• 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 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!
More information on those scams (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.
Well they told me that i got qualified because of my good criminal records and all of that. And they ask ne how i wanted the money. Through the bank or moneygram and to go to a moneygram store and pay $250 for activation and that they would seen it back with the money of 9700.
Since yesterday i been getting a call from this lady name melissa stewarc stating i was selected to receive a federal grant from the federal government for $9700 i just need to put 200 dollars to activate the accounts. Then they asked today for 600 dollars more and that i would get it all back totalling $10500. But the number is a Washington St
Did you apply for a Federal grant? Did you fill out the reams and reams of paperwork to justify getting a grant? If the answer is no, then you were not awarded a grant.
They do not give you money because you paid your taxes on time, go to church every Sunday, have never been arrested, etc. If you paid that 200 by Western Union or a money card it is gone, gone, gone, and you will never see it or the nonexistent grant again.
http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/news-events/bbb-wa ... ank-grant-deal/
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html
https://www.sba.gov/blogs/government-grant-scams
Yep same thing here. Gary Johnson called lol and he had an accent from a hispanic origin. Told him no thank you keep the money and give to someone else. This is a scam do not call the number back report it to the FCC.