Victim Location 63033
Type of a scam Government Grant
They contacted me under an ex coworkers name telling me about a family support grant and saying they had already received $50,000. And gave the agents name and said contact him right away. The agent seemed very upset with me for not getting on board immediately. Asked me for my fb and email passwords. I didn’t give it I just blocked both of them.
Victim Location 35020
Total money lost $12,000
Type of a scam Government Grant
Person offered me a grant for $75,000 , ok sounded good then I was asked to pay $500 in amazon gift cards I sent then they wanted me to to pay for a hotel bill I did then they wanted me to pay in money order for a processing fee I did they told me I had to pay a delivery fee and got nothing back
Victim Location 43232
Type of a scam Government Grant
I received a call from a man with an accent who offered me a $9000 grant because the previous administration set aside money for people who had not committed any crimes. My ID number JS747. I was told to go to Walmart. They said I could have the grant money wired to my bank account. They’ve called back 6 or 7 times.
Victim Location 52310
Type of a scam Government Grant
It was always same person who called. At least 10 times today and many times yesterday. Calls came from Washington DC (202)594-9098, Washington state (206)962-3616, Arizona (928)710-2428, Florida, this number:. (501)388-8342, and at least 1 other number. He sounds Asian and says he’s from the government and I have been selected to receive $9000 in grant money I don’t have to repay. In 1 call only he said it’s because I have had trouble paying my bills and the government is doing this to boost the economy. I said I suppose you want my account information. He said, "If you don’t want to give me that you can get a store card to have the money put on. It can be Walmart, Walgreens or some other store. Which store do you want to use?". I said, "Walmart.". He said, The most you can put on a Walmart card is $5000. You will need 2 cards. It will cost you $100. Can you come up with that much money?". I hung up. He kept calling back. Sometimes I hung up when I heard his voice; other times I listened for awhile. When he asked me if I could get the money I said, " I think this is a phone scam.". He said, "You think this is a phone scam.". Then I hung up.
Victim Location 52310
Type of a scam Government Grant
This is an addition to the same scam I just reported a few minutes ago. Caller didn’t attempt to get money from me because I hung up before that happened. He gave me a code grant number:. zz11042. He said it was for the verification officers. He just called me back from this number:(801)209-6825. This time he said, You can get financial aid money for education that you don’t have to pay back. I just have to ask you a few questions to see if you qualify.". It was same man. I know his voice. He asked my level of education and of it was a diploma or GED. I told him. He said, "To see if you are a minor I need to know when you were born.". I told him the year. He said, "I need the day and month.". That’s when I hung up. Before he asked me that he asked me if I had filled out paperwork to go to college. Then he said, "Yes or no? I need to know.". I said I had but now I’m not going to college.
Victim Location 98687
Type of a scam Government Grant
Caller calling Washington State.-
Caller got a call on 3/13/19 from Roger Williams they got approved for a $40,000 grant. They will receive a package in couple of days.
The caller had to go to the nears Walmart to purchase a Google Play card of $250 and give them the code so they know that they were who they said they were and they would get the $250 back.
Victim Location 75979
Total money lost $600
Type of a scam Government Grant
Cousin texting me with the phone number (386) 401-9738, telling me to call if I need extra money. Call the number an I needed $100,000.00 money, they didn’t ask me why I needed so much money. They told me OK, I need to send $1500.00 to them to get the $100,000.00, put money on an itune card, Amazon Card. I sent them $600.00 on itune cards. After I sent the money, they told me I need to sent the $900.00 more to get the money. When I figure it was a scam, I already sent the money to them, but I wasn’t going to send them anymore money.
Victim Location 96789
Type of a scam Government Grant
I got a call that I qualified for a $9000 grant. But, I never applied for any type of grant.
Victim Location 45044
Type of a scam Government Grant
I received a phone call from a gentleman (foreign accent) that said congratulations, you have won some money from the U.S. Government. I forget the amount he said that I won but it was grant and I would not have to pay it back. I said that it was true good to be true and he said, oh, don’t be so negative. I requested that he give me a phone number to call him back to make sure it wasn’t a scam. He gave me the following phone number 202-798-3307 to call him back. He gave me a pin number to give to his supervisor and I would be set. I did not call the number back because i knew it was a scam. Please warn others.
Victim Location 27375
Type of a scam Government Grant
Per Facebook: Grant is one of the largest provider for all US citizen Our staffs help make life and the world beautiful and everything possible for every dedicated mind by providing more than 1.5 billion Grants each year to more than 13 million citizens of American to improve on every aspect of their endeavor. We are proud to sponsor millions of American minds pursing their educational, career and retirement dreams without them paying back Grant. Our mission is to improve the quality of life in all our citizen by providing leadership for effective philanthropy that builds enduring assets by promoting citizen solutions through research,convening and actions that advance the common good
…you will get your Grant and it is delivered in cash or check within 2 working days at most. It was organized by Department of Education. There is more but to much to write.