U.S Government Grants
Complaint 235 Details

A lady by the name of Rosie emp # 97352 called me and told me that I qualified for U.S. Grant of $7,000. I had been selected to receive this grant. She told me she works for the U.S. Treasury of Grants. She asked for either my account number or card number in order to receive the grant. I asked her if this was a scam. She said "No Sir" This is not a scam, I work for the U.S Government. I went ahead and gave her my debt card information thinking it was legit. She then gave me a confirmation number of HO141. After She gave me a phone number 202-609-7027 to call and it was to talk to a gentlemen called Vayne Ruze. I called him right after I talked to Rosie. He told me in order to receive my grant I had to wire a donation of $100 to charity. I went ahead and went to Western Union and he walked me through the process of wiring the money to Delhi, India and the name was Vinod Jain. After the transfer was made he told me to wait on a call from a New York Bank. They called me the next day June 9 2011. They verified my information then told me in order to recieve the 7000 I had to make a security deposit of $400 through Western Union. I told them this is a scam and they said no is not. I told them I will report this to the FBI and then they Hung up.