He got most of my information but not my bank info or Social number. He said that I had winnings in Government Grants. But I needed to pick out the amount I want and then send the amount next to it to receive it. For example: I would have to pay $2000.00 to receive a $100,000.00 Government Grant. The reason I almost believed it was a friend i use to work with at a military base, who was an officer, friend me on Facebook and told me about it and said he received money from these government grants. What can I do. I hope they don't use my name, date of birth, email address, monthly income to try and get into my bank account and my identity. The guys name that Texted me 8s Auke Mash telephone # 202-660-4804. He wanted me to wire the $2000.00 western union to a William J. Kelly, 1212 W. Centre St., Springfield, Illinois 62704. I have all the correspondence on my Facebook and my phone with this or these individuals. If needed.
If you left any personal information, it is now included in several scammers' databases.
Strongly consider getting ID Theft Protection, and frequently monitor your credit rating.
You have also been added to scammers' "sucker lists", and you will receive even more "opportunities" to get scammed.
Things to believe:
• "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
• If it seems 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, a car from a caller, or a grant from a gracious government
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet or hear on the phone 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 a different famous software company, 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 Vanilla Card, GreenDot, MoneyGram, Western Union or use any gift/money card to send money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Geeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites, or a statement that your computer is infected.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
• The number you see on your Caller ID may not be the number of the person who called you!
• The Do Not Call List works as intended. It is NOT a call blocker!
More information regarding those facts (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.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.