202-666-4419

called but left no message

Caller ID said this was a cell phone from DC...

Asked for me by my first name. I just said, "Who's calling?"  He never asked again if I was the person he was trying to reach.  Very heavy Middle Eastern Accent said he was from the Federal Government and was calling to let me know that I had been awarded a $400 grant "for being a good citizen of the United States."  Wanted me to give him my banking information "so we can direct deposit the money from the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City."  I told him I do not give out my banking information to random callers.  I asked why the Federal Government would choose such a method to give out "grants" when there are so many scams going around now trying to get people to divulge their banking information, and why I haven't heard anything about these kinds of grants on the news.  He couldn't answer me.  Ended up saying he would have his supervisor call me tomorrow...

This has SCAM! written all over it...

I recently received this call many times. But, I know it's scam again. sometimes I picked up and waited for his talking first, unfortunately, he kept silence....

The more they call, the more I block. So sad that I am paying for something for my convince but it is being used to harass me.

He keeps calling and not talking so annoying.

This number has called several times a day for 2-3 days in a row. I picked up once, acting as though I was interested, and knew right away it was a scam. Says he's from the Federal Government to give a grant that doesn't have to be paid back.  Now, I just screen the calls... doesn't leave a message on my answering machine. Caller ID says the number is coming from District of Columbia.

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

Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:

Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams

Well, my "friend" from "the Federal Government" nor his supervisor called me back today!!  Hmmm... wonder why?!

BTW, I did file a scammer report with the FCC at https://esupport.fcc.gov for "Identity theft involving a telecommunications company" (which is what this person is trying to do with his phishing scam).  Anyway the correct form for this report is 2000F and can be found here: https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form2000.action?form_type=2000F.

And thanks, Tamianth, for the additional reporting sources!

If we all keep reporting these incidents, these guys will get shut down, and punished...
Too bad we don't have a Call Type "scammer"...  some of these are so obvious that they need to be labelled as such