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- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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I got a call on my cell phone saying I have been selected to receive a $9,000 Govt Grant. He gave me claim # & a phn # to call to register so I could get the grant. I was at Walmart & they told me to go & get two money cards, $100 each, for activation fee. I was assured that this fee is totally refundable. At that point I told them I wanted to check this out before I do anything. Each person I spoke to were foreigners & very hard to understand. Checked their website (fedaidweb.com), the site looks very professional. I was suspicious & decided to call ScamPulse.com to check further. I did not complete the money card transaction at Walmart. Caller told me not to let people know what the money was for.

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- Topeka, KS, USA
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Promises 9700 worth of grant money that u dont have to pay back do to someting about taxes. But if u make them mad they curse at you. Says his name is Frank Miller. Says you have to purchase a 200 pay card in order to receive a money order through walmart.

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- Bridgeport, CT, USA
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I was contacted by a scammer with an indian accent who said he has a Government Grant of $9000. for me. In order for me to receive it i would have to pay him $250 for the grant, and i would have to go to the nearest Walgreens and buy 2 itunes cards for $100 each which i did purchase. Then he said in order to get the loan, i would now have to go back and purchase another $500 in itunes cards. I told him i don't have $500 and i only have $100 he said okay, he would put the loan under his name in order for me to get the loan, andi have to pay him the rest when he receives the loan, now i am out of $300 because i believed him. I would not have been so quick to believe him, i only did because i was waiting for my school to contact me about a grant, so i thought he was authorized, because he called before my deadline. I felt ishould tell my story so other students would not fall for this scam, don‘t believe anything that sounds to good to be true, always investigate for yourself .

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- Delaware, OH, USA
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I received a call on my cell phone from a man with a heavy middle eastern accent (India?) saying that I would receive $7,800.00 from the Federal Grant Department if I called a phone number he provided with an approval number. 702-983-8652 Ext. 104 (Sharon) approval # TK-257 When I called, I spoke to a woman, again, with a very heavy middle eastern accent and from what I could hear in the background, it sounded as if she was in a call center with many other people on phones as well. It was, honestly, difficult to understand her because of her accent. I don't believe she spoke English very well either. After several minutes of not understand most of what she said, she finally made it clear that she wanted me to go to my local Walmart(money gram) with $250 and to call her back and she would give me instructions with what type of credit/debit/gift card to buy. I immediately started searching for info on scams like this and wound up here looking at other complaints that seemed quite a bit alike. If you're reading this, don't fall for it. I've not heard of any REAL Government Grant that you had to pay to receive. And if you represent any scam tracking or legal enforcement agency, please track these people down and stop them. Thank you.

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- Mount Morris, NY, USA
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People with foreign accents call to inform me that the U.S. Government has selected me to receive a free grant for being a good, law abiding, tax paying citezen. I tell them to remove my phone number, and I get calls from different numbers. I tell them to send me a check, and they say O.K. and hang up. They keep harassing us.

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- Lowell, MA, USA
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They had called me and told me that i was selected to recieve $7,000 in grant money that i would not have to pay taxes for . Told me i qualified because i was low income and had no criminal record. After about 15 minutes of instruction he told me i would have to pay $200 that would be reembersed for a card fee . When i him i did not have the 200 he got nasty and started calling me all types of names and told me to get off my lazy *** and go work.

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- Sinton, TX, USA
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People call me about 5 times a day telling me that I have a government grant with the amount of $9000.00, but that I need to go to a Family Dollar and send them $295.00 in order for them to send me the check.

When I tell them that I have no money and for them to deduct it from the $9,000, they hang up.

This has been going on for about a month.

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- Roseboro, NC, USA
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Spoke with a foreign accent. Lady's name was Mary. She said, "Every year the US Government conducted a demographic survey and they only chose 1,500 people across the US. I had been chosen since I had paid my taxes on time, no outstanding bills, and had not filed bankruptcy in the past year. This was the first time the US Government selected me in my lifetime. The gov't was giving me $7,000 dollars and all I had to tell her was where did I want the money sent...She then told me several stores, (I couldn't understand all the store names due to her accent) Walmart, CVS, etc. Knowing this made no sense, I would repeat back to her what she said to me as if I was making sure I understood her. She kept asking me did I understand how I had been selected. Anytime she asked me a question about the information she had shared with me, I would then ask her to repeat it for me. So she gave me a confirmation number and a phone number for me to call to speak with a senior representative to claim my grant money I had won. Once off the phone, I was looking up the BBB number to call and report this scam, when my phone rang and she was calling back to see if I had called the senior representative to claim my grant. I told her no. I had not had time. She inquired about if I had anymore questions and did I understand why I had received this grant. I assured her I understood everything. WOW...What a SCAM!!!!

