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Report: #117713

Complaint Review: Government Grant Processing Center - Casa Blanca New Mexico

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  • Government Grant Processing Center Casa Blanca, New Mexico U.S.A.

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11/13/04 At 6:02pm an individual with a very thick India accent called Danny Turner employee #0749, called from the Government Grant Processing Center and said that the Government had approved me for a $8000.00 grant, for a one time fee of $247.00. He asked for my bank name and account #. I refused to give him my account # so he gave me 1-800-530-4282 which I called. The office operated on eastern time so they weren't open. I knew something was wrong, since "Danny" could hardly speak English and knowing that our government just does call you up to give you money you didn't even apply for. My teenage son suggested I check the Internet and found this site. These scam artist need to be stopped and proscuted to the max!!!!!!

Paula
Casa Blanca, New Mexico
U.S.A.

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 11/13/2004 07:18 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/government-grant-processing-center/casa-blanca-new-mexico-87007/government-grant-processing-center-ripoff-casa-blanca-new-mexico-117713. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#13 REBUTTAL Individual responds

I am fighting back

AUTHOR: Karen - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, December 17, 2004

I was contacted on Halloween and they had all of my information. I am going to school so it sounded OK. I have been applying for grants so it fit into my life at the time. I cancelled the check I had given them when I could not get anyone back on the phone. 3 weeks later they cashed a check from my bank with check number that did not even exist. I finally got thru to someone at that 800 number and it is not even the same people. I demanded my money back and they told me they were sorry that this was done to me and if I faxed the checks that were not mine they would refund my money. Now the people behind the 800 number that you call are in UT and they told me they have received several calls like mine. I told her that unfornutaely I had turned them into the police and filing criminal charges. Either way I will get my money back.

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#12 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Scary

AUTHOR: Jack - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, December 11, 2004

Ok..same story basically...except this time his name was john bilol...based in utah...with a new jersey area code...then gave me the same 1 800 # which i used to find this site...kinda scary cuz he threatened me sayin that he would called the FBI if i didnt give him my moms account number...being as im only 17....so me and my friends called the cope...and kept messin wit dudes head...he said the only way he would leave me alone wuz if i gave him someone else's name and number...so i did...i hope he's gone...he even knew my address kinda sacry..ah

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#11 REBUTTAL Individual responds

I'm SCARED...only 17 years old...

AUTHOR: Craig - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, December 11, 2004

hi im only 17 and i dont understand what is going on. this guy that sounded very middle eastern, he says that he was going to give me 8,000 dollars in goverment grant and that i had to send him 257 dollars, and me and my friends asked him to call back cause we started to get a little scared, so we looked up numbers and address that he told us so yeah we looked it up and found ths site so we felt like we needed to type what was going on. he also threaten my friend at one point, he said his name was john bilol, which sounded verfy weird cause he hesitate. i dont know really what to do cause im pretty scared, if someone could respond help cause its very freaky...thank you

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#10 Consumer Suggestion

Got one of these calls also

AUTHOR: Paul - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, December 06, 2004

I was just contacted by these people, in this case it was Shalene Dolson ID# 0804. Same basic song and dance. She gave me her phone number which I did a Google search on as we were speaking and found this site. I politely told them I would call them back before any personal info was exchanged. I then contacted my bank which promptly password protected all my accounts. I have also registered a complaint with the BBB and have contacted the FBI and the Treasury Dept. to register complaints with them as well.

To the operators of this website: Excellent job folks, I am real happy to know it exists.

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#9 Consumer Suggestion

Got one of these calls also

AUTHOR: Paul - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, December 06, 2004

I was just contacted by these people, in this case it was Shalene Dolson ID# 0804. Same basic song and dance. She gave me her phone number which I did a Google search on as we were speaking and found this site. I politely told them I would call them back before any personal info was exchanged. I then contacted my bank which promptly password protected all my accounts. I have also registered a complaint with the BBB and have contacted the FBI and the Treasury Dept. to register complaints with them as well.

