wanted me to go to walmart and get my 9,000 dollars told me dont tell no one my confirmation # knew my name address and phone number i knew that he was a scam beware people
The first # called from anonymous and said the US government had randomly selected me to receive 9,000 . they gave me another # to call to give a confirmation # so i called and they said the Federal Reserve bank of New York had a hold on the $ untill i could pay 250.00 at the money gram and i will have to wait 45 min to recieve the $ , of course the entire time i knew it was a scam, so I told them what the other guy told them that my attorney will contact them to get the details and the guy proceeded to tell me that he will lose his job and he doesnt want any trouble and I said if hes not doing anything wrong then why would there be any trouble and he then began to studder and i hung up......
Explanied that I won a 9000 dollar grant and that I would have to contact them the next day because it was already too late when I called the second number back
To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams
http://www.usa.gov/
Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams