I was contacted at my residence about a grant I had filled out and application for, I wanted to do some physycology courses, and hopefully help my husband to be able to see a doctor with some of the funds. I got this call from a woman who sounded like she was from India, she said I had been chosen to receive a grant for seven thousand and five hundred dollars, I was thrilled and then she told me as a good faith act I needed to insure the grant was going to the correct person and I must send a western union fee of 252.00 in order to receive my grant money within ten minutes, she said I must call her when I got to western unioun, and she would walk me through the process. So I borrowed 252.00 dollars to send thinking I would have the money in a few minutes to pay back, the woman who called herself Sharon said I must send the western union money transfer to a Pector Soe in India because our government was using the country of India as grant lenders because it would come with a cheaper rate. I was gullible and did as she instructed,
She asked me for the mtcn which was 3415273126 and I gave it to her then i asked how soon the wire would be and she put me on hold, it was a few minutes before she came back on and when she did she said the server was down and couldn't complete the transaction to wait and hour to call them back, I called back several times and when i reached her she said server was still down, but she would call before that evening. Finally I did get a call back, by another person who called himself Mark Smith telling me the money transfer had been received but I needed to send and additional 650.00 in order for them to process my grant, I told him I did not have that kind of money and could he please just wire my 252.00 back thats when he said no and began to tell me that unless i sent him the 650.00 I would not be receiving anything. I told him i wanted his managers name and he said Steve Johnson. Please put this out there so people know it is a scam and like me it can cause financial hardship.
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