Free government grants: myth or miracle?
Ever received a call telling you you’ve been awarded a government grant for being a tax payer on time? Did they ever ask you to give them bank account information to supposedly transfer the grant into your account? Ever head of the Federal Office of Government Grants? That’s right, all these tactics were all a ruse to get you to open up and fall for none other than the free government grant scam.
Callers or even mailers try employing this tactic of theft by appealing to the down trodden nature of people by pretending to be part of non-existent government offices and that you are some kind of prize winner of some special free government grant they had reserved which usually number in high amounts. People fall for these tricks thinking of how the grant could help them with various payments they could use it for like paying their children’s school fees or even be saving it for a rainy day.
These scammers use all forms of methods to steal information, even attempting identity theft and fraud as they main techniques to their crimes. With the free government grant scam, The FTC – Federal Trade Commission, constantly worked hard to try and protect the people of the nation from being duped by these rogues over and over again but with the growing tenacity of these criminals, you too are in grieve danger if you do not follow these steps to detecting/avoiding their cunning tactics.
Steps 1: Do not give out any vital information about yourself – If they were the government office they said they were, they would be telling you who you are. All government offices have archives and in those archives are none other than your records and if you have ever won such a thing as a free government grant. Avoid giving out such dangerous information such as your bank account number and PIN, etc or the scammers can perform identity theft and steal your bank account.
Step 2: If it’s free you aren’t supposed to pay – There are some scammers that are too bold in their approach that they try to trick people into paying an amount to receive the free government grant. The grant can’t be true then because why would you pay for something that is a prize and something that was presented free? These scammers are the types that have the audacity to even ham up the act and lie to your face about government procedures and such. Don’t buy it.
Step 3: Technology can be your enemy – With the age of the new, modern hackers, you are at peril with how these scammers can hide behind constantly changing I.P addresses on the net and how they have programs that can change the phone number they are calling from to have the initial numbers that state government numbers. If you ever really won anything from the government such as a free government grant, you’d definitely know, it would let the whole nation or state know you had won such a prestigious thing.
I hope for your sake that you are now able to spot and avoid such scams and tricks these frauds commit and to stay clear of anything you are unsure of. Check up government offices in the blue book of telephone numbers and determine whether you are speaking to an actual person working in that department. Remember that free government grants are myths and you know there are no such things as free government grants over the phone.
Callers or even mailers try employing this tactic of theft by appealing to the down trodden nature of people by pretending to be part of non-existent government offices and that you are some kind of prize winner of some special free government grant they had reserved which usually number in high amounts. People fall for these tricks thinking of how the grant could help them with various payments they could use it for like paying their children’s school fees or even be saving it for a rainy day.
These scammers use all forms of methods to steal information, even attempting identity theft and fraud as they main techniques to their crimes. With the free government grant scam, The FTC – Federal Trade Commission, constantly worked hard to try and protect the people of the nation from being duped by these rogues over and over again but with the growing tenacity of these criminals, you too are in grieve danger if you do not follow these steps to detecting/avoiding their cunning tactics.
Steps 1: Do not give out any vital information about yourself – If they were the government office they said they were, they would be telling you who you are. All government offices have archives and in those archives are none other than your records and if you have ever won such a thing as a free government grant. Avoid giving out such dangerous information such as your bank account number and PIN, etc or the scammers can perform identity theft and steal your bank account.
Step 2: If it’s free you aren’t supposed to pay – There are some scammers that are too bold in their approach that they try to trick people into paying an amount to receive the free government grant. The grant can’t be true then because why would you pay for something that is a prize and something that was presented free? These scammers are the types that have the audacity to even ham up the act and lie to your face about government procedures and such. Don’t buy it.
Step 3: Technology can be your enemy – With the age of the new, modern hackers, you are at peril with how these scammers can hide behind constantly changing I.P addresses on the net and how they have programs that can change the phone number they are calling from to have the initial numbers that state government numbers. If you ever really won anything from the government such as a free government grant, you’d definitely know, it would let the whole nation or state know you had won such a prestigious thing.
I hope for your sake that you are now able to spot and avoid such scams and tricks these frauds commit and to stay clear of anything you are unsure of. Check up government offices in the blue book of telephone numbers and determine whether you are speaking to an actual person working in that department. Remember that free government grants are myths and you know there are no such things as free government grants over the phone.
Jason Kay
Get more information on government grants at GrantsPay.com.
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