202-621-0357

Same story as ever one else. I recieved a call from a character name Mathrew Simon and that he was from the Financial Grant Dept. He stated that i was granted a award amount of 7000 dollars for me having a good criminal record,and not filing bankruptcy. But in order for me to get my grant i will have to send them a western union or money order form of 120$ dollars in order to get it. And I'm like why am i sending money to recieve money. Not making any sense to me what so ever. So he then proceeded to ask me when i was going to b able to have the 120$ and i started not till Friday just to see what he was going to say. He stated he will call me that day. IM LIKE REALLY!!!!!!!!! AGAIN WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SEND MONEY TO RECIEVE MONEY IF IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO ME!!!!!!!!!I'M NO FOOL! BETTER YET MAMA DIDN'T RAISE NO FOOL!!!!!!!!! Don't fall for this. IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Same story as ever one else. I recieved a call from a character name Mathrew Simon and that he was from the Financial Grant Dept. He stated that i was granted a award amount of 7000 dollars for me having a good criminal record,and not filing bankruptcy. But in order for me to get my grant i will have to send them a western union or money order form of 120$ dollars in order to get it. And I'm like why am i sending money to recieve money. Not making any sense to me what so ever. So he then proceeded to ask me when i was going to b able to have the 120$ and i started not till Friday just to see what he was going to say. He stated he will call me that day. IM LIKE REALLY!!!!!!!!! AGAIN WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SEND MONEY TO RECIEVE MONEY IF IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO ME!!!!!!!!!I'M NO FOOL! BETTER YET MAMA DIDN'T RAISE NO FOOL!!!!!!!!! Don't fall for this. IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Same here. Got a call but I always put on my best disguised Sling Blade voice. I recorded the calls and it is definitely a scam!!

Received a call from an unknown number to call 202-621-0357.  I googled the number and saw this website.  They gave me the same story about it being a govt grant dept and to call the number for more information.

I received the same call about the $7000 grant but I could not understand him and he got mad at me for wasting his time and as he was hanging up he called me an A** H*** and told me not to call this number again.  I don't think he will have to worry about me calling him back, "I DON'T WANT TO WASTE HIS TIME".

He told me to go [***] myself, go [***] my mother, harassing me and other stuff! this is ridiculous

I got the same dialogue about a government grant. When the man with a very marked accent insisted that I call the number he gave (202-621-0357) so that I make sure to get the money, I told him if we had really been selected for the money, the money would be ours no matter when we call back and that if there is any rush or insistence, it's because this whole thing is a scam. I never called the number because I came to this website and confirmed my suspicion.

Thanks for confirming my suspician! I also googled the number & found this site! Hope no one falls for this!

Got the call and called it back, heckled them for 5 minutes and when I asked what branch of the Govn they worked for they hung up. I had a good time with this one and I hope every one has as much fun as I did. Give these people a hard time and waste as much of their time as you can, they get really angry and hang up. Its good for a laugh.

Same deal, another SCAM.
Stated he was from the U.S. Grant and Treasury Dept.
His mane was John Haciku and iformed me that I was granted $7000 for being a good citizen.
All I had to do was call 202-621-0357 and I would receive the money.
I seached the number on Google and confirmed what I already knew.
There is one born every second!

Just got the call .. with the Grant Approval Number WG1053.. and interneted the number immediately.. I get such a laugh there are people so stupid that give these "[***]" money.. And then they say thank you for giving me the keys to the Brooklyn Bridge!!!  I would love to put them all in a sound proof room and just beat the holy crap out of all of them!! and then after i was finished, deport their [***] back to the country with the worst origin of punishments!!!

same as everyone else someone needs to go after these people doing terrible scams.  get a real job, please don't scam people.

My wife just received the same call her Approval number WG 1055.  I called back for her and told them I was Warren Jacobs (lol) from the Dept of State and was investigating complaints about a gov't office calling people, they got all nervous and scared  asking me to call back in 10 minutes, I told them I needed to talk to someone now since it's a federal offense, they hung up.  I called them a second time same thing.  I'll call them a few more times today just to keep them wondering...  When you call tell them your from Warren Jacobs office in the DOS/DOJ, maybe they'll stop calling.

I got the same story as all of you did. I called them 4 times, blocking my caller ID each time. I made up many different stories each time. One guy said it was his house but I heard many people talking in the back round like it was a call center. I disguised myself as a grandfather that needed money for his grandchild, another time as a teenager that needed money for his father that recently lost his job. Yes it may have cost me a few cents but the entertainment was well worth the cost! Once I also started crying over the phone when they could not see as to where the call was coming from. The guy kept asking me to stop crying since I called the wrong number and I acted like I  was very distraught for misdialing the correct number :) I had him going the longest!

I just received the call, same story, I would like to thank everyone for posting their comments. It is nice to have a place to go to where one can confirm their suspisions.

Ya I just got the same call from a man name richard and I coundn't understand him very well but he told me some story about 7,000 do i look like a fool. but first a lady called me with a blocked number and told me to call this number about a govt grant. because I just filed chapter 7 and beleave it or not when you file chapter 7 any money you get in a large lump sum you have to pay the court. so why would i send them 190.00 when i just filed chspter 7 Iant got not money you dummys well read this and do late them get your money inless you beleave in fake stories the laugh is on you richard???????

I said it wrong in my statement i mean do not let them get any of your money inless your a dummy.. once again the laugh is on you richard you an your accompliche can kiss my ass once again you fool's

The guy that called me to 'give' me my $7000.00 grant, told me I sounded very young and that he'd like to call me back sometime. I wish y'all could see how hard I'm laughing right now, I'm a portly middle aged woman! I knew it was a scam the minute they said they were GIVING me money, now if they would've called and said they were from the government and they were TAKING some of my money I might have believed them ;} I googled the ph# they gave me in hopes I could report this to someone. I don't want to see any innocent people get taken.

Amateurish call from a "government grants office" con man, who had with some troubles with English. Of course, they only need to score with the dumbest 1-2% to make money. If this has been going on since October, and the number has been widely outed, we don't seem to have very effective law enforcement with respect to fraud protection. That's also been my experience with other people relentlessly harassing my 87 year old mother. I suppose I watch too much drama TV, but locating a phone number, which somebody pays for, just does not seem like rocket science

Got the same call as everyone else. Guy with thick accent saying he was with the US gov. from Washington DC and was going to give me $7000.00 because I didn't have a criminal background when they did the check. He gave me a conf # and gave me this same phone number to call back. He had to repeat himself several times because he was hard to understand. When he first called he ask for my husband when I ask to take a msg he ask if I were Mrs.______, when I said yes that's when he started his spill. But before hanging up he ask me to repeat this phone number to make sure I wrote it down when I missed a number (on purpose) he corrected me real fast. Then told me what my address was, which was kinda scary. Too much information is out there for all these sicko's and scammers. I agree with one of the precious remark's on this site....why do they still have an active phone number when this is obiouly a SCAM!!!!