YES IT WAS A SCAM.. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR B***S***.Ashley Johnson may call u from a 732-847-2955 All "Ashely Johnson" will ask for is ur last 4 to verify who u are and for ur account and routing number to traqnsfer the "grant" to ur account. Thne at the end of the call she will say "my supervisor will call u to do the transfer. Thats when "Celia Miller" comes in she calls you up from 847-305-2055 saying that they will have to split the $50,000 up due to ur "credit" by sending $8,000 thru western union and the rest to ur account....then when u go to "pick it up from western union" they say that they are actually sending $8,330 becuz they need u to FIRST send $330 to india for a "relief fund" to show that it is indeed tax free money or sumn like that but that it is refundable hence y they are sending $8,330....now i called several times asking different questons from different angles to make sure they were not a scam they say everyhitng they need to to make u beleive it is not.....i even went as far and had my fiancee get on the phone and tlak to them...then i said i had my banker on the line wanting to also ask questions to make sure it was not a scam. then next thing u know "HER BANKER Roy Caster" from "bank of america" 1800-432-1000 calls you to verify what celia and ashley had said making it alllll seem legit....so even after we knew it was a scam we sent the $330 JUST TO SEE....Celia remained on the line thru the entire process of sending the money getting the reference number to claim the money etc. She then said her banker would be calling me immediately to do the transfer.. WHICH HE DID he called me immediately he stated that he had other people in front of me he was doing the transfer hed call me in 25-45 mins WHICH HE DID....then he said it wouldnt be til 8am that he could do the transfer....8am next morning NOTHING.....i called celia she had me blocked where it sent me straight to voicemail, i thne called the 800 number back for bank of america got the run around but finally got thru to someone to look in the system to find that THERE IS NO ROY CASTER employed with B.O.A and that they are aware that someone is impersonating their company and doing scams. Basically he used technology to make the B.O.A number come up on caller id to hide his number....so then i called Ashley Johnson back since she was the original caller ensuring me that it was not a scam i told her i deserved an explanation since she was so gun ho that it was legit and that i knew her numbers and business adresses that she gave me were not legit she said OK?...then said shed have her supervisor call me and hung up i called back STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL she had blocked my number...SO ive had to file a police report call my banker have him redeirect my accounts to a new account and redirect my direct deposit and also have to call all 3 credit bureaus to put an Alert on my credit so if any actions pop up i am notified....PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!! i am in no postion to have wasted $330 and i know there are many otehr vulnerable people out there that WILL fall for it...i just hope they google the numbers and find this before they do anyhting stupid....the address they gave me if u wanna google map it it comes up as a construction site in illinois....33 s arlington heights rd Arlington Heights illinois 60005
YES IT WAS A SCAM.. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR B***S***.Ashley Johnson may call u from a 732-847-2955 All "Ashely Johnson" will ask for is ur last 4 to verify who u are and for ur account and routing number to traqnsfer the "grant" to ur account. Thne at the end of the call she will say "my supervisor will call u to do the transfer. Thats when "Celia Miller" comes in she calls you up from 847-305-2055 saying that they will have to split the $50,000 up due to ur "credit" by sending $8,000 thru western union and the rest to ur account....then when u go to "pick it up from western union" they say that they are actually sending $8,330 becuz they need u to FIRST send $330 to india for a "relief fund" to show that it is indeed tax free money or sumn like that but that it is refundable hence y they are sending $8,330....now i called several times asking different questons from different angles to make sure they were not a scam they say everyhitng they need to to make u beleive it is not.....i even went as far and had my fiancee get on the phone and tlak to them...then i said i had my banker on the line wanting to also ask questions to make sure it was not a scam. then next thing u know "HER BANKER Roy Caster" from "bank of america" 1800-432-1000 calls you to verify what celia and ashley had said making it alllll seem legit....so even after we knew it was a scam we sent the $330 JUST TO SEE....Celia remained on the line thru the entire process of sending the money getting the reference number to claim the money etc. She then said her banker would be calling me immediately to do the transfer.. WHICH HE DID he called me immediately he stated that he had other people in front of me he was doing the transfer hed call me in 25-45 mins WHICH HE DID....then he said it wouldnt be til 8am that he could do the transfer....8am next morning NOTHING.....i called celia she had me blocked where it sent me straight to voicemail, i thne called the 800 number back for bank of america got the run around but finally got thru to someone to look in the system to find that THERE IS NO ROY CASTER employed with B.O.A and that they are aware that someone is impersonating their company and doing scams. Basically he used technology to make the B.O.A number come up on caller id to hide his number....so then i called Ashley Johnson back since she was the original caller ensuring me that it was not a scam i told her i deserved an explanation since she was so gun ho that it was legit and that i knew her numbers and business adresses that she gave me were not legit she said OK?...then said shed have her supervisor call me and hung up i called back STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL she had blocked my number...SO ive had to file a police report call my banker have him redeirect my accounts to a new account and redirect my direct deposit and also have to call all 3 credit bureaus to put an Alert on my credit so if any actions pop up i am notified....PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!! i am in no postion to have wasted $330 and i know there are many otehr vulnerable people out there that WILL fall for it...i just hope they google the numbers and find this before they do anyhting stupid....the address they gave me if u wanna google map it it comes up as a construction site in illinois....33 s arlington heights rd Arlington Heights illinois 60005