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Government Grant

Scam Type

Government Grant Scam

Business Name Used

Government Grants

Date Reported

Sep 23, 2022

Victim Postal Code

67005

Total Dollars Lost

0

Scam Description

I was contacted telling me that I have been picked to receive a government grant of $9,000 dollars that didn’t have to be paid back. I was one out of 1,500 a year that they give out every year. I was picked because I haven’t filed no bankruptcy, I didn’t have no criminal record and things like that. I was to use this grant for only good things like paying off bills, getting my car fixed, moving and things like that. I wasn’t to use this grant money for anything illegal. Then he wanted me to stay on the phone while I was to go and get an ebay card and that was to cover all the legal fees for the state to state money transfer and that that grant was coming from the national treasure and the qhole ordeal would take boit 19 mins to complete. The guy name said to be was Leo Foster. He gave me a activation number for this $9,000 grant that he wanted to transfer into my bank account. Well when he said to get a ebay card, I told him that I wasn’t falling for that scam and I hung up on him. I’m not sure just how them grants work and all, but surely you don’t have to pay money up front to get them do ya? So I just wanted to give a heads up about this one.

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