Federal Compensation Funds

Total money lost $12,250

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

It is collaboration through face book. This is called a federal grant. They have a website with beneficiaries names listed. I learned of this from can a friend oif mine or so I thought was. Stating that he saw my name on this site that he had benefited from. He suggested it was legal and that I should do this too. So here I go I was told that I won a grant tax free do not have to pay it back. So all I had to do was pick an amount send money a transfer and I would get a lump sum. So I fell for it now they are saying the money is seized at the border and that I had to send an addition a 5831 to have the money released and sent to me in cash. I tried to send moire money and my bank had blocked my account from sending anymore etransfers. They told me to call back ASAP. I was terrified and scared that my account was blocked by !my bank. The scammer told me to call the bank ASAP. And !make a story as to why I was retransferring to whom. I panicked and lied to the officer I told him I owed an ex money . the office told me that it sounded like a scam. I didn’t realize until it was too late and when the office suggested this too me I panicked even more and cried and yelled. The officer told me that if I decided to call back and wanted to file a scam fraud file I would not be compensated for this.I did call back and was appalledthat he was so rude. I called back and connected to him again he never gave me a chance to

to explain why I lied and panicked the scammer was telling me what to say and was texting me that I need to hurry and and the money. I know I made a huge mistake I lost my life earnings $12250 which I will never get back .