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A FELLOW VETERAN told me and several others about this in our FB Support Group! She swore up and down that this was legit. We asked her tons of questions and she even provided us proof of the deposit into her account. I then applied, was approved and was told I needed to pay 10% of the grant amount, I was taken aback because I thought grants were free, but they call it a tax fee…..I then told them I could not afford that, and this is why I was applying for a grant! They offered to send funds to me to help me begin the process. Now I am like, WAIT! If someone's trying to scam you, why would they help you? So I agreed and they said I would receive the deposit for the 10% tax fee and I would just return those funds to them to begin my process. I received the "first portion" of the funds and I asked about it because why would they only send less than half. They told me it was because they needed to get that back in order to know they could trust me and they would send the second portion after receiving that portion back. Ok so I sent it, but before doing so, I did call my bank to verify the funds and make sure there was nothing suspicious about it. The rep ensured me it was legit and nothing looked suspicious. That made me feel better, I went ahead and sent the funds back. But this kept bugging me. SO I called back and another rep answered and I told him what was going on and he checked the deposit and said it was an Unemployment deposit from Tennessee, (I do not collect unemployment benefits and I do not live in Tennessee) He caught this on his own and went full beast mode! He asked me several questions and advised me that because I did send the funds back via Zelle that I would be financially responsible for these funds because it appears I was a mule. But we will see what they say after they have looked over all of my proof and can verify that I was indeed scammed. I will attach photos, they are not in ay particular order, but I am including some of the conversation between the fellow vet and I and the photos she sent to verify that she received the funds.
Please don't fall for this. Warn your family members and friends.