Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Phishing
Got a text on Facebook messengers March 16th,2020 from who I thought was my niece. It said that we got a grant from Usaid for 50,000.00. Just follow this website https://m.me/davidjohn5421 . Davin John came on site stating that he could get me a 50,000.00 grant .he gave me a claim # FB-225-7736 Ticket#FB-172-62 Batch#FB-0281/544 serial#99352748-2020.
Victim Location 19095
Type of a scam Government Grant
I was contacted by this scammer posing as a friend on instagram. It appeared real because they gave the name of a govt agent to text and they asked for my address, gender, age, name and why i wanted the grant. it seemed fine because i thought they were going to send a long list of paper work but they just sent a random picture saying i won then requesting money to be sent in order to receive the grant.
Victim Location 16335
Type of a scam Government Grant
Recieved message from friend to text number to receive money. When you text it they want all kinds of private Information
Victim Location 97402
Type of a scam Government Grant
They came in through my facebook account and said that they had this great deal with a phone number to call and hurry because David John was a busy man. They supplied the phone number and They said that they had this grant that we could take advantage of. if I sent them $1,000, they would send me $100,000 in grant money. $2,000 = 200,000, $3,000 = $300,000 up to 10,000 = 1,000,000 in grant money. They sent me texts on my phone which I still have but need to get to my facebook account to get them. They told me that as soon as I get the money, they would send someone over with a package from the Ups Team LOGISICA; AIM SHDPd Rep….serial : 8542189 – 92…batch number: 9056490602/444. They said not to share this with a 3rd party. They would send someone over from UPS and to show the person the numbers to make sure that it was me that they were giving it to. I have the whole conversation on my phone. They switched my facebook password so that I couldn’t get back in. They sent me 3 emails that I still have and they added the account [email protected] to my facebook. Now, I can’t do anything with my facebook account. Facebook keeps telling me that they sent a 6 digit number to my gmail account to fix my account, but I haven’t seen any new emails since I got the ones from usaidgrant54. How do I fix this? What do I do? Can you help me?
Victim Location 33147
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I received a message from a person on my messages list on Facebook telling me my name was on a list to receive money and it would cost me money to get a large sum of money it is to eradicate poverty in society
Victim Location 35750
Type of a scam Identity Theft
My sister received a message on facebook from someone claiming to someone we used to know but who passed away a few years ago. Within in the messages she asked if she had heard of USAID, and gave her contact information to get in touch with them because she got prize money from them. My sister contacted them through facebook, said they would deposit money into her banking account and then she was supposed to withdraw the funds and use MoneyGram to send the money to some administrator. There were 3 conversations involved. One from the initial contact, one from this "United States Agency for International Development", and one from the "assist agent". They asked for all of her personal information – social security number, banck account, password, security question, driver’s liscense number, etc.
All of the requested information was provided. As yet, no money has been taken from the bank account but the bigger concern in this is Identity theft.
Victim Location 27892
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Personal message from USAID stating I was randomly chosen for a prize of 30,000 and a Apple laptop. Wants 650.00 to be paid for UPS delivery.