I.d card?? ( Driver’s license, Passport or State identity card)
Victim Location 66215
Type of a scam Government Grant
I received a FB message from a family friend. She said she had received a $50,000 grant from the federal government and world bank. I was weary, but I trust her. She verified that it was for real and gave me the agent’s phone number to see if I qualify for a getting one as well. I did text him, but I was still weary, so I started asking her more questions about the grant and the agent. When he told me to fill out a questionnaire via text and didn’t send me to a .gov website I fully questioned it. Both parties really started trying to convince me that they were legitimate. Once I quoted a few pages from this ScamPulse.com website. They immediately stopped. I reported the FB account as someone pretending to be a friend and that was taken care of in short order… Thank you for being here to reference! I wanted to share my story, so maybe I can spare someone else a headache. I was lucky I caught on that it was a fraud.
Victim Location 14213
Type of a scam Government Grant
They promised $100,000 to help with mortgage payments or other kinds of help.
Victim Location 95608
Total money lost $2,500
Type of a scam Charity
Sept. 13, scammer text message to me using and claiming to be friend of ours. Informed me that we qualify to receive $250000 if I pay $2500 for IRS procedure process. Scammer says they represent Gradient Gives Back Foundation. My husband was out of town and I was not feeling well at that time. After communiication through text messaging the scammer whose name given to me was "Drea Williams" [email protected] I said ok believing to be true. Then went to post office to mail $2500 in cash and securely placed in envelope and mailed to a person named Chidinma Akinyele of 4517 Glen Arm Drive Apt 275 Indianapolis, IN 46254. I was transferred to speak with this person and he explained to me I would be getting a letter via FED EX with a copy of IRS letter explaining the discussion. The money sent to this person said no need for signature mail. My husband came home and told me I was scammed. This foreign name person has tried to contact me several times and I have refused to answer back and have deleted the number and added block call to my cell phone. We know we are out of $2500. My husband called the Minnesota home office of Gradient Gives Back Foundation 4105 Lexington Ave N Suite 100 Arden Hills, MN 55126 Phone 8553710328. The representative said it was a scam and cannot help. We should contact FBI. We did receive an "IRS letter" via text messaging. After printing it, it shows several misspellings so it is scammed. The text messaging from the nigerian?/foreign person has Reference number, Batch number, Winning number and Serial number. We will provide when request.
Fri Sept 20 we went to file a complaint to the Sacramento sub-station sheriff office for intake. A letter from them will be forthcoming to us soon upon their review of the complaint.
Victim Location 95814
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
My friend’s Facebook was cloned and they contacted me through messanger. After exchanging a couple "how are you" messages, the hacker asked if I have heard of GradientGivesBack and stated they had made received a loan and I should sign up too.
Victim Location 28806
Type of a scam Other
The scammer duplicated a friend’s profile on Facebook and sent me a message on facebook asking me if I had heard about Gradient Gives Back Foundation. I replied no and they continued to tell me that the foundation gave grants to old, retired, semi-retired, and workers. They asked if I wanted the number to text to apply for the grant. I replied yes. I text the number the next day and they needed a little more information, which I gave them. Information like full name, mother’s name, fathers name, email, facebook email, next of kin, address, and telephone number. They didn’t ask for social security number or bank account information. They informed me that I qualified for the grant and congratulated me on my "winnings." They told me I was eligible for ($90,000) but in order to receive the money I had to pay the filing and taxes fee of $750. They pushed me to send the money as soon as possible but I couldn’t send it until later. They informed me that I could purchase 7 $100 itunes gift cards and 1 $50 gift card and to have them activate them immediately once I purchased them. After having people look at the information, I realized I was being scammed. There hasn’t been any interaction between the scammer and I since I realized it was a scam. The friend’s name on facebook was Dora Dawkins. The number the scammer used was (408) 660-3206