646-863-6111, Federal Reserve Bank
Complaint 311740 Details

I was called by this number and told that I qualified for a $7000 grant. First things first, the guy I talked to, which there were a variety of people I talked to about this "federal grant", gave me a verification number. I was told I was not suppose to give anyone this number. Then, I needed to send $200 to this company, but will get my money back when I get my grant. I purchased a green dot money card and called this number back. Later on I received a phone call from a 206-497-2465. I was told that they got all of my files transferred to them and will take over from there. I needed to now send $700 to the IRS because in order to get my grant I needed to pay taxes. At this point, what the person had to say sounded legit. I send the money only to find out that now they are fishing for more money due to an insurance to make sure the money became legal. "This is a large sum of money, even if you received the money in your bank you would go to jail. It is not legal since the state of MT did not authorize you to receive this money, but it is coming from (another state, i forgot what state it was he said)."
I was directed to new employees and told each time that I sent money, that there were 20 people in front of me, but by midnight I should receive a text message that the funds were in my bank. Every time, I never received anything. I was contacted the next day only to hear that the bank is sending a message to them that there was a problem for whatever reason. Now, I am $1170 in the hole, and I am still being asked to send them more money. You'd think that the red flags would have gone up along time ago, but they didn't. I was completely oblivious.