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I guess this is happening to a lot of people. The same people (grant director) just called me today telling me I was eligible for a $14,000 Grant to help me pay for school. I have hit my aggregate limit with my federal school loans and am desperate to finish my education, and of course I have put out a lot of applications asking for help on the internet. I get a call today from 1866-795-6953 and some guy who sounds middle-eastern was on the other end of the line telling me about all the cash I was eligible to receive for school. I was overjoyed! I was so terrified I wouldn't be able to finish my education and this felt like a big sigh of relief for a moment. THEN he told me I had to send my bank account number to him so that he could take out $2.97 so I can receive papers in the mail. An alarm went off in the back of my head. I lied and told him I didn't have money in my checking account and I couldn't use my savings account over the phone. He immediately asked if I could get a family member to pay it for me. He kept pressing that access to the money is mine, I just need to pay this small charge. I told him I had one card number I could give them, then gave them the card number to a way overexpired greendot card I had that had no money on it. I lied and said there may or may not be any money on it, and if there's not just call back in a couple of hours and I'd get a family member to pay for me. He said he'd call back. (I hope he does, so I can cuss him out.) After the call, I immediately looked the number up on the internet. I couldn't find anything about it except this website right here full of people that are saying they were scammed. Nice. It's just disgusting how people will try to take advantage of the desperate. I'm glad they didn't get to scam me, but now I'm back where I was looking for money to fund my schoolin'. What a bunch of buttholes. They'll burn in hell, for sure.
a guy called me saying if i pay 2.97 over the phone with my credit card, i would recieve info in the mail about getting free grants, inever got the mail and they took 49.93 from my account...
Same with me only diffrence i gave them a wrong visa number and i clearly caught them n a lie when i said it was false and they hung up. Wow
I was called from New Jersey from a person supposetly named Sophie Mendez Identification #4064 with customer servise telephone number 877-706-3817. Telling me that they give Federal Grants up to $10.000.00 dollars and that I would only be charged $2.95. She then asked for my debit card number in which i stupidly give. Now I am out of $80.00 dollars. She spoke with an accent.
I have received other telephone calls sayin the same thing.
this girl named Nicloe Mendoza called me sayin i could get a grant and she would help me. she charged money to my account same as yalls. the 2.97 then the 40.90. stupid of me to actually believe these people. im furious that i had money taken then no response. these people are scam artists appearntly.