So I’m sitting at work minding my own business, when my cell phone rings. It is a woman of Middle Eastern decent. She tells me that I’ve been randomly selected for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 and I will be given $9000.00 to spend however I want and that I don’t have to pay it back. Obviously a scam… But I decide to play along because I’m bored. She ask how I plan to spend the money. I tell her shoe shopping and at the track. She says I can receive it one of two ways. 1. Western Union cash in hand. 2. I can give her my account info and the money will be direct deposited into my checking or savings account. I say Western Union sounds good to me. She gives me an authorization number and a phone number to call. So since I’m still bored I decide to keep playing this game. I call the number and speak to another woman of Middle Eastern decent. She congratulates me, because you know they have only randomly selected fifteen thousand people. She too ask me how do I want to receive the funds. I tell her Western Union. She says Ok then says there is a (wait for it) $150.00 processing fee. I tell her no problem; take it out of the $9000.00. She says that is not possible. Then she says I need to give her my account info. I tell her to pay the $150 and when I get the $9000 I’ll send her $300. I say it’s a win win right... She doesn’t say anything. Obliviously she does not want to play. Then I ask why she is trying to scam people. She oh no no this is not a scam! I said bullshit it is a scam! She tells me I’ve wasted her time. I tell her again to stop scamming people. And that she better get right with God before she goes to hell for scamming people. Turned out not to be another boring day at work… Here is the number that called 202-000-1111. Here is the number that I was given 202-697-9510. BEWARE OF SCAMS!!!
So I’m sitting at work minding my own business, when my cell phone rings. It is a woman of Middle Eastern decent. She tells me that I’ve been randomly selected for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 and I will be given $9000.00 to spend however I want and that I don’t have to pay it back. Obviously a scam… But I decide to play along because I’m bored. She ask how I plan to spend the money. I tell her shoe shopping and at the track. She says I can receive it one of two ways. 1. Western Union cash in hand. 2. I can give her my account info and the money will be direct deposited into my checking or savings account. I say Western Union sounds good to me. She gives me an authorization number and a phone number to call. So since I’m still bored I decide to keep playing this game. I call the number and speak to another woman of Middle Eastern decent. She congratulates me, because you know they have only randomly selected fifteen thousand people. She too ask me how do I want to receive the funds. I tell her Western Union. She says Ok then says there is a (wait for it) $150.00 processing fee. I tell her no problem; take it out of the $9000.00. She says that is not possible. Then she says I need to give her my account info. I tell her to pay the $150 and when I get the $9000 I’ll send her $300. I say it’s a win win right... She doesn’t say anything. Obliviously she does not want to play. Then I ask why she is trying to scam people. She oh no no this is not a scam! I said bullshit it is a scam! She tells me I’ve wasted her time. I tell her again to stop scamming people. And that she better get right with God before she goes to hell for scamming people. Turned out not to be another boring day at work… Here is the number that called 202-000-1111. Here is the number that I was given 202-697-9510. BEWARE OF SCAMS!!!
Notified me that i have randomly been selected to receive a $9000 grant from the the US Government. My acceptance code was AL621. I should call this number for grant "processing". My number is blocked on my phone so they asked me to call back. They want the caller to buy a green dot card for "processing fee".
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SCAM
This number called me today a man told me I was selected by the treasury department for a $9000 a month for the rest of my life grant. Ok I am half asleep when I answered so to hear that first thing its like a oh thank God moment I only make $3.51hrly. So to not have to scrimp and save and to be able to get a place for me and my 3 kids was a dream come true. And then I did research on it thanks to my family not having any money to help me transfer the $9000 to me from Washington DC. And I decided to find out what business this number 2026979510 belonged to
Total scam. There is no grant. If you pay the upfront fee it will be by Green dot money pak and your money will be lost.
Rule:
If you reeive a cold call from anyone with an Indian accent who
1. offers you something or
2. threatens you,
You know it's a scam and you should hang up immediately!
These calls are not random, they know your financial information and some personal information. They pick on women, single mothers, the elderly and members o the immigrant community. If they think you are vulnerable--they will call you. Sometimes they will hammer you with calls. Block their calls.
A man named Ben Morgan called me today sept 17th 2014 and said you had 9,000 dollars, and I had to pay 154 dollars before I got the 9,000 and he said once I paid it I'd get back the 154 along with my 9,000. He also said I need to go to cvs and get a green dot card and I couldn't get the money is what I told him and he said he'd call tomorrow morning about it and I called the number a few times from my home phone and it was the same man who answered but i called on another phone and it was a woman they have me a tracking number and the man who would release the check to me from Washington, D.C. .