Victim Location 76112
Type of a scam Government Agency Imposter
They contacted me about my info disaster for relief funds
Victim Location 77449
Type of a scam Other
Do not fall for this. They won’t release the company’s address or real telephone number. Tried to get me to pay for fees. They say you won $150,000. They want your monthly income & mom’s name. But not releasing a address or true company name is a sign of SCAM.
Victim Location 32311
Type of a scam Government Grant
I received a "message" from a legitimate friend on Facebook, but I realized right away it wasn’t really from her. She’s a top academic and would never misspell a word! Or substitute "there" for "their," etc. The message said that SBA was closing and was giving money grants to randomly selected people. They said when they came to give my friend her money, they saw my name on the list!!!
Type of a scam Government Grant
I got this message from a friend of mine who like me has parkinson,s disease.asking me if I got my grant money yet ?He sent me the link and the agent resopnded on facebook messanger . Thinking I may be eligible for a 100$ or so from a charity I made contact . After asking me my name DOB and my mom’s maiden name and a couple of other questions he came back and told me I won 150,000 $ and not to tell anyone .than he said they needed 1000 $ from me to cover legal and filing expenses. At this point the red lite came on in my brain . This is a scam ! I asked him what the 1000$ was for to cover expenses and if I could give them 1000 now in 4 hrs a couple of people would be there with my cheque. I told him I don’t have 1000$ he said how much do you have? at this point I told him forget about it and he can keep his money !! and blocked him . he has since tried to call me on messenger 4 times which I ignored . I should have caught on sooner when I saw SBA the small business administration this is an American Government department. What would they be doing giving 150000 $ grants out on a Sunday in Canada
Victim Location 28206
Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency
I was contacted through social media by who I thought was a family member. Everything was quite vague. When I try to video chat and talk to family member the video chat and the were both full of static and not clear. Also they kept wanting to do everything by text message & nothing to show me any website information. When I asked for them to send me a recent telephone number because it has been a long time since I’ve spoken to them on the phone they first said I knew the number why was I playing and then they said okay but no response has been given since.
Victim Location 78132
Type of a scam Debt Collections
We received a call from Jason Cross asking for my boss by name. He stated he was with the SBA and gave me his number and demanded that my boss call him back. When he did, my boss was told to [censored] off and hung up on. A quick google search of the showed the business to be listed as AGS Debt Collection Agency and Jason Cross as the director.
Victim Location 34465
Type of a scam Government Grant
Scammer used name – William Scott
First Contact was through friends Messenger Account
This appears to come from friends Messenger Account to me.
States the SBA is offering Free Grant Money for Seniors to lift communities
from poverty
They ask for info:
Name
Address
Gender
Age
Carrier of Phone
Occupation
Monthly Income
Text Number
Then they say after a few minutes,
I qualify for Free Winnings!
Ask if I Want Cash or Check?
I responded Shame on them
They ask why I don’t want winnings am I afraid this is a scam.
Victim Location 48212
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I thought a friend contacted me regarding how she got a loan and paid off her bills. She gave me this number to contact and text all my information. I got supious when they told me to wire money to Africa and to keep it confidential.
Victim Location 39702
Type of a scam Government Grant
HAS A PERSON FROM FACEBOOK MESSAGE YOU N SAYS THEY RECEIVED AN SBA GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 250,000.00 N THEY ALSO SAW YOUR NAME ON THE LIST N GIVE U THE #432-294-8879 TO CALL. WHEN U CALL THERE IS NO ANSWER N A GUY REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS AGENT JOHN RICHIE WILL TEXT N ASK FOR YOUR REAL NAME SO HE CAN CHECK DATABASE WHILE U HOLD. LABLE FOR YOU TO CLAIM. KINDLY LET US KNOW WHEN U R READY TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING MONEY. AWAIT YOUR QUICK RESPONSE. CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR NAME WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNER TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM AND YOUR WINNING MONEY IS HIGHLY AVAILABLE. SEND TO TYPE WRITTEN FORMS ASKING YOU TO FILL OUT AND SEND BACK BEFORE INFORMING YOU THAT THE INFO. IS PROCESSED IN THE DATABASE N YOUR HOME ADDRESS IS FORWARDED TO UPS TO DELIVER N SEND U SBA GRANT DETAILS WIT A CLAIM NO., BATCH NO., REFERENCE # N TICKET NO. THEN TELL U AFTER THE INFORMATION IS PROCESSED YOU NEED TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN U HAVE THE $850 SO THEY CAN TELL U THE PROCEDURE TO SEND THE MONEY BY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MONEY WITHIN 12 HOURS BY UPS AFTER RECEIPT OF YOUR MONEY THAT IS DELIVERED CASH OR BY CHECK. JUST CALLED AND SAID THE 850.00 IS FOR TAXES N INSURANCE TO HAVE U.P.S. DELIVER PACKAGE TO YOUR DOOR. SENT ME A PICTURE OF U.P.S. MEN WALKING AND WAITING TO DELIVER PACKAGE