Verizon.com
Complaint 12632 Details

I had applied for a personal grant a few weeks ago. Well thrusday 8/4/11 I recieved a phone call saying that "this call my be recoreded for quality insurance. Is this Angela Hazel" the man asked I said yes then he proceeded to tell me the I had been approved for my personal grant of $7,000. His name was RyanSmith. Claimed to be from the Federal Grant Buro Phone # 202-559-7545 He said to recieve my grant Presidant Obama requierd any person that recieves a grant to make a $210 donation to a country such as Japan, India, Pakistan, and other less fortunet to help buy them food schooling and clothes. Ok I thought $210 isn't much when recieving back $7,000. The man said that I was to pay it at the western union to call him when I got there I told him I had no money to take it out of the grant.He said he was not otherized to take it out of my grant. So I had borrowed the money from a friend of mine told him what I needed the money for and he'd get it back. Well when I got to the western union on friday I called to make sure the grant was still availble. Ryan said of corse it is I asked agian how long it would take to get the money in my account he said 20mins. after conformation of the donation. He walked me through filling out the form I was told to send the money in min. to Delhi, Delhi, India under the name Mohan Kumar. He stayed on the phone till the transation was confermed then gave me the number 202-697-9229 his manager Eric Newman a conformation number RKO27 and said to call him with the conformation number and the money will be deposited in 20min. When I called the Number a man answered as Eric Newman claimed to be the Federal Reserve Bank Manager in washington DC. He then told me I had to send a bank transfer fee of $378. I agian told him I had no money I'm unemployed have a 3yr old and a husband whos also been out of work to take it out of the grant money. He said that he was not autherized to do that and that I should go borrow the money. When I asked where I was to pay this bank fee he said at the fee was to be paid at the western union I said why its a bank fee what bank am I paying a fee at. He agian said it must be done at thw wetern union. Call him when I got there he'd let me know where I was to send it to. Well on my reciet from western union it said that I had 72 hrs. to opt out and get my money back so I went to get my money back I was told that the reciever had already picked up the money I had to get a hold of the reciever to get back the money. So I called Eric Newman back and requsted my $210 back he kept trying to get me to send $378 for the bank fee. When I ased to speak with his manager he said he was the manager I said I know that I want to speak to your manager your not the only manager at the bank I'm not that dumb. He said so you want to speak to my general manager I said yes He said hes gonna just tell you the same thing I am I said Ok well maybe he can help me understand better I want to talk to him. He said ok Hold for a moment then hung up on me. I had my husband call him back The man agian answered as Eric Newman my husband proceded to atempt to get our money back or have him send the money that was Garanteed to me. They started arguing on the phone still the man would not let my husband speak to his manager so my husband then asked for his name agian was told Eric Newman Then asked the name of the company he worked for this time he said that it wasn't a company it was a bank so my husband said whats the name of the bank the man answered USS Realty Bank. And tried to say that I sent no money off for any thing my husband said bullshit I took her to the western union friday and got the reciet that says she sent $210 and was charged a fee of $10 from the western union for the transation. The man then hung up the phone. On my reciet it says that $210 US money transfered into (9,370.30 Indian Rupee) Any way I'm still trying to get back my money, Please help me I realy want the grant I've been laid off sience september 13, 2010 lost my house, car,have no money for food 90% of the time and I can't afford to buy my 3yr old son new clothes everything he has is to small for him. I had also explained this to both Eric Newman and Ryan Smith because I thought it was a scam but I'm so desperate for the money that I went ahead with it any way. They both said they garenteed that as soon as I paid the fee the money would be transfered into my account. It never was.