To the operators of this website: Excellent job folks, I am real happy to know it exists.

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#8 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Almost Ripped off

AUTHOR: Monica - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, December 03, 2004

I was called by these guide to goverment grant. Which sounded like a great way to pay of my bills i thought it was true since i work for a company that is contracted by the goverment. This happened a couple of days ago but i told my friend and he found this site so right away i went to my bank to close the acct and now i have to wait 72 hours for the acct to close. I feel so dumb...

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#7 Consumer Comment

Shadia, contact your bank immedately

AUTHOR: Bob - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, November 27, 2004

Contact your bank immediately. NOW! And tell them what happened. Put a hold on your account if possible.

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#6 REBUTTAL Individual responds

I was called by guide to government grants

AUTHOR: Shadia - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, November 26, 2004

I was just called by these people and gave them my bank account number and a check number. Am in trouble, what should I do? Thanks.

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#5 Consumer Comment

i just got off the phone with the "government people you are talking about"

AUTHOR: Joey - (Antarctica)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 24, 2004

i did what they said... i mean their story was convincing and i dont want you to think that i am a nyeve person but it seemed like a great way to get out of debt. im in the air force and i figured that this was a military only thing... guess not. well we will see what happens and i will be sure to let you guys know

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#4 Consumer Comment

i just got off the phone with the "government people you are talking about"

AUTHOR: Joey - (Antarctica)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 24, 2004

i did what they said... i mean their story was convincing and i dont want you to think that i am a nyeve person but it seemed like a great way to get out of debt. im in the air force and i figured that this was a military only thing... guess not. well we will see what happens and i will be sure to let you guys know

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#3 Consumer Comment

i just got off the phone with the "government people you are talking about"

AUTHOR: Joey - (Antarctica)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 24, 2004

i did what they said... i mean their story was convincing and i dont want you to think that i am a nyeve person but it seemed like a great way to get out of debt. im in the air force and i figured that this was a military only thing... guess not. well we will see what happens and i will be sure to let you guys know

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#2 Consumer Suggestion

Amber, start with your bank. First thing in the morning!

AUTHOR: Paul - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, November 22, 2004

Go to your bank. Say: some fake grant company called me and told me they are taking money out of my account. I did not give them my account number or permission to take any money out. I have no idea how they got my information. Maybe they stole records out of the trash or something. Anyway, I'd like to reverse the charge and close the account before they do the same thing again. I will open a new account, with a new number.

This is known as a chargeback. When more than 1% or 2% of customers ask for them, it's called fraud. The bank closes the account and tells the grant crooks to take their phony business elsewhere. You are helping to make that happen by asking for a chargeback.

Insist. Read other pages here, for more information. Don't fool around here. You snooze, you lose.

If you tell the bank you voluntarily gave out the number and agreed to the charge, you lose.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Guide To Government RIP OFF

AUTHOR: Amber - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, November 22, 2004

I was contatced about three days ago, by the same man "Danny". Only this time his name was Frank. He sounded like he was from the middle east. He told me I have ahd no criminal activity and have payed all my bills on time, and that I was approved for at least $8,000 from the government. He asked for my checking account number, routing number, and the check number itself. I went through a proccess of "verification", which "frank" transfered me to another man named "Mark" after "verification" they told me I would be charged a $257.00 processing fee, and I would be recieving a package in the mail 7-10 days after that from UPS or National Carrier. They gacve me my verification ID number, and then the call was disconnected. I called back today, and I told the person named "Angie" that I didn't want to go through with the "grant" she "pulled up" my information and hung up on me. I called back and it said "all circuts are busy, please try your call again later". So, after about five minutes my husband called, with me on the phone, and some how we got "Angie" again. He told her he wanted proof that this was legit, she gave him an address based out of Utah, and said that if I wasn't approved for a grant they would refund me the 257.00 minus shipping and handling. After that I got online and found this website. I'm going to contact my police department now. I hope someone catches these people, for the sake of others.

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