202-282-2094

Leaves no messages. Calls three to five times a day. Hangs up when you answer. This number when you call back is disconnected.

This is a scam call, they want to "give you" a grant from the government. All you have to give them is your bank acct info hahahahaha ya right! Check your phone for the option of an auto-reject selection and add this # to it. They will call from other #'s but it slows them down.

Received "The CALL" today informing me that I was selected to receive a government grant for 7000.00, followed by, "OK?".    So OK, here we go again.  My response was, "Oh, I'm so happy you contacted me so that I can give you my drivers license, bank account numbers, my SS#, and anything else you may think I'm stupid enough to provide in order that you can proceed with your stupid scam which carries a fine of imprisonment, not if, but WHEN you are located.  And SHE got mad at me.  Ha.

I just got a call from this numberbut I didn't give any personal information out.  No credit card inf. Given or anything , they just knew my name and the city I live in .Nd Ibullshitted my age so ? They told me I can pick it up cash in hand at like Wal-Mart or somein, am I still safe ? Lol

Put a block on that number.

I got contacted today and said i was selected for a grant. Funny thing is someone called me from there a day or two ago and said i had a warrant out for my arrest. They are so stupid. I am really getting tired of all these calls

Thus man is foreign. Heavy accent. Asked for someone not connected with my phone number which I've had for 18+ months. Asked him to remove my number from their lists, he hung up. Same man called two days later. (Accent, syntax, frequency, tone, etc. all the same) I told him I want my number removed from their lists. He said "huhn". So I said I need to speak with his supervisor. He said "what for ". I told him because I asked for a supervisor, and since I have asked for a supervisor per their policies he now needed to put a supervisor on the phone. He waited 3 seconds then said" hello, this is Henry, I am the supervisor." I told him no, the voice is the same, you are the same person. I need the floor supervisor. He then tried to lower his voice and said he's the supervisor. He waited 3 seconds, then again said he was the supervisor. I told him I know he thinks Americans are stupid, but not this one. I insisted that I needed HIS supervisor, the person HE answered to. He hung up.

Yeah, I called it ad well. How can a number that just called and keeps calling be disconnected? The FCC shouldn't allow that to happen. Government inaction us what allies these scammers to be so successful. UGH!!!

Most of these calls are coming out of India and Pakistan. And the numbers are "spoofed" . You have a bit of reading to do here, a lot of this has been in the news..

phone spoofing explanation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c881e222af1f1e4 ... der-in-irs-scam
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2015/07/08/med-rev_shuttered/
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c3355f57425c0d5 ... alls-to-the-fcc
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c5c7e69f0670886 ... -spoofing-calls
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c46b87360deec56 ... -unwanted-calls
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c89eda780098619/pay-up#p903577742355908092
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/payday-lenders-could-face-federal-rules/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-payday-len ... 85m-in-charges/
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-release ... ocalls-pitching
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/18/news/debt-collectors-arrest/
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/ftc- ... n-texts-n374341
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c4ffa8334de58ff/georgia-dc-out-of-business

Enforcement:
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c33b770fc3695c0 ... -associates-llc
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c874444fd0727bb ... e-telemarketers
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c17c24b9614a487 ... ttery-scam-case
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-c116acd736280bb ... h-telemarketing
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-bfcd4eb5e5bf6d6 ... y-ftc-and-il-ag
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-bf7e49d2ddb0453 ... e-dnc-violation
http://consumerist.com/2015/04/08/robocalling ... ding-consumers/

To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams

http://www.usa.gov/

To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams

http://www.usa.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report.shtml
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

For tracfone & straight talk:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacystar.android.tracfone&hl=en

http://extras.straighttalk.com/en

http://www.youmail.com/home/carriers/straight-talk/block-number

https://www.straighttalkwirelessforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6803&t=55006

my caller id said district of columbia and when i answered they said they where from the treasury dept. then told me to shut up and hung up on me. i tried calling them back and it just rang.

Thanks for your sitge!  I received this call on Monday & didn't answer.  No message left.  I received it again yesterday (Thurs) and when I answered a male informed me that I was selected to receive a government grant for 7000.00, followed by, "OK?".    My response was, "I don't think so.  I know you're a scam & you need to remove me from your calling list."  I received the call again today & a female asked for my daughter (who is using my number to apply for jobs).  I responded, You need to remove me from your call list.  My daughter is only 15 & I will report your scam if you don't remove my number from your call list!"

I'll rememember to tell them next time their scam carries a fine of imprisonment, not if, but WHEN you are located.

Is there anywhere else I should report this number?

I sort of believed it at first, but then the lady spoke too softly and asked for my bank number. I made up some excuse and said my phone is low on battery, may I call back in a few minutes and speak with your manager about this? "Uhm, that number is confidential, in order for that to happen there are a few steps. Please provide me with your account number."

We get calls from this number 2 times a day.

Yeah I just got that call today and I'm at work and when they said I would be able to get the money in a money gram I was like oh okay no personal info needed, right? Then I was saying to the guy "so you're telling me that the government is handing out free money?" Then the guy just said he wasn't forcing me to take the grant and hung up on me... I want to know how in the world do these [***] have my personal info!

I received a week of calls from this number, so I answered it, asked 5x who is this before I got an amswer.Said it was Kim from US Treasury Dept.I told them ,"This is bullsh*t, stop your scamming, get a real job for a living and while you're at it stop calling this number.

Calls and leaves no message on machine.

Getting tired of these calls, as our number is on the DO NOT CALL LIST.

They told me I qualified for the grant as long as I had no criminal record.  I told him I had one, a terrible one.  He was quiet.  Then saud,"you are criminal?"  I said,"you bet!"  He got mad and said,"you are a terrible person!"  I said,"I know I am.  They better come arrest me before I do something else."  He hung up....it was funny.

I am getting repeated calls from this number and when I answer, it's some kind of language I can't understand!  In this last week I've been called 6 times and today I've been called 3 times!  They tell me they are from the United States Treasury, and another one for the government money (7,000.)!  There must be a way to STOP THESE SCAMMERS!!!!!  It really hits a nerve with me!!!!!  As said before by many when you try to call back, the phone has been disconnected.

Did not know this # at all and it sounded like a chinese dude wanted to scam me.