If you sent them money via something like Western Union or some kind of gift card ... it is gone.
Please read my earlier warning in this thread.
Also, since you fell for one scam, you are now on several scammer lists, as an "easy mark". Print out the following, and refer to it whenever you get an "offer", to help you recognize some other scams.
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, MoneyGram or Western Union 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 on 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.
This company called me unavailable telling me I won 9k in a loan and I was selected out of 1700 citizens across some the U.S. then gave me a approval Id and told me to call 2533365916 as I'm talking to this guy I he tells me to make a 1 time refundable deposit in order to get my 9k grant then tells me I have to pay 250 so I hung up and used Google for their phone number and while I was searching they called me back and I was reading these reports so thanks to you all for saving me a few hundred
I was selected to receive free grant (9000. Dollars)from government. No answer on phone number given to call back , darn . i had a few other choice words for the scum running the scam. This is second time but different number .