Phone Scam for Government Grant Money
Complaint 262440 Details

Very lucky that I am a suspicious person Got a call from a person who said that I was awarded $9,200.00 in Governmet Grant money with no payback obligations. I was to call a David Hunter at 202-738-4681 for details and given a priority case number of WB 4799. When I called, I spoke to this David Hunter who instructed me to get $275.00 cash, and go to any Western Union Office and pay $250.00 for WU charges. When questioned, no reasonable answer was given. I called Western Union,fraud department, they said to simply hang up it is a scam. No government agency that gives out grants asks for a fee to process the grant. I then called this David Hunter back and told him what WU said and he told me he was not there to justify WU suspicions and if I wanted the money to do as instructed. I called the local authorities who gave me the websites www.IC3.gov and www.FTC.gov to file your complaints with as much info as possible. I thought to go to this website to further my suspicions that it is indeed a scam. So sorry for those who have been bilked out of their hard earned cash.. I then called the Federal Reserve Bank and spoke to a person who said that all Government Grants have to be applied for before granted. I again called this David person back and told him what I had learned and in his last ditch effort to get my money was that the 15 to 30 minute recorded conversation was the requet for the money that they referred to. I then told him that I would like only cash cash and not a check. That is when he got a bit testy and re-iterated that if I was interested in the "Free" money grant, was to do as instructed. I told him I would, then hung up and had a good laugh. I was smart enough to use the internet as a good tool to see if this has happened before. And I found out that it has and to too many unsuspecting people.