Max Williams
Complaint 152471 Details

This person, "Max Williams" is the name that was given to me by "John Parker" and is supposedly the 'supervisor' that I was to talk to about this grant money of $7000. I was told [by John Parker] to call this phone number (Personal Info Removed) which is located in the District of Columbia. I did a "reverse" search on the phone number and it came up showing that it was a "cell phone."

This "Max Williams" answered the phone with his name and said that he was with the "U.S. Treasury Department, Grants Division." Then he asked me "is this Jennie?" He had all my information as he also verbally verified it over the phone. I didn't give him any of my personal information, he also had it!! He also asked about the "confirmation code of ME103."

This "Max Williams" asked me if I knew why I was selected to receive this $7000 grant money ~ again I played along and said "no, I don't know why." Then "Max Williams" went on to reiterate about the "demographic survey" and that I was one of 1700 people selected to receive this grant money, because I filed my taxes on time & hadn't filed bankruptcy. "Max Williams" also said that this money didn't have to be 'repaid.' I could spend it on anything that I wanted.

"Max Williams" also asked me how I wanted to receive this money ~ deposit to my checking account, my credit card or form of a check. I didn't give him any information about my checking account or credit card either!! I also told him he could "send me a check." It gets better! That's when he told me, since I wanted a check, that the money would be wired to a local "Western Union" office and for a "ONE TIME FEE of $310.00" ~ I would be able to 'collect' this $7000 grant money. That's when I started laughing & said "I was wondering when you were going to say that!"

As I went on to tell him ~ the "U.S. Treasury Department, Grants Division" isn't going to charge someone a "collection" fee if they [Treasury Dept.] are going to award someone a financial grant ~ he had hung up on me. At least my cell phone retained the number I had called.

I didn't suffer any financial loss, so I'm not looking for financial compensation. I just want other people to be aware of this "SCAM" that is circulating. I didn't fall for this scheme, but I'm concerned that other people, especially the elderly, might fall for this "SCAM."

I might add that when I tried to file a complaint on the website for the U.S. Treasury Department, I couldn't complete the statement and kept getting an "error" message that there was something wrong with their server. That's why I'm filing a complaint on this site!