They called my 82 year old mother's cell phone and told her that her grandson was in trouble, she only has one grandson and he was standing beside her, including my brother and I. When mom started cursing and telling whoever was on the phone just what she was going to do to them if they ever called her again or said anything about her grandson stunned us all. When she promptly hung up the phone we were all staring at her in dismay. Then she told us what they said, then we couldn't help but laugh. But i was glad of her quick thinking cause i remind her a lot about the scams out there.
Caller wanted bank information to give me a "seed grant" of $9,000. I kept him talking for a while for my own amusement. When I asked whether he really thought I was stupid enough to give personal information over the phone and told him the "federal government" was perfectly capable of cutting a check, he hung up. A definite scam.
They just called my bf to tell him he was one of 15000 people picked for a free $9000 grant and they could send him a card or put it in his bank acct. He told me to look it up but I know this is a scam.. No such thing as free money!!
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it sounds (or looks) too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, or a grant from a gracious government <<<<<<<<<<
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize!
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you "green dot", MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites.
• The 876 area code is NOT your lucky number, and does cost money to call it!
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.