Victim Location 91342
Type of a scam Government Grant
I received call stating I was chosen through a demographic study to receive *k in federal grant money to use however I wanted. I supposedly qualified by paying taxes on time, having no bankruptcy, criminal charges or delinquent bills for the last 3 months. I was told to call the grant administrator back at 202-681-1225 and give them conf# GG2033 to arrange to receive my grant money today. I didn’t call back knowing it was some sort of scam. I also asked them to email me the info or paperwork and was told due to technical difficulties they couldn’t email at this time.
Victim Location 37043
Type of a scam Government Grant
Rec’d message via messenger from cousin asking how I was doing. Then was told about a grant to help with extra expenses, etc. Cousin had done so and was qualified and rec’d the money. I clicked on facebook site and was given a pleasant greeting by this person (James Clifford) and then told to fill out form and then wait to see if I qualified. When asked to do it later, was told that needed to do it now or I would not be qualified. After giving name, address, DOB, email, phone #, gender, etc. was then told that I qualified and I would then receive $50,000.00 by courier. I would then however need to pay the courier a fee of over $300.00 in order to receive this money. I questioned that this sounded like a scam, but was rapidly told no, that this was legitimate. I then told this person, that I was not able to take this offer at this time and then closed the message. I then notified cousin of this and then blocked the person from my friend list and also reported to facebook that this happened. I have since changed my email password and have notified other friends about the possibility of them getting a similar message. I am not out any money as of now and hope this stopped this.