Received a call from this number Feb 13, 2017 at 3:02pm CST. Caller stated I was the beneficiary of a $9000 government grant that I would not need to pay back. The caller gave me a code and this number to call to speak to a rep. who would release the funds to me and I could pick up at the nearest Walmart, CVS, Walgreens or Moneygram location
• "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
• You have not won a contest that you never entered.
• 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, GreenDot, MoneyGram, Western Union, iTunes or use ANY gift/money/reload PIN-type card to send money to a scammer, the money is gone. In fact, as of June, 2016, it is ILLEGAL for telemarketers to ask for payment via these methods.
• 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!
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They called my 17 year old daughter who is trying to get scholarships for college and told her she got a $9000 grant from the government that she will not have to pay back and that she could spend any way she wanted to (I am guessing they got her name and phone number somehow through scholarship applications). She would have to "register" with $200 to go get the money gram from Wal-Mart. First of all I am pretty sure that you don't have to pay money to register for a money gram. Usually the sender pays a fee and it may be $12- $15 (not $200). I have sent money through money gram lots of times, and had to pay the fee upfront. Secondly I am pretty sure it is "illegal" to give free money to a minor. Third- my dad worked for the government and if you were to get money from them - they would not call you and send it to Wal-mart and it would not cost you anything. Grants and scholarships are "free" money and you should never send money to get either. This is a SCAM caller and they just want your banking information so they can steal from you and they are preying on students. They called from 347-332-2893 and his name was David.