Obama.net

Victim Location 19104

Total money lost $100

Type of a scam Scholarship

I got a call talking about a free government scholarship that comes strait to my account and I fell for it paid $100 for and google gift card and sent them the code.

Victim Location 06053

Type of a scam Government Grant

I received a phone call today 04/25/2016 at 11:57 A.M. from an UNKNOWN number and a woman on the other end w/ an accent that sounded of Indian decent. I was having trouble understanding her quite a few times, however after many times of asking her to repeat herself on some of the same things, it appeared to be I was "awarded $9000" in a federal grant that I would NOT have to pay back and could choose to use this money anyway I wanted. I had 2 options of receiving the money.. One was by giving my credit or debit card number to them so they could "deposit" the money into my card OR second option was they could mail me a western union check. She proceeded to tell me my first and last name, phone number, but the address was incorrect. I knew this was a scam anyway, as she said there was a website www.Obama.net and we know that Obama isn’t going to just give out $9000 to people because he feels they could use it. I told her that w/ the advice of my "lawyer" (which was really a family member) that I should not give out any information, and that I would look into the website and get back to her if I needed to. There is a link for College Grants for Single Mothers which sounds so nice… However, it is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!

Victim Location 94131

Type of a scam Government Grant

consumer was told he would receive a government grant for $7,900.  The consumer was ask to wire $210.