12/17/05 Customer inquiry to Union Bank of Calif. Hello: I was approached telephonically (12/13/05 8p. Eve approx.) by American Advantage (or so similarly named) grant agency. They offered me a $5000.00 government grant (to be deposited in this account # XXXXXXXX by 12/21/05) and subscription to ...
This was a scam by telephone with no web or email access. They said they had gotten my name from tax returns and that they were affiliated with the government. I was chosen because of my low income to receive federal grants. They said they would put 500 dollars in my account the next day and then ...
People with foreign accents calling trying to get my bank account info saying they are with the usa government. And they have 12,500 dollars to put into my bank as a grant from the us government. When i asked them who they worked for they kept insisting it is the us government grants department. ...
I was contacted this morning at 8am by advantage america. I was told that i had been awarded a goverment grant. The amount was to be 12,500. I was ask if i knew what a government grant was and i told them yes. I was then told that the only thing that the would need would be the name of where i ...
Several times this week, I have been getting phone calls where someone with a mid-west American accent asks for my name, then the call is switched to an Indian-accented person (either a woman or a man) who tells me that they are offering Federal grants. Because I have dealt with them before under ...
Don't fall for this one like I did! I'm a senior in college and consider myself to be quite the consumer advocate. I received a call from this guy with an eastern accent day after thanksgiving. Telling me that I was chosen to recieve a "special" government grant for college students. He ...