On 1/19/06, I received a call from an "Indian" sounding man who said his name is John Fisher. He proceeded to tell me how I was going to receive a government grant due to interest that builds on taxes paid. He said that the government was obligated to give money back to it's taxpayers. He asked me what I would use the grant for - I told him education. He said, "that's great, in that case you would be eligible for $12,500.
He proceeded to give me his employee number, address, and a toll free phone number. I questioned the company's legitamacy. He attemtped many almost convincing rebuttals for all my questions. He asked me my bank's name. I told him and he proceeded to give me the bank's routing number. He told me that he needed my checking account number in order for the $12,500 to be wired into my account. I told him I wouldn't do that without my husband's consent. He proceed to ask me WHY? I was annoyed that he questioned me on that. I told him because, we are joint account owners and I won't give that information w/o my husbands consent. I asked him to call my husband and work and tell him this same story. He agreed to.
In the meantime, I called my bank to ask if they'd ever heard of this wiring of funds by the government - they said no. I warned my husband that John would be calling and why. Then I jumped on the internet and found this site - and was fully convinced by other accounts that this was a scam and thank God I hadn't made the mistake of giving out the account number. I called the 800 number given me and asked the person who answered the phone what kind of a business they were - she said "we identify individuals who are entitled to a government grant and that they had been in business for 10 years."
Long story short - he did call my "tipped off" husband who proceeded to call him on the scam, which of course, he denied. I called my bank and warned them to watch and be aware. Their plot was foiled - this time. I just hope that more people catch on to their game before they rob more people.
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