Government Grant Scam
Recently I have been calls about how I won a $9,000 grant. However, in order to collect the grant I have to pay $250 in Steam Card. Yes, this is a scam. Seriously who would collect a payment using Steam Cards?
The scam works by keeping you on the phone while you go to the store to get the gift card. They don't want to risk you talking to anyone else that might inform you that it's a scam. They will insist on staying on the phone and then "order you" to get the card.
The Federal Government will never ask you to pay for any processing fee to get a loan. In addition, they will not require a payment method by a gift card.
$9,000 Government Grant Scam
You can read about the scam New America Media website and on Scam Detector.
In my last call, I told them that it would be a while before I could get to the store. These are the phone numbers that have been calling me back to see if I have gotten the cards:
- (202) 470-0947
- (202) 350-0969
- (202) 643-6782
Don't be fooled, just because these are Washington DC numbers, doesn't mean that they are actually calling from Washington DC. Once when I called the number, I heard "Google Voice" isn't able to transfer the phone number.