I received a call from this number saying is the federal grand department. They wanted me to purchase 250 iTunes gift cards and give them the number In order to get 9000 from government from being a good citizen. Then they put me to call a bank from New York that asked me to do the same for 450$ saying thats a Florida fee when you get more than 5000 from other state. Is this fraud? Please help
Yep you have been taken. Did you apply for a grant? Did you fill out a ton of paperwork and submit it to the government? If the answer is no, then you won't get a grant.
Grant scams:
The government does not call people up and offer them free money because you paid your taxes on time, have never been arrested, have paid all your bills, or whatever excuse they can make up. In order to get a grant you need a valid reason (not one of the above and not just because you need money), you have to fill out tons and tons of paperwork, wait a long time, and might not even get the grant in the end. If you are lucky enough to get the grant after all that paperwork, they do not ask you to pay taxes, transfer fees, or any other types of fees. Also, please note that the government would never ask you to pay these so called taxes or fees to some anonymous person using Western Union, Moneygram, or any of the cards such as iTunes cards which is a new favorite among foreign scammers.
someone called me and asked
me to call 443-4405508 to claim a $9000 grant from the government . i know this is a scam coz i didn't apply for
anything. No government is generous enough to just give $9000 without even applying for it. i didn't bother to call this number.