Got a call from Mary as well. Sounded from India, very hard to understand her. When I asked which government agency was giving me $9200, was told the US grant department. That I needed to call this number and give them an access number Mary gave me. My wife signed up for taking surveys online for cash. Since that moment scamers a plenty have been calling.
A man called me from another number and said that I was receiving a grant and gave me this number to call to have my money released to me! Is this legit?
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it sounds (or looks) 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, or a grant from a gracious government <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet 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 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 "green dot", MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites.
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
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I just received a phone call to asking the person to explain to me why I have to put 300 dollars on the green dot card,and the person sounded Indian to,and what he was saying just didn't make since,wasn't convincing enough,almost like he knew what he was doing was wrong,on top of that the number that gave me thisnumber was a 6 digit number that you couldn't call back