202-621-0886

202-621-0886 called and offere a $7000.00 Government Grant. This was for being a good tax payer.

i got a call from 2026210886 offering $7000.00 federal grant, when I told them, grants aren't just given out, you have to apply for them, I have not applied for one....sounds fishy.  Anyway, i went along, first they ask for your bank info, which i did not provide, i requested a check.....ok, then here is the catch, they asked if I may donate $99.00 to a country of my choice, they provided me with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or India.  But I had to give or shall I say donate $99.00 first before they release the $7000.00....so I think when something is too good to be true its not......I also checked if there is a US grant office....NOTHING...so you be the judge

I was duped into sending$99.00 dollars to  kuljit Singh in India. I was called and told I had been granted a government  grant of $7,000. and needed to send this money as a processing fee for the Indo-American Charity, which is legit.  I wondered why an individual picked up the money.  The women who called said her name was Jessica.  The man, definitely from India , said he was Alex Williams. He told me to hang on as the money would be sent.  Later on, I received a call from the above number saying it was Nancy and she was from a Government Bank. She said she would put $7,349 into my account.However, I was to send $325 as a security deposit. This time it was to go to a Ram Singh in New Delhi, India. I refused and was told there would be no "free" money for me then.  After I didn't comply, I was bombarded with calls that I didn't anwer. I also received a call the next morning from Nancy saying that since I didn't comply, I get no money.  I did contact the BBB and the FTC and gave them the details as well as numbers and "names". I think they had been contacted previously as they didn't seem surprised.  I don't know why I fell for it the first time for the $99.00. I guess we learn by our mistakes.

claims that you send them 325.00 and get 7000.00 grant from government

Received the same call this afternoon.  Thanks for posting what happened when  you received it.

LOL I followed along and then let them know that this was the Federal Bureau of Investigations and we have been tracking their phone calls. The lady was in a total panic I then called the number she gave me for her Chief whatever guy and told him the same story he freaked!!!! FUNNY Make sure you tell everyone this is a scan the poor elderly people are probably donating money to terrorist. Now they will not answer that line!

Ok this is definitely a scam because I work for a grocery store and a guy came in and basically told us the same story of what everyone on here is saying also he called them back in store and tried to get them to talk to us, but they wouldn't (they told him not to tell us anything all this after we told him it was a scam). Then he sent the money and called them back and they told him they needed $700.00 more. There's also another number associated with this scam 202-580-8549. Moral of this story is if it sounds too good to be true probably is.

Ok so a guy named Mike Michaels is calling me as we speak, requesting that I send 250.00 to India for the Indo American Charity Fund which is a legitimate charity but why is the money being sent to a DAVID AUSTICK???? HE'S CALLING FROM 2 DIFFERENT NUMBERS 202-370-7640

SCAMS

Got a call from the number stating that their is legal action being taken against me if I didn't return the call. Instead of returning the call, I searched the web.