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Description
this scam starts with agent alice asking you to choose how much grant money you want and you pay 2000 for the application then you need a code fee, then fedex gets involved with needing delivery fees and gas fees, each time you are paying via cash app or gift cards. 5 times they were on the road to deliver the grant money but had accidents or breakdowns that necessitated another fee for reprocessing and tires another code fee etc, My grant was to have been 500,000.00 but they asked for all the money I had available and needed another 1000.00 for reprocessing fee due to a robbery involving fed ex.
Dollars Lost
$8000
Targeted Person's Location
MI, USA - 49047
Scam Type
Government Grant
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Business name
Posing as the Environmental Protection agency
Date Reported
March 2, 2024
Scam ID
815703
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