I received a phone call from a man representing a company called Advantage America. He told me that the company was a medium between me and the government. I was offered money, a minimum of $5,000; however, the guy wanted the name of my bank and my account number to "verify" information. ...
My husband recieved a phone call from "The Dept of US Grants" on Friday Nov. 25 2005. He was convinced it was legitimate and gave out all of our info. They told him we would recieve 12,500 in our account on Monday the 28th. When I came home and he told me what had happened I immediately ...
Claim to have been selected to receive $12,500 grant with the exclusion that $500 had to be via direct deposit to my checking account which they tried to convince me they already had the number for because of my direct deposit of federal refund. When I was doubtful they asked me for a bank (I gave ...
The current date is November 21. A couple weeks ago, I recieved a phone call from some guy with a heavy accent wanting my bank account info to give me some kind of grant for thousands of dollars. I said no, and I told him off like I do every telemarketer. I didn't think twice about the call, but ...
I recieved several calls today from phone number 666-8006. No area code was displayed on my caller id. The calls came to my cell phone. When I answered, I was told that I was eligible to recieve a grant of $12,500 from the federal government because I paid my taxes on time. I was sure that it was a ...
A lady called and said her name was Cindy Jones, she had a heavy accent. She said she was calling because my name had been selected to receive a governemnt grant for $12,500. She said the grant did not have to be paid back and that along with the grant I would receive, a $500 gift card, an ...