Victim Location 39532
Type of a scam Government Grant
I wa targeted yesterday & today 4/17&18, 2020 for FFG grant through Facebook messenger. The hacker used one of my Facebook friends to communicate with me. I believed it to. They gave me a phone number & name to text. I texted and the agent Linda explained that I’d have to fill out the application & asked for my name, date of birth, address, city I was born in, email ddress, if I was single/married, if I had a car, & picture of government photo ID or birth certificate. I gave all the info except photo I’D & description of my car. Linda texted back that I’d been approved fir amounts of $150K-400K. All I had to do was send money in the amount of $1500-4000 based on the grant amount I wanted & Fed Ex would deliver to my door. I immediately realized it was a scam when they asked me to send money. I texted back & informed Linda that this was a scam, a government grant doesn’t involve me sending anything & that I was on the phone with my attorney about this scam. I also informed the person on Facebook messenger that I was in the phone with my attorney about this scam & that my attorney would be notifying my friend by certified letter that her acct had been scammed. The hacker informed me that nothing could be done to the agent Linda. I blocked the messenger on Facebook & the agent Linda said my attorney could benefit from it instead of me bein so distespectful. Linda hasn’t replied back. I just hate that I gave my info. I really thought it was my Facebook friend.