US Grants
Complaint 78085 Details

  • Date Occurred: 02/18/2014
  • Reported Damages: $915.00

The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

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    • US Grants Complaint / User Submitted Image #78085
    • US Grants Complaint / User Submitted Image #78085

well i started reciving phone calls from this number they called every day so i answer the call they said they were from the us treasury department and that i was getting a grant in the amount of 7000 so i asked they why and they said it was coming from washington dc so i said well how dose it work so they went on to say how would you like to get it they gave me three choices one as to get it to my checking account the other was to get it in a check or i could get it direct deposit into my debt card so that's what i choose to do this was on a thursday,the next day i get a call from a man from the same place saying okay we have your aapplacation here now in oder to get the 7000 i would have to send a sercurite deposit and when they get it the funds will be release to me they told me to go to a western union and send it to dehil india and they stayed on the phone with me until they got mtcn number they said they would call me back and they did but this time it was a women and she new my name so she told me to call this other number and when i did the man said okay they have got the money i should give it a hour or too and call them back when i got the 7000 so they could call the irs to close out my applacation so i said okay well by this time it was after 6pm and i did get the money and they didn't call me back now the next morning which will be the 02/18/2012 they called back and told me that because philadelphia was not a tax free state the irs wants me to paid 9.5 percent state tax on the money but not to worried because i would still get my deposit back of $190.00 plus the 7000 so i asked a lot of question and ask was this true and was it a scam they said no i ask the man did he know god he told me yes so he said now go back to the western union and send the money when i got their he gave me a name and told me the city and state wher to send it it was to delih india as well onec they received the money he told me he would call me back about 15 mins went by and he called me back and told me that he needed me to call western union back and change the senders name because the officer who i sent the money to was not in the office so i try to but i worte the wrong phone number on the both papers so i called him back and told him he said not to worrier he would do it his self he said that the money should be their no later than Tuesday so i called the numbers that gave me all weekend up untill today which is 02/22/2012 and they still up to their old tricks they know who i am and they wont give me my money back when they answer te phone they ask me my name and act like they want to help me then they hang up on me i need help because they phone number is still on, i know i should have known better but when you are in need of some luck or just money you do not think clearly at all i am the nicest person you want to meet and would give my last if i knew someone needed more then i next time i know not to trust anyone.

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  • Complaint Against US Grants
  • Complaints Filed: 53
  • Reported Damages: $20,846.33
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