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Same scammer as my last filed complaint except with a new phone number from a different state. This time the caller knew my address and was immediately aggressive. Refused to provide name of ID number and claimed there was no supervisor present to speak with. I called the number back from a different phone and was immediately sent to a full voice mailbox belonging to an Arthur Hansa.

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- Saint Amant, LA, USA
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Said I would receive $9000 grant but I would have to get a $250 registration card from Walmart, Cvs, dollar general are a number of other places

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- George West, TX, USA
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Received a phone call from 830-406-3443 was told I qualified for a government grant of 9000$ was given money tracking number WK1102 and a name of Steven Brown ext 1016. Sounded good at first did not give them any info they had my basic information already name, number, address. Mr. Brown told me to call 646-598-3340 and give them tracking number and his name. When I called the above number I spoke to a man giving the name David Bell eat 100501202, again I gave him no info but my first and last name and he had the rest. Mr Bell told me all I needed to do was go to a Walmart or Western Union but take 100$ to purchase a card. I was told not to do anything before calling him back to the 646 number and ext he gave me. This is where it sounded real funny to me so I blocked both numbers and contacted BBB.

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- Roxana, IL, USA
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"Calvin" from the Federal Grant Department called twice saying that I have an unclaimed grant of $9000 from the federal government and I have to give them information in order to set up payment of those funds.

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Someone contacted me and said I was awarded a government grant for $9000. They asked for my bank card# and $280. This is a scam.

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ID number DJ 407, William Haze called me to day there was a Grant for me, $7,000 under my name

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- West Sacramento, CA, USA
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This guy called and said I was approved for a government grant for 8,700.00. I only had to go to Walmart and western union them 200.00 for the registration fee. He told me when I get to Walmart I was to log onto their website at www.grant.gov so I didn't mess up on anything.

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The person receievd a phone call from Washington DC saying they were the US Federal Grant Department. They said the person had been selected to receive a grant for $9,200 because they paid their taxes on time. They told the person that they had an arrangement through Apple and they needed the person to purchase $250 worth of iTunes cards at Kroger and that would be their registration fee. After the registration was confirmed then the person would receive the Federal Grant of $9,200 plus the $250 reimbursed for a total of $9,450. They said they would stay with the person on the phone while they spoke with the Federal Reserve bank to make the transaction to send the person the grant money of $9,450. The person asked what would happen next and they said that they couldn't send the money until taxes were paid on the Federal Grant of $750. And after taxes were paid, then the person would receive the Federal Grant plus the $750 back for a total grant amount of $10,200. The person asked them for their address and they gave the following address: 200 Independence Ave. SW Washington DC 20201. The information was googled and looks fake. This were the numbers that tried to scam the person who fell victim: 202-556-1350 Washington DC, 646-867-1360 New York. Report them as fraudulent and alert others not to fall prey into their scams.

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- Columbus, OH, USA
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They call saying your qualify for a 9000 dollar grant but u have to send 2 hundred dollars thru iTunes I believe the number they call from is a text ,call app of some kind

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- Birmingham, AL, USA
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$9200. For a government Grant

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They call and stated they were with the United States Federal Grant Office. They said I had been awarded $ 15,000

And all I had to do was to go to the nearest Walgreen's and get a $25.00 Calling card and call them back and give them the authorization number in the back that you have to use when making a call. I started to laugh and told him to take his lies and go somewhere else.

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- Sunnyside, WA, USA
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I was contacted by phone by a Susan Smith, phone #520-251-7316, who stated she was with the Federal Grant Department and that as a tax paying citizen of the United States I had been selected to receive a grant in the amount of $9200.00. She instructed me to call a Marvin Knoxville, phone #206-569-8247, to confirm and verify my information. After being told by Mr. Knoxville about the grant program, I was told that all I had to do to finish the process was to send $199. It was at this time that I ended the phone call. I should have gotten more information but nest time.

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