hellalarious
San Jose,#2General Comment
Mon, April 11, 2011
I am writing as a comment to the Original Report.
I was recently contacted about receiving a government grant of $12,000 by a guy named Ricky Mafford from an unknown number. He had a thick accent very similar to the two guys on the Metro PCS commercials(tech & talk), saying that i was chosen to receive a grant because i am one of the very few Californians that pay their taxes on time. Really seemed weird to me cause he kept saying that this call is not a scam, and that i was very lucky to receive this amount of money for a grant. Said that all i had to do to receive the grant money was to send a payment fee of $157.00 using Western Union money transfer and that my money would be refunded within 5 minutes. I told him i coulnt afford the payment and he proceeded to give me a number(1-202-657-6376 ext:201 ask for Jack Dawson) to call when i did receive enough money to afford the fee. Said my grant was approved by a guy named Jack Dawson. I laughed when he said that name since i had just watched the movie "The Titanic". The next day i got a call from the same person(Ricky Mafford) trying to pursued me into getting a friend or family member to let me borrow money for the fee and that i could easily pay them back after i received the funds in my bank account. I told him i wouldnt be able to make the payment for the fee til my next payday, then he gave me a different number to call which was a phone number for a flower shop(1-800-550-3380).
I looked up these numbers with google and it seems there are many other people who are getting the same calls. Thank bob i didnt pay the fee, next time i hear from this guy im goin to raise some hell!
Matt H, SJ, CA