Sorry you were scammed.
Unfortunately, since you fell for the scam, you are now on a "sucker list" being distributed to other scammers.
Print out the following, and refer to it frequently, to avoid further 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, 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!
More information regarding those facts (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
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Scam involving a Grant. They report being from US bank of New York. They are connected to another number who reports to be with the IRS, (in a follow up call) registering your grant. Beware!!!!!! Second number is 786-383-0416
An unknown number called me and said I was chosen for a free gov grant in the amount of $8700. To register my claim call Adrian Hayes at 727-213-5733. As he went through his pitch he could tell I was not feeling this. Then Mr Hayes says the bank will call me in ten mins so remain by the phone, which I did. I am then called by a Cathy Green who claims to be a bank manager in New York. Her number 607-258-3953. She asures me everything is going fine. Then she slips in, to receive my funds I must pay $600 to some company called PPI for insurance to move the money from NY to my state. Informing me that the $600 will be added to my grant money so I have nothing to lose. Now my grant will be $9300 instead of the $8700 I was promised originally. I didn't pay the $600, instead I googled her bank number an here it is.... the scam. Long story short, you should never have to pay for any "free" money that is granted to you. I truely hope with this info they can be caught.