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Complaint 150109 Details

A lady by the name cindy wilson called me and notifed me that i had been selected for an U.S fedrel grant in the amount of 8025 dollars and it was free money that i would not have to pay back and that i would recieve that amount every year for the next five years. then she goes on the notify me the reason i was selected was because i did not have any bankrupcty and that it showed that i pay my bills on time. she said that i need to go to the western union to recieve this money and she told me to call back when i get to the western union and she would walk me through the process, so i get to the western union and call cindy back and she advised me that i had to send in a one time fee of 225 dollars for a processing fee and then i would get the money so i sent the money she gave me a name and address to send it so now iam waiting for her to give me a control number, then she starts saying that i had to pay a irs tax on the money to get the money which was and addional 400 dollars not thinking it was a scam because she told me she was from the fedrel grant program and called me from a washington, DC phone # so i sent that money in thinking i was going to receive 8025 dollars then cindy tells me that i had to activate the controll number which was another 300 dollars, alreay in over my head i had to follow trough with it praying it was not a scam considering she said she would stay on the phone with me until i received th e money so she put me on hold and the phone got disconnected so i called back and some other person anwsered the phone so i explained to him that i need to talk with cindy about activateing my controll number and he stated that he was her senior adviser and she was busy with another person that he could help me so i said ok i need my controll number activated and he stated that i had to pay and addional 400 dollars because the fee was 700 not 300 and he could not activated it and was like why was i not told that form the begining and he was like the system would not complete the process unless they had the whole amount and that i could call back when i get the 400 i was like no just give my money back and u can keep your grant and said that there was a 200 cancelltaion fee in which now i knew i was just scamed out of my hard earned money but thats not the worst part 2 days later a simlar number call so i anwsered the phone and someone agian clamied that i was selceted for a federal grant, get this she ask me iam i worndering why i was selceted and i said i know actually why i was selceted and she hung up the phone. we need to do something about these people they need to stop and arrested