Victim Location 15074
Total money lost $380
Type of a scam Government Grant
It looked like my friend was offering me some advice about a government grant program USAID. They gave me the number for an agent to talk to about the grant. Offered to help me through the whole process as if they were my friend. I texted the agent and ended up sending $380 through western union to a Tonya Tuttel in Dallas, Texas. Once they received my money, I got messages through text from the “agent (Jon Gaston S.)” staying that they would then send the grant of $45,000 through fed ex and have it to me in the next 40 hours. Then you don’t get anything through fed ex and Jon sends a message stating the IRS has stopped the fed ex man with your grant check and you have to send $975 to release the check from the IRS so fed ex can get it back and get it to you. I asked the hacked Facebook messenger for my money back and Jon the agent through text and both have blocked me.