Federal Bank of New York
Complaint 94012 Details

Some lady called me out of the blue today and said she was with the federal government and said my name was selected randomly to receive a federal grant of $8400. I was very skeptical but ended up giving her my bank account information anyway. She gave me a number to call, 202-609-7042, for Kelvin Smith. She explained that he would let me know what I needed to do to have the money transferred to my account. By the way, she had a very thick French accent. I called the number and to my surprise, a Kelvin Smith did answer the phone. He had a very thick German accent. He explained that in order to receive my money, I would have to pay a processing fee of $250. At this point, I finally decided that this must be a scam. I told him I would like to do a little more research on this before I committed to giving him any money. He told me I could call back anytime within the next 3 months, and I hung up the phone. I did not lose any money, however, I am very concerned about the fact that they have my account information. Luckily, I do not keep very much money in that account. Be careful....like they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.