I got a phone call on Oct. 18 from a 'Jonathan Jones' claiming that he was from Call Com Financial and that I had qualified for a 'free' federal grant. I figured that it was a scam right off the bat because something similar happened to me around the same time last year and $399.00 diappeared unauthorized out of my bank account. I went ahead and listened to the B.S. Anyway, just to see what he had to say.
He said that I qualified for a $5,000 federal grant that I didn't have to pay back as long as I spent it on 'personal advancement'. He said that I would have to keep all of my receipts from what I spend the money on so that the government wouldn't charge me taxes on it at the end of the year.
The worst thing about it was that he already had my name, address, the name of my bank, and my suppposed 'routing number'. I didn't have my check book with me and I wasn't able to write down the routing number he mouthed off so I'm not sure if it actually was my real routing number or not. He asked me if that routing number was correct and I told him that I didn't know. My routing number is exactly what the company already had last year that ripped me off. Luckily, my bank put the money back in my account because I caught it the very next day and told them that it was not authorized by any means.
He said, "Oh" and then quickly told me that information would be sent to me in the mail, along with my $5,000 check from the government, and that all I had to do was go to my bank and cash that check. He said that when I cashed the check, that $297.00 would automatically be deducted from my account for 'taxes' but only after I had already deposited the $5,000 check.
Nothing has been taken out of my account as of yet, but this was only yesterday. I am waiting for it to happen. I didn't give him any of my information but he already had a lot of my information and he might have had my routing number. If so, I am screwed again. I have NO IDEA how he already had that information.
I already informed my bank about the call and they made a note on my account saying that anything coming out from this company is not authorized. I hope that it doesn't happen to me again but if it does, I am ready to file a law suit. I am sick of this sh*t and I hope that other people are too. We need to band together and put a stop to this because this is RIDICULOUS!!! I have also already made a claim with the FTC. If anyone would like to pursue this further with me, you can e-mail me at [email protected]
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