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I was contacted on Facebook messenger by someone claiming to be a known relative of mine (***). '***' initiated contact and persistently contacted me with casual/pushy greetings. After a week or two I replied thinking it was my uncle, his response stated that he had seen my name on a list of cbdg winners and asked if they had contacted me. I asked what cdbg was and their response: "It is Community Development Block Grant to help people with money all over the world to take care of kids, house,pay rents and maintain the standard of living for 2024,Have you not heard from them?" And "I got some cash delivered to me and i thought you have been contacted also, anyway i think you should contact their claiming agent to check if you can be qualified to reeceive the fund too. Did you know how to get in touch with them ?" And then he sent me this link: https://www.facebook.com/Agent-Rebecca-Wright-61566820607403/ I'm fairly certain it was the same person now pretending to be someone named Rebecca Wright. I still thought this was legitimate at this point and I unfortunately disclosed my personal information like name, birthday, address, phone number, monthly income, job title and even a pic (which was my driver's license) NOT my social security number nor my banking information (thank goodness) She then sent me a pic of a FedEx logistic information with a reference number, a serial number and a batch number and included this statement with the image: "PLEASE KEEP YOUR Ref No. SAFE WITH YOU AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS NOTIFICATION STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU OKAY?HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CLEARLY?" When I asked when I would be receiving the stated funds she replied with: "YOUR MONEY HAS BEEN PROCESS AND IT WILL DELIVERED TO YOUR PROVIDED ADDRESS IN LESS THAN 2HOURS TIME. YOU ARE QUALIFY TO CLAIM THE SUM OF ( $50,000.00 ) AND YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE SUM ($500) FOR TAX AND CLEARANCE FEE ON THIS AMOUNT YOU ARE GETTING TO THE DELIVERY OFFICER THAT WILL BE MAKING YOUR DELIVERY ,SO LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE READY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT NOW." When I told her that I didn't have it she said some this: "THESE ARE SOME REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO PAY THE CASE FILE AND MEMBERSHIP FEES UPFRONT. 1. ITS FOR THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF YOUR MONEY. 2. ITS EXEMPTS YOU FROM PAYING ANYMORE TAX TO THE GOVERNMENT WHEN YOU GET YOUR MONEY. 3. YOU WONT BE QUESTIONED AT ALL BY THE AUTHORITIES ON HOW YOU GOT SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY IT HAS ALL BEEN SETTLED BY US,SO THE FedEx DELIVERY TEAM WILL COME TO YOUR DOORSTEP." This person has been harassing me between the two accounts for several days now. I asked 'Rebecca' for a phone number and she said it was against policy, I asked my 'relative ***' for a phone number and he said he got a new phone so no, asked him if he would let me into the building (pretending to live in a complex) and he said he was away, I asked to have his daughter text me (my uncle has no children) and he said no. At this point I am well aware of the scam however I told both '***' and 'Rebecca' that I would ask my father for the funds (my father passed away in 2021) and they both are daily asking me how it's going/doin have the funds.