I have reported being called by a call center regarding having been approved for a government grant. I do not want to be called about anything for nothing. There is no such thing!! I tell them I am not interested, tonight the woman said oh. well. Why are these call centers allowed to operate? I told them I would report them, they told me "you can't do anything about us" Who are you going to report us to? I should not be harassed again and again from these scam companies. What is being done about them? Please tell us how to stop the calls. The do not call list is supposed to fine companies. Is anyone being fined? L.B.
This guy has called me saying I got this once in a lifetime opportunity to receive a grant...no maximum and no minimum amount as long as I use my grant money on what I fill out on the application as to why I need the money. Asks for $2.97 to "process" and give me my access code to sign onto this website to apply for the grant. Wants my credit card #, the expiration date, the 3 digit code on the back, the name on the card, and the address on the card...he says he needs that so that they don't take anymore than $2.97 from the card....sounds suspicious and doesn't sound legit. Especially when I shot him the amounts of $50,000 for personal and $150,000 for a house, he was fine and kept asking for credit card information. I said I didn't have that so he called me back twice, the last time he called I said I don't think this is legit, he says it is and asks if I still want to apply for the grant or not and I said no, not at this time and he says "alright" and hangs up. Scammer/telemarketer/fake/rude/and not legit. Wouldn't give me his company name at all either. Don't trust anyone wanting your information over the phone like that ever....who knows what could've happened if I gave them my information! Jet, Jeck, or Jex was his name. I couldn't understand him, he was foreign.
This is a version of the automatic debit scam as described by the FTC here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel06.shtm The scammers want your card to charge for shipping but buried in the fine print is authorization to charge your card every billing cycle with bullsh*t difficult-to-cancel subscriptions. Your bank may decline to refund charges even though you were unaware of it. Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.