Victim Location 15301
Type of a scam Government Agency Imposter
A friend of mine is being impersonated on Instagram.
I was "approved" for an $80k grant supposedly from an organization put together by US attorney general ******* *****.
The correspondence became pushy, information requested by me was not provided.
I checked with my friend who is aware of the scam also. Her belief is that they are out of the country scammers taking advantage of people in the current vulnerable state of the pandemic.
Victim Location 26003
Type of a scam Government Grant
Everything was done through FACEBOOK MESSANGER. I had to answer a few questions like my age,email address, martial status and occupation. They wanted access to my Facebook account and changed my email and wanted my password. I was then told to go to Walmart and get gift cards (2) for $500 dollars each. I questioned everything and wanted to know more. I didnt give them bank account information however they have a picture of my license.
Victim Location 48503
Type of a scam Government Grant
About grants,covid-19,loans, health care
Victim Location 75243
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
I was told that if I sent $500 that I would be able to pay the taxes and shipping on $5,000 so I sent a postal money order $500 to the name Sandra Trinidad is the name that I put on the money order and I sent it to Van nuys California I did this on last Friday and I was supposed to receive a delivery on today and then they text me and asked me for another $400 I need this to get out I didn’t have any money to lose I’m on a fixed income and I’m a heart patient so I would really appreciate if someone would do something about these people thank you for listening
Victim Location 71270
Type of a scam Government Grant
I was contacted by a friend on messenger that he received free grant money that didn’t have to be paid back all I had to do was text a phone number, upon texting the number gave my name, email address, age, home address I was approved only to get a text asking for a delivery fee $300 dollars and up depending on the amount of the grant here the important part the delivery fee has to be sent by money gram or western union same friend is still trying to get me to fall for this