Anyone else get a call about a $5000 grant??? Scam alert!!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone else get a call about a $5000 grant??? Scam alert!!

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:06:35 AM EDT

My wife and my mother, and possibly two co-workers of mine have gotten calls from middleastern people stating that they are to receive a $5000 grant from the US government....

They called me yesterday.

Wanted to put the money in my account, but they need my account number.

I got pissed. I MAY have said something about BULLETS and HEADS and mentioned HUNTING DOWN.

They dropped all pretenses of being legit and bad mouthed the war and bush.

Anyone else get this call?

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:07:49 AM EDT

[#1]

WTF, mate?

That's just weird.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:14:56 AM EDT

[#2]

Its really weird if you consider WHAT I DO for a living.

Search old posts...

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:17:22 AM EDT

[#3]

Unless I recognize the number on the caller ID they can listen to my answering machine message just like everyone else.

Then I can hit the erase button

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:19:28 AM EDT

[#4]

Did they mention the governor or the clique mob?

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:29:15 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Did they mention the governor or the clique mob?

I do not want to involve the governor who is know to you but the Clique Mob are very angry on the Anus and will dead you if I am not having the proper Anus directly.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:30:58 AM EDT

[#6]

My wife is all worried that they will take offense to me telling them what I would do to them if they called back.....

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:33:34 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
My wife is all worried that they will take offense to me telling them what I would do to them if they called back.....

You gonna use the saw of dead?

Posted: 9/23/2005 12:23:44 PM EDT

[#8]

bump

Posted: 9/27/2005 9:45:50 PM EDT

[#9]

No it wasnt Cole!!!

Posted: 9/27/2005 9:48:09 PM EDT

[#10]

I don't have search, what do you do?

BTW, I got the call last night and gave them my routing number and even a VISA debit just for back up.

Posted: 9/27/2005 9:48:44 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
No it wasnt Cole!!!

Then who?? Oh sh*t! Not the governor!

Posted: 10/1/2005 6:52:50 PM EDT

[#12]

I'm afraid so...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone else get a call about a $5000 grant??? Scam alert!!

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