I Have a Question

someone ive known for yrs gave me this email for this grant board, so i emailed them to check it out. when they asked for my info they asked me for my password and user name for facebook, i told them i didnt feel comfortable giving that out. then they sent me a list of grants and how much it would cost, it wasnt free like grants are supposed to be and theyre not cheap either, i told him i couldnt afford them, he said to go to my bank and take out a loan to give to them and when i get the grant i could use part of it to pay the bank back, i told them to forget the grants right now, im not doing all that, this all sounds fishy to me, are they trying to scam me?

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muffinman · 61-69, M

never give out [u]any[/u] personal data … even if a [i]'friend'[/i] tells you to do so. there are [u]no[/u] exceptions.

i will offer one scenario … you get email from your sibling/parent … it tells you similar thing … fyi, they did not send it. and do not tell me the name of the [i]'grant'[/i] … because it is a scam … just never [i]ever[/i] trust.

if they say they are from the irs or your bank or your mother or your employer or wtf … no matter how legitimate it seems … it is a scam. even if it has a logo from the irs or from your bank or from the ssa … they are scams. even if the email states you are in big trouble … move the message to a folder labeled [i]"scammers"[/i] and forget it.

seriously.