we just rec'ed the same phone call. told them to send us info on it befor i gave out any info. if you go on http://www.usagovernmentgrants.org. the only thing is that they say that you have to pay a one time fee of $120.00. have to look into in more before anything. been scamed before. hope this will help you.
we just rec'ed the same phone call. told them to send us info on it befor i gave out any info. if you go on http://www.usagovernmentgrants.org. the only thing is that they say that you have to pay a one time fee of $120.00. have to look into in more before anything. been scamed before. hope this will help you.
ONLY LEGIT GRANT WEBSITE IS www.grants.gov. - notice the ,GOV - means that it is a government website
Although government grant scams have been around almost as long as the government itself, the majority of the sites being advertised today didn't exist before the November 2008 election.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WEBSITE
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 ar
a 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.
They called and gave me an ID# and told me to call the number 202-684-6540 BUT they CALLED from 231-542-6784...when i called that number back i get a recording of "the number or code you have dialed is incorrect"
Exactly what Latrenia and Paul were saying...some federal grant or something. They called saying i was qualified for a fedral grant of $10,000 and that theres a one time processing fee of 100 and 20 for western union to send it, so a total of one twenty. You guys may not like it but i played along it was only $100, just to please my curiosity. So i sent the one hundred to a guy named Tejveer singh in Goa, India,,,fishy right? But all the guys are indian (not a feather, but a dot) everyone i talked to the first guy who called, the second guy who posed as a representative for the federal bank and the last guy who confirmed my transaction. If i recall correctly they said after i sent the one hundred dollars the grant was suppose to come in, we all kno it didnt happen instead they asked for more and gave some lame reason... security i think to wire transfer the money 500 this time. yeah [removed:lang] right! 500 i asked why couldnt they take it iut of the grant they exclaimed it couldnt be done that way so i pry and pry for information. Who do you work for? Let me speak to a supervisor, who do i send the 500 to? I made the guy on the other end sweat. He thought he found a sucker, i lured him in then [removed:lang] him up. Its probably some terrorist organization or something, someone should look in to this