Oh i forgot to mention, that he said i was picked last year for the prize and then again this year. He said 1500 people win this prize and lucky lucky me i won it twice in a row!!
I just got a call from them too, saying that we have 7000 in government grants. They gave me the call back number 202-657-6780 to talk to Ricky Johnson. Again they didn't want to send me a check because "any one can cash it", but they wanted a CC number or a bank account info. Yeah, right!!! Any one can withdraw money with that kind of information!!!
My husband recieved a call from them also they called his mother stating they were looking for him to give him good news about the grant for $7000.00. We did not even know they had called her until yesterday 11-18-10, Ricky Johnson got real angry with my husband when he told them he was calling the FBI on him. He said this does not have anything to do with the grant and why did he call them he said he was tired of them calling scamming people out of money, I told him that we were not interested he said your husband don't understand this is for him he had been pulled ramdley from a grant funding that there were 1500 people involved and if he did not give his contribution that he would stop someone else from getting there monies he ask him what the hell that got to do with him and don't call his phone anymore. I called him back yesterday and told him it was a scam and seen all the emails that people had reported on him. tried to call to day they will not answer, but we are born here and we cannot get anything then some [***] in another country have all our information and we cannot do anything about it. what wrong with that picture. But they can go to school here and get good educations and our kids barley making it in our own country, that politics.
Just got the same call, Saturday 12/04/2010, Said I have been picked for a $7000 grant from the governent that I do not have to pay back. They wanted a bank account number or credit card number to transfer the money too. I told them I wanted a check. They gave me this number to call back on Monday 202-657-6780. I tried to call that number right after hanging up and it just rang, no answer. I may call back Monday and see what they have to say. I know its a scam, but just courious. I might also get a local news station to check this out too so they can warn their viewers of this scam also. Do they really think people are that stupid?
I just got a call from these people, 12/13/10. I was suspicious but I listened to what the guy, who had a really bad accent, had to say. When it came down to giving my debit/credit information, my guard went up. I told him to mail it, he got my address. Then he had me call this # 202-657-6780, no one answered. What a crock!!!
PLEASE I REPEAT PLEASE PEOPLE DONT FALL FOR THIS [***].. I UNFORTUNATELY DID SO THEREFORE I AM OUT OF A $100.00 DOLLARS.. BUT AS FAR AS GIVING THEM THE 378.00 DOLLARS THAT THEY ASKED FOR TO WIRE THE MONEY TO MY ACCOUNT I DIDNT HAVE AT THE TIME SO THATS THE ONLY REASON WHY I DIDNT.. WHICH I AM NOW HAPPY ABOUT.. BECAUSE IF I HAD IT THEN I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SENT IT.. AFTER EXPLAINING TO THEM THAT I DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY THE GENTLEMEN BY THE NAME OF MARK JONES BEGIN TO BE VERY UNCONCERNED AT THE MOMENT AND VERY RUDE STATING THAT HE WOULD CANCEL MY ACCOUNT IF I COULDNT SEND IT BY A SPECIFIC TIME.. WHEN BEGINNING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED AT AND ADDRESSES I THEN FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS ALL A SCAM.. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY REFUSED TO LET ME SPEAK WITH ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES.. IF ANYONE HAS LET THESE PEOPLE GET OVER ON YOU PLEASE REPORT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET CAUGHT SO THEREFORE THEY WONT BE ABLE TO DO ANYONE ELSE LIKE THIS.. YOU CAN CALL THE FTC (FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION) AT 1877.382.4357 AND FILE A COMPLAINT.. THEN YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL SECRET SERVICES IN YOUR STATE AND FILE A COMPLAINT ALSO.. THE REASON FOR CALLING THEM IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL CASES THAT INVOLVES FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES..ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT INVOLVE OTHER COUNTRIES.. THIS SITUATION HERE IS REALLY [***] UP (PLEASE EXCUSE MY FRENCH) BUT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.. SO PLEASE DONT LOOK AT THIS AS A PUNISHMENT OR ANYTHING.. WELL IN SOME OF YOUR CASES IT PROBABLY IS.. BUT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT WASNT FOR ME.. I HAVENT YET FOUND OUT WHY BUT IT COULD JUST SIMPLY BE THAT WHOM EVER I DONATED THE MONEY TO REALLY NEEDED IT.. GOD WILL NOT PUT ANYTHING IN OUR PATHS THAT HE FEELS WE CANT HANDLE.. AND I SIMPLY DIDNT MIND SENDING THE MONEY TO A CHARITY OF THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN I AM.. AND GOD KNOWS THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IT EVEN IF I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOT THE GRANT MONEY.. IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN AFTER CHRISTMAS SEEING THAT I DONATED MONEY THAT I REALLY DIDNT HAVE.. BUT MY BLESSINGS WILL COME BACK AROUND TO ME TIMES TEN.. JUST FOR HAVING A HEART.. WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS HAPPEN JUST TRY TO FIND THE GOOD OUT OF IT NO MATTER HOW [***] UP IT MIGHT SEEM AT THAT TIME.. AND PRAY ABOUT IT.. GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS.. AND TO THOSE WHO ARE USING PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.. JUST PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS.. UNTIL THEN IM SORRY THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ALOT OF US.. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS BE CAREFUL AND ASK QUESTIONS NEXT TIME BEFORE JUMPING INTO A SITUATION HEAD FIRST.. BELEIVE ME I AM TAKING MY OWN ADVISE AS WELL..