Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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On 11-21-12, I received a call from Ryan Malamo(employee #1022) with Federal Grant Treasury stating, I was selected to receive a Government grant in the amount of $7000. Ryan stated that each year our government selects 1500 people for these grants, and I was one of them.To collect my funds, I had to contact Margaret Reed with Federal Reserve Bank. Ryan gave me the following instructions and information before we disconnected:

1. Contact Margaret Reed with Federal Reserve Bank at 206-855-3323. Explain to her I have been selected for the government grant.

2. Give her the Western Union conformation
#NG411.

3. Ryan also gave me an address so I could look it up online and know this was not a scam-
200 Independent Ave.
Washington D.C. 20201

I called 206-855-3323 and spoke with Margaret Reed. She stated she was with Federal Reserve Bank and she would get the process in motion so I could receive my grant money by the end of the day. I gave her the conformation#. Margaret stated I needed to contact Alice Moncero with Central Bank of New York, so she could release the funds for deposit. I receive the following information from Margaret before we disconnected:

1. Contact Alice Moncero with Central Bank of New York at 347-809-5411.`Explain to her I was selected to receive the government grant.

2. Now I would need to give her the Western Union conformation #NG411.

I called 347-809-5411 and spoke with Alice Moncero. She stated she was with Central Bank Of New York and she would need some information from me, for security purposes, and she would be able to release the funds for deposit. I gave Alice the following personal information:

-My full name
-My current and previous address
-Because I don't have a bank account I gave Alice 2 separate credit card numbers to see if the funds were able to be transferred to one of them.
- The bank account number and tracking number of my friend, Tony's bank account. My credit cards were not accepted, so Alice needed a bank account to send the funds to.

Alice stated the funds were released and that I needed to go to a Western Union. I would need to send a money transfer in the amount of $275 for a international money wire fee. Once that was received, she would send the grant money to the bank account I provided her. I agreed, so Alice gave me the following information and instructions before we disconnected.

1. Go to sa Western Union and call Alice at 347-809-5411, so she could walk me through the process to ensure nothing went wrong.

2. Fill out a Money transfer send form with the following information:
-Send amount: $275(+$10.00 service fee)+285
-destination: India
-My information in the Sender information box.
-Receiver's name ac
-When money transfer is received, Alice will transfer funds into the bank account I provided.

Once the transfer was complete , Alice asked for the MCTN. I gave her the following number: MCTN# 029-498-3267
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I was told by Alice that the transaction was complete, and IO would see my deposit in about 10-12 hours. Or because of the holiday, my funds may not be there until Friday morning. Alice said if the funds were not there, to contact her ASAP, and she would ensure the deposit goes threw.

On 11-22-12, I had my friend , Tony, check his account through out the day to see if anything was deposited. Nothing ever was. I assumed it was because of the holiday.
Today, 11-23-12, I spoke with my friend, Tony, and he stated there still wasn't any funds deposited. I immediately contacted Alice Moncermat 347-809-5411. I explained that no money has been deposited. Alice told me that the bank declined my deposit because I would need to pay the taxes n the amount of $7000 before it would be able to be deposited. She the then said it would have to send another money transfer in the amount of $1500 to pay for the taxes. She said once she gets that transfer it would be guaranteed to be in the bank account tomorrow. If I did not want to send the additional $1500, then I would have a college grant in the amount of $1500 set aside for the community college of my choice.. At this point I became very livid. I told Alice that this was unacceptable I asked to speak with a supervisor. After arguing for several minutes, Alice would not get anyone else to talk to me. She stated she was the manager, and my call was not able to be transferred to anyone else. Plus they are a very busy company and I would be transferred back to her anyway. Then Alice said she was tired of discussing the situation and would contact me later...then hung up on me. I called back several times, but no answer.

Also, I forgot to mention that when these people contacted me, the number that showed on my caller ID was 970-002.

Thank You for You time, and please get these people before they get another person.