I recieved a call from this place about a goverment grant for 7500.00 and called the number that the lady gave me and it was busy the whole time.... the woman I spoke to said her name was Michelle Parker..
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http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.shtm
‘Free Government Grants’: Don’t Take Them For Grant-ed
“Because you pay your income taxes on time, you have been awarded a free $12,500 government grant! To get your grant, simply give us your checking account information, and we will direct-deposit the grant into your bank account!”
Sometimes, it’s an ad that claims you will qualify to receive a “free grant” to pay for education costs, home repairs, home business expenses, or unpaid bills. Other times, it’s a phone call supposedly from a “government” agency or some other organization with an official sounding name. In either case, the claim is the same: your application for a grant is guaranteed to be accepted, and you’ll never have to pay the money back.
Don’t give out your bank account information to anyone you don’t know.
Scammers pressure people to divulge their bank account information so that they can steal the money in the account. Always keep your bank account information confidential. Don’t share it unless you are familiar with the company and know why the information is necessary.
Don’t pay any money for a “free” government grant.
If you have to pay money to claim a “free” government grant, it isn’t really free. A real government agency won’t ask you to pay a processing fee for a grant that you have already been awarded — or to pay for a list of grant-making institutions. The names of agencies and foundations that award grants are available for free at any public library or on the Internet. The only official access point for all federal grant-making agencies is www.grants.gov.
Look-alikes aren’t the real thing.
Just because the caller says he’s from the “Federal Grants Administration” doesn’t mean that he is. There is no such government agency. Take a moment to check the blue pages in your telephone directory to bear out your hunch — or not.
Phone numbers can deceive.
Some con artists use Internet technology to disguise their area code in caller ID systems. Although it may look like they’re calling from Washington, DC, they could be calling from anywhere in the world.
thay told me the same thing,,,, go to western union send them $279 and thin ill receive $7,779... so i did send the money... i meen $279 for $7,779 sounds real good.. and thin when thay got the money thay said now send $500 more becuse the money is been held thats when i got suspicious... and called the goverment my self and asked them was ther aney thing going on like that and thay said no.. thats a scam... dont send no more money to them.... so now i know if it sounds to good to be true thin it usaly is.... thay wont get me no more....
I also recieved this call @ 1:30pm today. I was told I had been selected to recieve a $7500.00 gov. grant. But, in order to release the money, I was to call this number within an hour to have the money sent. The man askedif I wanted cash or have direct deposit, I told him cash. He gave me a so called federal ID# as well as this phone #, I then called, twice, low and behold.....no answer. Imagine that. Anyone that wabt's you to pay monet to get money is surely a scam...DON'T DO IT!!!!
I just got the same phone call about a grant for $7500 due to the area I live in and that I have not had any bankrupcty and paid my taxes .His name was Robin Dawson. He also asked me how I wanted the money and of course I said Cash, because why would I give out my account number to something that sounds so shady!! Don't fall for this scam!!
I also got this call about a $7500 grant. I said I would like it in the form of cash,given a number to call and account number to use.I didn't call the number.