Just hung up the phone with a person whao claimed that I had been approved for 7k in grant money. Gave me three options to choose how to receive my grant money when I selected cash, I was then told I would have to make a westren union deposit of $330, in order to secure the money.
This is a true scam i knew it was to good to be true when they asked for $330 said you dont have to pay for grants people like this need to be stopped this is a true scam
Total scam, the Indian accent lady told me I was granted 7,000 n all I had to do is call Johnny snowball, I couldn't really understand her accent and started giving me attitude, I asked to talk to someone who knows English or her supervisor and all she said was to call Johnny so I did, n he said I had to send the
$325 to western union for me to get the $7,000 I told him I wanted evidence of this and asked for a website and another # to call n if I could speak with someone who can speak English n the Indian accent man gave me attitude and yelled at me n I laughed n hanged up!! Oh!! But he said to look up claims.gov n I did n it doesn't exist !
I have received numerous calls from various numbers, some showed up as just "5" and some other strange ones. Each time they claimed they were from the U.S. treasury or the grants department. They claimed that I have received $8,000 the first couple calls, then it changed to $7,000. They said I could only receive it via bank account or credit card....No check. Then I got a call that gave me a confirmation number and another number to call (202) 621-0554, and to ask for johnny snow(supposed manager). I was told I had to deposit $330something as a security deposit at a Western Union bank in order to receive my grant. He said he was the only person who could help me, there was no website and no one knew who the U.S. Treasurer was or the vice president or the republican party or anything political. Assuming they worked for the government they would know something. No one spoke good English either. He also got very angry when I kept asking questions and he couldn't answer them.
Same thing has happen to me last night. September, 19, 2012 around 7 pm central time. They told me the same thing. But, told me to call # 202-621-0554 and speak to Tony Snow. (The boss) this is a scam.
haha, I totally knew it was a scam from the get-go. Gave them a bunch of details that were FALSE. lol, thought it would be funny when they realized they were the ones who will end up disappointed and lied too.